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B.C.

CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX,

SHEWING THE CONTENTS OF THE 132 LESSONS.

PERIOD I.

From the Creation to the Deluge. 1656 years.

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4004 1. The creation; the sabbath; the fall of man

4003-3074 2. Cain, Abel, & Seth; descendants of Cain & Seth 4

3017-2348 3. Enoch translated; of Noah; the deluge

PERIOD II.

712 years.

From the Deluge to the Death of Joseph.

2347-2281 4. Covenant with Noah; conduct of his sons
2234 5. Building of Babel; confusion of tongues
2126-1921 6. Terah's family; Noah dies; call of Abram
1918-1910 7. Abram and Lot; Melchizedek; Ishmael born

1898 8. Abram & Sarai's names changed; doom of Sodom
1897-1859 9. Isaac born; Hagar and Ishmael cast out; Isaac

offered; Sarah's death and burial

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1856-1846 10. Eliezer fetches a wife for Isaac; Shem dies
11. Job is supposed to have lived; his history

1836-1760 12. Esau and Jacob; Rebekah and Jacob deceive Isaac

1752-1739 13. Jacob serves Laban; marries; becomes rich

1729-1716 14. Jacob comes to Mamre; Joseph sold; Isaac dies 34

1715-1706 15. Pharaoh's dreams; Joseph's brothers buy corn... 37

1689-1635 16. Jacob blesses his sons; dies; is buried; Joseph dies 39

PERIOD III.

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From the Death of Joseph to the Death of Moses. 183 years.

1634-1491 17. Bondage of Israel; Moses born; flees to Midian 43

1491 18. Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh; the plagues... 46

19. The Passover; death of the first-born; the exodus 49

20. Pillar of cloud and fire; passage of the Red Sea 51

21. Bitter water; manna; quails; Amalek conquered 54

22. The delivery of the law; Moses in the mount
1491-1490 23. The golden calf worshipped; the tabernacle
1490 24. Nadab and Abihu slain; the Levites consecrated
1489 25. Miriam's leprosy; quails; spies sent to Canaan
1489-1471 26. Rebellion of Israel; rebellion of Korah
1453 27. Miriam dies; Moses offends God; Aaron dies; the
fiery serpents; Sihon and Og conquered

28. Balak and Balaam; idolatry in Moab...

29. Inheritance of the Reubenites; death of Moses

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CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX.
PERIOD IV.

From Entrance into Canaan to Anointing of Saul. 355 years.

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1451 30. Joshua; spies sent to Jericho; fall of Jericho
1451-1445 31. Achan; Ai taken; the deceit of the Gibeonites...
1444-1427 32. Tabernacle set up; Canaan divided; Joshua dies 88
1425-1413 33. Bezek, Hebron, &c. taken; idolatry commences...

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1413 34. Micah-the Danites; wickedness of the Benjamites 95
1413-1285 35. Servitudes of Israel for their sins; their deliverance 98
1252-1245 36. Oppression of the Midianites; history of Ruth 101

1245 37. Gideon delivers Israel; refuses to be their ruler ... 104
1235-1206 38. Abimelech king; Jephthah delivers the Israelites 107
1182-1143 39. Samson born; Samuel dedicated; Eli is reproved 110
1130 40. Samson's riddle; he slays many Philistines
1120-1117 41. Samson takes away the gates of Gaza; he pulls

down the temple of Dagon; his death

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1116 42. The ark of God taken; Hophni and Phinehas
slain; Eli's death; the ark returned
43. The people repent; they ask for a king
PERIOD V.

