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THE
HISTORY OF PAST TEMPLES
1-THE
TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION 
The Lord said
to Moses, LET THEM MAKE ME A SANCTUARY; THAT I MAY DWELL AMONG THEM. ACCORDING
TO ALL THAT I SHOW THEE, AFTER THE PATTERN OF THE TABERNACLE-Ex 25:8,9.
AND MOSES TOOK THE TABERNACLE, AND PITCHED IT WITHOUT THE CAMP, AFAR OFF FROM
THE CAMP, AND CALLED IT THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION. AND IT CAME
TO PASS, THAT EVERY ONE WHICH SOUGHT THE LORD WENT OUT UNTO THE TABERNACLE OF
THE CONGREGATION, WHICH WAS WITHOUT THE CAMP-Ex 33:7.
The tabernacle in the
wilderness is called the tabernacle of the congregation. (For more information
note-Ex 25:9; 27:21; 2 Chr 1:3 and many other verses.)
2-THE
FIRST REFERENCE TO A TEMPLE
The first reference in the Bible using the word temple is in 1 Sam 1:9. SO HANNAH ROSE UP AFTER THEY HAD EATEN IN SHILOH, AND AFTER THEY HAD DRUNK. NOW ELI THE PRIEST SAT UPON A SEAT BY THE POST OF THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD. The word “temple,” used here, denotes a large or impressive royal room or palace. It was at Shiloh. It is also written...THE WOMEN THAT ASSEMBLED AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION-1 Sam 2:22. AND ERE THE LAMP OF GOD WENT OUT IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, WHERE THE ARK OF GOD WAS-1 Sam 3:3. Note both words “temple” and “tabernacle” are mentioned here.
Solomon was called
of God to build a temple. As it is written, AND, BEHOLD, I PURPOSE TO
BUILD AN HOUSE UNTO THE NAME OF THE LORD MY GOD, AS THE LORD SPAKE UNTO DAVID
MY FATHER, SAYING, THY SON, WHOM I WILL SET UPON THY THRONE IN THY ROOM, HE
SHALL BUILD AN HOUSE UNTO MY NAME-1 Ki 5:5.
Solomon was building the magnificent first temple, from approximately
982 B.C. (seven years) to 975 B.C. AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE FOUR HUNDRED
AND EIGHTIETH YEAR AFTER THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE COME OUT OF THE LAND OF
EGYPT, IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF SOLOMON’S REIGN OVER ISRAEL, IN THE MONTH ZIF,
WHICH IS THE SECOND MONTH, THAT HE BEGAN TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.
IN THE FOURTH YEAR WAS THE FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD LAID, IN THE
MONTH ZIF-1 Ki 6:1,37. THEN SOLOMON BEGAN TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD
AT JERUSALEM IN MOUNT MORIAH, WHERE THE LORD APPEARED UNTO DAVID HIS FATHER
(David was Solomon’s father), IN THE PLACE THAT DAVID HAD PREPARED IN THE THRESHINGFLOOR
OF ORNAN THE JEBUSITE. AND HE BEGAN TO BUILD IN THE SECOND DAY OF THE
SECOND MONTH, IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN-2 Chr 3:1,2.
There are also other reference verses on the temple: God’s promise
to Solomon-1 Ki 6:11-13; dimensions of the temple-1 Ki 6:2 and 2 Chr 3:3; materials
of the temple-1 Ki 6:7,9 and 2 Chr 3:5-7; the porch-1 Ki 6:3 and 2 Chr 3:4;
windows-1 Ki 6:4; stories-1 Ki 6:5,6,8,10; Most Holy place-1 Ki 6:16-22 and
2 Chr 3:8,9; cherubim-1 Ki 6:23-28 and 2 Chr 3:10-13; the veil-2 Chr 3:14; the
walls and floor-1 Ki 6:15,29,30; doors-1 Ki 6:31-35; completion of the temple
building-1 Ki 6:14.
When Israel was conquered by the Babylonians, the temple
was destroyed, approximately 586 B.C. AND IN THE FIFTH MONTH, OF THE SEVENTH
DAY OF THE MONTH, WHICH IS IN THE NINETEENTH YEAR OF KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING
OF BABYLON, CAME NEBUZARDAN, CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD, A SERVANT OF THE KING OF
BABYLON, UNTO JERUSALEM: AND HE BURNT THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND THE KING’S
HOUSE AND ALL THE HOUSES OF JERUSALEM, AND EVERY GREAT MAN’S HOUSE BURNT HE
WITH FIRE-2 Ki 25:8,9. Other references include, 2 Chr 36:19; Jere 39:8;
52:12-14.
