The land and the literature of the Hebrews, 1, 2. The tribal

dream, and the tribal God, 2, 3. The rise of the Hebrew prophet,

3, 4. The religion of the Hebrews in early times, 5. The guilds of

the prophets, 6.

CHAPTER II. THE PROPHETS FOUNDING A KINGDOM

The spirit of the conquest, 8, 9. The records of Samuel's life, 10,

II. Boyhood of Samuel and life at Shiloh, 11-14. Samuel inspiring

the Hebrews to resist the Philistines, 14. A crisis in government, 15.

The choice of a king, 16. First account, chosen by Samuel privately,

16-18. Second account, chosen by lot, 19. Third account, chosen

by public acclaim, 19. Samuel establishes a new standard of conduct,

19-22. Samuel selects a new king, 22, 23. In death, as in life, a

ruler of kings, 24. David's lament over Saul and Jonathan, 25, 26.

Estimate of Samuel, 26.

CHAPTER III. A CENTURY OF HISTORY

Summary of work of Saul, David, and Solomon, and the division

of the kingdom, 27. Conditions in the North and South, 28-30.

CHAPTER IV. THE PROPHETS AND THE NEW GOD IN ISRAEL

Ahab strengthening the kingdom by triple alliance and foreign

marriage, 31. Introduction of Phoenician Baalism, 31, 32. Elijah

represents the prophetic party in opposing Baalism, 32. Elijah pre-

dicts three years' drought and disappears, 32, 33. Elijah returns at the

end of three years, 33. Jehovah or Baal: the test by fire, 34-36.

Jehovah the God of the rain, 36. Elijah driven out of Israel, 37.

Elijah defending the rights of the people, 37. The story of Naboth

and his vineyard, 38, 39. True and false prophets, 40. Micaiah and

the false prophets, 40-43. The extinction of Phoenician Baalism, 43.

The contribution of Elijah and his immediate successors, 44.

CHAPTER V. THE PROPHETS CREATING A NEW LITERATURE

Adjustment to new conditions, 45. The prophets and the

national traditions, 46. The story of the beginning of sin, 47-50.

The call of Abram, 51, 52. Jehovah forbidding human sacrifice, 52-54.

The wooing of Isaac and Rebecca, 54-58. The story of the exodus

from Egypt, 58-62. The literary task of the prophets, 62, 63.

8-26

27-30

31-44

45-63

Overthrow of the house of Ahab by Jehu, 64. Invasions by

Hazael of Damascus, 64. Tribute to Assyria demanded from Jehu,

65. Campaign of Shalmaneser II against Damascus, 65. Damascus

reduced to submission by Adad-Nirari III, 66. Prosperous condi-

tions under Jeroboam II, 66. Conditions of anarchy following Jero-

boam's death, 66. Rapid advance of Assyria, 67. Damascus de-

stroyed, Israel tributary, 67. Northern Israel encouraged by Egypt,

67. Siege and fall of Samaria, 67. Work of Hosea and Amos, 67, 68.

CHAPTER VII. AMOS, THE PROPHET OF DOOM

of Jeroboam II, 69.

The home, the occu-

Amos at Bethel, 72.

Relations of Israel and Judah in times

Internal conditions in Northern Israel, 69, 70.

pation, and characteristics of Amos, 70, 71.

The visions of Amos, 72-76. The encounter with Amaziah, 77, 78.

Jehovah the God of the nations, 79. Judgments upon the nations,

79-83. Israel's failure to understand, 83, 84. The offenses of Israel,

85. The coming destroyer, 86, 87. Estimate of Amos, 88.

CHAPTER VIII. HOSEA, THE INTERPRETER OF JEHOVAH'S

Love

The reign of terror in Northern Israel, 89. Religious conditions

and ideals, 90, 91. Story of Hosea's life, 91. Tact of Hosea, 91.

Hosea's complaint against Israel, 92, 93. Jehovah forsaken and

insulted, 93, 94. Love, the desire of Jehovah, 94, 95. The coming

destruction, 96, 97. A call to repentance, 97, 98. Jehovah, God

and not man, 98-100.

TABLE OF IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS, 745-568 B.C.

CHAPTER IX. ISAIAH AND THE ASSYRIAN INVASIONS

Fall of Samaria imminent, 103. Isaiah's relation to his prede-

cessors, 103. Character of the period, 104.
The call of Isaiah, 104-

106. A demand for reform, 106-108. Isaiah pronounces the doom of

Israel, 108-111. Isaiah's contention with Ahaz, 111-116. The inva-

sion of Tiglath-pileser and the fall of Damascus, 116. Death of Tig-

lath-pileser and rebellion of Northern Israel, 116. Siege of Samaria

by Shalmaneser IV, 116. Fall of Samaria, 116. Deportation of

Northern Israelites to Assyria, 117. Isaiah opposes alliance with

Egypt, 117. Sennacherib invades Palestine, 118. Sennacherib de-

mands surrender of Hezekiah, 118. Isaiah's exhortations, 119-121.

Letter from the Assyrian king, 122. Hezekiah's prayer, I22.
Jehovah's answer through Isaiah, 123, 124. Deliverance of Jeru-
salem, 125. The song of the vineyard, 125, 126. Estimate of Isaiah,
126, 127.

CHAPTER X. MICAH OF MORESHETH

Location of Micah, 128. Announcement of Samaria's doom,

129. Denunciation of leaders of Israel, 130, 131. "What doth

Jehovah require of thee?" 131.

