Contents:

Why was sin permitted

The creation

The temptation and fall

The plan of redemption

Cain and Abel tested

Seth and Enoch

The flood

After the flood

The literal week

The tower of Babel

The call of Abraham

Abraham in Canaan

The test of faith

Destruction of Sodom

The marriage of Isaac

Jacob and Esau

Jacob's flight and exile

The night of wrestling

The return to Canaan

Joseph in Egypt

Joseph and his brothers

Moses

The plagues of Egypt

The passover

The exodus

From the Red Sea to Sinai

The law given to Israel

idolatry at Sinai

Satan's enmity against the law

The tabernacle and its services

The sin of Nadab and Abihu

The law and the covenants

From Sinai to Kadesh

The twelve spies

The rebellion of Korah

In the wilderness

The smitten rock

The journey around Edom

The conquest of Bashan

Balaam

Apostasy at the Jordan

The fall of Jericho

The blessings and the curses

League with the Gibeonites

The division of Canaan

The last words of Joshua

Tithes and offerings

God's care for the poor

The annual feasts

The earlier judges

Samson

The child Samuel

Eli and his sons

The ark taken by the Philistines

The schools of the prophets

The first king of Israel

The presumption of Saul

Saul rejected

The anointing of David

David and Goliath

David a fugitive

The magnanimity of David

The death of Saul

Ancient and modern sorcery

David at Ziklag

David called to the throne

The reign of David

David's sin and repentance

The rebellion of Absalom

The last years of David

Appendix

Index to scriptures

General index