This is one of the saddest books of the whole Bible: it records Israel’s repeated backslidings and God’s faithfulness in delivering them time and again.
During the dark days of the Judges, we have recorded in Ruth an oasis in the desert.
I Samuel deals with Israel’s change from the period of the Judges to the beginning of the kings.
I Kings deals with David’s succession and the history of Israel and Judah up to king Ahab
II Kings deals with the history of Israel & Judah until their fall to Assyria and Babylon respectively.
I Chronicles deals mainly with the reigns of Saul and David and the preparations for the Building of the Temple
II Chronicles deals with the period from teh reign of Solomon till the fall of Jerusalem
Ezra recounts the return of exiles under Zerubbabel including the rebuilding of teh Temple, and Ezra.
Nehemiah gives the account of the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem and Ezra’s teaching of the Word of God.
The story of how a Jewess, married to a Gentile king, saved her people from destruction.
(xviii) A modern-day parable to illustrate the message of section II.
(xix) Danger – Enticing words; Answer- Walk in Christ