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From Anointing of Saul to Death of Solomon. 120 years.
1095 44. Saul is anointed; he conquers the Ammonites
1093-1063 45. Saul reproved; rejected; David is anointed
1062 46. Goliath defies Israel; David slays him

47. Jonathan's friendship to David; Saul's enmity
48. David at Nob; flees to Adullain; many join him 137
49. The priests at Nob slain; Samuel dies
140
50. Nabal's churlishness to David; Abigail's present 144
51. Nabal dies; David marries Abigail; spares Saul 147
52. Saul consults a witch; Samuel appears to him... 150
53. David spoils the Amalekites; the battle on Gilboa 154
54. David's lament for Saul; David anointed

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55. Abner proclaims Ishbosheth king; Abner is slain;
Ishbosheth is slain

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1048-1045 56. David anointed; takes Mount Zion; ark removed 164
1044-1043 57. David's prosperity; he resolves to build a temple 168
1036-1031 58. David's sin; Nathan reproves him; Solomon born 171
1030-1025 59. Amnon's wickedness; Absalom's conspiracy

1025 60. David flees; Absalom comes to Jerusalem
61. The Council; of Ahithophel; Absalom slain
1022 62. David returns; Sheba's revolt suppressed
1019-1017 63. Gibeonites avenged; David numbers the people... 188
1015 64. David's charge to Solomon; Adonijah rebels
65. Preparations for the temple; death of David
66. Solomon's sacrifice and vision; of Adonijah

1013-1011 67. Solomon's marriage; of Hiram; Shimei slain ... 201
1005 68. The temple built, and furnished with costly vessels 204
1004 69. The temple dedicated; God accepts the temple ... 206
1003-992 70. Tadmor built; Queen of Sheba visits Solomon... 209
992-980 71. Solomon's dominion; his fame; he forsakes God 213
978-975 72. Solomon's enemies; repentance; Proverbs; death 216

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PERIOD VI.

The Kingdoms of Judah and Israel. 369 years.

*** THE LINES IN ITALICS REFER TO THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL.
73. Rehoboam reigns; revolt of the ten tribes
74. Jeroboam's idolatry; the altar rent; his arm is
withered; the disobedient prophet

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972-958 75. Rehoboam forsakes God; Shishak's invasion
957-953 76. Abijah's success; Asa reigns; Jeroboam dies
951-941 77. Asa conquers the Ethiopians; he purchases aid
against Baasha, and is reproved

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930-918 78. Omri builds Samaria; Ahab reigns
917-912 79. Asa dies; Jehoshaphat reigns well and prospers 238
910-906 80. Elijah's mission to Ahab; his miracles; a famine 240
905 81. The sacrifice on Carmel; the priests of Baal slain 243
82. Elijah at Horeb; God comforts him; Elisha is called 246
83. Siege of Samaria; victory promised to Ahab
84. Benhadad taken; Ahab's covenant with him
85. Ahab covets Naboth's Vineyard; Naboth stoned
86. Battle at Ramoth-gilead; Ahab is slain..
87. Jehoshaphat reproved; conquers the Moabites, &c. 261
88. Ahaziah's impiety; Elijah is translated to heaven 263
89. Elisha succeeds Elijah; the Moabites conquered ... 267
90. Elisha multiplies the widow's oil; heals the pottage 270
91. Naaman is cured of his leprosy; Gehazi punished 272
92. The Syrian host smitten with blindness
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93. Jehoshaphat dies; Jehoram reigns; restores idolatry 279
886-885 94. Benhadad besieges Samaria; Hazael's conspiracy... 281
884 95. Jehu anointed; Jezebel slain; Jehu destroys Baal 284
878-856 96. Athaliah reigns; Joash succeeds; temple repaired 288
856-840 97. Of Jehu, Jehoahaz, and Jehoash; Elisha's death... 290
840 98. Idolatry & ingratitude of Joash; Hazael's invasion 293
839-825 99. Joash is slain; Amaziah reigns; wars with Jehoash 295
810-808 100. Uzziah reigns; wars with the Philistines, &c. 298
801-787 101. Hosea, Amos, and Joel prophesy

102. Jonah commanded to cry against Nineveh
784-776 103. Death of Jeroboam II; interregnum in Israel
772-762 104. Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah reign
in succession; Uzziah's transgression

