Book Description

This classic is organized as follows: Introduction: The Purpose and Plan of This Book Part First: Stories From the First Five Books in the Bible 1. The Story of a Beautiful Garden (Genesis i: 1, to iii: 24) 2. The First Baby in the World and His Brother (Genesis iv: 1 to 18) 3. The Great Ship That Saved Eight People (Genesis v: 1, to ix: 17) 4. The Tower That Was Never Finished (Genesis x: 1, to xi: 9) 5. The Story of a Long Journey (Genesis xi: 27, to xiii: 18) 6. How Lot’s Choice Brought Trouble and Abram’s Choice Brought Blessing (Genesis xiv: 1, to xv: 21) 7. The Angel by the Well (Genesis xvi: 1, to xvii: 27) 8. The Rain of Fire That Fell on a City (Genesis xviii: 1, to xix: 30) 9. The Boy Who Became an Archer (Genesis xxi: 1, to 21) 10. How an Angel’s Voice Saved a Boy’s Life (Genesis xxii: 1, to xxiii: 20) 11. The Story of a Journey After a Wife (Genesis xxiv: 1, to xxv: 18) 12. How Jacob Stole His Brother’s Blessing (Genesis xxv: 27, to xxvii: 46) 13. Jacob’s Wonderful Dream (Genesis xxvii: 46, to xxx: 24) 14. A Midnight Wrestling Match (Genesis xxx: 25, to xxxiii: 20) 15. The Rich Man’s Son Who Was Sold as a Slave (Genesis xxxvii: 1 to 36) 16. From the Prison to the Palace (Genesis xl: 1, to xli: 44) 17. How Joseph’s Dream Came True (Genesis xli: 46, to xlii: 38) 18. A Lost Brother Found (Genesis xliii: 1, to xlv: 24) 19. From the Land of Famine to the Land of Plenty (Genesis xlv: 25, to l: 26) 20. The Beautiful Baby Who Was Found in a River (Exodus i: 1, to ii: 22) 21. The Voice From the Burning Bush (Exodus iii: 1, to iv: 31) 22. The River That Ran Blood (Exodus vi: 28, to x: 29) 23. The Night When a Nation Was Born (Exodus xi: 1, to xiii: 22) 24. How the Sea Became Dry Land and the Sky Rained Bread (Exodus xiv: 1 to xvi: 36) 25. The Mountain That Smoked and Words That Were Spoken From It (Exodus xvii: 1, to xxxi: 18) 26. How Aaron Made a Golden Calf and What Became of It (Exodus xxxii: 1, to xxiv: 35) 27. The Tent Where God Lived Among His People (Exodus xxxv: 1, to xl: 38) 28. How They Worshipped God in the Tabernacle (Leviticus i: 1 to 13; viii: 1 to 13; Exodus xxvii: 20, 21) 29. What Strong Drink Brought to Aaron’s Sons (Leviticus x: 1, to 11) 30. The Scapegoat in the Wilderness (Leviticus xvi: 1 to 34) 31. The Cluster of Grapes From the Land of Canaan (Numbers xiii: 1, to xiv: 45) 32. How the Long Journey of the Israelites Came to an End (Numbers xx: 1, to xxii: 1) 33. What a Wise Man Learned From an Ass (Numbers xxii: 2, to xxv: 18; xxxi: 1 to 9) 34. How Moses Looked Upon the Promised Land (Numbers xxvi: 1 to 4, 63 to 65; xxxii: 1 to 42; Deuteronomy xxxi: 1, to xxxiv: 12) 35. The Story of Job (Job i: 1, to ii: 13; xlii: 1 to 17) Part Second: Stories of Joshua and the Judges 1. The Story of a Scarlet Cord (Joshua i: 1, to ii: 24) 2. How the River Jordan Became Dry, and the Wall of Jericho Fell Down (Joshua iii: 1, to vi: 27) 3. The Story of a Wedge of Gold (Joshua vii: 1, to viii: 35) 4. How Joshua Conquered the Land of Canaan (Joshua ix: 1, to xi: 23) 5. The Old Man Who Fought Against the Giants (Joshua xiv: 1, to xix: 51) 6. The Avenger of Blood, and the Cities of Refuge (Joshua xx: 1, to xxi: 45) 7. The Story of an Altar Beside the River (Joshua xxii: 1, to xxiv: 33) 8. The Present That Ehud Brought to King Eglon (Judges i: 1, to iii: 31) 9. How a Woman Won a Great Victory (Judges iv: 1, to v: 31) 10. Gideon and His Brave Three