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A CLASS-BOOK OF OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY.
NOTICE.
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS.
BOOK I. FROM THE CREATION TO THE DISPERSION OF MANKIND.
CHAPTER I. THE CREATION. Gen. i. ii. B.C. 4004.
CHAPTER II. THE FALL. Gen. iii. B.C. 4004.
CHAPTER III. THE FLOOD. Gen. iv.–ix. B.C. 4004–2348.
CHAPTER IV. THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES. Gen. x.–xi. B.C. 2347–2233.
CHAPTER V. RISE OF IDOLATRY—THE PATRIARCH JOB. Gen. x. 6–12. Job.
BOOK II. THE PATRIARCHAL AGE.
CHAPTER I. THE CALL OF ABRAHAM. Gen. xi. B.C. 1921.
CHAPTER II. LIFE OF ABRAHAM CONTINUED. Gen. xv.–xxv. B.C. 1913–1822.
CHAPTER III. THE HISTORY OF ISAAC. Gen. xxv.–xxvii. B.C. 1822–1760.
CHAPTER IV. LIFE OF JACOB. Gen. xxviii.–xxxv. B.C. 1760–1716.
CHAPTER V. HISTORY OF JOSEPH. Gen. xxxvii.–xlii. B.C. 1727–1707.
CHAPTER VI. JACOB’S DESCENT INTO EGYPT—DEATH OF JOSEPH. Gen. xliii.–l. B.C. 1707–1635.
Note. SURVEY OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGE.
BOOK III. FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ISRAELITES IN EGYPT TO THE GIVING OF THE LAW.
CHAPTER I. THE BIRTH AND CALLING OF MOSES. Exod. i.–vi. B.C. 1706–1491.
CHAPTER II. SIGNS AND WONDERS IN EGYPT. Exod. iv.–xi. B.C. 1491.
CHAPTER III. THE LAST PLAGUE—THE PASSOVER—THE EXODUS. Exod. xi.–xv.
CHAPTER IV. THE JOURNEY FROM THE RED SEA TO REPHIDIM. Exod. xv.–xix. B.C. 1491.
CHAPTER V. SINAI AND THE GIVING OF THE LAW. Exod. xix. xx. B.C. 1491.
CHAPTER VI. MOSES IN THE MOUNT—THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CALF. Exod. xxiv.–xxxiv. B.C. 1491.
BOOK IV. THE MOSAIC WORSHIP AND POLITY.
CHAPTER I. THE TABERNACLE. Exod. xxxvi.–xl. B.C. 1490.
Note. HISTORY OF THE TABERNACLE.
CHAPTER II. THE PRIESTS. Ex. xxviii. xxix. Lev. viii. ix. Num. iii. iv.
CHAPTER III. THE SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS. Ex. xxix. xxx. Lev. i.–vi. Num. xv.
CHAPTER IV. HOLY TIMES AND SEASONS. Exod. xx. Levit. xxiii. xxv. Deut. xv. xvi.
CHAPTER V. THE GREAT FESTIVALS. Exod. xxiii. 14–17; Lev. xxiii. 1–22; Num. xxviii. 16–31; Deut. xvi. 1–16.
Note. Laws of Purity.
CHAPTER VI. CIVIL AND MORAL LAWS. Exod. xxi.–xxiii. Deut. xix.–xxiv.
BOOK V. FROM THE DEPARTURE FROM SINAI TO THE DEATH OF MOSES.
CHAPTER I. KADESH-BARNEA AND THE MISSION OF THE SPIES. Numb. x.–xiv. B.C. 1490.
CHAPTER II. THE WANDERINGS. DEATH OF MIRIAM AND AARON. Numb. xv.–xxi. B.C. 1490–1451.
CHAPTER III. CONQUEST OF THE EAST OF JORDAN—BALAAM AND BALAK. Num. xxi.–xxiv. B.C. 1451.
CHAPTER IV. WAR WITH THE MIDIANITES—DEATH OF MOSES. Numb. xxv.–xxxii. Deut. xxxii. B.C. 1451.
Note.
BOOK VI. JOSHUA AND THE CONQUEST OF WESTERN PALESTINE.
CHAPTER I. THE PASSAGE OF THE JORDAN AND FALL OF JERICHO. Josh. i.–vi. B.C. 1451.
CHAPTER II. CONQUEST OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. Josh. vii.–xi. B.C. 1451.
CHAPTER III. BATTLE OF MEROM AND DIVISION OF THE LAND. Josh. xi.–xxi. B.C. 1450–1444.
BOOK VII. PERIOD OF THE JUDGES.
CHAPTER I. EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE DEATH OF JOSHUA. Judg. I. B.C. circ. 1425.
CHAPTER II. MICAH AND THE DANITES, THE TRIBAL WAR. Judg. xvii.–xxi. B.C. circ. 1406.
CHAPTER III. OTHNIEL AND EHUD, DEBORAH AND BARAK. Judg. ii.–v. B.C. circ. 1406–1296.
CHAPTER IV. INVASION OF THE MIDIANITES. GIDEON. Judg. vi.–viii. B.C. circ. 1256–1249.
CHAPTER V. ABIMELECH AND JEPHTHAH. Judg. ix.–xii. B.C. circ. 1249–1188.
CHAPTER VI. INVASION FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. SAMSON. Judg. xiii.–xvi. B.C. 1161–1120.
BOOK VIII. FROM THE TIME OF SAMUEL TO THE ACCESSION OF DAVID.
CHAPTER I. ELI AND SAMUEL. 1 Sam. i.–iv. B.C. circ. 1171–1141.
