Bible Story : Solomon Crowned King Solomon Crowned King WHEN ABSALOM WAS dead, the people were eager to fetch the king home again so eager, that they quarreled among themselves because the men of Judah, David’s own tribe, were the first to bring him on his way to Jerusalem. And the quarrel ended… Read More »
Bible Story : David is King David is King SAUL, HAVING BEEN defeated and severely wounded in his last battle with the Philistines, killed himself for fear of falling alive into the hands of the enemy. After his death the tribe of Judah chose David for their king, and he reigned in Hebron… Read More »
Bible Story : David and Jonathan David and Jonathan SAUL SENT MESSENGERS hither and thither to take David, but they failed to find him. Jonathan meanwhile kept trying to save his friend but when at last Saul threw his spear at him, in his anger at his continuing to plead for David, he… Read More »
Bible Story : David Playing Before Saul David Playing Before Saul WHEN SAUL AND David, and the whole army were coming home in triumph, after the defeat of the Philistines, the women of Israel, as they passed along, came out of all their cities to meet them with dances and songs of joy.… Read More »
Bible Story : David and Goliath David and Goliath THE ISRAELITES AND the Philistines were now at war together, and the two armies were posted on two mountains, with a valley between them. And while they were drawn up in sight of each other, a giant, named Goliath of Gath, came out of… Read More »
Bible Story : The Story of Saul The Story of Saul SAUL WAS THE son of Kish. He was tall and handsome and well-built, and from his shoulders upward, he was bigger than any of his people. One day the asses of Kish strayed away and were lost and Kish said to his son, “Take… Read More »
Bible Story : David Is Anointed King David Is Anointed King WHEN SAMUEL WAS very old, he made his sons judges, with himself, over Israel. But his sons took bribes, and did other things that they ought not to have done and the people of Israel became so discontented, that they came to… Read More »
Bible Story : Samuel’s First Prophesy Samuel’s First Prophesy THE HIGH-PRIEST ELI had two sons, named Hophni and Phinehas, who were both priests. But they were exceedingly wicked men and when the people who came to worship complained to Eli of the wickedness of the young men, he reproved them so gently that… Read More »
Bible Story : Hannah Dedicates Samuel Hannah Dedicates Samuel FIFTEEN JUDGES RULED the people of Israel during a period of four hundred and fifty years that is, from the death of Joshua, till Saul was chosen as their first king. Samuel was the last of these judges and he was a priest and… Read More »
Bible Story : Naomi and Ruth Naomi and Ruth IN THE DAYS when the Judges ruled over Israel, there was a famine in the land. And a man named Elimelech, who lived at Bethlehem-Judah, together with his wife Naomi, and his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, left their home on account of it,… Read More »
Bible Story : Samson and the Gates of Gaza Samson and the Gates of Gaza SAMSON MARRIED THE daughter of one of the Philistines but afterward her father took her away from him, and, in revenge, he killed great numbers of them, and destroyed their crops and vineyards. The Philistines then came out… Read More »
Bible Story : Samson and the Lion Samson and the Lion THE CHILDREN OF Israel made many other conquests after the fall of Jericho. On one occasion God caused both the sun and the moon to stand still in the heavens, that the day might be long enough for them to complete the… Read More »
Bible Story : Jephthah’s Daughter Jephthah’s Daughter IN THE LAND of Israel east of Jordan there lived a man named Jephthah. His brothers despised him and drove him away from their father’s home, so he went to live in the land called Tob. Here he became a strong man, and his brave deeds… Read More »
Bible Story : The Story of Gideon The Story of Gideon THE CHILDREN OF Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. The Israelites took refuge in dens and strongholds in the mountains, and in caves. At harvest time,… Read More »
Bible Story : Joshua at Jericho Joshua at Jericho THE CHILDREN OF Israel had now only to cross the River Jordan to enter the promised land of Canaan. Moses, for his sin at Meribah, or the waters of strife, where he struck the rock instead of speaking to it as he was told,… Read More »
