Remember, this is just one mans notes. Hope it is a help to someone.
Judges
1. Judah, Caleb, Simeon battle the Canaanites and Perezites but did not drive them all out. Slew ten thousand at Bezek. Captures Adonibezek and cut off his thumbs and big toes as he had done to 70 other kings before.2. An angel of the Lord rebukes Israel. Note Judges 1&2 similar with Genesis 1 & 2 in that they mention things that seem out of order, Joshua already died when mentioned in Judges 2. See Joshua 24:29
3. The Lord leaves nations among Israel as a test and they fail. The Lords anger is hot. Ehud kills Elgon the fat king of Moab
4. Deborah judges Israel
5. Deborah and Barak sing praises to the Lord
6. Gideon visited by an angel of the Lord
7. The Lord chooses 300 men for Gideon
8. Gideon and the Midianites, Israel turns again
9. Wickedness of Abimelech and Shecham
10. Israel sins, the Ammonites oppress them
11. Jephthah makes a vow he regrets
12. Jephthah vs Ephraim, some trying to say shippoleth or sibboleth
13. Angel comes to wife of Manoah, Samson born.
14. Samson kills a lion, gets a wife. Gives a riddle
15. Samson slays 1000 with the jawbone of an ass
16. Samson and Delilah. Slew more in death than life
17. Micah. No king now, but every man does that which was right in his own eyes.
18. Children of Dan come unto Micah take his things and his priest and setup graven images.
19. A Levite gives up his concubine to wicked men, then gives the parts unto all of Israel
20. Children of Israel vs Benjamen
21. Israel helps Benjamen take wives of Shiloh
Ruth
1. Naomi returns to Jerusalem with Ruth2. Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz
3. Ruth goes back to see Boaz
4. Boaz and Ruth marry, from which later come Obed, Jesse and David
I Samuel
1. Birth of Samuel, mother lends him to the Lord2. Hannah praises the Lord. Man of God comes to Eli the priest telling him his sons would die and the Lord would raise up a faithful priest.
3. Samuel did not yet know the Lord, yet he was ministering unto the Lord under Eli. The Lord tells him he will judge the house of Eli.
4. Eli's sons killed, ark captured by Philistines, Eli dies
5. Philistines set the ark next to their god. The Lord destroys some of the Philistines, gives emerods to others.
6. The Philistines return the ark
7. Israel repents, Philistines defeated, lands returned to Israel
8. Samuel grew old and his two sons Joel and Abiah turned away and perverted judgement. The people ask for a king.
9. Saul goes out seeking his fathers asses seeing a seer and finds Samuel.
10. Saul becomes king. God save the king
11. Saul and Israel defeat the Ammonites
12. Samuel warns all Israel what they have done asking for a king. He prays for thunder and rain. For their sake they are warned not to rebel.
13. Saul is impatient waiting for Samuel.
14. Johnathan battles the Philistines. Eats honey
15. Samuel commands Saul to slay Amalek utterly, but Saul spares and sin would his undoing as king.
16. The Lord tells Samuel He would appoint another king from among the sons of Jesse. This would be David.
17. David and Goliath
18. Saul is jealous of David, but realizes the Lord is with David and not him.
19. Johnathan convinces Saul not to kill David, but Saul soon tries again. David goes to see Samuel.
20. Johnathan makes a covenant with David
21. David goes to see Ahimilech the priest.
22. David escapes to the cave Adullam. Saul has Ahimilech and the other priests killed.
23. David flees Keilah into the wilderness of Ziph with Saul seeking him.
24. Saul pursues David again. David and his men are hiding in a cave when Saul and his men come in. David could have killed Saul, but spares him. Saul repents.
25. David comes to Nabal, of the house of Caleb and a son of Belial. His wife Abigail keeps David from wiping out Nabal after he had refused to help David. Abigail becomes David's wife.
26. Saul tries to pursue David again but David sneaks into the camp at night and takes his spear and water bottle. Saul repents.
27. David dwells in Gath with Achish (Philistine ruler). Invades the Gershurites and Gezerites. Achish believes David is hated by all Israel.
