CHAPTER III.

Ai taken by stratagem. Deceit of the

Gibeonites. Death of the Five Kings.

Final conquest and division of the land.

Exhortation and Death of Joshua.

Joshua viii, to xxiv.

CHAPTER IV.

The Israelites fall into Idolatry: are con-

quered by the Canaanites. Othniel,

Caleb's Nephew, delivers them. Ehud

kills Eglon, king of Moab. Shamgar.

Deborah and Barak.

Judges iii. iv. v.

CHAPTER V.

Gideon delivers the Israelites from the

yoke of the Midianites and Amalekites.

Abimelech.

Judges vi. to ix.

CHAPTER VI.

Tola. Jair. Jephthah's rash vow.

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252

268

Ibzan.

282

Samson's riddle. Carries away the Gates

of Gaza. Slays the Philistines. Reveals

the secret of his strength: his death.

289

302

Samuel anoints Saul. Saul's disobedience;

is rejected in consequence.

anointed.

I. Samuel x. to xvi.

David

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CHAPTER XI.

David's combat with Goliath. David and

Jonathan's friendship. Saul's jealousy.

I. Samuel xviii. to xx.

CHAPTER XII.

David fleeing from Saul, eats the Shew

Bread: feigns madness. Abiathar es-

capes in the massacre of the priests.

David saves Saul's life in the cave of

Engedi.

I. Samuel xxi. to xxiv.

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357

CHAPTER XIII.

David

Saul

Death of

Samuel dies. Nabal and Abigail.

spares Saul's life in the camp.

consults the Witch of Endor.

Saul and Jonathan.

I. Samuel xxv. to the end. I. Chronicles x.

CHAPTER XIV.

David's Lament over Saul and Jonathan.

David made king at Hebron. Ish-

bosheth treacherously slain. David ac-

David fetcheth the Ark to Jerusalem: his

kindness to Mephibosheth.

Hittite slain.

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Uriah the

380

II. Samuel vi. ix. xi. I. Chronicles xiii. xv.

CHAPTER XVI.

Absalom's rebellion.

II. Samuel xv. to xviii.

CHAPTER XVII.

David returns to Jerusalem. Sheba's re-

bellion. David numbers the people.

II. Samuel xix. to the end. I. Chronicles xxi.

CHAPTER XVIII.

David causes Solomon to be proclaimed

king. His last instructions; Death and

Character.

I. Chronicles xxii, xxiii. xxix. I. Kings i. ii.

CHAPTER XIX.

Solomon's choice of wisdom. The Building

of the Temple. Its Dedication.

I. Kings iii. to viii. II, Chronicles i. to vii.

CHAPTER XX.

Contemporary history.

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405

413

427

THE FIRST PERIOD.

FROM THE CALL OF ABRAHAM,

TO *

THE ISRAELITES GOING TO LIVE IN EGYPT.

Genesis, from ch. xii. to the end.