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758-742 105. Reigns of Jotham and Ahaz; Isaiah prophesies... 313
741-730 106. Wickedness of Ahaz; he is taken captive; Pekah
invades Judah; idolatry of Ahaz
(FIRST CAPTIVITY OF ISRAEL.)
(Shalmaneser makes Hoshea tributary)

(740)
730

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107. Ahaz dies; Hezekiah reigns; the passover kept... 319
725-721 108. Prophecies of Micah; Shalmaneser subdues and
imprisons Hoshea; he takes all Israel captive 322
END OF THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL.

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(721)
720-713 109. Hezekiah resists Assyria; his illness; the dial 325
711-706 110. Hezekiah's ostentation; Sennacherib's invasion
699-698 111. Isaiah prophesies; Hezekiah's prosperity and death 331
698-643 112. Manasseh's captivity; his repentance; Amon reigns 334
641-624 113. Josiah's good reign; the book of the law found 337
114. Zephaniah and Jeremiah reprove the Jews

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611-609 115. Josiah slain; Habakkuk prophesies; of Jehoahaz 342
608-606 116. Jeremiah's predictions; he is accused; the Rechabites 345
117. Jeremiah specifies the seventy years' captivity;
Nebuchadnezzar spoils Jerusalem & the temple 348
PERIOD VII.

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THE COMPLETE CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH.

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The Captivity and the Return of the Jews. 206 years.
606-599 118. Of Daniel; Jehoiakim rebels; Nebuchadnezzar
besieges Jerusalem; Zedekiah made king 351
119. Jeremiah prophesies of the captivity and resoration 353
120. Denounces the princes; Ezekiel prophesies
593 121. Zedekiah rebels; Jeremiah is imprisoned
590-588 122. Jerusalem besieged; Zedekiah slain
(588)
123. Gedaliah; Ezekiel prophesies against Tyre
570 124. Nebuchadnezzar's vision; Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego are cast into a fiery furnace
569-561 125. Nebuchadnezzar's pride punished; Daniel's vision 372
555-538 126. Belshazzar's feast; the hand-writing on the wall;
Cyrus takes Babylon; Belshazzar is slain 375
537-536 127. Daniel is accused; God preserves him in the den
of lions; Cyrus proclaims liberty to the Jews 378
534-464 128. The second temple; conspiracy of the Samaritans 382
462-458 129. Ahasuerus deposes Vashti and marries Esther 385
453-452 130. Haman's enmity to the Jews; Mordecai promoted 388
452-444 131. Haman is hanged; Nehemiah visits Jerusalem 391
440-400 132. The walls completed; Nehemiah testifies against

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the Jews; Malachi prophesies of John Baptist 394

THE

BIBLE CLASS BOOK.

PERIOD I.

FROM THE CREATION TO THE DELUGE.
B.C. 4004-B.C. 2348. 1656 years.

1. THE CREATION AND THE FALL OF MAN.

Genesis i.-iii.

The words, phrases, &c. of which explanations are given, are preceded by a full-point (·) ; the names of places noticed are in italics.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. On the first day God created ·light. On the second day God made the firmament.

On the third day God divided the waters from the land, and created plants. On the fourth day God made the sun, moon, and stars. On the fifth day God created the fishes and the birds. On the sixth day God created the cattle, the beasts, and creeping things; and last of all he made man, in his own image. God having created all things in six days, pronounced them to be very good. He rested on the seventh day, and blessed it.

And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and out of the ground he made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And the Lord God put Adam, the man whom he had formed, into the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God brought unto Adam every beast of the field and every fowl of the air, to see what he would call them; and whatsoever he called every living creature that was the name thereof.

And God said "It is not good that the man should be alone, I will make him a help meet for him;" so he formed a woman and brought her unto the man. And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was to be the mother of all living.

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