28. Philistines gather to war against Israel. Saul seeks a woman with a familiar spirit who brought up Samuel and he tells Saul that he will be defeated.
29. At the request of Achish, David returns to the land of the Philistines, and asks to take part in the battle against Israel.
30. David returns to Ziklag to find it burned. He asks the Lord if he should pursue, rescues his wives, wipes out the rest but 400. David distributes the spoil.
31. Israel flees from the Philistines, Saul and his sons die.
II Samuel
1. An Amelikite tells David, Saul and Johnathan are dead. David commands the Amalekite be killed and the children of Judah be taught the use of the bow. Today, David would tell the people of Judah to teach their children the use of the AR-152. The Lord tells David to go up to Hebron of Judah. David anointed king. Fight between Saul's followers and Davids.
3. War between house of Saul and house of David. Abner is killed
5. David becomes king over Israel also. The Jebusites resist David. David has more concubines and wives and sons. The Lord tells David to battle the Philistines but wait for a sound from the mulberry trees.
6. Uzzah touches the ark when the oxen stumbles and the Lord smote him dead. David's wife Michal rebukes him.
7. The Lord tells Nathan the prohpet to ask David why he has not built a house for the Lord and that his. David had rest round about (see also I Kings 5)
8. David smites the Philistines, puts garrisons in Syria. Davids sons were rulers.
9. David asks if there be any of the house of Saul that he may show kindness. . He restores all of Sauls land to Mephibosheth, son of Johnathan, son of Saul. Eats at Davids table.
10. Mistrust and war with children of Ammon and Syrians, after David offered kindness.
11. David sins with Bathsheba, wife of Uriah
12. The Lord sends Nathan unto David and he repents. Nathan tells David his wives will be taken from him and be given unto his neighbor. The child w/Bathsheba dies. David tells others that he can not bring the child back, but he will go to him one day. They have another, Solomon and the Lord loved him. Joab fights against Rabbah.
13. Amnon sins with his sister Tamar, who suggest they should be married first. Absalom kills Amnon. Evil is coming upon the house as David just as Nathan prophesied (see 12:11)
14. The Lord finds ways to bring people back unto him. Absolom returns, tries to get Joabs attention, but has to set his field on fire. Absolom finally sees David.
15. The treachery of Absolom against David. David goes up mount olivet.
16. Men from the house os Saul come out to curse and throw stones at David but David does not punish them. Davids counselor, Ahithaphel told Absolam to take all of Davids concubines. It was so just as Nathan had prophesied.
17. Ahithophel conspires with Absolom
18. The armies of David and Absolom meet. David commands that Absoloam be treated lightly, but Absolom hit a tree, then Joab cast darts into him. David mourns.
19. David tries to make peace and retstore order
20. A man named Sheba and a man of Belial, concinves Israel to depart from David but Judah remains faithful. Joab kills Amasa.
21. A famine in the land. David asks the Lord why and the answer was because what Saul had done to the Gibeonites. The Gibeonites ask David for 7 of Sauls sons and David agrees. Battle with the Philistines, brother of Goalith killed.
22. David praises the Lord with son. Says he has not wickedly departed from God.
23. He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
24. David tells Joab to number the people. There are 800K men of Israel, 500K in Judah. David repents, asks the Lord to take away his iniquity. The Lord comes to the prophet Gad, gives David 3 choices. The Lord tells the angel it is enough. David saw the angel. David buys a threshing floor to build an altar.
I Kings
1. David is old. Adonijah proclaims himself king, but Davd gives kingdom to Solomon, son of Bathsheba.2. Adonijah convinces Bathsheba to ask king Solomon for Abishag for a wife
3. Solomon made friends with Pharaoh, returns with his daughter. Prays for understanding. The Lord tells him in a dream he will get wisdom and riches.
4. Solomon had peace on all sides. God gave him great wisdom.
5. Solomon asks Hiram of Tyre to cut cedar and temple construction begins.
6. The temple finished, size of an average house?
7. Solomon brings Hiram to make a number of things of brass for the temple, then brings in many things David dedicated.
8. The ark is brought into the temple, which contained only the two tablets of stone given to Moses. Soomon prays
9. The Lord speaks to Solomon. A promiseand warning for his people and their children to keep the statues of the Lord. Of the people that Israel had not utterly destroyed (Amorites, Hittites etc), Solomon made servants.