CHAPTER II. SAMUEL’S JUDGESHIP. 1 Sam. v.–viii. B.C. 1141–1095.
CHAPTER III. ELECTION OF THE FIRST KING. 1 Sam. ix. B.C. 1095.
CHAPTER IV. THE BATTLE OF MICHMASH. 1 Sam. xiii. xiv. B.C. 1093–1087.
CHAPTER V. SAUL AND THE AMALEKITES. DAVID AND GOLIATH. 1 Sam. xv.–xvii. B.C. 1079–1063.
CHAPTER VI. DAVID’S LIFE AS AN OUTLAW. 1 Sam. xviii.–xxiii. B.C. 1063–1061.
CHAPTER VII. DAVID AT ZIKLAG. BATTLE OF MOUNT GILBOA. 1 Sam. xxiv.–xxxi. B.C. 1061–1056.
BOOK IX. THE REIGNS OF DAVID AND SOLOMON.
CHAPTER I. DAVID’S REIGN AT HEBRON. 2 Sam. ii.–iv. B.C. 1055–1048.
CHAPTER II. DAVID’S REIGN AT JERUSALEM. 2 Sam. v.–vii. B.C. 1048–1042.
CHAPTER III. DAVID’S ARMY, HIS CONQUESTS, HIS SIN. 2 Sam. viii.–xii. 1 Chron. xviii.–xx. B.C. 1040–1033.
CHAPTER IV. THE REBELLION OF ABSALOM. 2 Sam. xiii.–xx. B.C. 1032–1022.
CHAPTER V. CLOSE OF DAVID’S REIGN. 2 Sam. xxi.–xxiv. 1 Kings i. ii. B.C. 1022–1015.
CHAPTER VI. ACCESSION OF SOLOMON. 1 Kings ii.–viii. 1 Chron. i.–ix. B.C. 1015.
CHAPTER VII. THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE. 1 Kings v.–viii. 2 Chron. ii.–vii. B.C. 1012–1005.
CHAPTER VIII. SOLOMON’S REIGN CONTINUED. 2 Kings ix.–xi. 2 Chr. viii. ix. B.C. 1005–975.
BOOK X. KINGDOMS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL. PART I. Period of mutual hostility.
CHAPTER I. THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES. 1 Kings xii. 2 Chron. x. B.C. 975.
CHAPTER II. REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH, JEROBOAM AND NADAB. 1 Kings xiii.–xv. 2 Chr. xi.–xiii. B.C. 975–955.
CHAPTER III. ASA AND BAASHA, ELAH, ZIMRI, OMRI. 1 Kings xv. xvi. 2 Chr. xiv.–xvi. B.C. 955–918.
KINGDOMS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL. PART II. Period of mutual alliance, and hostility to Syria.
CHAPTER I. REIGN OF AHAB. ERA OF ELIJAH. 1 Kings xvii.–xix. 2 Chr. xvii. B.C. 918–915.
CHAPTER II. WARS OF AHAB AND BENHADAD. 1 Kings xx. B.C. 901.
CHAPTER III. MURDER OF NABOTH—BATTLE OF RAMOTH-GILEAD. 1 Kings xxi. xxii. 2 Chr. xviii. B.C. 898.
CHAPTER IV. WARS OF JEHOSHAPHAT—TRANSLATION OF ELIJAH. 2 Kings i. ii. 2 Chr. xix. xx. B.C. 896.
CHAPTER V. JEHOSHAPHAT AND JEHORAM—ERA OF ELISHA. 2 Kings ii.–iv. B.C. 895.
CHAPTER VI. ELISHA AND NAAMAN—SIEGE OF SAMARIA. 2 Kings v. vi. B.C. 894–892.
KINGDOMS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL. PART III. Renewal of mutual hostilities; decline of both kingdoms before the power of the Assyrian Empire.
CHAPTER I. ACCESSION OF JEHU. 2 Kings viii.–x. B.C. 884.
CHAPTER II. ATHALIAH AND JOASH. DEATH OF ELISHA. 2 Kings xi.–xiv. 2 Chr. xxii. xxiii. B.C. 884–839.
CHAPTER III. AMAZIAH AND JEROBOAM II. ERA OF JONAH. 2 Kings xiv. Jonah i.–iv. B.C. 840–758.
CHAPTER IV. DECLINE AND CAPTIVITY OF THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL. 2 Kings xv.–xvii. B.C. 773–721.
CHAPTER V. REIGN OF HEZEKIAH. 2 Kings xviii.–xx. 2 Chron. xxix.–xxxii. B.C. 726–698.
CHAPTER VI. REIGN OF MANASSEH. REFORMS OF JOSIAH. 2 Kings xxi.–xxiii. 2 Chron. xxxiii.–xxxv. B.C. 698–623.
CHAPTER VII. DEATH OF JOSIAH. CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH. 2 Kings xxiii. xxiv. 2 Chron. xxxv. xxxvi. B.C. 623–588.
BOOK XI. FROM THE CAPTIVITY TO THE CLOSE OF THE CANON.
CHAPTER I. DANIEL AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR. Dan. i.–iii. B.C. circ. 606–570.
CHAPTER II. REIGNS OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR, BELSHAZZAR, AND DARIUS. Dan. iv.–vi. B.C. 570–538.
CHAPTER III. REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE. ESTHER AND AHASUERUS. Ezra i.–iv. Esther i.–x. B.C. 536–479.
CHAPTER IV. TIMES OF EZRA AND NEHEMIAH. CLOSE OF THE CANON. Ezra vii.–x. Neh. i.–xiii. B.C. 457–415.
APPENDIX.
INDEX.
Footnotes.
Transcriber’s Notes.
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