This is classic book by scholar, educator, theologian and preacher George Frederick Maclear, headmaster of King's College School, London, and later warden of St. Augustine's Missionary College, Canterbury. Each short chapter is a nugget of events and persons of the Old Testament, giving a very accessible overview of history from the Earliest Times to those of Ezra and Nehemiah. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
Chapters
1 The Creation 7 min 2 The Fall 12 min 3 The Flood 13 min 4 The Confusion of Tongues 11 min 5 Rise of Idolatry. The Patriarch Job 11 min 6 The Call of Abraham 17 min 7 Life of Abraham continued 19 min 8 The History of Isaac 9 min 9 Life of Jacob 14 min 10 History of Joseph 16 min 11 Jacob's Descent into Egypt, and Death of Joseph 15 min 12 Note: Survey of the Patriarchal Age 10 min 13 The Birth and Call of Moses 19 min 14 Signs and Wonders in Egypt 16 min 15 The Last Plague, The Passover, The Exodus 12 min 16 The Journey from the Red Sea to Rephidim 11 min 17 Sinai and the Giving of the Law 15 min 18 Moses in the Mount. The Construction of the Golden Calf 17 min 19 The Tabernacle 15 min 20 History of the Tabernacle 3 min 21 The Priests 15 min 22 The Sacrifices and Offerings 18 min 23 Holy Times and Seasons 13 min 24 The Great Festivals, The Jewish Calendar 13 min 25 Note: Laws of Purity, etc, 11 min 26 Civil and Moral Laws 16 min 27 Kadesh-Barnea and the Mission of the Spies 16 min 28 The Wanderings, Death of Miriam and Aaron 15 min 29 Conquest of the East of Jordan, Balaam and Balak 16 min 30 War with the Midianites, Death of Moses 10 min 31 Note: His Work and Character 4 min 32 The Passage of the Jordan, and Fall of Jericho 16 min 33 Conquest of the Southern and Central Mountains 14 min 34 Battle of Merom, and Division of the Land 23 min 35 Events subsequent to the Death of Joshua 7 min 36 Micah and the Danites, The Tribal War 12 min 37 Othniel and Ehud, Deborah and Barak 14 min 38 Invasion of the Midianites, Gideon 15 min 39 Abimelech and Jephthah 10 min 40 Invasion from the Southwest, Samson 13 min 41 Eli and Samuel 10 min 42 Samuel's Judgeship 19 min 43 Election of the First King 12 min 44 The Battle of Michmash 11 min 45 Saul and the Amalekites, David and Goliath 15 min 46 David's Life as an Outlaw 17 min 47 David at Ziklag, Battle of Mount Gilboa 27 min 48 David's Reign at Hebron 9 min 49 David's Reign at Jerusalem 11 min 50 David's Army, his Conquests, his Sin 11 min 51 The Rebellion of Absalom 18 min 52 Close of David's reign 13 min 53 David's Work and Character 7 min 54 Accession of Solomon 8 min 55 The Building of the Temple 10 min 56 Solomon's reign continued 15 min 57 The Revolt of the Ten Tribes 11 min 58 Rehoboam and Abijah, Jeroboam and Nadab 7 min 59 Asa and Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri 9 min 60 Accession of Ahab, Era of Elijah 14 min 61 Wars of Ahab and Benhadad 8 min 62 Murder of Naboth, Battle of Ramoth Gilead 8 min 63 Wars of Jehoshaphat. Translation of Elijah 10 min 64 Jehoshaphat and Jehoram, Era of Elisha 17 min 65 Elisha and Naaman, Siege of Samaria 13 min 66 Accession of Jehu 13 min 67 Athaliah and Joash; Death of Elisha 9 min 68 Amaziah and Jeroboam II.; Era of Jonah 10 min 69 Decline and Captivity of the Kingdom of Israel 9 min 70 Reign of Hezekiah 13 min 71 Reign of Manasseh, Reforms of Josiah 11 min 72 Death of Josiah, Captivity of Judah 10 min 73 Duration, Relation, Contrasts of the Two Kingdoms 4 min 74 Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar 11 min 75 Reigns of Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, and Darius 14 min 76 Rebuilding of the Temple, Esther and Ahasuerus 14 min 77 Times of Ezra and Nehemiah, Close of Canon 18 min
