01-BOOK FIRST. Until the Founding of the Monarchy.

BOOK FIRST. Until the Founding of the Monarchy.

BOOK FIRST. Until the Founding of the Monarchy.

Part I. GENEALOGICAL TABLES, WITH BRIEF HISTORICAL STATEMENTS.

I. Genealogies of the Patriarchs.

1. The Genealogy from Adam to Noah.

1 Chronicles 1:1-4.

Genesis 5:1-32; Luke 3:36-38.

2. The Descendants of Noah’s Sons.

1 Chronicles 1:5-23.

Genesis 10:1-32.

3. From Shem to Abraham.

1 Chronicles 1:24-27.

Genesis 11:10-26; Luke 3:34-36.

4. The Descendants of Abraham.

1 Chronicles 1:28-42.

Genesis 25:12-16; 1 Chronicles 1:28-31.

Genesis 25:1-4; 1 Chronicles 1:32-33.

Genesis 36:1-30; 1 Chronicles 1:35-42.

5. The Kings and Dukes of Edom.

1 Chronicles 1:43-54.

Genesis 36:31-43.

6. The Twelve Sons of Israel.

1 Chronicles 2:1-2.

Genesis 29:31-35; Genesis 30:1-24; Genesis 35:16-18.

II. Genealogies of the Tribes of Israel.

7. The Tribe of Judah.

(1) General Genealogies of the Tribe.

1 Chronicles 2:3-17; 1 Chronicles 2:21-41; 1 Chronicles 4:1-23.

Genesis 38:1-30; Genesis 46:12; 1 Chronicles 2:3-5; 1 Chronicles 4:1.

Ruth 4:18-22; Matthew 1:3-6; Luke 3:31-33; 1 Chronicles 2:5-14.

(2) Three Accounts of the Descendants of Caleb.

1 Chronicles 2:18-20; 1 Chronicles 2:42-49; 1 Chronicles 2:50-55.

(3) The Family of David.

1 Chronicles 3:1-9.

(4) The Line of David, through Solomon.

1 Chronicles 3:10-24.

Matthew 1:7-16.

8. The Tribe of Levi.

(1) The Line of Aaron.

1 Chronicles 6:1-15; 1 Chronicles 6:49-53.

Genesis 46:11; 1 Chronicles 6:1.

(2) The Descendants of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:16-30.

(3) The Ancestors of the Songmasters, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan.

1 Chronicles 6:31-48.

(4) The Cities of the Levites.

1 Chronicles 6:54-81.

Joshua 21:1-42.

9. The Tribe of Reuben.

1 Chronicles 5:1-10.

Genesis 46:8-9.

10. The Tribe of Gad.

1 Chronicles 5:11-17.

Genesis 46:16.

11. The Half-Tribe of Manasseh (east of Jordan).

1 Chronicles 5:23-24.

12. The Tribe of Simeon.

1 Chronicles 4:24-43.

Genesis 46:10.

13. The Tribe of Issachar.

1 Chronicles 7:1-5.

Genesis 46:13.

14. The Tribe of Naphtali.

1 Chronicles 7:13.

Genesis 46:24.

15. The Half-Tribe of Manasseh (west of Jordan).

1 Chronicles 7:14-19.

16. The Tribe of Ephraim.

1 Chronicles 7:20-29.

17. The Tribe of Asher.

1 Chronicles 7:30-40.

Genesis 46:17.

18. The Tribe of Benjamin.

(1) General Genealogies of the Tribe.

1 Chronicles 7:6-12; 1 Chronicles 8:1-28.

Genesis 46:21.

(2) The House of Saul.

1 Samuel 14:49-51; 1 Chronicles 8:29-40; 1 Chronicles 9:35-44.

19. Appendix: Additional Historical Statements.

(1) War of the Three Transjordanic Tribes with Arab Nations.

1 Chronicles 5:18-22.

(2) The Inhabitants of Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 9:2-34.

Nehemiah 11:1-19.

Part II. THE CLOSE OF THE THEOCRACY.

I. The Early Life of Samuel.

20. Samuel’s Birth and Infancy.

(1) Samuel’s Birth in Answer to Prayer.

1 Samuel 1:1-20.

(2) Samuel’s Consecration to the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:21-28.

(3) Hannah’s Song of Thanksgiving.

1 Samuel 2:1-10.

21. Samuel at Shiloh.

(1) The faithless Priests.

1 Samuel 2:12-17.

(2) Eli’s Expostulation with his Sons.

1 Samuel 2:22-25.

(3) Samuel’s Ministry before the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Samuel 2:26; 1 Samuel 2:18-21.

(4) The Fall of Eli’s House Foretold.

1 Samuel 2:27-36.

(5) Samuel’s Call.

1 Samuel 3:1-18.

(6) Samuel established as a Prophet.

1 Samuel 3:19-21; 1 Samuel 4:1.

II. The Period of National Disaster.

22. Israel’s Defeat and Loss of the Ark.

1 Samuel 4:1-11.

23. The Fall of the House of Eli.

1 Samuel 4:11-22.

24. The Ark of God.

(1) The Chastisement of the Philistines for the Removal of the Ark.

1 Samuel 5:1-12.

(2) The Restoration of the Ark with expiatory Gifts.

1 Samuel 6:1-11.

(3) The Reception and Settlement of the Ark in Israel.

1 Samuel 6:12-21; 1 Samuel 7:1.

25. The twenty Years of Waiting.

1 Samuel 7:2.

III. The Last Judge -- Samuel.

26. National Repentance through Samuel’s Labors.

1 Samuel 7:3-6.

27. Israel’s Victory over the Philistines.

1 Samuel 7:7-12.

28. Summary Statement of Samuel’s Work as Judge.

1 Samuel 7:13-17.