10. Queen of Sheba pays a visit to Solomon. Gave him 120 talents of gold (12000 lbs?) In one year Solomon brings in 666 talents of gold
11. Solomons many wives that turned his heart away unto other gods. The Lord tells Solomon he will take his kingdom away. God stirs up adversaries to Solomon. Jereboam, Hadad, Rezon, Ahijah. The Lord will divide the kingdom. Solomon dies. Jereboam to get 10 parts.
12. Rehoboam flees to Jerusalem. Then Jereboam becomes king over ISrael. The kingdom is divided - Israel & Judah. King Jereboam has 2 golden calfs made.
13. A man of God from Judah, cried against the altar in Bethel and that a child will be born unto the house of David named Josiah. Jeroboam's hand dries up. The man of God disobeys and is killed by a lion.
14. Abijah, son of Jeroam fell sick. His mother is sent to ask Ahijah about him. The Lord was to cut off Jeroboam. Nabab takes over after Jeroboam. The Lord will smite Israel because of Jeroboam.There were sodomites in the land of Judah and Judah did evil. Shishack king of Egypt came against Jerusalem and took away treasures. War between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. Rehoboam dies and his son Abijam reigned.
15. Abijam walked in all the sins of his father. He dies and Asa his son reigns and does that was was right in the eys of the Lord, takes away the sodomites and idols out of the land. Asa also removed his own mother from being queen because she had made a grove. Asa did not destroy the high places however. Baasha, son of Ahijah replaces Nabab as king of Israel. Baasha does evil
16. Jehu, son of Hanani preaches against Baasha. Elah his son is next to rule. Zimri, captain of Baasha conspired against Baasha. Killed him and all his kin. Israel is divided against itself, half follow Omri, the other follow Tibni. Omri wins and reigns over Israel. He does evil. Ahab his son takes over. Ahab also does evil, served Baal.
17. Elijah the Tishbite, it will not rain until he gives the word. Elijah prays to revive a womans child.
18. Sore famine in Samaria. Ahab called Obidiah, the governor of his house, meets Elijah. Ahab gathers all the prophets of Baal at Mt. Carmel. Eliha vs the prophets of Baal. The rain returns.
19. Ahabs wife, Jezebel is angry at Elijah wh then goes on the Beersheba of Judah. Elijah is nourished by an angel. God tells Elijah to anoint Hazael king over Syria, Jehu king over Israel and Elisha to be prophet. There are 7000 left that have not yet bent the knee to Baal.
20. Israel slew the Syrians, though they were outnumbered. A man of the sons of prophets tells another to smite him, but he refused. The man that refused to obey the prophet was killed by a lion. The prophet rebukes Ahab for letting Banhadad (king of Syria) go free.
21. Jezebel has Naboth killed to get his vineyard to please Ahab. The Lord sent Elijah to tell Ahab that the place where dogs licked Naboth's blood, there also will dogs lick his blood. Ahab humbles himself. The Lord tells Elijah that since Ahab has humbled himself that he will bring evil in his son's days instead of his.
22. Jehoshophat king of Judah comes to see the king of Israel. The prophet Micaiah prophesies against the king of Israel. Both kings go into battle against Rmoth-Gilead. Kig Ahab is killed. Dogs lick his blood from the chariot just as Elijah had prophesied. Ahaziah is now king of Israel. Jehoshophat removes sodomites from Judah. Peace between Judah and Israel.
II Kings
1. Ahaziah injured, sends messengers to ask of Baal-Zebub if he will recover. The Lord tells Elihah that Ahaziah will die.2. Elisha recieves and double portion of Elijahs spirit. Elijah taken up in a chariot of fire and whirlwind. Elisha heals a bad spring of water. On his way to Bethel some children mocked him. He curses them and a she bear tare them.
3. Jehoram did eveil, but not like his parents, for he put away the images of Baal.
4. King of Israel (Ahab), Jehoshophat king of Judah and king of Edom go to see Elisha. He tells them to dig ditches which will be filled with water and the moabites will be delivered into their hands.