Hundred (Judges vi: 1, to viii: 28) 11. Jephthah’s Rash Promise and What Came From It (Judges viii: 33, to xi: 40) 12. The Strong Man: How He Lived and How He Died (Judges xiii: 1, to xvi: 31) 13. The Idol Temple at Dan and Its Priest (Judges xvii: 1, to xviii: 31) 14. How Ruth Gleaned in the Field of Boaz (Ruth i: 1, to iv: 22) 15. The Little Boy With a Linen Coat (I Samuel i: 1, to iii: 21) 16. How the Idol Fell Down Before the Ark (1 Samuel iv: 1, to vii: 1) 17. The Last of the Judges (I Samuel vii: 2 to 17) 18. The Tall Man Who Was Chosen King (I Samuel viii: 1, to x: 27) Part Third: Stories of the Three Great Kings of Israel 1. How Saul Saved the Eyes of the Men of Jabesh (I Samuel xi: 1, to xii: 25) 2. The Brave Young Prince (I Samuel xiii: 1, to xiv: 46) 3. Saul’s Great Sin and His Great Loss (I Samuel xv: 1 to 35) 4. The Shepherd Boy of Bethlehem (I Samuel xvi: 1 to 23) 5. The Shepherd Boy’s Fight With the Giant (I Samuel xvii: 1 to 54) 6. The Little Boy Looking for the Arrows (I Samuel xvii: 55, to xx: 42) 7. Where David Found the Giant’s Sword (I Samuel xxi: 1, to xxii: 23) 8. How David Spared Saul’s Life (I Samuel xxiii: 1, to xxvii: 12) 9. The Last Days of King Saul (I Samuel xxviii: 1, to xxxi: 13) 10. The Shepherd Boy Becomes a King (Ii Samuel i: 1, to iv: 12) 11. The Sound in the Treetops (Ii Samuel v: 1, to vii: 29) 12. The Cripple at the King’s Table (Ii Samuel viii: 1, to ix: 13) 13. The Prophet’s Story of the Little Lamb (Ii Samuel xi: 1 to 25; Psalm 51) 14. David’s Handsome Son, and How He Stole the Kingdom (Ii Samuel xiii: 1, to xvii: 23) 15. Absalom in the Wood; David on the Throne (Ii Samuel xvii: 24, to xx: 26) 16. The Angel With the Drawn Sword on Mount Moriah (Ii Samuel xxiv: 1 to 25; I Chronicles xxi: 1 to 27) 17. Solomon on David’s Throne (I Kings i: 1 to 53) 18. The Wise Young King (I Kings iii: 1, to iv: 34; Ii Chronicles i: 1 to 13) 19. The House of God on Mount Moriah (I Kings v: 1, to ix: 9; Ii Chronicles iii: 1, to vii: 22) 20. The Last Days of Solomon’s Reign (I Kings x: 1, to xi: 43) Part Fourth: Stories of the Kingdom of Israel 1. The Breaking Up of a Great Kingdom (I Kings xii: 1 to 24; Ii Chronicles x: 1 to 19) 2. The King Who Led Israel to Sin, and the Prophet Who Was Slain by a Lion (I Kings xii: 25 , to xiv: 20; xv: 25 to 32) 3. The Prophet Who Raised a Boy to Life (I Kings xv: 33, to xvii: 24) 4. The Prayer That Was Answered in Fire (I Kings xviii: 1 to 46) 5. The Voice That Spoke to Elijah in the Mount (I Kings xix: 1 to 21) 6. The Wounded Prophet and His Story (I Kings xx: 1 to 43) 7. What Ahab Paid for His Vineyard (I Kings xxi: 1, to 29) 8. The Arrow That Killed a King (I Kings xxii: 1 to 40) 9. Elijah’s Chariot of Fire (Kings i: 1, to ii: 15) 10. A Spring Sweetened by Salt, and Water That Looked Like Blood (Ii Kings ii: 19, to iii: 27) 11. The Pot of Oil and the Pot of Poison (Ii Kings iv: 1 to 7; iv: 38 to 44; vi: 1 to 7) 12. The Little Boy at Shunem (Ii Kings iv: 8 to 37) 13. How a Little Girl Helped to Cure a Leper (Ii Kings v: 1 to 27) 14. The Chariots of Fire Around Elisha (Ii Kings vi: 8 to 23) 15. What the Lepers Found in the Camp (Ii Kings vi: 24, to vii: 20) 16. Jehu, the Furious Driver of His Chariot (Ii Kings viii: 7 to 15; ix: 1, to x: 36) 17. Elisha and the Bow; Jonah and Nineveh (Ii Kings xiii: 1 to 25; Jonah i: 1, to iv: 11) 18. How the Ten Tribes Were Lost (Ii Kings xv: 8, to xvii: 41) Part Fifth: Stories of