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Bible Summary I
Genesis
I. Creation (1:1-27)
A. The original creation (1:1-2)
1. Earth made waste and empty by judgment (1:2)
B. The new beginning (1:3-23)
1. The first day: light diffused (1:3-5)
2. The second day: vapor above, water below (1:6-8)
3. The third day: land and sea; plant life appears (1:9-13)
4. The fourth day: the sun, moon, and stars become visible (1:14-19)
5. The fifth day: the second creative act--animal life (1:20-23)
C. The sixth day (1:24-27)
1. The fecundity of the earth after the creative work of the fifth day (1:24-25)
2. The creation of man (1:26-27)
II. The First Dispensation: Innocency (1:28-2:25)
1. The first, or Edenic Covenant: conditioned the life of unfallen man (1:28-31)
2. The Sabbath rest of God: type of the believer's rest in the finished work of redemption (2:1-3)
A. Summary of the creation work of Chapter 1 (2:4-25)
1. The creative act of Gen. 1:27 described (2:7)
2. The habitation of unfallen man, and the Edenic Covenant (2:8-20)
3. The method of the creation of woman (2:21-25)
a. Eve, type of the church as bride of Christ (2:23-25)
III. The Fall and Redemption (3:1-7:24)
A. The temptation of Eve (3:1-7)
1. The implied doubt of the benevolence of God (3:1)
2. Adding to the Word of God (3:2-3)
3. The first lie (3:4)
4. The appeal to pride (3:5)
5. The fall (3:6-7)
B. The seeking God. His Sabbath rest broken; His new work begun (3:8-22)
1. The Second, or Adamic Covenant (3:14-19)
2. The faith of Adam (3:20)
3. The response of Jehovah Elohim to the faith of Adam (3:21)
4. The judgment of the Expulsion ends the First Dispensation (3:22)
C. The Second Dispensation: Conscience (3:23-24)
D. The first sons of Adam and Eve (4:1-5)
E. Cain exhorted even yet to bring a sin-offering (4:6-7)
F. The Diverse Seeds, Cain and Seth, to the Flood (4:8-7:24)
1. The first murder: history of Cain (4:8-15)
2. The first civilization (4:16-24)
3. The birth of Seth: the spiritual seed renewed (4:25-5:5)
4. The family of Seth (5:6-32)
5. The Flood (6:1-7:24)
a. The marriage of Cainites with Sethites (6:1-2)
b. The warning of Jehovah (6:3)
c. The antediluvian civilization (6:4)
d. The purpose of Jehovah in judgment (6:5-7)
e. The purpose of Jehovah in grace (6:8-22)
f. The judgment of the Flood: end of testing under the Second Dispensation (7:1-24)
IV. The Flood to Babel (8:1-11:9)
A. The Flood recedes (8:1-19)
B. The Third Dispensation: Human Government (8:20-11:9)
1. The Third, or Noahic Covenant (8:20-11:9)
a. Parenthetical: the shame of Noah and the sin of Ham (9:20-23)
b. Conclusion of Noahic Covenant: the prophetic declaration (9:24-27)
c. The family of Noah (9:28-10:32)
d. The failure of man under the Noahic Covenant (11:1-4)
e. The judgment of the confusion of tongues. Life continues under the Adamic and Noahic Covenants (11:5-9)
V. From the call of Abram to the death of Joseph (11:10-50:26)
A. The ancestry of Abram (11:10-30)
B. Incomplete obedience: the wasted years at Haran (11:31-32)
C. The Fourth Dispensation: Promise: from the call of Abram to the giving of the law (12:1-50:26)
1. Abraham (12:1-20:18)
a. The Fourth, or Abrahamic Covenant (12:1-13:4)
(1) Abram in the land: worship, communion, and promise (12:4-9)
(2) Under trial Abram forsakes the place of blessing (12:10-20)
(3) Abram returns to the land and the altar (13:1-4)
b. Lot (13:5-14:16)
(1) Abram's separation from Lot (13:5-9)
(2) Lot's first step in backsliding (13:10-11)
(3) Lot's second step in backsliding (13:12-13)
(4) The Abrahamic Covenant: the land given; natural posterity promised (13:14-18)
(5) Abram delivers Lot (14:1-16)
c. The revelation of God as El Elyon, "the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth" (14:17-16:16)
(1) The Abrahamic Covenant confirmed: a spiritual seed promised (15:1-21)
(2) The birth of Ishmael (16:1-16)
d. The revelation of God as El Shaddai, Almighty God (17:1-27)
(1) Abram becomes Abraham (17:4-5)
(2) The Abrahamic Covenant confirmed and made everlasting (17:6-8)
(3) Circumcision established as the sign of the Abrahamic Covenant (17:9-14)
(4) The promise of Isaac, in whom the line of Christ runs (17:15-19)
(5) Ishmael to be a nation (17:20-27)
e. Abraham, "the friend of God" (18:1-19:38)
(1) Abraham the intercessor (18:23-33)
(2) The destruction of Sodom. The third step in Lot's backsliding: a great man in Sodom (19:1-32)
(3) The last step in Lot's backsliding (19:33-38)
f. Abraham's lapse at Gerar (20:1-18)
2. Abraham and Isaac (21:1-25:23)
a. The birth of Isaac (21:1-8)
b. The bondwoman and her son cast out (21:9-21)
c. Abraham at Beer-sheba (21:22-22:24)
(1) The offering of Isaac (22:1-14)
(2) The Abrahamic Covenant confirmed (22:15-24)
d. The death and burial of Sarah (23:1-20)
e. A bride for Isaac (24:1-67)
f. Abraham weds Keturah (25:1-4)
g. Isaac heir of all things (25:5-6)
h. The death of Abraham (25:7-11)
i. The generations of Ishmael (25:12-18)
j. The generations of Isaac (25:19-23)
3. Jacob and Esau (25:24-27:46)
a. The birth of Esau and Jacob (25:24-26)
b. The sale of the birthright (25:27-34)
c. The Abrahamic Covenant confirmed to Isaac (26:1-5)
d. The lapse of Isaac (26:6-16)
e. Isaac the well-digger (26:17-35)
f. The stolen blessing (27:1-46)
(1) The blessing of Jacob (27:26-33)
(2) Esau's unavailing remorse (27:34-46)
4. Jacob (28:1-37:1)
a. Jacob at Bethel: the Abrahamic Covenant confirmed to him (28:1-22)
b. Jacob's years at Haran (29:1-31:10)
c. Parenthesis (31:11-55)
(1) The call back to Bethel (31:11-13)
(2) The flight of Jacob (31:14-55)
d. Jacob ("supplanter") becomes Israel ("a prince with God") (32:1-32)
e. Jacob meets Esau (33:1-17)
f. Jacob's worship in self-will (33:18-20)
g. Jacob reaps the harvest of his evil years (34:1-31)
h. Jacob's return to Bethel: communion and promise restored (35:1-15)
i. Death of Rachel and birth of Benjamin (35:16-26)
j. Death of Isaac (35:27-29)
k. The generations of Esau (Edom) (36:1-43)
l. The history of Jacob resumed (37:1)
5. Joseph (37:2-50:26)
a. Joseph, the beloved of his father (37:2-7)
b. Joseph hated and rejected by his brethren (37:8-19)
c. Joseph cast into the place of death (37:20-27)
d. Joseph, drawn up from the pit, goes to the Gentiles (37:28-36)
e. Parenthesis: the shame of Judah (38:1-30)
f. Joseph tested by adversity (39:1-40:23)
g. The dream of Pharaoh (41:1-13)
h. Joseph's exaltation in Egypt (41:14-44)
i. Joseph, rejected by his brethren, receives a Gentile bride (41:45-57)
j. Joseph, rejected by his brethren, preserves them (42:1-44:34)
k. Joseph reveals himself to his brethren (45:1-15)
l. Joseph's brethren blessed and sent to Jacob (45:16-28)
m. Jacob journeys to Egypt (46:1-34)
n. Jacob and his descendants exalted (47:1-26)
o. The last days of Jacob (47:27-48:22)
p. Jacob's dying blessing: prophetic of the tribes of Israel (49:1-33)
q. The burial of Jacob (50:1-14)
r. The fear of Joseph's brethren (50:15-21)
s. The last days and death of Joseph (50:22-26)
Exodus
I. Israel in Egypt (1:1-12:11)
A. The Egyptian bondage (1:7-22)
B. The preparation of the deliverer (2:1-4:28)
1. The birth of Moses (2:1-10)
2. Moses identifies himself with Israel (2:11-20)
3. Moses, rejected by his brethren, takes a Gentile bride (2:21-25)
4. The call of Moses (3:1-4:18)
a. The burning bush (3:1-12)
b. The revelation of the name Jehovah (3:13-22)
(1) The commission of Moses (3:15-22)
c. Moses' two objections (4:1-13)
(1) The unbelief of the people (4:1-9)
(2) His lack of eloquence (4:10-13)
d. Aaron joined with Moses (4:14-18)
5. The return of Moses to Egypt (4:19-28)
C. Deliverance announced to the elders of Israel (4:29-31)
D. The contest with Pharaoh (5:1-12:11)
1. The first demand; the increased burdens (5:1-7:9)
a. The answer of Jehovah to Moses' first prayer (6:1-13)
b. The families of Israel (6:14-27)
c. The renewed commission (6:28-7:9)
2. The second demand; the first miracle (7:10-13)