Another temple
(a smaller one) was built by the Jews who returned from Babylon under Zerubbabel.
BUT IN THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS THE KING OF BABYLON THE SAME KING CYRUS MADE
A DECREE TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF GOD-Ezra 5:13, approximately 539 B.C. NOW
IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THEIR COMING UNTO THE HOUSE OF GOD AT JERUSALEM, IN THE
SECOND MONTH, BEGAN ZERUBBABEL...AND THE REMNANT OF THEIR BRETHREN...FROM TWENTY
YEARS OLD AND UPWARD, TO SET FORWARD THE WORK OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD-Ezra
3:8, approximately 535 B.C. This remained until about 19 B.C., when it
was taken apart to be replaced by the much larger temple built for the Jews
by Herod the Great.
The temple sacrifices were interrupted in approximately 168
B.C., by Antiochus 1, son of Antiochus the Great, who took Palestine from a
weak king of Egypt. Antiochus 1 desecrated the temple, abolished the worship
of Jehovah, and set up pagan worship. The Jews prepared to oppose these
decrees. By approximately 64 B.C., the Jews had cleansed and rededicated
the temple. The Pharisees and Sadducees split into definite parties.
The temple that Herod built was partly to please the Jews
and partly for his own glory. THEN SAID THE JEWS, FORTY AND SIX YEARS
WAS THIS TEMPLE IN BUILDING, AND WILT THOU REAR IT UP IN THREE DAYS?-Jn 2:20.
Jesus said, VERILY
I SAY UNTO YOU, ALL THESE THINGS SHALL COME UPON THIS GENERATION. BEHOLD,
YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOU DESOLATE-Mt 23:36,38. AND JESUS WENT OUT,
AND DEPARTED FROM THE TEMPLE: AND HIS DISCIPLES CAME TO HIM FOR TO SHOW HIM
THE BUILDINGS OF THE TEMPLE. AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, SEE YE NOT ALL
THESE THINGS? VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THERE SHALL NOT BE LEFT HERE ONE
STONE UPON ANOTHER, THAT SHALL NOT BE THROWN DOWN-Mt 24:1,2.
This prophecy did come to pass within
“this generation.” Within forty years of Jesus being crucified, the Temple
and Jerusalem were destroyed and left desolate (“YOUR HOUSE”). As Daniel
prophesied, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PRINCE THAT SHALL COME SHALL DESTROY THE CITY
(Jerusalem) AND THE SANCTUARY (the temple)-Dan 9:26.
The Dome of the Rock now stands on the Temple grounds.
| Built (app) | Destroyed (app) | |
| Solomon’s temple | 982 B.C.-975 B.C. | 586 B.C. |
| Zerubbabel’s temple | 539 B.C.-516 B.C. | 19 B.C. |
| Herod’s temple | 19 B.C. | 70 A.D. |
Yet to come, the Tribulation temple-ref Rev 11:1,2.
Yet to come, the Temple Jesus shall raise up during the Millennium-ref Amos 9:11; Acts 15:16,17.
The Bible was
written by about thirty-nine persons over a period dating from about 1700 B.C.
to about 100 A.D.
KNOWING THIS FIRST, THAT NO PROPHECY
OF THE SCRIPTURE IS OF ANY PRIVATE INTERPRETATION. FOR THE PROPHECY CAME
NOT IN OLD TIME BY THE WILL OF MAN: BUT HOLY MEN OF GOD SPAKE AS THEY WERE MOVED
BY THE HOLY GHOST-2 Pe 1:20,21. ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION
OF GOD, AND IS PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE, FOR REPROOF, FOR CORRECTION, FOR INSTRUCTION
IN RIGHTEOUSNESS-2 Tim 3:16. BUT I CERTIFY YOU, BRETHREN, THAT THE GOSPEL
WHICH WAS PREACHED OF ME IS NOT AFTER MAN. FOR I NEITHER RECEIVED IT OF
MAN, NEITHER WAS I TAUGHT IT, BUT BY THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST-Gal 1:11,12.
