Table of Contents
In the Beginning | Page 1
Cain and Abel
Noah | Page 3
Life After the Flood
The Tower of Babel | Page 7
Abraham | Page 8
Isaac | Page 11
Isaac and Rebekah
The Twins – Jacob and Esau | Page 16
Jacob and the Blessing | Jacob’s Adventures | Jacob Returns to Canaan | Jacob and Esau Meet
Jacob’s Family | Page 24
Judah
The Story of Joseph | Page 27
Joseph in Egypt | The Famine | Joseph’s Family Comes to Egypt
Moses | Page 38
Baby Moses | Moses and Pharaoh | The Ten Plagues
The Great Escape From Egypt | Page 50
After the Crossing | More Problems | The Ten Commandments | The Golden Calf | The Tabernacle | The Ark of the Covenant | A Census | More Complaints | The Promised Land - Come and Gone | Death of Aaron | On the Move Again | Balaam and King Balak | Moab | Preparation Time | The Death of Moses
Joshua the New Leader | Page 70
Rahab and the Spies | A New Beginning | Battle for Jericho | Battle for Ai | The Big Con by the Gibeonites | Men at War | Peace at Last | A New Generation
Judges | Page 78
Deborah | Gideon | Israel’s ‘First’ King | Back to Judges | Jephthah | Samson | Anarchy and Civil War
A Change of Direction | Page 96
Ruth | Samuel | The Boy Samuel and Eli | At War with the Philistines
For Better or For Worse – A Monarchy | Page 106
Saul the King | Page 107
The Beginning of the End of King Saul | David Anointed as King | Saul’s Demise | David and Goliath | David and Jonathon | David the Fugitive | David Spares King Saul | Nabal and Abigail | David Again Spares King Saul | David in Philistine Territory | King Saul Seeks ‘Help’ | The Capture of Ziklag | The Death of King Saul
David the King | Page 127
In Judah | David, King of all Israel |The Lost Ark |Mephibosheth| King David’s Big Mistake |Nathan the Prophet |Trouble at Home |Absalom’s Revenge | The Coup | King David Flees | Absalom’s Final Battle | King David Returns to Jerusalem | The Census | King David’s Later Years |King David Abdicates | The Death of King David
Solomon the King | Page 146
King Solomon’s Reign Begins | The Wisdom of Solomon | Solomon’s Temple Begins | Dedication of the New Temple | Visit by the Queen of Sheba | King Solomon’s Women | The Beginning of the End | Civil War Averted
LIFE IN ISRAEL | Page 154
Israel’s Kings | Page 154
King Jeroboam | King Nadab and King Baasha | Kings Elah, Zimri and Omri
Elijah the Prophet | Page 157
King Ahab and Elijah the Prophet | The Coming Drought | Elijah on Mt Carmel | Life Under King Ahab | King Ahab’s Vegetable Garden | King Ahaziah | King Jehoram | Elijah’s Last Day
Elisha the Prophet | Page 171
We Three Kings | Elisha’s Miracles | Naaman from Syria | Elisha at Work | Samaria Saved by Four Lepers | More Work for Elisha | Death of Queen Jezebel | King Jehu | King Jehoahaz | King Jehoash and the Death of Elisha
Jonah | Page 189
The Beginning of the End for Israel | Page 194
The Prophet of the Impending Doom – Amos | The Prophet of Good News – Hosea | King Zechariah | King Shallum | King Menahem | King Pekahiah | King Pekah | King Hoshea | The End of the Northern Kingdom, Israel
LIFE IN JUDAH | Page 197
King Rehoboam | Kings Abijam and Asa | King Jephshaphat | King Jehoram | King Ahaziah and Queen Athaliah | Young King Joash | King Amaziah | King Uzziah | King Jotham | King Ahaz | King Hezekiah | Sennacherib of Assyria | King Hezekiah’s Illness | King Manasseh King Amon | King Josiah | Death of King Josiah
The Exile to Babylon Begins | Page 212
King Jehoahaz and King Jehoiakim | King Jehoiachin and King Zedekiah
The Role of the Prophets | Page 214
Joel | Micah | Isaiah | Habakkuk | Zephaniah | Jeremiah | Nahum | Ezekiel
Daniel | Page 221
King Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream | Daniel the Governor | The Fiery Furnace | King Nebuchadnezzar’s Next Dream | King Nebuchadnezzar’s Affliction | Seven Years Later | King Belshazzar and the End of the Babylonian Empire
Life Under the Medes and Persians | Page 229
Daniel’s Night with the Lions | Daniel’s Visions
Return from Exile | Page 231
The Prophet Haggai | The Prophet Zechariah | Bureaucracy | The Prophet Ezra | The Prophet Nehemiah | The Building of the City Walls | Time to Celebrate
Genocide for the Jews in Persia | Page 237
Esther | The Thwarted Assassination | Haman’s Plot | Mordecai’s Plan | Queen Esther’s Banquets