3. The third demand (7:14-25)
a. The second miracle; the first judgment (7:20-25)
4. The fourth demand (8:1-19)
a. The third miracle; the second judgment (8:6-11)
b. The fourth miracle (8:12-15)
c. The fifth miracle; the third judgment (8:16-19)
5. The fifth demand (8:20-32)
a. The sixth miracle; the fourth judgment (8:24)
b. The first compromise refused (8:25-27)
c. The second compromise refused (8:28-29)
d. The seventh miracle (8:30-32)
6. The sixth demand; the eighth miracle; the fifth judgment (9:1-12)
a. The ninth miracle; the sixth judgment (9:8-12)
7. The seventh demand (9:13-35)
a. The tenth miracle; the seventh judgment (9:22-35)
8. The eighth demand (10:1-29)
a. The third compromise refused (10:8-11)
b. The eleventh miracle; the eighth judgment (10:12-20)
c. The twelfth miracle; the ninth judgment (10:21-23)
d. The fourth compromise refused (10:24-27)
e. The king abandoned to judgment (10:28-29)
9. The judgment upon the firstborn foretold (11:1-10)
10. Parenthesis--the Passover (12:1-11)
II. Redemption (typical) (12:12-40:38)
A. By blood (12:12-36)
1. The memorial of redemption by blood (12:14-28)
2. The tenth judgment; death of the firstborn (12:29-36)
B. By power (12:37-14:31)
1. The first stage of the journey (12:37-51)
2. Parenthetical: The firstborn set apart for Jehovah (13:1-19)
3. The second stage of the journey (13:20)
4. The divine presence and guidance (13:21-22)
5. The third stage of the journey (14:1-12)
6. Jehovah's victory over pursuing Egypt (14:13-28)
7. The fourth stage of the journey (14:29-31)
C. Complete (1) by blood; (2) by power. The song of the redeemed (15:1-21)
D. Experience (15:22-40:38)
1. Fifth stage of the journey (15:22)
2. Sixth stage of the journey--how bitter becomes sweet (15:23-26)
3. Rest after trial (15:27)
4. Seventh stage of the journey; hunger (16:1-36)
a. The manna: type of Christ the giver and sustainer of life (16:14-22)
b. The Sabbath given to Israel; type of Israel's kingdom (16:23-36)
5. Eighth stage of the journey; thirst (17:1-7)
a. Water from the rock; type of Christ, the giver of the Spirit (17:5-7)
6. The conflict with Amalek (17:8-16)
7. Leaning on the arm of flesh (18:1-27)
8. Ninth stage of the journey; Israel at Sinai (19:1-2)
9. Grace given up for law (19:3-8)
a. The Fifth Dispensation, Law (extends to the Cross) (19:8)
10. To a people under law, God is "in a thick cloud," and unapproachable (19:9-25)
11. Self known through the revelation of God's holy law (20:1-31:18)
a. The commandments; the Fifth, or Mosaic, Covenant (20:1-26)
b. The "judgments" (21:1-23:13)
(1) Master and servant (21:1-11)
(2) Injuries to the person (21:12-36)
(3) Rights of property (22:1-15)
(4) Crimes against humanity (22:16-23:9)
(5) The land and the Sabbath (23:10-13)
c. The three national feasts: unleavened bread; firstfruits; ingathering (23:14-19)
d. Instructions and promises concerning the conquest of the land (23:20-33)
e. The order of worship pending the building of the tabernacle (24:1-2)
f. The people accept the covenant: the worship of the people (24:3-8)
g. The worship of Moses, the priests, and the elders (24:9-18)
h. Moses in the mount (25:1-31:18)
(1) The tabernacle (25:1-31:11)
(a) The materials (25:1-9)
(b) The ark (25:10-22)
(c) The table of shewbread (25:23-30)
(d) The golden candlestick (25:31-40)
(e) The curtains of linen (26:1-6)
(f) The curtains of goats' hair (26:7-13)
(g) The covering of rams' skins (26:14)
(h) The boards and sockets (26:15-25)
(i) The outside bars (26:26-27)
(j) The bar in the midst (26:28)
(k) The overlay of gold (26:29-30)
(l) The inner vail (26:31-35)
(m) The outer vail (26:36-37)
(n) The brazen altar (27:1-8)
(o) The court (27:9-15)
(p) The hanging for the gate of the court (27:16-19)
(q) The oil for the light (27:20-21)
(r) The priesthood (28:1-29:46)
[1] The high priest and the priests; types of Christ and believers of the Church age (28:1-3)
[2] The garments of the high priest (28:4-43)
[a] The materials (28:5)
[b] The ephod (28:6-14)
[c] The breastplate (28:15-29)
[d] The Urim and Thummim (28:30)
[e] The robe of the Ephod (28:31-35)
[f] The "holy crown" (28:36-38)
[g] The ordinary garments of high priest and priests, over which the garments for glory and beauty were put on (28:39-43)
[3] The consecration of the priests (29:1-25)
[a] The offerings (29:1-4)
[b] The order for the high priest (29:5-7)
[c] The order for the priests (29:8-9)
[d] The order for the sacrifices (29:10-25)
[4] The food of the priests (29:26-37)
[5] The continual burnt-offering (29:38-46)
(s) The altar of incense (30:1-10)
(t) Worship (30:11-38)
[1] Who may worship? (30:11-33)
[a] The redeemed (30:11-16)
[b] The cleansed (30:17-21)
[c] The anointed (30:22-33)
[2] The incense, type of prayer and praise. (30:34-38)
[a] It is for the Lord (30:37)
[b] It is spiritual, not sensuous (30:38)
(u) The workmen (31:1-11)
(2) The Sabbath a sign between Jehovah and Israel (31:12-18)
12. Parenthetical (32:1-35)
a. The broken law (32:1-6)
b. The condemnation of Jehovah (32:7-10)
c. The advocacy of Moses (32:11-14)
d. Disciplinary judgment (32:15-28)
e. The missed blessing (32:29)
f. The confession and intercession of Moses (32:30-35)
13. The journey to be resumed (33:1-6)
14. The "tent of meeting" outside the camp (33:7-11)
15. Moses' prayer; Jehovah's answer (33:12-17)
16. Moses seeks a new vision for the new task (33:18-23)
17. The second tables of the law (34:1-4)
18. The new vision (34:5-9)
19. The renewed commission (34:10-17)
20. The feasts and the Sabbaths again enjoined (34:18-35)
21. The Sabbath in Israel (35:1-3)
22. The tabernacle (35:4-40:38)
a. Moses instructs the people (35:4-5)
b. The gifts of the people (35:6-29)
c. Bezaleel and Aholiab to devise and teach (35:30-35)
d. More than enough: the work begun (36:1-7)
e. The linen curtains (36:8-13)
f. The curtains of goat's hair (36:14-18)
g. The covering of rams' skins (36:19)
h. The boards and sockets (36:20-23)
i. The sockets of silver (36:24-30)
j. The bars (36:31-33)
k. The gold overlay (36:34)
l. The inner vail (36:35-36)
m. The outer vail (36:37-38)
n. The ark (37:1-5)
o. The mercy seat (37:6-9)
p. The table of shewbread (37:10-16)
q. The golden candlestick (37:17-24)
r. The incense altar (37:25-28)
s. The holy anointing oil (37:29)
t. The altar of burnt-offering (38:1-7)
u. The laver of brass (38:8)
v. The court (38:9-17)
w. The gate of the court (38:18-31)
x. The holy garments for Aaron (39:1-43)
y. The tabernacle set up (40:1-38)
Leviticus
I. The Offerings (1:1-6:7)
A. The sweet savour offerings (1:1-3:17)
1. The burnt-offering: Christ offering Himself without spot to God (1:1-17)
2. The meat-offering; Christ in His human perfections tested by suffering (2:1-16)
3. The peace-offering: Christ our peace (3:1-17)
B. The non-sweet savour offerings (4:1-6:7)
1. The sin-offering; Christ atoning for the guilt of sin (4:1-35)
2. The trespass-offerings; Christ atoning for the injury of sin (5:1-19)
3. The trespass-offering and restitution (6:1-7)
II. The Law of the Offerings (6:8-7:38)
A. The burnt-offering (6:8-12)
B. The meat-offering (6:13-18)
C. The priests' meat offering (6:19-23)
D. The sin-offering (6:24-30)
E. The trespass-offering (7:1-10)
F. The peace-offering (7:11-38)
III. Consecration of the priests (8:1-9:24)
A. Cleansing (8:6)
B. The high priest clothed (8:7-9)
C. The high priest's anointing (8:10-12)
D. The priests clothed (8:13)
E. The offerings (8:14-22)
F. The blood applied (8:23-26)
G. The hands filled (8:27-29)
H. The anointing of the priests (8:30)
I. The food of the priests (8:31-32)
J. The priests separated unto God (8:33-36)
K. The priests begin their ministry (9:1-24)
IV. A Warning Example: the strange fire of Nadab and Abihu (10:1-20)
V. A Holy God must have a Cleansed People (11:1-15:33)
A. Their food (11:1-47)
B. The law of motherhood (12:1-8)
C. Leprosy--Type of sin as in Rom. 6:12-14; 1 John 1:8 (13:1-59)
D. The law of the leper's cleansing (14:1-57)
E. The imperative of cleansing (15:1-33)
VI. Atonement (16:1-17:16)
A. The day of atonement: Christ as High Priest and sacrifice (16:1-34)
B. But one place of sacrifice (17:1-9)
C. The explanation and sanctity of "blood" (17:10-16)
VII. The Relationships of God's People (18:1-22:33)
A. The relationships and walk of God's earthly people (18:1-20:27)
B. The relationship and walk of the priests (21:1-15)
C. The physical disqualifications of a priest (21:16-24)
D. The separation of the priests (22:1-16)
E. Sacrifices must be physically perfect--type of the moral perfections of Christ (22:17-33)
VIII. The Feasts of Jehovah (23:1-44)
A. The Sabbath and the feasts (23:1-3)
B. The Passover; Christ our Redeemer (23:4-5)
C. Unleavened bread. Memorial feast (23:6-8)
D. First-fruits; Christ risen (23:9-18)
E. The wave-loaves; the church at Pentecost, fifty days after the resurrection of Christ (23:19-22)
F. Trumpets; prophetic of the future regathering of Israel (23:23-25)
G. The day of Atonement (23:26-32)
H. Tabernacles (23:33-44)
IX. Instructions and Warnings (24:1-27:34)
A. The oil for the light in the holy place (24:1-4)
B. The shewbread (24:5-9)
C. The penalty of blasphemy (24:10-23)
D. The law of the land (25:1-26:46)
1. The sabbatic year (25:1-7)
2. The year of jubile (25:8-24)
3. The redemption of the inheritance (25:25-34)
4. The poor brother (25:35-46)
5. The redemption of the poor brother--Christ our Kinsman-Redeemer (25:47-55)
6. Conditions of blessing; warnings of chastisement (26:1-31)
a. Conditions of blessing (26:3-13)
b. Warnings of chastisement (26:14-31)
(1) The first chastisement (26:16-17)
(2) The second chastisement (26:18-20)
(3) The third chastisement (26:21-22)
(4) The fourth chastisement (26:23-26)
(5) The fifth chastisement (26:27-31)
7. The dispersion predicted (26:32-39)
8. The Abrahamic Covenant remains, despite the disobedience and dispersion (26:40-46)
E. Concerning vowed (dedicated) persons and things (27:1-25)
F. The three things which are the Lord's absolutely (27:26-34)
1. The firstling of the beasts (27:26-27)
2. Any dedicated thing (27:28-29)
3. All the tithe of land, tree, and beast (27:30-34)
Numbers
I. The Order of the Host (1:1-10:10)
A. Moses commanded to number the people (1:1-54)
B. Arrangement of the camp (2:1-34)
C. The priests (3:1-4)
D. The tribe of Levi (3:5-13)
E. The families of Levi (3:14-24)
F. The charges of the sons of Levi (3:25-39)
G. The firstborn redeemed (3:40-51)
H. Service of the Kohathites (4:1-15)
I. The office of Eleazar (4:16-20)
J. The service of the Gershonites (4:21-28)
K. The service of the Merarites (4:29-49)
L. Defilement of the camp (5:1-31)
M. The Nazarites (6:1-27)
N. The gifts of the princes (7:1-89)
O. The lamps and the candlestick (8:1-4)
P. Cleansing the Levites (8:5-26)
Q. The Passover (9:1-14)
R. The guiding cloud (9:15-23)
S. The silver assembly-trumpets (10:1-10)
II. From Sinai to Kadesh-barnea (10:11-12:16)
A. The first march; the halt in Paran (10:11-36)
B. The fire of the Lord at Taberah (11:1-3)
C. The flesh-pots of Egypt (11:4-9)
D. The complaint of Moses (11:10-15)
E. The seventy elders (11:16-25)
F. Eldad and Medad prophesy (11:26-30)
G. The quails and the plague (11:31-35)
H. The murmuring of Miriam and Aaron (12:1-16)
III. Israel at Kadesh-barnea (13:1-14:45)
A. The spies sent in (13:1-25)
B. The report of the spies (13:26-33)
C. The unbelief of Israel (14:1-45)
IV. The Wilderness Wanderings (15:1-33:49)
A. The end anticipated (15:1-41)
1. What the law really is (15:32-36)
2. The ribband of blue, the heavenly color--reminder of a separated walk (15:37-41)
B. The "gainsaying of Korah" (16:1-50)
C. Aaron's rod that budded (17:1-13)
D. Aaron and the Levites confirmed in their privileges and responsibilities (18:1-32)
E. The ordinance of the red heifer (19:1-22)
F. Death of Miriam (20:1)
G. Thirst in the old place of thirst (20:2-6)
H. Water from the rock, and Moses' sin (20:7-13)
I. The never-forgiven sin of Edom (20:14-22)
J. The death of Aaron (20:23-29)
K. The march of Israel (21:1-25:18)
1. Victory (21:1-4)
2. The serpent of brass (21:5-20)
3. Two victories (21:21-35)
4. Balaam (22:1-25:18)
a. The prophecy from the high places of Baal. The separation of Israel (23:1-12)
b. The prophecy from Pisgah: the justification and power of Israel (23:13-26)
c. The prophecy from Peor (23:27-24:25)
(1) The beauty and order of Israel (23:27-24:14)
(2) The Messianic kingdom (24:15-25)
d. "The doctrine of Balaam" (25:1-18)
L. The new generation of Israel numbered (26:1-65)
M. The law of inheritance (27:1-11)
N. Moses to prepare for death (27:12-14)
O. Joshua appointed in Moses' place (27:15-23)
P. The order of offerings (28:1-29:40)
Q. The law of vows (30:1-16)
R. The judgment on Midian (31:1-54)
S. The choice of the world-borderers (32:1-42)
T. Summary of the journeys from Egypt to Jordan (33:1-49)
V. Closing Instructions (33:50-36:13)
A. The law of the possession of the land (33:51-56)
B. Preparations to enter the land (34:1-29)
C. The cities of refuge (35:1-34)
D. As to inheritances (36:1-13)
Deuteronomy
I. Summary of the history of Israel in the wilderness (1:1-3:29)
A. The failure at Kadesh-barnea (1:1-46)
B. The wanderings and conflicts of the wilderness (2:1-3:29)
II. A restatement of the Law, with warnings and exhortations (4:1-11:32)
A. The new generation taught the lessons of Sinai (4:1-40)
B. Three of the cities of refuge designated (4:41-49)
C. The new generation taught the Mosaic covenant (5:1-6:3)
D. The "great commandment" (6:4-5)
E. Instruction and warning (6:6-25)
F. The command to be separate (7:1-11)
G. The promise of victory (7:12-26)
H. Warnings and exhortations (8:1-11:32)
III. Instructions, warnings, and predictions (12:1-27:26)
A. Conditions of blessing in the land (12:1-32)
B. The test of false prophets (13:1-14:2)
C. The dietary laws (14:3-29)
D. The sabbatic year (15:1-15)
E. The perpetual servant (15:16-23)
F. The Passover (16:1-8)
G. The feast of Weeks (16:9-12)
H. The feast of Tabernacles (16:13-15)
I. The gifts of the males (16:16-17)
J. Judges in the gates (16:18-22)
K. Offerings must be unblemished (17:1)
L. Idolaters to be stoned (17:2-7)
M. Obedience to authority (17:8-13)
N. Concerning a king (17:14-20)
O. The tribe of Levi (18:1-2)
P. The priest's due (18:3-8)
Q. Idolatrous practices forbidden (18:9-14)
R. The great prophecy of Messiah the Prophet (18:15-19)
S. The test of the prophets (18:20-22)
T. Cities of refuge (19:1-13)
U. The sacred landmark (19:14)
V. The terror of the law (19:15-21)
W. The law of warfare (20:1-20)
X. Inquest for the slain (21:1-9)
Y. Domestic regulations (21:10-17)
Z. A prodigal son under law (21:18-23)
AA. The law of brotherhood (22:1-8)
BB. The law of separation (22:9-12)
CC. The innocent wife protected (22:13-19)
DD. The guilty wife to be stoned (22:20-30)
EE. Divers regulations (23:1-25)
FF. The Mosaic law of divorce (24:1-4)
GG. Divers regulations (24:5-25:19)
HH. The law of the offering of first-fruits (26:1-19)
II. The stones of the law in Mount Ebal (27:1-8)
JJ. Blessings and curses from Ebal and Gerizim (27:9-26)
IV. The great closing prophecies summarizing the history of Israel to the second coming of Christ, and containing the Palestinian Covenant (28:1-30:20)
A. Conditions of blessing in the land (28:1-14)
B. Conditions which will bring chastisement in the land (28:15-62)
C. Continued disobedience to be punished by a world-wide dispersion (28:63-68)
D. The Sixth, or Palestinian Covenant (29:1-30:10)
1. Introductory words (29:1-29)
2. The covenant declared (30:1-10)
E. The final warning (30:11-20)
V. Moses' last counsels to the priests, Levites, and Joshua (31:1-30)
A. Jehovah warns Moses of the apostasy of Israel (31:14-23)
B. Moses instructs the Levites (31:24-30)
