Class-Book of Old Testament History

by George Frederick Maclear

77 chapters16h 19mEnglish1894

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This is classic book by scholar, educator, theologian and preacher George Frederick Maclear, headmaster of King's College School, London, and later warden of St. Augustine's Missionary College, Canterbury. Each short chapter is a nugget of events and persons of the Old Testament, giving a very accessible overview of history from the Earliest Times to those of Ezra and Nehemiah. (Summary by Larry Wilson)

Chapters (77)

1The Creation

416

2The Fall

705

3The Flood

782

4The Confusion of Tongues

657

5Rise of Idolatry. The Patriarch Job.

651

6The Call of Abraham

1028

7Life of Abraham continued

1164

8The History of Isaac

558

9Life of Jacob

832

10History of Joseph

982

11Jacob’s Descent into Egypt, and Death of Joseph

925

12Note: Survey of the Patriarchal Age

600

13The Birth and Call of Moses

1115

14Signs and Wonders in Egypt

961

15The Last Plague—The Passover—The Exodus

743

16The Journey from the Red Sea to Rephidim

647

17Sinai and the Giving of the Law

919

18Moses in the Mount. The Construction of the Golden Calf

1001

19The Tabernacle

924

20History of the Tabernacle

199

21The Priests

926

22The Sacrifices and Offerings

1098

23Holy Times and Seasons

776

24The Great Festivals—The Jewish Calendar

770

25Note: Laws of Purity, etc,

634

26Civil and Moral Laws

981

27Kadesh-Barnea and the Mission of the Spies

958

28The Wanderings—Death of Miriam and Aaron

912

29Conquest of the East of Jordan—Balaam and Balak

959

30War with the Midianites—Death of Moses

590

31Note: His Work and Character

220

32The Passage of the Jordan, and Fall of Jericho

957

33Conquest of the Southern and Central Mountains

821

34Battle of Merom, and Division of the Land

1354

35Events subsequent to the Death of Joshua

446

36Micah and the Danites—The Tribal War

707

37Othniel and Ehud, Deborah and Barak

828

38Invasion of the Midianites—Gideon

905

39Abimelech and Jephthah

626

40Invasion from the Southwest, Samson

785

41Eli and Samuel

624

42Samuel’s Judgeship

1120

43Election of the First King

742

44The Battle of Michmash

670

45Saul and the Amalekites—David and Goliath

914

46David’s Life as an Outlaw

1002

47David at Ziklag—Battle of Mount Gilboa

1599

48David’s Reign at Hebron

520

49David’s Reign at Jerusalem

633

50David’s Army, his Conquests, his Sin

670

51The Rebellion of Absalom

1073

52Close of David’s reign

785

53David’s Work and Character

413

54Accession of Solomon

463

55The Building of the Temple

614

56Solomon’s reign continued

893

57The Revolt of the Ten Tribes

661

58Rehoboam and Abijah, Jeroboam and Nadab

441

59Asa and Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri

553

60Accession of Ahab—Era of Elijah

836

61Wars of Ahab and Benhadad

459

62Murder of Naboth—Battle of Ramoth Gilead

503

63Wars of Jehoshaphat. Translation of Elijah

602

64Jehoshaphat and Jehoram—Era of Elisha

1002

65Elisha and Naaman—Siege of Samaria

764

66Accession of Jehu

757

67Athaliah and Joash; Death of Elisha

534

68Amaziah and Jeroboam II.; Era of Jonah

601

69Decline and Captivity of the Kingdom of Israel

521

70Reign of Hezekiah

776

71Reign of Manasseh—Reforms of Josiah

678

72Death of Josiah—Captivity of Judah

607

73Duration, Relation, Contrasts of the Two Kingdoms

227

74Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar

688

75Reigns of Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, and Darius

832

76Rebuilding of the Temple—Esther and Ahasuerus

832

77Times of Ezra and Nehemiah—Close of Canon

1104

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