Job | Page 243
Cain and Abel
Noah | Page 3
Life After the Flood
The Tower of Babel | Page 7
Abraham | Page 8
Isaac | Page 11
Isaac and Rebekah
The Twins – Jacob and Esau | Page 16
Jacob and the Blessing | Jacob’s Adventures | Jacob Returns to Canaan | Jacob and Esau Meet
Jacob’s Family | Page 24
Judah
The Story of Joseph | Page 27
Joseph in Egypt | The Famine | Joseph’s Family Comes to Egypt
Moses | Page 38
Baby Moses | Moses and Pharaoh | The Ten Plagues
The Great Escape From Egypt | Page 50
After the Crossing | More Problems | The Ten Commandments | The Golden Calf | The Tabernacle | The Ark of the Covenant | A Census | More Complaints | The Promised Land - Come and Gone | Death of Aaron | On the Move Again | Balaam and King Balak | Moab | Preparation Time | The Death of Moses
Joshua the New Leader | Page 70
Rahab and the Spies | A New Beginning | Battle for Jericho | Battle for Ai | The Big Con by the Gibeonites | Men at War | Peace at Last | A New Generation
Judges | Page 78
Deborah | Gideon | Israel’s ‘First’ King | Back to Judges | Jephthah | Samson | Anarchy and Civil War
A Change of Direction | Page 96
Ruth | Samuel | The Boy Samuel and Eli | At War with the Philistines
For Better or For Worse – A Monarchy | Page 106
Saul the King | Page 107
The Beginning of the End of King Saul | David Anointed as King | Saul’s Demise | David and Goliath | David and Jonathon | David the Fugitive | David Spares King Saul | Nabal and Abigail | David Again Spares King Saul | David in Philistine Territory | King Saul Seeks ‘Help’ | The Capture of Ziklag | The Death of King Saul
David the King | Page 127
In Judah | David, King of all Israel |The Lost Ark |Mephibosheth| King David’s Big Mistake |Nathan the Prophet |Trouble at Home |Absalom’s Revenge | The Coup | King David Flees | Absalom’s Final Battle | King David Returns to Jerusalem | The Census | King David’s Later Years |King David Abdicates | The Death of King David
Solomon the King | Page 146
King Solomon’s Reign Begins | The Wisdom of Solomon | Solomon’s Temple Begins | Dedication of the New Temple | Visit by the Queen of Sheba | King Solomon’s Women | The Beginning of the End | Civil War Averted
LIFE IN ISRAEL | Page 154
Israel’s Kings | Page 154
King Jeroboam | King Nadab and King Baasha | Kings Elah, Zimri and Omri
Elijah the Prophet | Page 157
King Ahab and Elijah the Prophet | The Coming Drought | Elijah on Mt Carmel | Life Under King Ahab | King Ahab’s Vegetable Garden | King Ahaziah | King Jehoram | Elijah’s Last Day
Elisha the Prophet | Page 171
We Three Kings | Elisha’s Miracles | Naaman from Syria | Elisha at Work | Samaria Saved by Four Lepers | More Work for Elisha | Death of Queen Jezebel | King Jehu | King Jehoahaz | King Jehoash and the Death of Elisha
Jonah | Page 189
The Beginning of the End for Israel | Page 194
The Prophet of the Impending Doom – Amos | The Prophet of Good News – Hosea | King Zechariah | King Shallum | King Menahem | King Pekahiah | King Pekah | King Hoshea | The End of the Northern Kingdom, Israel
LIFE IN JUDAH | Page 197
King Rehoboam | Kings Abijam and Asa | King Jephshaphat | King Jehoram | King Ahaziah and Queen Athaliah | Young King Joash | King Amaziah | King Uzziah | King Jotham | King Ahaz | King Hezekiah | Sennacherib of Assyria | King Hezekiah’s Illness | King Manasseh King Amon | King Josiah | Death of King Josiah
The Exile to Babylon Begins | Page 212
King Jehoahaz and King Jehoiakim | King Jehoiachin and King Zedekiah
The Role of the Prophets | Page 214
Joel | Micah | Isaiah | Habakkuk | Zephaniah | Jeremiah | Nahum | Ezekiel
Daniel | Page 221
King Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream | Daniel the Governor | The Fiery Furnace | King Nebuchadnezzar’s Next Dream | King Nebuchadnezzar’s Affliction | Seven Years Later | King Belshazzar and the End of the Babylonian Empire
Life Under the Medes and Persians | Page 229
Daniel’s Night with the Lions | Daniel’s Visions
Return from Exile | Page 231
The Prophet Haggai | The Prophet Zechariah | Bureaucracy | The Prophet Ezra | The Prophet Nehemiah | The Building of the City Walls | Time to Celebrate
Genocide for the Jews in Persia | Page 237
Esther | The Thwarted Assassination | Haman’s Plot | Mordecai’s Plan | Queen Esther’s Banquets
Job | Page 243