VI. The Song of Moses and his parting blessings (32:1-33:29)
A. The song of Moses (32:1-44)
B. The exhortation (32:45-52)
C. The blessing of the tribes (33:1-29)
VII. The death of Moses (34:1-12)
A. The vision and death of Moses (34:1-8)
B. After Moses, Joshua (34:9-12)
Joshua
I. The Conquest (1:1-12:24)
A. Joshua commissioned (1:2-9)
B. Joshua assumes command (1:10-18)
C. Rahab and the spies (2:1-24)
D. The Passage of Jordan (3:1-17)
E. The two memorials (4:1-18)
F. The encampment at Gilgal (4:19-5:1)
G. The reproach of Egypt rolled away (5:2-10)
H. The new food for the new place (5:11-12)
I. The unseen Captain (5:13-15)
J. The conquest of Jericho (6:1-27)
K. The sin of Achan (7:1-26)
L. The conquest of Ai (8:1-29)
M. The blessings and cursings (8:30-35)
N. The league with the Gibeonites (9:1-27)
O. The victory at Gibeon (10:1-27)
P. Victories at Makkedah, etc. (10:28-43)
Q. Final conquest of Canaan (11:1-23)
R. The roster of the kings of Canaan (12:1-24)
II. The partition of the inheritance (13:1-21:45)
A. The Lord instructs Joshua concerning the division of the land (13:1-33)
B. The land divided (14:1-21:45)
1. The portion of Caleb (14:1-15)
2. The portion of Judah (15:1-63)
3. The portion of Manasseh and Ephraim (16:1-10)
4. The separate portion for Manasseh (17:1-18)
5. The tabernacle set up at Shiloh (18:1)
6. The portion of the seven tribes (18:2-19:51)
7. The cities of refuge (20:1-9)
8. The portion of the Levites (21:1-45)
III. Incipient discord: the schismatic altar of Reuben and Gad (22:1-34)
IV. Joshua's last counsels and death (23:1-24:33)
A. The last counsels of Joshua (23:1-16)
B. Joshua's last charge to Israel (24:1-28)
C. The death of Joshua (24:29-33)
Judges
I. Incomplete obedience (1:1-16:31)
A. The incomplete victory of Judah (1:1-20)
B. The incomplete victory of Benjamin (1:21-26)
C. The incomplete victory of Manasseh (1:27-36)
D. Review of the Israelitish invasion of Canaan to the death of Joshua (2:1-15)
E. Institution of the Judges (2:16-19)
F. Result of Israel's incomplete obedience (2:20-3:4)
G. The first apostasy and servitude (3:5-11)
1. Othniel, the first Judge (3:9-11)
H. The second apostasy and servitude (3:12-31)
1. Ehud, the second Judge (3:15-30)
2. Shamgar, the third Judge (3:31)
I. The third apostasy and servitude (4:1-5:31)
1. Deborah and Barak, the fourth and fifth Judges (4:4-24)
2. The song of Deborah and Barak (5:1-31)
J. The fourth apostasy and servitude (6:1-8:32)
1. Gideon, the sixth Judge (6:11-40)
2. The preparation for battle (7:1-6)
3. Gideon's three hundred (7:7-15)
4. The victory over Midian (7:16-25)
5. The jealousy of Ephraim. Events to the death of Gideon (8:1-32)
K. The fifth apostasy: the time of confusion (8:33-10:5)
1. The conspiracy of Abimelech (9:1-57)
2. Tola, the seventh Judge (10:1-2)
3. Jair, the eighth Judge (10:3-5)
L. The sixth apostasy and servitude (10:6-12:15)
1. Jephthah, the ninth Judge (11:1-29)
2. Jephthah's awful vow (11:30-40)
3. The second jealousy of Ephraim (12:1-7)
4. Ibzan, the tenth Judge (12:8-10)
5. Elon, the eleventh Judge (12:11-12)
6. Abdon, the twelfth Judge (12:13-15)
M. The seventh apostasy and servitude (13:1-16:31)
1. The parents of Samson (13:2-23)
2. The birth of Samson (13:24-25)
3. Samson, the thirteenth Judge (14:1-4)
4. Samson and the lion (14:5-7)
5. Samson's riddle (14:8-18)
6. Samson at Ashkelon (14:19-15:2)
7. The foxes and firebrands (15:3-13)
8. Samson slays a thousand Philistines (15:14-20)
9. Samson at Gaza (16:1-3)
10. Samson and Delilah (16:4-22)
11. The death of Samson (16:23-31)
II. Confusion, civil and religious (17:1-21:25)
A. Micah's worship in self-will (17:2-13)
B. The Danite invasion (18:1-29)
C. The Danite idolatry (18:30-31)
D. The Levite and his concubine (19:1-30)
E. The civil war (20:1-48)
F. Mourning for a lost tribe (21:1-25)
Ruth
I. Ruth deciding (1:1-22)
II. Ruth serving (2:1-23)
III. Ruth resting (3:1-18)
IV. Ruth rewarded (4:1-22)
1 Samuel
I. The Story of Samuel to the death of Eli (1:1-4:22)
A. The mother of Samuel (1:1-9)
B. The vow of Hannah (1:10-19)
C. The birth of Samuel (1:20-23)
D. Hannah brings Samuel to Eli (1:24-28)
E. Hannah's prophetic prayer (2:1-11)
F. The evil sons of Eli (2:12-17)
G. The child Samuel in the tabernacle (2:18-26)
H. The warning to Eli (2:27-36)
I. Samuel becomes Jehovah's prophet-priest (3:1-21)
J. The ark taken by the Philistines (4:1-22)
II. From the taking of the ark to the demand for a kind (5:1-8:22)
A. The ark of God a curse to the Philistines (5:1-12)
B. The ark brought to Joshua the Beth-shemite (6:1-21)
C. The ark brought to the house of Abinadab. The revival at Mizpeh (7:1-8)
D. The Israelites victorious at Eben-ezer (7:9-14)
E. Samuel, prophet, priest, and Judge (7:15-17)
F. Israel demands a king (8:1-6)
G. The theocracy rejected (8:7-22)
III. The reign of Saul to the call of David (9:1-15:35)
A. Saul chosen to be king (9:1-27)
B. Saul anointed king (10:1-27)
C. Saul's victory at Jabesh-gilead (11:1-14)
D. The kingdom renewed at Gilgal (11:15)
E. Samuel's proclamation of the kingdom (12:1-5)
F. Samuel rehearses the deliverances of Jehovah (12:6-15)
G. The sign of thunder and rain (12:16-25)
H. The self-will of Saul (13:1-7)
I. Saul intrudes into the priest's office (13:8-10)
J. The divine rejection of Saul announced (13:11-23)
K. Jonathan's great victory (14:1-52)
L. Saul's incomplete obedience (15:1-35)
IV. From the call of David to the death of Saul (16:1-31:13)
A. The choice of David to be king (16:1-11)
B. David anointed to be king (16:12-13)
C. David is brought to Saul (16:14-23)
D. Goliath (17:1-58)
1. The defiance of Israel by Goliath (17:1-14)
2. David is sent to the army of Saul (17:15-30)
3. David's victory over Goliath (17:31-58)
E. The love-covenant of Jonathan and David (18:1-7)
F. Saul's jealousy of David, whom he endeavors twice to kill (18:8-19)
G. Michal, Saul's daughter, given to David (18:20-30)
H. Saul's third attempt to kill David: David's flight (19:1-17)
I. The Spirit of God protects David (19:18-24)
J. Jonathan protects David (20:1-42)
K. David flees to Ahimelech and to Achish (21:1-15)
L. David in rejection gathers his mighty men (22:1-2)
M. David's wanderings and dangers (22:3-23)
N. David's wanderings and adventures (23:1-29)
O. David's mercy to Saul in En-gedi (24:1-22)
P. The death of Samuel (25:1)
Q. David and Nabal (25:2-38)
R. Abigail becomes David's wife (25:39-42)
S. Ahinoam becomes David's wife (25:43-44)
T. David spares Saul the second time (26:1-25)
U. David's lapse of faith. He goes to Philistia (27:1-12)
V. David among Israel's enemies (28:1-6)
W. Saul and the witch of En-dor (28:7-25)
X. David providentially saved from fighting against Israel (29:1-11)
Y. David avenges the destruction of Ziklag (30:1-31)
Z. The death of Saul (31:1-13)
2 Samuel
I. From the death of Saul to the anointing of David over Judah, in Hebron (1:1-27)
A. David hears of Saul's death (1:1-16)
B. David mourns the death of Saul and Jonathan (1:17-27)
II. From the anointing in Hebron to the establishment of David over united Israel (2:1-5:25)
A. David received as king by Judah (2:1-4)
B. David's message to the men of Jabesh-gilead (2:5-7)
C. Abner makes Ish-bosheth king over eleven tribes (2:8-11)
D. The second civil war (2:12-3:1)
E. David's family in Hebron (3:2-6)
F. Abner deserts to David (3:7-26)
G. Joab's murder of Abner (3:27-39)
H. The murder of Ish-bosheth (4:1-12)
I. David becomes king over Israel (5:1-5)
J. Jerusalem made the capital of the united kingdom (5:6-12)
K. Children of David born in Jerusalem (5:13-16)
L. War with the Philistines (5:17-25)
III. From the conquest of Jerusalem to the rebellion of Absalom (6:1-14:33)
A. David seeks to bring the ark to Jerusalem (6:1-11)
B. David brings up the ark (6:12-23)
C. David's desire to build the Lord's house (7:1-3)
D. The Seventh or Davidic Covenant (7:4-17)
E. David's worship and prayer (7:18-29)
F. The full establishment of David's kingdom (8:1-18)
G. David and Mephibosheth (9:1-13)
H. The Ammonite-Syrian war (10:1-19)
I. David's great sin (11:1-27)
J. David's repentance (12:1-23)
K. The birth of Solomon (12:24-25)
L. David and Joab take Rabbah (12:26-31)
M. Amnon's crime (13:1-22)
N. Absalom's vengeance for Tamar's wrong (13:23-36)
O. Absalom's flight to Geshur (13:37-39)
P. The recall of Absalom (14:1-33)
1. Joab's craft (14:1-20)
2. David's half-hearted forgiveness of Absalom (14:21-24)
3. David forgives Absalom (14:25-33)
IV. From the rebellion of Absalom to the purchase of the temple-site (15:1-24:25)
A. Absalom steals the love of the ten tribes ("Israel") (15:1-6)
B. Outbreak of Absalom's rebellion (15:7-12)
C. Flight of David from Jerusalem (15:13-37)
D. The false servant of Mephibosheth (16:1-4)
E. Shimei curses David (16:5-14)
F. Absalom enters Jerusalem (16:15-23)
G. The diverse counsel of Ahithophel and Hushai (17:1-29)
H. The battle of Mount Ephraim (18:1-8)
I. The slaying of Absalom (18:9-18)
J. David is told of Absalom's death (18:19-32)
K. The touching grief of King David (18:33)
L. Joab reproaches David (19:1-8)
M. David's return to Jerusalem (19:9-40)
N. The old strife beings anew (19:41-20:3)
O. Joab murders Amasa (20:4-12)
P. Suppression of Sheba's revolt (20:13-26)
Q. The three years' famine (21:1-14)
R. A war with the Philistines (21:15-22)
S. David's song of deliverance (22:1-51)
T. The last words of David (23:1-7)
U. David's mighty men (23:8-39)
V. David's sin in numbering the people (24:1-25)
1. David's choice of punishment (24:10-17)
2. David buys Araunah's threshingfloor; erects an altar (24:18-25)
1 Kings
I. From the rebellion of Adonijah to the death of David (1:1-2:11)
A. David's declining strength (1:1-4)
B. Adonijah plots to seize the kingdom (1:5-9)
C. The counter-plot of Nathan and Bath-sheba (1:10-38)
D. Solomon anointed king (1:39-40)
E. Adonijah's submission (1:41-53)
F. David's charge to Solomon (2:1-9)
G. The death of David (2:10-11)
II. From the accession of Solomon to the dedication of the temple (2:12-8:66)
A. Solomon's accession (2:12)
B. Execution of Adonijah (2:13-25)
C. Abiathar removed from the priesthood (2:26-27)
D. The flight and death of Joab (2:28-34)
E. Benaiah made chief captain, and Zadok priest (2:35)
F. Execution of Shimei (2:36-46)
G. Solomon makes alliance with Pharaoh, and marries his daughter (3:1-3)
H. Solomon sacrifices at Gibeon (3:4)
I. Solomon's prayer for wisdom (3:5-15)
J. The wisdom of Solomon (3:16-28)
K. The princes of Israel in Solomon's reign (4:1-6)
L. The twelve commissaries (4:7-28)
M. The wisdom of Solomon (4:29-34)
N. Solomon's temple (5:1-8:66)
1. Solomon prepares to build the temple (5:1-12)
2. Preparations for building the temple: the laborers and their work (5:13-18)
3. Solomon begins to build the temple (6:1)
4. Dimensions and materials of the temple (6:2-7:51)
5. The ark brought in: the shekinah-glory fills the house (8:1-11)
6. The sermon of Solomon (8:12-21)
7. Solomon's prayer of dedication (8:22-53)
8. Solomon's blessing after the prayer (8:54-61)
9. Sacrifice and rejoicing (8:62-66)
III. From the confirmation of the Davidic Covenant to the death of Solomon (9:1-11:43)
A. Jehovah appears the second time to Solomon (9:1-9)
B. The energy and fame of Solomon (9:10-28)
C. Solomon and the queen of Sheba (10:1-13)
D. Solomon's revenue and splendor (10:14-29)
E. Solomon's heart turned away from Jehovah (11:1-8)
F. The anger and chastening of Jehovah (11:9-25)
G. The rise of Jeroboam (11:26-40)
H. The death of Solomon (11:41-43)
IV. From the division of the kingdom to the death of Jeroboam and Rehoboam (12:1-14:31)
A. Accession and folly of Rehoboam (12:1-15)
B. Division of the kingdom: accession of Jeroboam over Israel (12:16-14:20)
1. Jeroboam destroys the religious unity of the nation (12:25-33)
2. Prophecy against Jeroboam's false altar (13:1-3)
3. The sign from God upon Jeroboam (13:4-10)
4. Disobedience and death of the man of God (13:11-32)
5. Jeroboam persists in evil (13:33-34)
6. Prophecy against Jeroboam: partial fulfillment (14:1-18)
7. Death of Jeroboam (14:19-20)
C. Judah's apostasy under Rehoboam (14:21-31)
1. Invasion of Shishak (14:25-30)
2. Death of Rehoboam (14:31)
V. The kingdoms to the accession of Ahab (15:1-16:27)
A. Accession of Abijam (15:1-7)
B. Death of Abijam (15:8)
C. Accession of Asa (15:9-24)
1. The war with Baasha: Asa's league with Syria (15:16-22)
2. Illness and death of Asa. Accession of Jehoshaphat (15:23-24)
D. Accession of Nadab over Israel (15:25-26)
E. Rebellion and accession of Baasha over Israel (15:27-16:7)
1. War between Asa, king of Judah, and Baasha, king of Israel (15:32-34)
2. Prophecy against Baasha: his death (16:1-7)
F. Accession of Elah over Israel (16:8-10)
G. The reign of Zimri over Israel (16:11-20)
H. Tibni and Omri rival kings of Israel: death of Tibni (16:21-22)
I. Reign of Omri over Israel: he makes Samaria the capital (16:23-27)
VI. Accession of Ahab to his death (16:28-22:40)
A. Accession of Ahab over Israel (16:28-30)
B. Ahab marries Jezebel (16:31-34)
C. Ministry of Elijah (17:1-19:21)
1. Elijah's prediction of three years' drought (17:1)
2. Elijah fed at Cherith (17:2-7)
3. Elijah fed at Zarephath (17:8-16)
4. Elijah raises the widow's son (17:17-24)
5. Elijah goes to meet Ahab (18:1-2)
6. A believer out of touch with God (18:3-16)
7. Elijah meets Ahab: the prophet's challenge (18:17-24)
8. Jehovah versus Baal (18:25-41)
9. Elijah on Carmel (18:42-46)
10. Jehovah's tender care of His overwrought prophet (19:1-7)
11. Elijah on Horeb (19:8-18)
12. The call of Elisha (19:19-21)
D. Ahab's first Syrian campaign (20:1-21)
1. God's promise of victory (20:13-14)
2. Ahab's victory over the Syrians (20:15-21)
E. The prophet warns Ahab (20:22)
F. Ahab's second Syrian campaign (20:23-43)
1. Ahab's sin in sparing Ben-hadad (20:35-43)
G. Ahab covets Naboth's vineyard (21:1-29)
1. Elijah announces Ahab's doom (21:17-26)
2. Ahab's repentance gains him a respite (21:27-29)
H. The three years' peace between Syria and Israel (22:1)
I. Ahab, aided by Jehoshaphat, makes his third Syrian campaign (22:2-39)
1. The lying prophets of Ahab (22:6-12)
2. Micaiah's true prophecy (22:13-28)
3. Battle of Ramoth-gilead: defeat and death of Ahab (22:29-39)
J. Accession of Ahaziah over Israel (22:40)
VII. From the reign of Jehoshaphat to the accession of Jehoram over Judah, and Ahaziah over Samaria (22:41-53)
A. Accession of Jehoshaphat over Judah (22:41-49)
B. Death of Jehoshaphat: accession of Jehoram over Judah (22:50)
C. Character of Ahaziah (22:51-53)
2 Kings
I. The last ministry and translation of Elijah (1:1-2:11)
A. Rebellion of Moab: illness of Ahaziah, king of Israel (1:1-2)
B. Elijah's message to Ahaziah: Elijah's deliverance (1:3-16)
C. Death of Ahaziah: accession of Jehoram king over Israel (1:17-18)
D. The translation of Elijah (2:1-11)
II. The ministry of Elisha from the translation of Elijah to the anointing of Jeru (2:12-9:10)
A. The Spirit who was upon Elijah comes upon Elisha (2:12-13)
B. Elisha's faith to use the power (2:14-15)
C. The knowledge of the theological students, and their total lack of faith (2:16-18)
D. Elisha's second miracle (2:19-22)
E. Irreverence cursed (2:23-25)
F. Accession of Jehoram over Israel (3:1-3)
G. Moab rebels against Israel (3:4-9)
H. Elisha reproves the alliance of Jehoshaphat with Jehoram (3:10-15)
I. Elisha's promise of water and victory (3:16-20)
J. Defeat of the Moabites (3:21-27)
K. The increase of the widow's oil (4:1-7)
L. The "great woman" of Shunem and her reward (4:8-17)
M. Elisha restores life to the son of the Shunammite (4:18-37)
N. Elisha heals the noxious pottage (4:38-41)
O. Elisha feeds a hundred men miraculously (4:42-44)
P. The healing of Naaman (5:1-19)
Q. Gehazi's sin and its penalty (5:20-27)
R. Elisha recovers the lost axe (6:1-7)
