A Survey of Israel's History

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1. Introduction -- Source material -- Importance of Israel -- Israel's strategic location -- Geography of Palestine -- History divisions -- 2. Patriarchal background -- Historical accuracy -- Significance of Abraham's call -- Date of Abraham -- Abraham's country -- Departure -- 3. Abraham -- The new land -- Shechem, Bethel, Egypt, Bethel -- Rescue of Lot (Gen. 14) -- Destruction of Sodom (Gen. 18:1-19:38) -- Covenant -- Waiting for the Promised Child (Gen. 16:1-18:15) -- and the Philistines (Gen. 20-21) -- Near sacrifice of Isaac (Gen. 22) -- Death and burial of Sarah (Gen. 23) -- A bride for Isaac (Gen. 24:1-25:11) -- Abraham, man of faith -- 4. Isaac, Jacob, Joseph -- Isaac (Gen. 25:9-26:35) -- Jacob (Gen. 28:1-36:43) -- Joseph (Gen. 37-50) -- 5. Sojourn and Exodus chronology -- Duration of Egyptian sojourn -- Date of the Exodus -- 6. Life in Egypt -- Four periods of Egyptian rule -- Egyptian life -- Jacob's descendants in Egypt -- Israel in servitude (Exude. 1:8-22) -- Moses (Exod. 2:1-10) -- Moses' choice (Exod. 2:11-25; Acts 7:23-29, Heb. 11:24-27) -- Moses' return to Egypt (Exod. 3:1-4:31) -- The contest with Pharaoh (Exod. 5:1-12:36) -- Departure from Egypt -- 7. Israel in the wilderness -- Israel's route of travel -- To Mount Sinai (Exod. 15:22-18:27) -- Giving the Law (Exod. 19:3-24:18, 32:1-34:35) -- The Law -- The Tabernacle (Exod. 25-31; 35-40) -- The number of people -- Sinai to Kadesh-barnea (Num. 10:11-17:13; 33:16-19) -- Thirty-seven years and six months of ruitless wandering (Num. 15-19; 33:19-36) -- Kadesh-barnea to the Jordan (Num. 20-21; 33:37-4; Deut. 2:1-3:14) -- At the Jordan (Num. 22-27; 31-32; Deut. 31, 34) -- Deuteronomy -- 8. The Conquest -- The land of Canaan -- Entrance to the land (Josh. 2:1-5:12) -- Conquest of Central Palestine (Josh. 5:13-9:27) -- Conquest of the South and the North (Josh. 10-12) -- The land divided (Josh. 13-22) -- Institutions. 9. The Judges -- Background matters -- Failure to occupy the land fully (Judg. 1:1-3:7) -- The period of Mesopotamian oppression (Judg. 3:8-11; 17-21) -- The period of Moabite oppression (Judg. 3:12-31) -- The period of Canaanite oppression (Judg. 4-5) -- The period of Midianite oppression (Judg. 6:1-10:5; Ruth 1-4) -- The period of Ammonite oppression (Judg. 10:6-12:15) -- The period of Philistine oppression (Judg. 13-16) -- Samuel -- 10. King Saul -- The anointing of Saul (1 Sam. 9-12) -- The rule of Saul -- The rejection of Saul (1 Sam. 13-15) -- Saul and David (1 Sam. 16-20) -- Saul's last years (1 Sam 22:6-19; 28:1-25; 31:1-13) -- David as fugitive (1 Sam. 21-27; 29-30; 2 Sam. 1) -- 11. David -- David at Hebron (2 Sam. 1:1-5:5) -- David establishes the Kingdom of Israel (2 Sam. 5:6-8:18; 10:1-19) -- David's government -- Significant deeds -- Last years of David (2 Sam. 13-20; 1 Kings 1:1-2:11; 1 Chron. 22; 28-29 -- Israel's greatest king -- 12. Solomon -- Established as king (1 Kings 2:12-46; 3:4-28; 2 Chron. 1:1-17) -- Solomon's kingdom -- Foreign relations -- Building activity (1 Kings 5:1-9:9; 2 Chron. 2-7) -- Literary age -- Spiritual decline and punishment (2 Kings 11; 2 Chron. 9:29-31) -- Solomon the king -- 13. The Northern Kingdom -- The revolt (1 Kings 12:1-24; 2 Chron. 10) -- The early years (931-885; 1 Kings 12:25-16:20) -- The dynasty of Omni (885-841; 1 Kings 16:23-22:53; 2 Kings 1-8) -- The dynasty of Jehu (841-753; 2 Kings 9:11-10:36; 13; 14:16-29) -- The decline of Israel (752-722; 2 Kings 15:13-17:41) -- Israel under Assyrian control -- Summary. 14. The Kingdom of Judah -- A period of conflict with Israel (931-870; 1 Kings 14:21-15:24; 2 Chron. 10-16) -- A period of alliance with Israel (873-835; 1 Kings 22:41-50, 2 Kings 8:16-29; 11:1-16; 2 Chron. 17:1-23:15) -- Four God-approved kings (835-731; 2 Kings 12-15; 2 Chron. 23:16-27:9) -- Years of Assyrian dominance (743-640; 2 Kings 16-21; 2 Chron. 28-33) -- Babylon becomes dominant (640-586; 2 Kings 22-25; 2 Chron. 34-36) -- 15. Exile and return -- Developments in Judah (2 Kings 25:22-26; Jer. 40-44) -- The Babylonian period (605-539) -- Captive Judah -- The Persian period -- The first return to Judah (Ezra 1-6) -- The second return (Ezra 7-10) -- The third return (Neh. 1-13) -- Esther (Esth. 1-10) -- The Elephantine colony -- 16. Between the testaments -- Israel as a vassal state -- The Maccabees -- The Hasmonean era -- Social developments -- Parties within Judaism -- The literature of the Intertestamental period -- Conclusion.