5. Naaman the leper is made clean because a young Israli maid told the kings wife about the Lord. Slisha has him to go wash 7 times in the river Jordan. Elisha's servant run after Naaman to recieve money. Get gets leprosy instead
6. Elisha makes an iron axe head float. Syria wars with Israel. Elisha warns the king of Israel. Elisha is sought by the Syrian king but Elisha tells the young men with him that there are more with him that with them (Syria). Chariots and horses of fire. Famine in Samaria
7. Measure of flour for a shekel, two measures of barley for a shekel. Four peerous men go to the Syrian camp to find it deserted. They ate and drank. One of the kings men asked Elisha mockingly how the food would come, would later be killed.
8 Elisha tells the woman whos son had been restored to go away from the famine. She returns after 7 years, the king restores her land. Clisha comes to Damascus. Hazael is sent by Ben-hadad king of Syria to ask if he would recover. The Lord showed Elisha that Hazael would recover, but Ben-hadad would die. Hazael would be king and do terrible things to Israel.
9. Elisha sends a young prophet to anoint Jehu as king. Jehu kills Joram(Jehoram), has him cast into the field of Naboth. Jehu kills Ahaziah also. Jezebel eaten by dogs just as Elijah had prohesied.
10. Jehu has all the remaining sons of Ahab beheaded, then lures all the followers of Baal into one place, makes sure there are none that follow the Lord, then his men slew them all.
11. Athaliah, mother of Ahaziah now reins in Israel, tries to kill off the heirs of Joram. Joash is saved from death. Joash is protected by Jehoiada the priest. After Joash is crowned, Jehoida commands that Athalia be killed. House of Baal destroyed. Joash was only 7 years old.
12. Joash commanded the Lords house to be repaired. King of Syria, Hazael is set to take Jerusalem. Instead of fighting, Joash buys off king Hazael. Joash is later killed ina conspiracy of his servants.
13.Jehoahaz son of Jehubegins to reign over Israel and does evil in the sight of the Lord. Israel delivered to the Syrians. Jehoahaz besought the Lord. Jehoash his son begins to reign, does evil also. After Jehoash comes Jereboam as king. Elisha dies. A dead man is revived when he touches the bones of Elisha.
14. Amaziah begins to reign in Judah at age 25 and did good like Joash, but the high places were not taken away. Has the murderers of hsi father put to death but not their children, siting Moses. Israel invates Judah. Amaziah dies. Jeroboam now rules Israel. Azariah rules Judah. Jereboam dies, now comes Zachariah.
15. Azariah also called Uzziah began to reign in Jsrusalem. Does right. Jotham hsi son takes over judah, while Zachariah rules in Israel. Zachariah did evil, killed by Shalum, who took over Israel. Shallum killed by Menallem who also had the pregnant womens bellies of Tirzah ripped up. Menallem dies, Pekahiah takes over Israel. Pekah kills him and now reigns Israel. Then Hoshea reigns. Now Jotham,son ofUssiah reigns in Judah. Jotham dies and Ahaz reigns in Judah.
16. Ahaz of Juda did evil. Bribes the Assyrians to help fight Syria. Ahaz dies. Hezekiah now reigns in Judah.
17. Assyria attacks Israel and carries them away. The nations that came into occupy feared the Lord and their gods even to this day.
18. Hezekiah of Judah did right and trusted in the Lord. None like him came after. Senacherib king of Assyria comes against Judah. Rabshakeh tells the Jews not to listen to Hezekia. Even though the father of Hezekiah was the wicked king Ahaz, his mother was Abi who was the daughter of Zachariah. Nowhere else is she mentioned, but it could very well be her who taught Hezekiah to fear the Lord.
19. Hezekiah's servants come to Israel who tells them not to be afraid, that the Lord will send a blast upon the Assyrians. The angel of the Lord smote the Assyrians.
20. Hezekiah sick, prays to the Lord. The Lord hears him, tells Isaiah to tell Hezekiah that he will heal and get an extra 15 years and will deliver Jerusalem out of the Assyrians hand, for the Lord.