S. Elisha reveals Ben-hadad's plans (6:8-12)
T. Elisha at Dothan (6:13-17)
U. Elisha leads the blinded Syrians to Samaria (6:18-23)
V. The Syrian siege of Samaria (6:24-31)
W. The king's messenger of vengeance and the untroubled prophet (6:32-33)
X. Elisha's promise of food and Jehovah's terror upon the Syrians (7:1-15)
Y. Elisha's promise fulfilled (7:16-20)
Z. Elisha predicts the seven years' famine (8:1-2)
AA. Jehoram restores the Shunammite's land (8:3-6)
BB. Elisha visits Ben-hadad; meets Hazael (8:7-15)
CC. Jehoram co-king with his father Jehoshaphat over Judah (8:16-19)
DD. The revolt of Edom (8:20-21)
EE. The revolt of Libnah (8:22-23)
FF. Death of Jehoram (8:24)
GG. Accession of Ahaziah over Judah (8:25-27)
HH. Ahaziah joins Jehoram in defense of Ramoth-gilead (8:28)
II. Ahaziah visits Jehoram at Jezreel (8:29)
JJ. Jehu anointed king over Israel at Ramoth-gilead (9:1-10)
III. The reign of Jehu over Israel (9:11-10:36)
A. Jehu proclaimed king by the army of Israel (9:11-13)
B. Jehu slays Jehoram (9:14-26)
C. Ahaziah slain (9:27-29)
D. The slaying of Jezebel (9:30-37)
E. Judgment on the house of Ahab (10:1-12)
F. The princes of Judah slain (10:13-14)
G. Jehu spares Johonadab (10:15-18)
H. Jehu exterminates Baal worship in Israel (10:19-29)
I. Four generations promised to Jehu (10:30-31)
J. Power of Israel diminished (10:32-33)
K. Death of Jehu: accession of Jehoahaz over Israel (10:34-36)
IV. The reigns of Athaliah and Jehoash over Judah (11:1-12:21)
A. The seed royal of Judah destroyed, save Joash (11:1-3)
B. Joash becomes king over Judah (11:4-12)
C. Execution of Athaliah (11:13-16)
D. The revival through Jehoiada (11:17-21)
E. The reign of Jehoash (Joash) (12:1-3)
F. The faithless priests (12:4-8)
G. The temple repaired (12:9-16)
H. The Syrians take Gath: Jehoash ransoms Jerusalem by despoiling the temple (12:17-18)
I. Death of Joash: accession of Amaziah (12:19-21)
V. The reigns of Jehoahaz and Joash over Israel, and the last ministry of Elisha (13:1-25)
A. The reign of Jehoahaz over Israel (13:1-9)
1. Jehoahaz repents, but suffers the grove in Samaria (13:4-7)
2. Death of Jehoahaz (13:8-9)
B. Accession of Jehoash over Israel (13:10-11)
C. Death of Jehoash (13:12-13)
D. Illness of Elisha: visit of Joash (13:14-17)
E. The scant faith of Joash (13:18-19)
F. Death of Elisha: the miracle at his tomb (13:20-25)
VI. From the death of Elisha to the captivity of Israel (14:1-17:41)
A. The reign of Amaziah over Judah (14:1-20)
1. War between Israel and Judah (14:8-15)
2. Jeroboam succeeds Jehoash as king of Israel (14:16)
3. Death of Amaziah (14:17-20)
B. Azariah succeeds Amaziah as king of Judah (14:21-15:7)
1. Reign of Jeroboam II over Israel (14:23-27)
2. Death of Jeroboam II: accession of Zachariah king over Israel (14:28-29)
3. Reign of Azariah (Uzziah) over Judah (15:1-5)
4. Death of Azariah (Uzziah): accession of Jotham (15:6-7)
C. Reign of Zachariah over Israel (15:8-9)
D. Death of Zachariah: accession of Shallum over Israel (15:10-12)
E. Reign of Shallum: his death (15:13-15)
F. Reign of Menahem over Israel (15:16-22)
1. An Assyrian invasion of Israel (15:19-20)
2. Death of Menahem: accession of Pekahiah over Israel (15:21-22)
G. Death of Pekahiah: accession of Pekah over Israel (15:23-26)
H. Reign of Pekah over Israel: his death (15:27-31)
I. Reign of Jotham over Judah (15:32-38)
J. Reign of Ahaz over Judah (16:1-20)
1. Invasion of Judah by Syria and Israel (16:5-6)
2. Ahaz seeks the assistance of Assyria (16:7-8)
3. The Assyrians take Damascus (16:9-18)
4. Death of Ahaz: accession of Hezekiah (16:19-20)
K. Reign of Hoshea over Israel (17:1-3)
1. Israel becomes tributary to Assyria (17:3)
L. Israel (the ten tribes) carried away into Assyria (17:4-41)
1. The sins for which Israel was carried into captivity (17:7-23)
2. The king of Assyria repeoples the cities of Israel (17:24-41)
VII. From the accession of Hezekiah to the captivity of Judah (18:1-25:30)
A. Reign of Hezekiah over Judah (18:1-20:21)
1. Revival under Hezekiah (18:4-7)
2. Hezekiah victorious over the Philistines (18:8-12)
3. Sennacherib invades Judah (18:13-16)
4. Sennacherib seeks to terrify the defenders of Jerusalem (18:17-25)
5. The Jewish answer to Rab-shakeh's threats (18:26)
6. Rab-shakeh's further insolence (18:27-37)
7. Hezekiah's message to Isaiah (19:1-5)
8. Isaiah's answer (19:6-7)
9. Sennacherib defies the God of Hezekiah (19:8-13)
10. Hezekiah's prayer (19:14-19)
11. Jehovah's answer through Isaiah (19:20-34)
12. Jehovah destroys the Assyrian army (19:35)
13. Death of Sennacherib (19:36-37)
14. Hezekiah's illness and recovery (20:1-11)
15. Hezekiah imprudently exposes his treasures to men of Babylon (20:12-19)
16. Death of Hezekiah (20:20-21)
B. Accession and reign of Manasseh: his evil ways (21:1-18)
1. Jehovah's message concerning Manasseh's idolatries (21:10-15)
2. Manasseh's continued reign and death (21:16-18)
C. Amon (21:19-26)
1. Reign of Amon over Judah (21:19-22)
2. Death of Amon: accession of Josiah (21:23-26)
D. Reign of Josiah (22:1-23:30)
1. The repairing of the temple (22:3-7)
2. The law of Moses discovered (22:8-10)
3. "By the law is the knowledge of sin" (22:11-14)
4. The words of Huldah the prophetess (22:15-20)
5. The law read to the people (23:1-2)
6. The king's covenant (23:3)
7. Josiah's further reformations (23:4-20)
8. The passover kept (23:21-27)
9. Death of Josiah (23:28-30)
E. Reign and dethronement of Jehoahaz (23:31-33)
F. Jehoiakim made king (23:34-24:5)
1. Jehoiakim tributary to Nebuchadnezzar (24:1-5)
G. Reign of Jehoiachin; (death of Jehoiakim) (24:6-25:30)
1. The first deportation to Babylon (24:11-16)
2. Zedekiah made king (24:17-19)
3. Zedekiah rebels against Nebuchadnezzar (24:20)
4. Siege of Jerusalem and final deportation (25:1-21)
5. Gedaliah made governor of Palestine (25:22-24)
6. Murder of Gedaliah and flight of the people to Egypt (25:25-26)
7. Jehoiachin released (25:27-30)
1 Chronicles
I. Official genealogies (1:1-9:44)
A. Adam's line to Noah (1:1-8:40)
1. The sons of Japheth (1:5-7)
2. The sons of Ham (1:8-16)
3. The sons of Shem (1:17-8:40)
a. Shem's line to Abraham (1:24-8:40)
(1) Ishmael's sons (1:29-31)
(2) The sons of Keturah (1:32-33)
(3) The sons of Abraham and Isaac (1:34-8:40)
(a) The sons of Esau (1:35-54)
[1] Early kings of Edom (1:43-50)
[2] The dukes of Edom (1:51-54)
(b) The sons of Jacob (Israel) (2:1-8:40)
[1] The sons of Judah (2:3-4:23)
[a] The posterity of Jesse (2:13-17)
[b] The posterity of Caleb (2:18-20)
[c] Posterity of Hezron, father of Caleb, by the daughter of Machir (2:21-24)
[d] Jerahmeel's posterity (2:25-41)
i. Sheshan's posterity (2:34-41)
[e] Another branch of Caleb's posterity (2:42-49)
[f] The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur (2:50-55)
[g] Family of David, born in Hebron (3:1-24)
i. David's line to Zedekiah (3:10-16)
ii. The successors of Jeconiah (3:17-24)
[h] The posterity of Judah by Caleb the son of Hur (4:1-4)
[i] Of Ashur, the posthumous son of Hezron (4:5-8)
[j] Of Jabez, and his prayer (4:9-20)
[k] The posterity of Shelah (4:21-23)
[2] The posterity and cities of Simeon (4:24-43)
[a] The conquest of Gedor and of the Amalekites in Mount Seir (4:39-43)
[3] The line of Reuben (who lost his birthright) unto the captivity (5:1-10)
[a] Their habitation and conquest of the Hagarites (5:9-10)
[4] The chief men and habitations of Gad (5:11-17)
[5] The number and conquests of Reuben, Gad, and the half of Manasseh (5:18-26)
[a] The habitations and chief men of that half tribe (5:23-24)
[b] Their captivity for their sins (5:25-26)
[6] The sons of Levi (6:1-81)
[a] The line of the priests unto the captivity (6:4-15)
[b] The families of Gershom, Mezari, and Kohath (6:16-48)
[c] The office of Aaron and his line unto Ahimaaz (6:49-53)
[d] The cities of the priests and Levites (6:54-81)
[7] The sons of Issachar (7:1-5)
[8] The sons of Benjamin (7:6-12)
[9] The sons of Nephtali (7:13)
[10] The sons of Manasseh (7:14-19)
[11] The sons of Ephraim (7:20-29)
[a] Ephraim's habitations (7:28-29)
[12] The sons of Asher (7:30-40)
[13] The sons and chief men of Benjamin (8:1-40)
[a] The stock of Saul and Jonathan (8:33-40)
B. The original of Israel's and Judah's genealogies (9:1-44)
1. The Israelites (9:2-9)
2. The priests (9:10-34)
a. And the Levites, with Nethinims, who dwelt in Jerusalem (9:14-25)
b. The charge of certain Levites (9:26-34)
3. The stock of Saul and Jonathan (9:35-44)
II. From the death of Saul to the accession of David (10:1-12:40)
A. Saul's overthrow and death (10:1-14)
1. The Philistines triumph over Saul (10:8-10)
2. The kindness of Jabesh-gilead toward Saul and his sons (10:11-12)
3. Saul's sin for which he lost the kingdom (10:13-14)
B. David becomes king over Israel (11:1-12:40)
1. Jerusalem made the capital of the united kingdom (11:4-9)
2. A catalogue of David's mighty men (11:10-47)
3. The companies that came to David at Ziklag (12:1-22)
4. The men of Israel who made David king (12:23-40)
III. From the accession of David to his death (13:1-29:30)
A. Doing a right thing in the wrong way (13:1-14:17)
1. Uzza being smitten, the ark is left at the house of Obed-edom (13:9-14)
2. The prosperity of King David (14:1-17)
B. Doing a right thing in the right way (15:1-16:43)
1. David brings up the ark (15:25-28)
2. Michal despises David (15:29)
3. David's festival sacrifice (16:1-3)
4. David orders a choir (16:4-6)
5. The psalm of thanksgiving (16:7-36)
6. David appoints ministers, porters, priests, and musicians to attend continually on the ark (16:37-43)
C. David's desire to build the Lord's house (17:1-27)
1. The great Davidic Covenant (17:7-15)
2. David's worship and prayer (17:16-27)
D. The full establishment of David's kingdom (18:1-17)
E. The Ammonite-Syrian war (19:1-19)
1. First campaign under Joab (19:1-16)
2. Second campaign under David in person (19:17-19)
F. Joab and David take Rabbah (20:1-3)
G. War with the Philistines (20:4-8)
H. David sins in numbering the people (21:1-30)
1. Joab's faithful protest (21:3-7)
2. David chooses his punishment (21:8-17)
3. David buys Ornan's threshingfloor (21:18-30)
I. David prepares for building the temple (22:1-19)
1. David prepares material for the temple (22:1-5)
2. He instructs Solomon in God's promises, and his duty in building the temple (22:6-16)
3. The princes are charged to assist Solomon (22:17-19)
J. David in his old age makes Solomon king (23:1)
K. The number and distribution of the Levites (23:2-26:32)
1. The families of the Gershonites (23:7-11)
2. The sons of Kohath (23:12-20)
3. The sons of Merari (23:21-23)
4. The new office of the Levites (23:24-32)
5. The divisions of the sons of Aaron by lot into four and twenty orders (24:1-4)
6. The four and twenty orders (24:5-19)
7. The Kohathites divided (24:20-25)
8. And the Merarites divided by lot (24:26-31)
9. The number and offices of the singers (25:1-7)
10. Their division by lot into four and twenty orders (25:8-31)
11. The division of the porters (26:1-12)
12. The gates assigned by lot (26:13-19)
13. The Levites that had charge of the treasures (26:20-28)
14. Officers and judges (26:29-32)
L. The twelve captains for every several month (27:1-15)
M. The princes of the twelve tribes (27:16-22)
N. The numbering of the people is hindered (27:23-24)
O. David's several officers (27:25-34)
P. David in a solemn assembly gives counsel to Israel and to Solomon (28:1-29:22)
1. He gives him patterns for the form, and gold and silver for the materials (28:11-19)
2. David encourages Solomon to build the temple (28:20-21)
3. David exhorts the people (29:1-5)
4. The princes and people offer willingly (29:6-9)
5. David's thanksgiving and prayer (29:10-19)
6. The people, having blessed God and sacrificed, make Solomon king (29:20-22)
Q. Accession of Solomon (29:23-25)
R. Reign and death of David (29:26-30)
2 Chronicles
I. Solomon (1:1-9:31)
A. Solomon established in his kingdom (1:1)
B. Solomon sacrifices at Gibeon (1:2-6)
C. Solomon's vision of God, and prayer for wisdom (1:7-17)
D. Solomon prepares to build the temple (2:1-18)
E. Solomon begins to build the temple (3:1-7:22)
1. Dimensions and materials of the temple (3:3-4:22)
2. The ark brought in: the glory fills the house (5:1-14)
3. The sermon of Solomon (6:1-11)
4. Solomon's prayer of dedication (6:12-42)
5. The divine acceptance (7:1-3)
6. Sacrifice and rejoicing (7:4-11)
7. Jehovah appears to Solomon (7:12-22)
F. The energy and fame of Solomon (8:1-18)
G. Solomon and the queen of Sheba (9:1-12)
H. Solomon's revenue and splendor (9:13-28)
I. The death of Solomon (9:29-31)
II. Rehoboam (10:1-12:16)
A. Accession and folly of Rehoboam (10:1-11)
B. Division of the kingdom: accession of Jeroboam over Israel (10:12-19)
C. Rehoboam returns to Jerusalem (11:1-4)
D. Rehoboam fortifies his kingdom (11:5-13)
E. Jeroboam rejects the worship of Jehovah (11:14-17)
F. Rehoboam's family (11:18-23)
G. Rehoboam's apostasy (12:1)
H. Invasion of Shishak (12:2-12)
I. Death of Rehoboam (12:13-16)
III. Abijah (13:1-22)
A. Accession of Abijah over Judah (13:1-2)
B. The war between Abijah and Jeroboam (13:3-19)
C. Death of Jeroboam (13:20)
D. The family of Abijah (13:21-22)
IV. Asa (14:1-16:14)
A. Death of Abijah. Accession of Asa (14:1-8)
B. Asa's victory over Zerah (14:9-15)
C. The warning of the Prophet Azariah (15:1-7)
D. The reform under Asa (15:8-19)
E. War between Asa and Baasha (16:1-6)
F. Asa rebuked by Hanani (16:7-9)
G. Asa imprisons Hanani (16:10-11)
H. Asa's illness and death (16:12-14)
V. Jehoshaphat (17:1-20:37)
A. Accession of Jehoshaphat (17:1-5)
B. The revival under Jehoshaphat (17:6-9)
C. Jehoshaphat's growing power (17:10-19)
D. Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahab (18:1-19:3)
1. The lying prophets of Ahab (18:4-11)
2. Micaiah's true prophecy (18:12-27)
3. Battle of Ramoth-gilead: defeat and death of Ahab (18:28-34)
4. Jehu rebukes Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahab (19:1-3)
E. Jehoshaphat restores order in worship (19:4-11)
F. Judah invaded by Moab (20:1-34)
1. Jehoshaphat's prayer (20:3-13)
2. Jehovah answers through Jahaziel (20:14-19)
3. The invading armies stricken with death (20:20-25)
4. The triumphant return to Jerusalem (20:26-34)
G. Jehoshaphat's trading venture with Ahaziah, king of Israel (20:35-37)
VI. Jehoram (21:1-20)
A. Jehoram's reign over Judah after his father's death (21:1-7)
B. Revolt of Edom (21:8-9)
C. Revolt of Libnah (21:10-11)
D. The message of Elijah, written before his death (21:12-15)
E. Invasion of Judah by Arabians and Philistines (21:16-17)
F. Jehoram's incurable disease (21:18-20)
VII. Ahaziah (22:1-9)
A. Accession of Ahaziah over Judah (22:1-4)
B. Ahaziah assists Jehoram in the battle of Ramoth-gilead (22:5-9)
1. Ahaziah visits Jehoram at Jezreel (22:6-7)
2. The princes of Judah slain (22:8)
3. Ahaziah slain (22:9)
VIII. Joash (22:10-24:27)
A. The seed royal of Judah destroyed, save Joash (22:10-12)
B. Joash becomes king over Judah (23:1-11)
C. Execution of Athaliah (23:12-15)
D. The revival through Jehoiada (23:16-21)
E. Reign of Joash (Jehoash) (24:1-3)
F. The faithless priests (24:4-7)
G. The temple repaired (24:8-14)
H. Death of Jehoiada the good priest (24:15-16)
I. The apostasy of the princes (24:17-19)
J. Zechariah stoned (24:20-22)
K. A Syrian invasion: Judah defeated (24:23-24)
L. Death of Joash (24:25-27)
IX. Amaziah (25:1-28)
A. The reign of Amaziah over Judah (25:1-4)
B. The expedition against Edom (25:5-16)
C. War between Judah and Israel (25:17-25)
D. Death of Amaziah (25:26-28)
X. Uzziah (26:1-23)
A. Accession of Uzziah (26:1-5)
B. Uzziah successful in war: his works and fame (26:6-15)
C. Uzziah's intrusion into the priest's office: his punishment (26:16-21)
D. Death of Uzziah (26:22-23)
XI. Jotham (27:1-9)