Beware, for
there are people that may TROUBLE YOU, AND WOULD PERVERT THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST-Gal
1:7. Beware, that you do not turn aside UNTO ANOTHER GOSPEL-Gal 1:6, for
Paul tells us, FOR DO I NOW PERSUADE MEN, OR GOD? OR DO I SEEK TO PLEASE
MEN? FOR IF I YET PLEASED MEN, I SHOULD NOT BE THE SERVANT OF CHRIST-Gal
1:10.
BUT THOUGH WE, OR AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN, PREACH ANY OTHER
GOSPEL UNTO YOU (other) THAN THAT WHICH WE HAVE PREACHED UNTO YOU, LET HIM BE
ACCURSED (or condemned)-Gal 1:8.
Know, that a little false doctrine can cause great harm,
as it is written, A LITTLE LEAVEN LEAVENETH THE WHOLE LUMP-Gal 5:9.
We are told it is the Word of God approximately 2,500 times.
The Wycliffe Bible
was the first translation of the English Bible. John Wycliffe was responsible
for initiating the translation, which was finished by John Purvey in approximately
1388 A.D.
In approximately 1228
A.D., the Bible was divided into chapters by Stephen Langton.
In approximately 1448 A.D., the Old Testament was divided
into verses by R. Nathan.
In approximately 1551 A.D., the New Testament was divided
into verses by Robert Stephanus.
| (KJV) | Old Testament | New Testament | Total Bible |
| Number of books | 39 | 27 | 66 |
| Chapters | 929 | 260 | 1,189 |
| Verses | 23,214 | 7,959 | 31,173 |
| Words | 592,439 | 181,253 | 773,692 |
| Letters | 2,728,100 | 838,380 | 3,566,480 |
| Longest book of the Old Testament | Psalms |
| Longest book of the New Testament | Luke |
| Shortest book of the Old Testament | Obadiah |
| Shortest book of the New Testament | 3 John |
| Middle book of the Old Testament | Proverbs |
| Middle book of the New Testament | 2 Thessalonians |
| Middle chapter of the Old Testament | Job 29 |
| Middle chapter of the New Testament | Romans 13 |
| Shortest chapter in the Bible | Psalm 117 |
| Longest chapter in the Bible | Psalm 119 |
| Shortest verse in the Old Testament | 1 Chronicles 1:25 |
| Shortest verse in the New Testament | John 11:35 |
| Longest verse in the Bible | Esther 8:9 |
| God occurs | 4,379 times |
| Lord occurs | 7,738 times |
| Fear occurs | 397 times |
| Hell occurs | 53 times |
| Oldest man | 969 years-Gen 5:27 |
| Person that had a bed 13 1/2 ft long | Deut 3:11 |
| A man with twelve fingers and toes | 2 Sam 21:20 |
| A father that had eighty-eight children | 2 Chr 11:21 |
MOUNT MORIAH-Gen 22:2; 2 Chr 3:1. Abraham was told to take Isaac and offer him there for a burnt offering. Solomon built the house of the Lord at this location.
MOUNT OF OLIVES-Zech 14:4; Mt 21:1; 24:3; 26:30, and others. It is just east of Jerusalem and provides a beautiful, panoramic view of the city. When Jesus returns, His feet shall stand upon the Mount of Olives. Jesus and His disciples sat upon the Mount of Olives when He gave the Olivet discourse (Mt 24; Mk 13; Lk 21). The night Jesus was arrested, they went out into the Mount of Olives.
MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION-Mt 17:1,2; Mk 9:2; 2 Pe 1:18. The place Jesus was transfigured. Some consider that it is Mount Tabor.
MOUNT ZION-The southwestern high hill in Jerusalem. It came to be applied to the whole of Jerusalem, including the temple. It is written, FROM THE LORD OF HOSTS, WHICH DWELLETH IN MOUNT ZION-Isa 8:18. THE MOUNT OF THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, THE HILL OF JERUSALEM-Isa 10:32.
About
98 percent of all people that say they believe in Jesus Christ have never read
the Bible through once.
90 percent of all pastors have never read the Bible through once.
Many are students of religion, but they do not know the Author.
Statistics are to the
best of our knowledge.
|
Acre |
The amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in one day. |
|
Cubit |
The length of the arm from elbow to the end of the middle finger, or 18 inches. |
|
Cubit and a handbreadth |
A cubit, plus 3 inches, or 21 inches. |
|
Fathom |
The length of the outstretched arms, about 6 feet. |
|
Finger or digit |
Equal to a man’s finger breadth, about three quarters of an inch |
|
Furlong |
About 660 feet or one-eighth mile. |
|
Handbreadth |
The width of four fingers pressed together, about three inches |
|
Measuring reed |
Ten and one-half feet. |
|
Mile |
Eight furlongs. |
|
Pace |
One step or three feet. |
|
Span |
Nine inches, from the end of the thumb to the little finger when spread. |
|
Sabbath Day’s journey |
Three-fifths of a mile. |
|
Bekah |
About one-half shekel, about eighty-eight cents if measured in silver |
|
Didrachma |
A silver coin, equal to two drachmas, eighty-eight cents. |
|
Drachma |
A silver coin, one-half the value of the didrachma. Approximately forty-four cents. |
|
Dram |
A gold coin that weighed about 8,424 grams. Valued at forty-eight dollars. |
|
Farthing |
About four cents. |
|
Kodrantes |
About two cents. |
|
Mina |
New Testament. Forty-nine dollars and fifty cents. |
|
Mite |
Less than one cent. |
|
Piece of money or stater |
About one dollar and seventy-six cents. |
|
Penny |
Forty-four cents. |
|
Tetradrachma |
One dollar and seventy-six cents. |
|
Gerah |
One twentieth of a shekel. If measured in silver, about nine cents. |
|
Litra |
About twelve ounces. |
|
Pound |
A weight used in the Old Testament, equal to about 1.6 pounds. In gold, one thousand four hundred and eight dollars. |
|
Shekel |
Four shekel weights were used, from .36 - .72 ounces. A shekel of silver was worth about one dollar and seventy-six cents. A shekel of gold was worth about sixty-four dollars. |
|
Talent |
Its worth in silver is five thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. In gold, it is one hundred and ninety-two thousand dollars. |
|
Bath |
About eight and one-half gallons. |
|
Cab |
Two quarts. |
|
Firkin |
Nearly nine gallons. |
|
Hin |
One and a half gallons. |
|
Homer |
Approximately eighty-five gallons. |
|
Kor |
Same capacity as an homer. |
|
Log |
Approximately one pint. |
|
Cab |
About two quarts. |
|
Choinix |
Equals one and a half pints. |
|
Ephah |
74.93 pints, or app. 1.1 bushels, or app 8.5 gallons. |
|
Homer |
Equal to 11.1 bushels. |
|
Lethech |
About five and a half bushels. |
|
Log |
About one pint. |
|
Omer |
One-tenth of an ephah, about 7.48 pints. |
|
Seah |
About three and one third omers, or 24.94 pints. |
|
Seat |
Two and a half gallons. |
15-STATISTICS
REGARDING BIBLE PROPHECY
(Numbers are to the best of our understanding.)
Number
of verses dealing with the resurrection and Rapture:
216
Number
of verses dealing with the Tribulation:
700
Number
of verses dealing with the Battle of Armageddon and
return of Jesus Christ and related events:
481
Number
of verses dealing with the Millennium:
1,233
Old
Testament, number of prophecy verses:
1,773
Old
Testament, number of possible prophecy help verses:
887
New
Testament, number of prophecy verses:
1,102
New
Testament, number of possible prophecy help verses:
231
Total
number of prophecy verses:
2,875
Total
number of possible prophecy help verses:
1,118
Total
number of prophecy and possible help verses:
3,993
Total
number of verses in the Bible:
31,173
This means approximately 12.8% of the Bible relates, directly or indirectly, to the times we are now living in or to the future.
16-BIBLE
STATISTICS AND INFORMATION
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
COMMENTS
|
THEME: |
Perhaps without exception far more could be written than is written. |
|
DATE WRITTEN: |
There are different opinions when some of the books were written. The dates given are the most probable, starting with the first. |
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DATES COVERED: |
There are disagreements among scholars, in some cases, regarding the time span some books cover. When this occurs, the most probable date is listed first. |
|
STATISTICS: |
Apply to the King James Version of the Bible. |
|
BOOK |
1 |
|
BOOK NAME: |
Genesis. Origin; generation; source; begetting; the first book of Moses. |
|
THEME: |
|
|
BY: |
Moses |
|
DATE WRITTEN: |
1450 B.C.-1400 B.C. |
|
DATES COVERED: |
The beginning to 1620 B.C.; Chapter 12 to the end—1921 B.C.-1689 B.C. |
|
FOR/TO: |
A general record |
|
WHERE WRITTEN: |
In the wilderness |
|
STATISTICS: |
50 chapters, 1533 verses, 38,267 words |
|
MISC: |
From the Creation to Joseph. |
|
BOOK |
2 |
|
BOOK NAME: |
Exodus. Departure, going out; the second book of Moses. |
|
THEME: |
Deliverance from Egypt |
|
BY: |
Moses |
|
DATE WRITTEN: |
1450 B.C.-1400 B.C., 1580 B.C.-1230 B.C. |
|
DATES COVERED: |
1677 B.C.-1461 B.C., 1530 B.C.-1450 B.C. |
|
FOR/TO: |
The Israelites |
|
WHERE WRITTEN: |
In the wilderness |
|
STATISTICS: |
40 chapters, 1213 verses, 32,692 words |
|
MISC: |
Joseph through the descendants of Jacob |
| The Exodus | |
| Moses: 40 years thinking he was somebody | |
| 40 years learning he was nobody | |
| 40 years discovering what God can do with a nobody. | |
|
BOOK |
3 |
|
BOOK NAME: |
Leviticus. He called; pertaining to the Levite, of the Levites; the book of atonement, the book of laws; the third book of Moses. |
|
THEME: |
Genesis-man ruined; Exodus-man redeemed; Leviticus-man worshipping |
|
BY: |
Moses (Ezra 6:18 refers to the book of Moses) |
|
DATE WRITTEN: |
1450 B.C.-1400 B.C. |
|
DATES COVERED: |
1462 B.C.-1461 B.C. |
|
FOR/TO: |
The Israelites |
|
WHERE WRITTEN: |
In the wilderness, Mt Sinai region |
|
STATISTICS: |
27 chapters, 859 verses, 24,546 words |
|
MISC: |
Without Leviticus, the powerful message of the cross is more difficult to understand—Holiness, sacrifice, atonement, and dedication. |
|
BOOK |
4 |
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BOOK NAME: |
Numbers. In the wilderness; the book of the march; the fourth book of Moses. |
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THEME: |
Walk, worship, service |
|
BY: |
Moses named as the author more than 80 times |
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DATE WRITTEN: |
1450 B.C.-1400 B.C. |
|
DATES COVERED: |
1461 B.C.-1423 B.C. |
|
FOR/TO: |
The Israelites |
|
WHERE WRITTEN: |
In the wilderness, Mt Sinai |
|
STATISTICS: |
36 chapters, 1288 verses, 32,902 or 32,092words |
|
MISC: |
Chapters 1-21 wilderness years; 26-36 new generation, covers about 39 years. |
|
BOOK |
5 |
|
BOOK NAME: |
Deuteronomy. These are the words; a copy of the Law; this second law; the second law giving; repetition of the Law; the fifth book of Moses. |
|
THEME: |
Renewal of the Covenant; God is One |
|
BY: |
Moses (Deut 31:9, 24); also describes his death—34:5-12. |
|
DATE WRITTEN: |
1450 B.C.-1400 B.C. |
|
DATES COVERED: |
1423 B.C.-1422 B.C. |
|
FOR/TO: |
The Israelites |
|
WHERE WRITTEN: |
In the wilderness, on the banks of Jordan |
|
STATISTICS: |
34 chapters, 959 verses, 28,461 words |
|
MISC: |
More than 80 references to this book in the New Testament. |
|
BOOK |
6 |
|
BOOK NAME: |
Joshua. Jehovah is salvation |
|
THEME: |
Conquering the Land |
|
BY: |
Joshua, or perhaps Phinehas, Eleazar, Samuel,or Jeremiah |
|
DATE WRITTEN: |
1370 B.C.-1330 B.C., before 1200 B.C., 1235 B.C., 1410 B.C.-1390 B.C. |
|
DATES COVERED: |
1422 B.C.-1362 B.C. |
|
FOR/TO: |
The Israelites |
|
WHERE WRITTEN: |
Canaan |
|
STATISTICS: |
24 chapters, 685 verses, 18,858 words |
|
MISC: |
|
|
BOOK |
7 |
|
BOOK NAME: |
Judges |
|
THEME: |
Compromise and confusion |
|
BY: |
Unknown, a contemporary of Samuel, Samuel, Phinehas, Hezekiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Ezra |
|
DATE WRITTEN: |
1050 B.C.-1000 B.C., 1390 B.C.-1350 B.C., 1300 B.C.-1050 B.C. |
|
DATES COVERED: |
1416 B.C.-1065 B.C. |
|
FOR/TO: |
The Israelites |
|
WHERE WRITTEN: |
Canaan |
|
STATISTICS: |
21 chapters, 618 verses, 18,976 words |
|
MISC: |
|
|
BOOK |
8 |
|
BOOK NAME |
Ruth |
|
THEME: |
God working through the joys and tragedies of life,famine, death, loneliness, etc., to fulfill the purpose of God—the birth of Christ of which Ruth had part in the lineage; love, kinsman, redeemer. |
|
BY: |
Unknown, Samuel by tradition, Hezekiah, Ezra |
|
DATE WRITTEN: |
Unknown, 10th century B.C. to 400 B.C., 399 B.C.-300 B.C., 1100 B.C., about the time of David |
|
DATES COVERED: |
1261 B.C.-1251 B.C. |
|
FOR/TO: |
The Israelites |
|
WHERE WRITTEN: |
Unknown |
|
STATISTICS: |
4 chapters, 85 verses, 2,578 words |
|
MISC: |
Ruth was a Moabitess. |
|
BOOK |
9 |
|
BOOK NAME: |
First Samuel |
|
THEME: |
Samuel, Saul, and David |
|
BY: |
Uncertain, Samuel and Abiathar, a son of the prophets, or possibly others |
|
DATE WRITTEN: |
1000 B.C.-950 B.C., 11th century B.C., 1070 B.C.-1011 B.C., 1000 B.C.-850 B.C. |
|
DATES COVERED |
1126 B.C.-1025 B.C. |
|
FOR/TO: |
The Israelites |
|
WHERE WRITTEN: |
Unknown |
|
STATISTICS: |
31 chapters, 810 verses, 25,061 words |
|
MISC: |
Parts occurred after Samuel’s death. First and Second Samuel were one book. Sometimes they were entitled First and Second Kings; and First and Second Kings were Third and Fourth Kings. |
|
BOOK |
10 |
|
BOOK NAME: |
Second Samuel |
|
THEME: |
Begins with the death of Saul and follows David’s reign |
|
BY: |
Uncertain, Samuel and Abiathar, a son of the prophets, or possibly others |
|
DATE WRITTEN: |
10th century B.C., 1011 B.C.-975 B.C., 1000 B.C.-850B.C. |
|
DATES COVERED: |
1025 B.C.-988 B.C. |
|
FOR/TO: |
The leaders of Israel |
|
WHERE WRITTEN: |
Unknown |
|
STATISTICS: |
24 chapters, 695 verses, 20,612 words |
|
MISC: |
First and Second Samuel were one book. Sometimes they were entitled First and Second Kings; and First and Second Kings was Third and Fourth Kings. |
|
BOOK |
11 |
|
BOOK NAME: |
First Kings |
|
THEME: |
A kingdom united, then divided |
|
BY: |
Unknown, perhaps a Jewish captive; Jeremiah by tradition |
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DATE WRITTEN: |
562 B.C.-536 B.C., over a period ending by the 6th century B.C., 971 B.C.-850 B.C. |
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DATES COVERED: |
1025 B.C.-864 B.C. |
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FOR/TO: |
The people of Israel |
|
WHERE WRITTEN: |
Unknown, perhaps in the area of Babylon |
|
STATISTICS: |
22 chapters, 816 verses, 24,524 words |
|
MISC: |
First and Second Kings originally known as Third and Fourth Kings. Some think Jeremiah wrote it, as Jeremiah 52 and 2 Kings 24, 25 nearly identical. |
|
BOOK |
12 |
|
BOOK NAME: |
Second Kings |
|
THEME: |
Exploits of the kings of Judah and Israel |
|
BY: |
Unknown, perhaps a Jewish captive; Jeremiah by tradition; probably the same person that wrote 1st Kings |
|
DATE WRITTEN: |
562 B.C.-536 B.C., over a period ending by the 6th century B.C., 971 B.C.-850 B.C., 852 B.C.-586 B.C. |
|
DATES COVERED: |
870 B.C.-561 B.C. |
|
FOR/TO: |
The people of Israel |
|
WHERE WRITTEN: |
Unknown, perhaps in the area of Babylon |
|
STATISTICS: |
25 chapters, 719 verses, 23,532 words |
|
MISC: |
First and Second Kings originally known as Third and Fourth Kings. Some think Jeremiah wrote it, as Jeremiah 52 and 2 Kings 24, 25 nearly identical. |
|
BOOK |
13 |
|
BOOK NAME: |
First Chronicles. The affairs of the days |
|
THEME: |
Genealogy and history of Israel |
|
BY: |
Ezra by tradition |
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DATE WRITTEN: |
500 B.C.-450 B.C., written about 100 years after Kings, 5th century B.C., 360 B.C. |
|
DATES COVERED: |
1699 B.C.-444 B.C. |
|
FOR/TO: |
The people of Israel |
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WHERE WRITTEN: |
Unknown |
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STATISTICS: |
29 chapters, 942 verses, 20,369 words |
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MISC: |
First and Second Chronicles were once one. First and Second Chronicles and Ezra perhaps one history. |
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BOOK |
14 |
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BOOK NAME: |
Second Chronicles |
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THEME: |
The greatness of Judah |
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BY: |
Ezra by tradition |
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DATE WRITTEN: |
500 B.C.-450 B.C., written about 100 years after Kings, 5th century B.C., 330 B.C., 971 B.C.-609 B.C. |
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DATES COVERED: |
1015 B.C.-539 B.C. |
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FOR/TO: |
The people of Israel |
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WHERE WRITTEN: |
Unknown |
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STATISTICS: |
36 chapters, 822 verses, 26,074 words |
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MISC: |
First and Second Chronicles were once one. First and Second Chronicles and Ezra perhaps one history. |
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BOOK |
15 |
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BOOK NAME: |
Ezra |
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THEME: |
The return and rebuilding |
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BY: |
Probably Ezra |
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DATE WRITTEN: |
456 B.C.-444 B.C., 444 B.C.-398 B.C., 538 B.C.-457 B.C. |
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DATES COVERED: |
1723 B.C.-457 B.C. |
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FOR/TO: |
The people of Israel |
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WHERE WRITTEN: |
Unknown, perhaps Jerusalem |
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STATISTICS: |
10 chapters, 280 verses, 7,441 words |
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MISC: |
Spans about 80 years, beginning about 538 B.C. Nehemiah, First and Second Chronicles, and Ezra considered a literary work (called Priestly History of Israel). |
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BOOK |
16 |
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BOOK NAME: |
Nehemiah. Also called Second Ezra |
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THEME: |
Rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls and problems |
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BY: |
Nehemiah and later scribes |
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DATE WRITTEN: |
420 B.C., 445 B.C.-432 B.C. |
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DATES COVERED: |
536 B..C-432 B.C., 445 B.C.-425 B.C., about 20 years |
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FOR/TO: |
The people of Israel |
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WHERE WRITTEN: |
Unknown, perhaps Jerusalem |
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STATISTICS: |
13 chapters, 406 verses, 10,483 words |
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MISC: |
Artaxerxes I, whom Nehemiah served as cupbearer, was the son of Ahasuerus (Xerxes), who took Esther to be his queen. |
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BOOK |
17 |
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BOOK NAME: |
Esther. The volume of Esther |
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THEME: |
Divine providence of God. |
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BY: |
Unknown, a Jew who lived in Persia; not Mordecai-10:2,3 |
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DATE WRITTEN: |
After 456 B.C., 5th century B.C., 486 B.C.-465 B.C. |
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DATES COVERED: |
598 B.C.-473 B.C., 485 B.C.-473 B.C., 10 years |
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FOR/TO: |
The people of Israel |
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WHERE WRITTEN: |
Unknown |
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STATISTICS: |
10 chapters, 167 verses, 5637 words |
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MISC: |
Esther, a person whose name meant star, her Hebrew name was Hadassah-2:7. Jerusalem, the temple of God, and the name of God are omitted. This book fits in between the 6th and 7th chapters of Ezra. The deuterocanon adds 6 chapters to Esther that most Protestant Bibles do not contain. |
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BOOK |
18 |
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BOOK NAME: |
Job |
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THEME: |
Suffering and service |
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BY: |
Unknown, perhaps Job, Moses, Elihu, Solomon, or Isaiah |
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DATE WRITTEN: |
Unknown, perhaps during Solomon’s time, 900 B.C. |
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DATES COVERED: |
1997 B.C.-1827 B.C., 2000 B.C., unknown |
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FOR/TO: |
No specific people |
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WHERE WRITTEN: |
Unknown |
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STATISTICS: |
42 chapters, 1070 verses, 10,102 words |
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MISC: |
Poetical, wisdom books—Job, Proverbs, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Song of Solomon. Uz—perhaps in the area of Idumaea, unknown, perhaps southern Lebanon. Some consider this to be the oldest book in the Bible. Mentioned by Ezekiel 14:14,20. Job pleads for death, then mercy, but no response. He wishes someone to resolve the quarrel between them; then finally faces problems with courage and asks God to bring him through painful trials (16:18-17:3) (19:25-27). |
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BOOK |
19 |
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BOOK NAME: |
Psalms. To the collection; praises; book of praises |
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THEME: |
Conquest of fear by faith, praise, and trust |
| Book 1 1-41 Reflect Genesis | |
| Book 2 41-72 Israel’s cry for deliverance to Israel’s king | |
| Book 3 73-89 Sanctuary—dominant note, parallel Leviticus | |
| Book 4 90-106 Corresponds to Numbers, the fourth book of Moses | |
| Book
5 107-150 Linked with Deuteronomy,
God’s Word Selah—meaning unknown, many opinions—pause in the music accompanying a psalm or prayer; suspension (of music) as a pause. |
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BY: |
72 credited to David, but he may not be the author of some. 12 to Asaph, 12 to sons of Korah, 2 to Solomon (72 and 127), 1 to Ethan, and 1 to Moses. All, but 34, bear some title as a superscription; about 50 anonymous. Titles based on traditions. |
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DATE WRITTEN: |
Unknown, some contain elements varying by more than a thousand years |
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DATES COVERED: |
1423 B.C.-444 B.C., unknown |
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FOR/TO: |
The Jewish people |
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WHERE WRITTEN: |
Many places |
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STATISTICS: |
150 chapters, 2461 verses, 43,743 words |
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MISC: |
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BOOK |
20 |
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BOOK NAME: |
Proverbs |
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THEME: |
Moral and ethical principles; wisdom; the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom-Pv 9:10 |
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BY: |
Solomon—1 to 22:16; Agur and mother of King Lemuel latter portions of Pv 30, 31? Solomon also credited with 25 to 29; author unknown—22:17 to 24:34 and 30:1 to 31:31 |
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DATE WRITTEN: |
10th century B.C., 970 B.C.-930 B.C., 900 B.C. |
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DATES COVERED: |
982 B.C.-961 B.C. |
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FOR/TO: |
Young people |
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WHERE WRITTEN: |
Jerusalem |
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STATISTICS: |
31 chapters, 915 verses, 15,043 words |
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MISC: |
Chapters: |
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10:1-22:16 Treatment; through chapter 15 by contrast "but;" wisdom and folly; fool, scorner, slothful, froward. |
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| 22:17-24:22 | |
| 24:23-24:34 | |
| 25:1-29:27 | |
| 30:1-31:31 | |
| Other breakdowns: | |
| 1-10 Counsel for young men | |
| 11-20 Counsel for all men | |
| 21-31 Counsel for kings and rulers | |
| 31 Women’s rights (also called) | |
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BOOK |
21 |
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BOOK NAME: |
Ecclesiastes. Assembly; one who assembles; one who collects; one who addresses an assembly; preacher; member of the assembly |
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THEME: |
Earthly goals lead to emptiness; happiness through science, philosophy, pleasure, mirth, drinking, building, possessions, wealth, music, materialism—all are empty. He tried fatalism, natural religion, wealth, morality—all are empty. |
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BY: |
Unknown. Solomon by tradition; however ,many believe it was someone else. |
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DATE WRITTEN: |
Tenth century B.C., 962-922 B.C. |
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DATES COVERED: |
947 B.C. |
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FOR/TO: |
Young people |
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WHERE WRITTEN: |
Jerusalem |
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STATISTICS: |
12 chapters, 222 verses, 5,584 words |
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MISC: |
Solomon used as the central character. Vanity—emptiness or meaningless. "Under the sun" may mean without God in the world. Remembering the Creator, means a young person must come to the recognition that he is not the Creator or the master of his own life. "Under the sun" occurs about 29 times. God gives meaning to life—all else is vanity and meaningless. |
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BOOK |
22 |
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BOOK NAME: |
Song of Solomon. Song of songs; best of the songs |
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THEME: |
God’s love |
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BY: |
Perhaps Solomon by tradition |
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DATE WRITTEN: |
Tenth century B.C., 962 B.C.-922 B.C., 1014 B.C. |