Illustrated History of the Bible

1 Preface 2 INTRODUCTION 3 HISTORIC AND LITERARY 4 INTEGRITY OF THE TEXT 5 ANCIENT VERSIONS 6 THE SEPTUAGINT AND VULGATE 7 MODERN FOREIGN VERSIONS 8 ENGLISH VERSIONS 9 THE APOCRYPHA 10 HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT 11 THE CREATION--FALL OF MAN 12 FAMILY OF ADAM--UNIVERSAL DEPRAVITY--THE FLOOD 13 CALL OF ABRAHAM--MIGRATION--BIRTH OF ISHMAELAt the close of the preceding chapter, we ob... 14 DESTRUCTION OF SODOM--BIRTH OF ISAAC--HIS MARRIAGESODOM AND GOMORRAH 15 LIFE OF ISAAC--FORTUNES OF HIS FAMILYESAU AND JACOB'S BIRTH 16 HISTORY OF JOSEPH--JACOB AND FAMILY REMOVED TO EGYPTJOSEPH'S PARTY COLORED COAT 17 LIFE AND MISSION OF MOSES-DEPARTURE FROM EGYPTOPPRESSION OF THE HEBREWS 18 ISRAELITES IN THE WILDERNESS--SINAI--TABERNACLE--SACRIFICES 19 ENCAMPMENT OF ISRAELITES--MURMURINGS--KORAH'S SIN 20 FIERY SERPENTS--BALAAM--APPROACH TO CANAAN--DEATH OF MOSES 21 JOSHUA BECOMES LEADER--CONQUEST OF CANAAN 22 WARS--IDOLATRY--STORY OF RUTH--DEBORAH'S HEROISM--GIDEON 23 MURDER OF GIDEON'S SONS--JEPHTHAH'S VICTORY--SAMSON 24 ELI--DEFEAT OF ISRAEL--ADMINISTRATION OF SAMUEL 25 SAUL'S REIGN--HIS WARS--DAVID ANOINTED KING 26 DAVID'S REIGN--HIS CONQUESTS--PURPOSE TO BUILD A TEMPLE 27 SOLOMON'S ACCESSION--BUILDS THE TEMPLE--HIS COMMERCE 28 REVOLT OF TEN TRIBES--JEROBOAM--REHOBOAM--AHAB 29 JUDAH, FROM B.C. 990 TO B.C. 929 30 ISRAEL, FROM B.C. 931 TO B.C. 895 31 KINGDOM OF JUDAH FROM B.C. 929 TO B.C. 725 32 ISRAEL, FROM B.C. 931 TO B.C. 895 33 KINGDOM OF JUDAH FROM B.C. 929 TO B.C. 725 34 ISRAEL FROM B.C. 895 TO B.C. 719--HEZEKIAH--JERUSALEM BURNT 35 JUDAH, FROM B.C. 725 TO B.C. 586 36 THE CAPTIVITY--DANIEL--BELSHAZZAR--DARIUS 37 THE RESTORATION--ARTAXERXES--EZRA--NEHEMIAH 38 END OF INSPIRED HISTORY 420 B.C--JEWISH HISTORY TO B.C. 163 39 MACCABEAN RULE--POMPEY'S INVASION--ROMAN POWER 40 ANTIPATER GOVERNOR OF JUDEA--HEROD--BIRTH OF CHRIST 41 PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST--THEIR FULFILLMENT 42 HISTORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 43 BIRTH OF CHRIST--TEMPTATION--ENTERS ON HIS MINISTRY 44 MIRACLES--TRANSFIGURATION--BLESSES LITTLE CHILDREN 45 LAST PASSOVER--ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM--THE AGONY--THE TRIAL 46 CHRIST'S CONDEMNATION--CRUCIFIXION--RESURRECTION--ASCENSION 47 MIRACLES, PARABLES, AND DISCOURSES OF JESUS 48 FROM THE ASCENSION TO THE MARTYRDOM OF STEPHEN 49 PHILIP THE EVANGELIST--CONVERSION OF SAUL 50 PERSECUTION BY HEROD--LABORS OF BARNABAS AND SAUL 51 PAUL AND SILAS VISIT CHURCHES--PAUL AT ATHENS--IN EPHESUS 52 PAUL LEAVES EPHESUS--RETURNS TO JERUSALEM--IS ARRESTED 53 PAUL'S DEFENSE--IS SENT TO ROME--HIS SHIPWRECK 54 PAUL'S TRAVELS--IMPRISONED AT ROME--IS BEHEADED 55 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE APOSTLES 56 NOTICE OF THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA 57 DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AS FORETOLD BY CHRIST 58 BIBLE CHRONOLOGY 59 FROM THE CREATION TO THE DELUGE 60 FROM THE DELUGE TO THE CALLING OF ABRAHAM, 426 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS 61 FROM THE CALLING OF ABRAHAM TO THE EXODUS OF THE ISRAELITES, 430 YEARS 62 FROM THE EXODUS OF THE ISRAELITES TO THEIR ENTRANCE INTO CANAAN, 40 YEARS 63 FROM THE ENTRANCE OF THE ISRAELITES INTO THE LAND OF CANAAN TO THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON'S... 64 FROM BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE TO THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY, 400 YEARS 65 FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY TO THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, 586 YEARS 66 THE ERA OF INSPIRED HISTORY ENDS ABOUT THIS TIME, AND THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON IS FINISHED 67 FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO THE COMPLETION OF THE CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 68 SYNCHRONICAL TABLES OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL