Class-Book of Old Testament History
by George Frederick Maclear
About this book
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
2The Fall
3The Flood
4The Confusion of Tongues
5Rise of Idolatry. The Patriarch Job.
6The Call of Abraham
7Life of Abraham continued
8The History of Isaac
9Life of Jacob
10History of Joseph
11Jacob’s Descent into Egypt, and Death of Joseph
12Note: Survey of the Patriarchal Age
13The Birth and Call of Moses
14Signs and Wonders in Egypt
15The Last Plague—The Passover—The Exodus
16The Journey from the Red Sea to Rephidim
17Sinai and the Giving of the Law
18Moses in the Mount. The Construction of the Golden Calf
19The Tabernacle
20History of the Tabernacle
21The Priests
22The Sacrifices and Offerings
23Holy Times and Seasons
24The Great Festivals—The Jewish Calendar
25Note: Laws of Purity, etc,
26Civil and Moral Laws
27Kadesh-Barnea and the Mission of the Spies
28The Wanderings—Death of Miriam and Aaron
29Conquest of the East of Jordan—Balaam and Balak
30War with the Midianites—Death of Moses
31Note: His Work and Character
32The Passage of the Jordan, and Fall of Jericho
33Conquest of the Southern and Central Mountains
34Battle of Merom, and Division of the Land
35Events subsequent to the Death of Joshua
36Micah and the Danites—The Tribal War
37Othniel and Ehud, Deborah and Barak
38Invasion of the Midianites—Gideon
39Abimelech and Jephthah
40Invasion from the Southwest, Samson
41Eli and Samuel
42Samuel’s Judgeship
43Election of the First King
44The Battle of Michmash
45Saul and the Amalekites—David and Goliath
46David’s Life as an Outlaw
47David at Ziklag—Battle of Mount Gilboa
48David’s Reign at Hebron
49David’s Reign at Jerusalem
50David’s Army, his Conquests, his Sin
51The Rebellion of Absalom
52Close of David’s reign
53David’s Work and Character
54Accession of Solomon
55The Building of the Temple
56Solomon’s reign continued
57The Revolt of the Ten Tribes
58Rehoboam and Abijah, Jeroboam and Nadab
59Asa and Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri
60Accession of Ahab—Era of Elijah
61Wars of Ahab and Benhadad
62Murder of Naboth—Battle of Ramoth Gilead
63Wars of Jehoshaphat. Translation of Elijah
64Jehoshaphat and Jehoram—Era of Elisha
65Elisha and Naaman—Siege of Samaria
66Accession of Jehu
67Athaliah and Joash; Death of Elisha
68Amaziah and Jeroboam II.; Era of Jonah
69Decline and Captivity of the Kingdom of Israel
70Reign of Hezekiah
71Reign of Manasseh—Reforms of Josiah
72Death of Josiah—Captivity of Judah
73Duration, Relation, Contrasts of the Two Kingdoms
74Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar
75Reigns of Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, and Darius
76Rebuilding of the Temple—Esther and Ahasuerus
77Times of Ezra and Nehemiah—Close of Canon
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