69-88

89-100

IOI-102

103-127

128-131

CHAPTER XI. JEREMIAH AND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM

Reigns of Manasseh and Amon, 132. Scythian invasion, 132.

Call of Jeremiah, 133, 134. Jeremiah pronounces the Scythian inva-

sion a punishment for idolatry, 134, 136. Deliverance conditioned

upon complete moral reform, 136-140. The new law book and the

reformation, 140-142. Death of Josiah and the reaction, 142. Judah,

a vassal of the king of Egypt, 143. Jehoahaz deposed, 143. Jeremiah's

speech at the gate of the Temple, 144. The fall of Assyria, 145.

Battle of Carchemish, 146. Babylon supreme, 146. Jeremiah's lament,

146, 147. Jeremiah's visit to Anathoth, 148. The visit to the

potter, 150, 151. Plot against Jeremiah, 152. Jeremiah placed in the

stocks, 152. Jehoiakim pays tribute to Nebuchadnezzar, 153. Re-

volts after two years, 153. Death of Jehoiakim, 153. Jehoiachin,

his son, surrenders after three months' siege, 153. First deportation

of inhabitants of Jerusalem to Babylon, 154. Jeremiah writes to the

exiles in Babylon, 154-156. Jeremiah's encounter with the court

prophets, 156-160. Jeremiah and the Rechabites, 160-162. Zede-

kiah breaks with Babylon, 162. Jeremiah, a prisoner, 163–165. The

fall of Jerusalem, 165, 166. Last days of Jeremiah, 166, 167. The

contribution of Jeremiah, 167, 168.

TABLE OF IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS-THE PERSIAN

PERIOD OF JEWISH HISTORY

✓ CHAPTER XII. EZEKIEL, THE MAN OF VISIONS

The location and condition of the Hebrews in Babylon, 171-173.

Ezekiel and his problem, 173. The call of Ezekiel, 174, 175. Denuncia-

tion of Jerusalem, 176, 177. Parable of the eagle and the cedar twig,

177-179. Jehovah deals with individuals, 180-182. News of Jeru-

salem's call reaches Babylon, 182, 183. Jehovah the shepherd of

Israel, 184, 185. The vision of dry bones, 185, 186. Estimate of

Ezekiel, 187.

The advance of Cyrus the Great, 189. Isaiah of Babylon and

his task, 190. A message of comfort, 190, 191. Jehovah the creator

of the world, 192-194. The coming of Cyrus, the triumph of prophecy,

194. A challenge to the idols, 195. Jehovah the only God, 196.

The senseless makers of idols, 197, 198. Jehovah, the guide of Israel,

198-200. Cyrus the long-expected liberator, 200, 201. Policy of

Cyrus, 201. Call to go forth from Babylon, 201-203. Assurance of

great numbers and the protection of Jehovah, 203-206. “Awake,

awake, O Zion," 206, 207. Purpose of Israel's suffering, 207, 208.

Mission of the servant, 208, 209. Humiliation and exaltation of

Jehovah's servant, 209-212. The great invitation, 212, 213. Mes-

sage of Isaiah, 214.

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169-170

171-187

188-214

CHAPTER XIV. PROPHETIC MESSAGES IN THE NEW CITY. 215-224

History of Babylonia following arrival of Cyrus to 519 B.C. Acces-

sion of Darius, 215, 216. Drifting back to Jerusalem, 216, 217. The

rebuilding of the Temple, 217. The exhortations of Haggai, 217, 218.

Zechariah encourages Zerubbabel, 219-221. Dedication of the

Temple, 221. Nehemiah's expedition, 222. The new revision of the

Law and its enforcement, 223

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CHAPTER XV. VOICES OF HOPE.

The Prince of Peace, 225, 226.

The presence of Jehovah, 227, 228. A

228. The mountain of Jehovah, 229.

Nature's harmony, 226, 227.

song of Jehovah's forgiveness,

The new creation, 230.

CHAPTER XVI. JEHOVAH THE GOD OF ALL MANKIND .

Jonah the type of disobedient Israel, 231. Jonah evades his

mission to Nineveh, 231. Heathen sailors call upon Jehovah and

are saved, 232, 233. Disobedient Jonah calls upon Jehovah and is

saved, 233, 234. Jonah again sent to Nineveh, 234. Repentance of

Nineveh, 234, 235. Jehovah's rebuke, 235, 236. Conclusion, 236, 237.

225-230

231-237

MAPS

LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

Trade and Caravan Routes in the Ancient Semitic World

Palestine: The United Kingdom

FACING
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Palestine: The Divided Kingdom

Relief Map of Palestine.

The Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-pileser III

The Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar II
The Persian Empire

ILLUSTRATIONS—

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31

42

102

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The Frieze of the Prophets: Sargent. Frontispiece
The Hilltop Site of Ancient Samaria

A Canaanitish Rock Altar

The Ridge of Mount Carmel from the North

35

An Ancient Tree near Hebron, Traditionally Named Abra-
ham's Oak.

51

The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser II

65

Jehu's Tribute to Shalmaneser II

The Wilderness of Tekoa, Showing Road across the Plain
An Assyrian God

Bas-Reliefs Showing Assyrian Soldiers Attacking a City
Site of Ancient Nineveh.

Passage from Micah, Showing the Hebrew Text Used in

Portion of the Wall of Solomon's Temple-Wailing Place
A Restoration of the Palace of Artaxerxes Mnemon, a
Typical Persian Palace.

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