Preface Editiors Contributing Authors Abbreviations An Overview of Old Testament History Biblical Weights and Measures Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Songs Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Charts and diagrams An overview of Old Testament History Biblical Weights and measures Artist's Conceptof Noah's Ark Chronology of the Flood Noah's Family Terah's Family Jacob's Family Chronology from Solomon Back to Joseph Chronology of the Patriarchs Moses' Ancestry from Abraham Warnings, usages of Staffs, and Pharaoh's responses to the Plagues The Plagues and the Gods and Goddesses of Egypt Calendar in Israel The Mosaic Covenant compared with Suzerainty Treaties Plan of the Tabernacle Rituals for Levitical Offerins Special Sacrifical Rituals Arrangement of the Tribal Camps The Israelite Tribal Line of March Supplementary Grain and Drink Offerings Moses' relationship to Levi Calendrical Offerings The Israelites' Dividing of the Midianite Animal Spoils Town Dimensions with Areas for Levites The Judges of Israel Israel's Downward Spiral under the Judges Some of the Pagan Gods and Goddesses worshiped in Nations surrounding Israel Ner, Kish, Saul, and Abner David's Ancestry from Abraham David's Family The Ancestry of Zadok and Abiathar David's Mighty Man Plan of Solomon's Temple Kings of Aram in 1 and 2 Kings Kings of Judah and Israel and the Preexilic Prophets God's Miracles through Elijah and Elisha Genealodical Table of Queen Athaliah The last five Kings of Judah Levite Towns Listed in Joshua 21 and 1 Chronicals 6 The Three Returns from Exile Chronology of the Postexilic Period Ezra's Lineage Nehemiah's Problemsand His Responses The Lists of Exile Returnees in Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7 Parallels in the Structure of the Book of Job Job's Laments Repeated Themes in Job's Responses Addressees in Elihu's Speeches Overview of Elihu's Speeches Elihu's Quotations of Job Positive and Negative Topics and Other Subjects in Proverbs Words and Speaking in Prowerbs Speakers in the Song of Songs Prophets to Judah, Israel, Edom, and Assyria Messianic Prophecies in the Book of Isaiah The Dating of Jerermiah's Prophecies The Line of Shaphan Parallels between Lamentations and Deuteronomy The Chiasm Structure of Lamentations Parallelism in Lamentations 4: 1-11 Contrasts between Edom and Israel in Lamentation 4:21-22 Tyre's Trading Partners The Millennial Temple Proper The Millennial Altar Outline of End-Time Events Predicted in the Bible Kings of the Neo-Babylonian Empire A Comparison of Daniel 2; 7; and 8 The 483 years in the Jewish and Gregorian Calendars The Ptolemies and the Seleucids in Daniel 11: 5-35 The Covenant Chastenings Kings of Assyria in the Middle and New Assyrian Kingdoms The Sailors and the Prophet Fulfillments of Nahum's Prophecies Dates of Key Events in Hggai's and Zechariah's Time Zechariah's Eight Night Visions

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