Isaiah asks the Lord to make a sun dial go backards 10 degrees as a sign. Hezekia shows all his treasures to the king of Babylon's son. Isaiah tells him the Lord has said all he has will be taken. After Hezekiah, Manasseh reigns. Hezekiah says in vs 19 regarding his sons that will be taken away and made eunuchs that at least he will have peace in his days.
21. Manasseh did evil. Prophesy against Jerusalem. Manasseh dies, now Amon reigns and does evil also and killed by his servants. Josiah now reigns in Judah.
22. Josiah does right. Hudah the prophetess tells the kings servants he will not see all the evil that will come on Jerusalem. Josiah make s a covenant before all Judah, has all the things of Baal destroyed and the houses of the Sodomites destroyed and the Idolatrous priests put down.
23. Josiah continues taking down the things that were wicked including the hosues of the sodomites. Comes to a sepulchre of a man of God (see I Kings 13) and a prophet and leaves them alone. He slew all the priests of the high places. Tells the people to keep the passover. josiah dies, now Jehoahaz has his son reigns and does evil. King of Egypt takes Jehoahaz replaces him with Eliakim (Jehoakim)
24. Jehoakim becomes a servant of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. The Lord sent many against Jehoiakim. He dies and now Jehoichin his son reigns and does evil. All of Jerusalem take to Babylon. Mattaniah(Zedekiah) king now
25. Babylon comes again against Jerusalem. Famine, Zedekiah's eyes put out and his sons kiled. The Lords house burns. The priests Seraiah and Zephaniah killed. Some that remained fled to Egypt.
I Chronicles
1-9 Geneology of Adam unto the kings Amalek, grandson of Esau, grandson of Abraham. Nimrod, randson of Ham. Ham also begot Canaan. Abraham comes from lineage of Shem.10. Saul and his sons killed for Saul's transgressions, kingdom turned to David
11. David with Israel slew the Jebusites and Philistines. Davids mighty men listed.
12. Early days of Davids reign and those that come to help.
13. David encourages all afar off to return and bring thar ark of God because the people had not inquired of it all the days of Saul. Uzza touches the Ark, the Lord smote him
14. David gets help from Typre to build a house. Waits for sound from mulberry trees to battle the Philistines. Maries more wives
15. David has the ark brought up with the priests singing songs.
16. David's festival of thanksgiving
17. The Lord tells Nathan the prophet that David will not build a temple, but his seed would
18. DAvid enlarges his kingdom to the Euphrates
19. Children of Ammon dont trust David, see II Sam 10, same events
20. David and his men cut the children of Ammon to pieces in every city. War with Philistins. Davids nephew. Johnathan and Ehanan each slew a giant once of which was the brother of Goliath
21. Satan causes David to number the people, except the Levi and Benjamen. The Lord has David choose from 3 punishments. An angel of the Lord appears to David and elders
22. David buys the threshing floor of Irnan and begins to setup the Lords house, but tells Solomon the Lord told him his Son would do it.
23. Solomon made king. Families of Levites, Moses
24. Sons of Aaron.
25. The 288 musicians
26. Divisiions of porters
28. Solomon given charge to build the temple
29. David admonishes the people and Solomon
II Chronicles
1. Solomon begins reign by asking the Lord for wisdom instead of riches or long life.2. Solomon begins to build the temple, 1000's of men
3. Temple work begins mt Moriah. Pillars in the front were called Boaz and Jachin
4. The altar, moten sea held by oxen
5. Template work finished, glory of Lord filled it
6. Solomon dedicates the template and prays for his people (6:26, also see Jer 6:16)
7. Fire comare down and consumed the offering and the glory of the Lord filled the house. The Lord appeared to Solomon, his prayer had been heard. The Lord promised to hear and keep them - only if they follow Him.
8. Non-Israelites had to pay a tribute. Solomon marries the daughter of Pharoah.
9. Queen of Sheba visits Solomon with hard questions but all are answered. In a single year 666 talents of gold, 1 talent approx 100 lbs. Solomon dies, Rehoboam reigns
10. Israel rebels agaisnt Rehoboam and the house of David. Rehoboam had forsook the counsel of the old men.
11. Rehoboam is set to invade Israel, but the prohet Shemaiah recieves word from the Lord to tell Rehoboam not to. Jeroboam had brought in false gods.
