24. separation of the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Eighteen years after this, Nebuchadnezzar again besieged Jerusalem, and utterly destroyed it. The péople were carried away captive to Babylonia. Most of them were placed in the country around the river Chebar, or Chaboras, which empties into the Euphrates, north-west of Babylon. ممmصممه لم يعلم----سي-، CHAPTER II. Daniel and his companions are carried to Babylon–Their refusal to eat meat and drink wine—Their attention to study. WE will now return to the period when Daniel and his companions were taken by force from their native city, and carried to a distant land. Nebuchienezzar had commanded ‘Ashpenaz, the chief officer of his court, to select from among the princes of Judah a number of young men of good talents; such as had been well educated in Jewish learning, and who would be capable, after being instructed in the knowledge of the Chaldeans, of holding offices in the court of..Babylon. In