the People and Kingdom of Judah 1. The First Four Kings of Judah (Ii Chronicles xii: 1, to xx: 37) 2. The Little Boy Who Was Crowned King (Ii Chronicles xxi: 1, to xxiv: 27) 3. Three Kings and a Great Prophet (Ii Chronicles xxv: 1, to xxviii: 27; Isaiah vi) 4. The Good King Hezekiah (Ii Kings xviii: 1, to xx: 21; Ii Chronicles xxix: 1, to xxxii: 33; Isaiah xxxvi: 1, to xxxviii: 22) 5. The Lost Book Found in the Temple (Ii Kings xxi: 1, to xxiii: 25; Ii Chronicles xxxiii: 1, to xxxv: 27) 6. The Last Four Kings of Judah and the Weeping Prophet (Ii Kings xxiii: 31, to xxv: 22; Ii Chronicles xxxvi: 1 to 21; Jeremiah xxii: 10 to 12; xxiv: 1 to 10; xxix: 1 to 29; xxxvi: 1, to xliii: 13) 7. What Ezekiel Saw in the Valley (Ezekiel xxxvii) 8. The Jewish Captives in the Court of the King (Daniel i: 1, to ii: 49) 9. The Golden Image and the Fiery Furnace (Daniel iii: 1 to 30) 10. The Tree That Was Cut Down and Grew Again (Daniel iv: 1 to 37) 11. The Writing Upon the Wall (Daniel v: 1 to 31) 12. Daniel in the Den of Lions (Daniel vi: 1 to 28) 13. The Story of a Joyous Journey (Ezra i: 1, to iii: 7) 14. The New Temple on Mount Moriah (Ezra iii: 8, to vi: 22; Haggai i: 1, to ii: 23; Zechariah iv: 6 to 10) 15. The Beautiful Queen of Persia (Esther i: 1, to x: 3) 16. The Scribe Who Wrote the Old Testament (Ezra vii: 1, to x: 44) 17. The Nobleman Who Built the Wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah i: 1, to vii: 73) 18. Ezra’s Great Bible Class in Jerusalem (Nehemiah viii: 1, to xiii: 31; Malachi i: 1, to iv: 6) Part Sixth: The Story of Jesus 1. The Angel by the Altar (Luke i: 1 to 80) 2. The Manger of Bethlehem (Matthew i: 18 to 25; Luke ii: 1 to 39) 3. The Star and the Wise Men (Matthew ii: 1 to 23) 4. The Boy in His Father’s House (Luke ii: 40 to 52) 5. The Prophet in the Wilderness (Matthew iii: 1 to 17; Mark i: 1 to 11, Luke iii: 1 to 22) 6. Jesus in the Desert, and Beside the River (Matthew iv: 1 to 11; Mark i: 12, 13; Luke iv: 1 to 13; John i: 29 to 51) 7. The Water Jars at the Wedding Feast (John ii: 1, to iii: 21) 8. The Stranger at the Well (Matthew xiv: 3 to 5; Mark vi: 17 to 20; Luke iii: 19, 20; John iii: 22, to iv: 42) 9. The Story of a Boy in Capernaum, and of a Riot in Nazareth (John iv: 46 to 54; Luke iv: 16 to 31) 10. A Net Full of Fishes (Matthew iv: 18 to 22; Mark i: 16 to 34; Luke iv: 33, to v: 11) 11. The Leper, and the Man Let Down Through the Roof (Matthew viii: 2 to 4; ix: 2 to 8; Mark i: 40 to 45; ii: 1 to 12; Luke v: 12 to 26) 12. The Cripple at the Pool, and the Withered Hand in the Synagogue (Matthew xii: 1 to 14; Mark ii: 23, to iii: 6; Luke vi: 1, to 11; John v: 1 to 18) 13. The Twelve Disciples and the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew ix: 9 to 13; v to viii; Mark ii: 13 to 17; Luke v: 27 to 32; vi: 12 to 49) 14. The Captain’s Servant, the Widow’s Son, and the Woman Who Was a Sinner (Matthew viii: 5 to 13; Luke vii: 1 to 17; 36 to 50) 15. Some Stories Jesus Told by the Sea (Matthew xiii: 1 to 53; Mark iv: 1 to 34; Luke viii: 4 to 18) 16. “Peace, Be Still” (Matthew viii: 18 to 34; Mark iv: 35, to v: 21; Luke viii: 22 to 40) 17. The Little Girl Who Was Raised to Life (Matthew ix: 18 to 38; x: 1 to 42; Mark v: 22 to 43; Luke viii: 41 to 56; ix: 1 to 5) 18. A Dancing Girl, and What Was Given Her (Matthew xi: 2 to 19; xiv: 1 to 12; Mark vi: 14 to 29; Luke vii: 18 to 35) 19. The Feast Beside the Sea and What Followed It (Matthew xiv: 13 to 36; Mark vi: 30 to 56; Luke ix: 10 to 17; John vi: 1 to 71) 20. The Answer to a Mother’s Prayer (Matthew xv: 21 to 39; Mark vii: 24, to viii: 26) 21. The Glory of Jesus on the Mountain (Matthew xvi: 13, to xvii: 23; Mark viii: 27, to ix: 32; Luke ix: 18 to 45) 22. The Little Child in the Arms of Jesus (Matthew xvii: 24, to xviii: 35; Mark ix: 33 to 48; Luke ix: 46 to 50) 23. At the Feast of Tabernacles (Matthew viii: 19 to 22; Luke ix: 57 to 62; x: 38 to 42; xvii: 11 to 19; John vii: 2 to 52) 24. The Man With Clay on His Face (John ix: 1 to 41) 25. The Good Shepherd and the Good Samaritan (John x: 1 to 41; Luke x: 1 to 37) 26. Lazarus Raised to Life (John xi: 1 to 55) 27. Some Parables in Perea (Luke xii: 1, to xv: 32) 28. The Poor Rich Man and the Rich Poor Man (Luke xvi: 1 to 31, to xviii: 1 to 34; Matthew xix: 13 to 30; xx: 17 to 19; Mark x: 13 to 34) 29. Jesus at Jericho (Matthew xx: 20 to 34; Mark x: 35 to 52; Luke xviii: 35, to xix: 28) 30. Palm Sunday (Matthew xxi: 1 to 11; xxvi: 6 to 16; Mark ii: 1 to 11; xiv: 3 to 11; Luke xix: 29 to 41; xxii: 3 to 6; John xii: 1 to 19) 31. The Last Visits of Jesus to the Temple (Matthew xxi: 18, to xxiii: 39; Mark xi: 12, to xii: 44; Luke xix: 45, to xxi: 4) 32. The Parables on the Mount of Olives (Matthew xxiv: 1, to xxv: 46; Mark xiii: 1 to 37, Luke xxi: 5 to 38) 33. The Last Supper (Matthew xxvi: 17 to 35; Mark xiv: 12 to 31; Luke xxii: 7 to 38; John xiii: 1, to xvii: 26) 34. The Olive Orchard and the High Priests Hall (Matthew xxvi: 36 to 75; Mark xiv: 32 to 72; Luke xxii: 40 to 62; John xviii: 1 to 27) 35. The Crown of Thorns (Matthew xxvi: 57, to xxvii: 26; Mark xv: 1 to 15; Luke xxii: 66, to xxiii: 25; John xviii: 19, to xix: 16) 36. The Darkest Day of All the World (Matthew xxvii: 31 to 66; Mark xv: 20 to 47; Luke xxiii: 26 to 56; John xix: 16 to 42) 37. The Brightest Day of All the World (Matthew xxviii: 1 to 10; Mark xvi: 1 to 13; Luke xxiv: 1 to 49; John xx: 1 to 23) 38. The Stranger on the Shore (Matthew xxviii: 16 to 20; Mark xvi: 14 to 20; Luke xxiv: 50 to 53; John xx: 26, to xxi: 25; Acts i: 1 to 11; I Corinthians xv: 3 to 8) Part Seventh: Stories of the Early Church 1. The Church of the First Days (Acts i: 12, to ii: 47) 2. The Man at the Beautiful Gate (Acts iii: 1 to 31) 3. The Right Way to Give, and the Wrong Way (Acts iv: 32, to v: 42) 4. Stephen With the Shining Face (Acts vi: 1, to viii: 3) 5. The Man Reading in the Chariot (Acts viii: 4 to 40) 6. The Voice That Spoke to Saul (Acts ix: 1 to 31; xxii: 1 to 21; Galatians i: 11 to 24) 7. What Peter Saw by the Sea (Acts ix: 32, to xi: 18) 8. How the Iron Gate Was Opened (Acts xii: 1 to 24) 9. The Earliest Missionaries (Acts xi: 19 to 30; xiii: 1, to xiv: 28) 10. The Song in the Prison (Acts xv: 1, to xvi: 40) 11. Paul’s Speech on the Hill (Acts xvii: 1 to 34) 12. Paul at Corinth (Acts xviii: 1 to 22) 13. Paul at Ephesus (Acts xviii: 23, to xx: 1) 14. Paul’s Last Journey to Jerusalem (Acts xx: 2, to xxi: 16) 15. The Speech on the Stairs (Acts xxi: 17 to xxii: 29) 16. Two Years in Prison (Acts xxii: 30, to xxiv: 27) 17. The Story That Paul Told to the King (Acts xxv: 1, to xxvi: 32) 18. Paul in the Storm (Acts xxvii: 1, to xxviii: 1) 19. How Paul Came to Rome and How He Lived There (Acts xxviii: 2 to 31) 20. The Throne of God (Revelation i: 9 to 20; iv: 1, to v: 14) 21. The City of God (Revelations vii: 9 to 17; xxi: 1 to 27; xxii: 1 to 17)