12. Rehoboam begins to forsake the Lord. Egypt comes against Jerusalem. Rehoboam dies.
13. Abijah, son of Rehoboam begins to reign. War between Judah and Israel. Israel and Jereboam smote by the Lord. Abijah dies.
14. Asa, son of Abijah reigns now in Juda and he was a good king. Has rest on all sides. Asa battles 1 million man army of Ethiopia
15. The prophet Obed tells Asa and the people not to forsake the Lord. Asa puts away the abominable idols from Ephraim.
16. Baasha, king of Israel comes against Asa. Asa seeks help from Syria instead of relying on the Lord. Hanan says he will have wars.
17. Asa dead, now Jehoshaphat his son reigns. More fighting with Isarel. He did right. He sent Levites into Judah to teach the law of the Lord.
18. Jehoshaphat joins with Ahab king of Israel. Ahab asks Jehoshaphat to go with him against Ramoth-Gilead. Jehoshaphat asks first to seek the Word of the Lord. Michiah the propher. Ahab is killed.
19. Jehoshaphat returns to Jerusalem and is greeted by Jehu the seer. Jehu asks him why he should help those that hate the Lord. Jehoshaphat setup up judges and Amoriah is the chief priest.
20. Moabites, Ammorites and others come against Jehoshaphat. He feared what whas coming and sought the Lord. God causes the Moabites and Ammonites to destroy each other. Men of Judah and Jerusalem carry away the spoils. They priase the Lord.
21. Jehoshaphat dies, his son Jehoram rules. Kills his brothers and several princes. Marries daughter of Ahab. Revolt in Edom. A writing comes to him from Elijah. He dies
22. Ahazia (also called Jehoahaz, see ch 21). Does evil, dies and his mother destroys all the roayal seed of Judah. She reigns 6 years. Jehoshabeath the kings dauther hides Joash. Ahaziah killed
23. Jehoida helps Joash claim the throne
24. Joash does right. Repairs the Lords house. The princes of Judah convince him to build idols
25. Amazaiah, son of Joash is king, does right but not with a perfect heart. Hes killed.
26. Uzziah, son of Amoziah is made king. He sought the Lord while Zecheriah was alive.
27. Jotham, son of Uzzaih is made king.He was a good king.
28. Ahaz, son of Jotham is made king, he was a bad king
29. Hezekiah, son of Ahaz becomes king of Judah. Does right, cleans and restores the temple. The thing was done suddenly.
30. Hezekiah invites all of Israel to the Lords house. Some laugh and mock, but many come.
31. The people cut down the groves and high places.
32. Assyria comes against Judah. The king and Isaiah
33. Manasseh, son of Hezekiah becomes king and was evil. Amon becomes king, then Josiah.
34. Josiah is king, does right. Book of the law found.
35. Josiah and the people keep the passover. Fight with Egypt. Josiah wounded at Megiddo. Jeremiah lamented for Josiah
36. Jehoaz, son of Josiah is made king.Killed by king of Egypt. Jehoiakim now king and was evil. Babylon comes. Jehoachin now king. He was evil and taken to Babylon. Zedekiah now king, also evil. Now the Lord sends the Chaldeans upon them. Temple destroyed.
The Kings
Saul -> David -> Solomon, then comes the divided kingdom under Jeroboam and Rehoboam| Israel | Judah |
| Jeroboam Nabab Baasha(son of Ahaijah) Elah Omri Ahab Ahaziah Jehoram(brother of Ahaziah) Jehu Jehoahaz Joash(Jehoash) Jeroboam Zachariah(only 6 months) Shallum(only 1 month) Menahem Pekaniah Pekah Hoshea ======= Assyrian captivity |
Rehoboam Abijam Asa Jehoshaphat Jehoram Ahaziah Athaliah Joash Amaziah Azariah(Uzziah) Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah Manasseh Amon Josiah Jehoahaz Jehoiakim Jehoiachin Zedekiah ========= Babylonian captivity |
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