A. Reign of Jotham over Judah (27:1-6)
B. Death of Jotham king of Judah (27:7-9)
XII. Ahaz (28:1-27)
A. Reign of Ahaz (28:1-4)
B. War between Ahaz and Pekah (28:5-8)
C. The intercession of Obed (28:9-15)
D. Edomite and Philistine invasions of Judah (28:16-25)
E. Death of Ahaz (28:26-27)
XIII. Hezekiah (29:1-32:33)
A. Reign of Hezekiah over Judah (29:1-2)
B. The revival under Hezekiah (29:3-19)
C. The temple worship restored (29:20-36)
D. Preparations for the passover (30:1-14)
E. The passover kept (30:15-22)
F. "Other seven" days kept (30:23-27)
G. Idols destroyed (31:1)
H. Hezekiah's further religious reforms (31:2-21)
I. Sennacherib invades Judah (32:1-23)
1. Sennacherib seeks to terrify the inhabitants of Jerusalem (32:9-16)
2. Sennacherib defies the God of Hezekiah (32:17-19)
3. Hezekiah's prayer (32:20)
4. Jehovah destroys the Assyrian army (32:21)
5. Hezekiah again prosperous (32:22-23)
J. Hezekiah's illness and recovery (32:24-26)
K. Hezekiah's wealth (32:27-30)
L. Hezekiah receives an embassy from Babylon (32:31)
M. Death of Hezekiah (32:32-33)
XIV. Manasseh (33:1-20)
A. Accession of Manasseh: his evil ways (33:1-10)
B. Manasseh's captivity and restoration (33:11-13)
C. Manasseh's continued reign, and death (33:14-20)
XV. Amon (33:21-25)
A. Reign of Amon (33:21-23)
B. Death of Amon (33:24-25)
XVI. Josiah (34:1-35:27)
A. Reign of Josiah (34:1-2)
B. Josiah's early reformation (34:3-7)
C. The repairing of the temple (34:8-32)
1. The law of Moses discovered (34:14-17)
2. "By the law is the knowledge of sin" (34:18-21)
3. The words of Huldah the prophetess (34:22-28)
4. The law read to the people (34:29-30)
5. The king's covenant (34:31-32)
D. The further reforms of Josiah (34:33)
E. The passover kept (35:1-19)
F. Death of Josiah (35:20-27)
XVII. Reign and dethronement of Jehoahaz (36:1-7)
XVIII. Accession and reign of Jehoiachin (36:8-10)
XIX. Zedekiah made king (36:11-14)
XI. Final deportation: the captivity of Judah in Babylon (36:15-21)
XII. Decree of Cyrus for rebuilding the temple (36:22-23)
Ezra
I. From the decree of Cyrus to the dedication of the restored temple (1:1-6:22)
A. Decree of Cyrus for the restoration of the temple (1:1-4)
B. Preparation for the return of the remnant (1:5-11)
C. The returning remnant (2:1-70)
1. The people (2:1-35)
2. The priests (2:36-39)
3. The Levites (2:40-54)
4. Descendants of Solomon's servants (2:55-60)
5. Priests whose pedigrees were lost (2:61-63)
6. The total number (2:64-65)
7. Their substance and gifts (2:66-70)
D. The altar is set up (3:1-3)
E. The ancient worship established (3:4-7)
F. Temple foundations laid in mingled joy and mourning (3:8-13)
G. Adversaries seek to hinder the work (4:1-24)
1. The adversaries' letter to Artaxerxes (4:11-16)
2. Decree of Artaxerxes (4:17-22)
3. The work suspended (4:23-24)
H. The prophets encourage the prince and the priest: work begun again (5:1-6:14)
1. The adversaries' letter to Darius (5:7-17)
2. Darius confirms the decree of Cyrus (6:1-14)
I. The restoration temple finished and dedicated (6:15-18)
J. The passover restored (6:19-22)
II. The ministry of Ezra (7:1-10:44)
A. The expedition of Ezra: his descent and companions (7:1-10)
B. Decree of Artaxerxes in Ezra's behalf (7:11-28)
1. Ezra's thanksgiving (7:27-28)
C. List of Ezra's companions (8:1-14)
D. Ezra sends for Levites and Nethinims (8:15-23)
1. The fast at the river Ahava (8:21-23)
E. The treasure committed to twelve priests (8:24-30)
F. The arrival of Ezra at Jerusalem (8:31-32)
G. The treasure is brought into the temple (8:33-35)
H. The king's decree delivered to the governors (8:36)
I. The remnant loses its separated position (9:1-10:44)
1. The prayer and confession of Ezra (9:5-15)
2. Separation restored (10:1-44)
Nehemiah
I. The journey to Jerusalem (1:1-2:20)
A. Nehemiah learns of the distress of the remnant of Jerusalem (1:1-4)
B. Nehemiah's prayer (1:5-11)
C. Artaxerxes sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem (2:1-10)
D. Nehemiah views the ruined walls (2:11-16)
E. Nehemiah encourages the people to build the walls (2:17-20)
II. The building of the wall (3:1-6:19)
A. The builders of the wall (3:1-32)
B. Opposition by ridicule (4:1-3)
C. Nehemiah answers by prayer (4:4-6)
D. Opposition by anger: the resource of prayer (4:7-9)
E. Opposition by discouraged brethren: the resource of faith (4:10-23)
F. Opposition by greed and heartlessness: the resource of restitution (5:1-13)
G. Nehemiah's example of unselfishness (5:14-19)
H. Opposition by craft: the resource of manly firmness (6:1-14)
I. The wall is finished (6:15-19)
III. The census (7:1-73)
A. Jerusalem given in charge to Hanani and Hananiah (7:1-4)
B. Register of the genealogy of the first remnant (7:5-73)
1. The people (7:5-38)
2. The priests (7:39-42)
3. The Levites (7:43-45)
4. The Nethinims (7:46-56)
5. The children of Solomon's servants (7:57-62)
6. The priests without pedigree (7:63-65)
7. Total number of the remnant (7:66-67)
8. Their substance and gifts (7:68-73)
IV. The revival (8:1-11:36)
A. The law read and explained (8:1-13)
B. Feast of tabernacles restored (8:14-18)
C. The people fast and repent (9:1-3)
D. Confession of the priests and Levites (9:4-38)
E. The covenant signers: the covenant (10:1-39)
F. The dwellers at Jerusalem (11:1-19)
G. The dwellers in the other cities (11:20-36)
V. The census of the priests and Levites (12:1-26)
A. The priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel (12:1-9)
B. Descent of the priests (12:10-21)
C. The chief Levites (12:22-26)
VI. Dedication of the wall (12:27-43)
VII. Restoration of the temple worship (12:44-47)
VIII. The legal order restored (13:1-31)
A. The law, and separation (13:1-3)
B. Cleansing of the temple (13:4-6)
C. Nehemiah's second visit to Jerusalem (13:7-9)
D. The order of God's house (13:10-14)
E. Violation of the Sabbath rest (13:15-22)
F. Intermarriage with other races rebuked (13:23-31)
Esther
I. The story of Vashti (1:1-22)
II. Esther made queen (2:1-20)
III. Mordecai saves the king's life (2:21-23)
IV. The conspiracy of Haman (3:1-15)
V. The courage of Esther brings deliverance (4:1-7:10)
A. Fasting among the Jews (4:1-17)
B. The courage of Esther (5:1-14)
C. Haman compelled to exalt Mordecai (6:1-14)
D. Esther's banquet: Haman hanged (7:1-10)
VI. The vengeance (8:1-9:19)
A. The vengeance ordered (8:1-17)
B. The vengeance executed (9:1-19)
VII. The feast of Purim instituted (9:20-32)
VIII. Epilogue: Mordecai made prime minister (10:1-3)
Job
I. Prologue (1:1-2:8)
A. The character of Job (1:1)
B. The family and prosperity of Job (1:2-4)
C. The piety of Job and his household (1:5)
D. Satan's theory: Job was good because prosperous (1:6-12)
E. In the sieve of Satan: mystery of God's permissive will (1:13-22)
F. Again in Satan's sieve: family, property, health gone (2:1-8)
II. Job and his wife (2:9-10)
III. Job and his three friends: scene, the ash heap outside an oriental village (2:11-31:40)
A. The friends arrive (2:11-13)
B. Job's first discourse: he tells his misery and despair (3:1-26)
C. First discourse of Eliphaz (4:1-5:27)
D. Job's answer to Eliphaz: a touching appeal for pity (6:1-7:21)
E. First discourse of Bildad: he thinks Job a hypocrite (8:1-22)
F. Job answers Bildad: he is a sinner, and knows not how to be justified--but not a hypocrite (9:1-10:22)
G. Zophar's first discourse: he thinks Job both hypocrite and liar (11:1-20)
H. Job answers the three: he is familiar with their platitudes (12:1-14:22)
I. Second discourse of Eliphaz: again rests upon superior experience and tradition (15:1-35)
J. Job's fourth answer: Eliphaz has but heaped up words (16:1-17:16)
K. Bildad's second discourse: a string of oriental proverbs (18:1-21)
L. Job's fifth answer: his sublime faith (19:1-29)
M. Zophar's second discourse: tradition and proverb (20:1-29)
N. Job's sixth
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