Bible Story : Balaam and the Ass Balaam and the Ass THE ISRAELITES HAD to fight their way to the promised land, and God so often gave them victory in battle that the nations around were afraid of them. Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, the king of Bashan, both came out… Read More »
Bible Story : The Brazen Serpent The Brazen Serpent THE PEOPLE WERE at first very sorry for having so displeased God. But they soon forgot it all and the next time that they were without water in their encampment, they murmured, as usual, against Moses and Aaron. Then God commanded Moses to take… Read More »
Bible Story : The Return of the Spies The Return of the Spies WHEN THE CHILDREN of Israel were encamped in the wilderness of Paran, Moses, by God’s command, sent twelve men, one from each of the twelve tribes, or families into which they were divided, into the land of Canaan, that they… Read More »
Bible Story : The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments THE TEN COMMANDMENTS which God gave on Mount Sinai were written by Himself on stone tablets. And when Moses came down from the mount, and saw the people worshiping the gold calf, in his anger he threw them down, and they were broken. But… Read More »
Bible Story : Aaron’s Golden Calf Aaron’s Golden Calf WHILE THE CHILDREN of Israel were encamped in the wilderness, Moses’ wife and his two sons, together with Jethro, his father-in-law, came to him there. And Jethro, seeing how Moses was overburdened with the care of so many people, advised him to appoint officers… Read More »
Bible Story : Moses Smites the Rock Moses Smites the Rock AFTER THE EGYPTIANS had been all destroyed, the Israelites went forward into the wilderness and when they had been traveling three days, they were in distress for want of water. They did indeed find some at a place called Marah, but it… Read More »
Bible Story : Pharaoh’s Overthrow Pharaoh’s Overthrow AFTER THIS, BY God’s command, Moses and Aaron went many times to Pharaoh to bid him let the people go. But Pharaoh would not, though God sent strange and terrible plagues upon him and his people to punish them for their wickedness, and make them obey… Read More »
Bible Story : The Israelites’ Burdens The Israelites’ Burdens MOSES WAS BROUGHT up in the court of Egypt. But when he was about forty years old, he went among his own people again, and was grieved to find how sadly they were oppressed by the Egyptians. Once he saw an Egyptian ill-treating a… Read More »
Bible Story : Moses in the Bulrushes Moses in the Bulrushes JOSEPH DIED IN Egypt when he was a hundred and ten years old and all the people mourned for him. Some time after this, when the descendants of Jacob had become very numerous, there was a king of Egypt who treated them… Read More »
Bible Story : Joseph and His Brethren Joseph and His Brethren THE LAND OF Canaan, where Joseph’s father and brothers were living, was one of the countries afflicted by famine so, when they heard that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob sent his sons there to buy some. They did not know, and… Read More »
Bible Story : Pharaoh’s Dream Pharaoh’s Dream THE MERCHANTS WHO bought Joseph sold him to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who treated him very favorably, and put all his affairs under Joseph’s care. But after he had served his master faithfully for some time, Joseph was falsely accused of some… Read More »
Bible Story : The Story of Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors The Story of Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors AFTER JACOB CAME back to the land of Canaan with his eleven sons, another son was born to him, the second child of his wife Rachel, whom Jacob loved so… Read More »
Bibl Story : Jacob and Esau Jacob and Esau JACOB REMAINED TWENTY years with Laban, whose daughter Rachel he had married. In those days men’s chief riches consisted in flocks and herds and Jacob had the care of those belonging to Laban. His uncle tried to deprive him of the wages which he… Read More »
Bible Story : Jacob and Rachel Jacob and Rachel JACOB CONTINUED ON his way, getting ever farther away from his brother Esau’s wrath. At last he reached Haran, the place where his uncle Laban dwelt. He saw a green field, and in the field a well. Three flocks of sheep were lying there,… Read More »
Bible Story : The Ladder That Reached to Heaven The Ladder That Reached to Heaven AFTER ESAU FOUND that he had lost his birth-right and his blessing, he was very angry against his brother Jacob and he said to himself, and told others: “My father Isaac is very old and cannot live long.… Read More »