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18 J Sidlow Baxter, Explore the Book, 4: 208 19 Read these verses where the same Hebrew word (translated “embrace”) appears: Kings 4:16; Job 24:8(KJV); Ecclesiastes 3:5; Song of Solomon 2:6 20 Quoted in Frank E Gaebelein, Four Minor Prophets, p 142 21 Cf Chronicles 25:1 If this is so, his home was in Jerusalem 22 Compare this reading with the paraphrase of The Living Bible 23 Merrill F Unger, Unger’s Bible Handbook, p 425 “Theophany” is an appearance or manifestation of God to man 28 The Postexilic Prophets (Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi) Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi were the last writing prophets to minister to Israel in Old Testament times They are called postexilic prophets because they served after the Jews had returned to Canaan from exile in Babylon See Chart 96 Who were the preexilic prophets, and who were the exilic prophets? Do you see why the postexilic prophets are also called the restoration prophets? These rst pages of the chapter are devoted to a study of the historical setting of Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi The Bible text of the three books will come alive to you if, among, other things, you have seen what situations moved God to commission the three prophets to write.1 The historical books which have the same setting as the postexilic prophets are Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther Therefore, it will be helpful to review the backgrounds of those books, studied in chapter 15 Most of that material is not repeated in this chapter I TWO KINGDOMS AND TWO CAPTIVITIES Before you begin your study of the postexilic prophets, review the historical setting before restoration Recall that when we speak of “restoration” we are referring to the conditions accompanying the return of God’s people to Canaan from captivity The captivity itself took place in two stages, known as the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities Refer back to chapter 15 and study again the descriptions of these two captivities Israel, the Northern Kingdom, was taken captive by the Assyrians in 722 B.C Judah, the Southern Kingdom, was conquered by the Babylonians, one hundred twenty-six years later, in 586 B.C II DURATION OF THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY The exile began with Nebuchadnezzar’s rst invasion of Judah in 605 B.C (2 Chron 36:2-7), and ended with the rst return of the Jews to Canaan in 536 B.C.2 (Ezra 1) See Chart 57.3 III CONTEMPORARY RULERS Review this subject as it is discussed in chapter 15 Identify these names on Chart 57, and relate them to the times of the postexilic prophets: Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes The name Darius appears three ... are also called the restoration prophets? These rst pages of the chapter are devoted to a study of the historical setting of Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi The Bible text of the three books will... study of the postexilic prophets, review the historical setting before restoration Recall that when we speak of “restoration” we are referring to the conditions accompanying the return of God’s... Northern Kingdom, was taken captive by the Assyrians in 722 B.C Judah, the Southern Kingdom, was conquered by the Babylonians, one hundred twenty-six years later, in 586 B.C II DURATION OF THE