# A Class-Book of Old Testament History

Author: Maclear, G. F. (George Frederick), 1833-1902

Genre: Category: History - Religious

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63528

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+Class-Book+of+Old+Testament+History+Maclear&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

CHAP. I. The Call of Abraham CHAP. II. Life of Abraham continued CHAP. III. The History of Isaac CHAP. IV. Life of Jacob CHAP. V. History of Joseph CHAP. VI. Jacob’s Descent into Egypt, and Death of Joseph NOTE. _Survey of the Patriarchal Age_

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/119/index.md)
- [xxvii. 10, 14), but the restoration of the king after the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/126/index.md)
- [xiii. 11)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/121/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/80/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/27/index.md)
- [xxv. 1, is the height, most conspicuous of all in the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/124/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/50/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/86/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/51/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/52/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/97/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/79/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/66/index.md)
- [xxiii. 34), and was doubtless well aware of the sad fate](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/125/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/72/index.md)
- [xxxiv. 13); they were to deem accursed the precious metals of which](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/78/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/75/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/53/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/54/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/116/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/118/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/117/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/65/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/106/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/55/index.md)
- [x. 22), and lasted eight days, being distinguished by the offering of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/76/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/85/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/87/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/108/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/112/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/74/index.md)
- [xix. 1), the Israelites once more set out in a southerly direction,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/32/index.md)
- [ii. Tried and not found wanting in moral courage, Gideon was now](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/69/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/93/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/77/index.md)
- [xx. 28), as also the grandson of Moses; (iii) the iniquity](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/122/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/100/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/83/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/110/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/115/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/89/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/81/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/96/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/98/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/90/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/70/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/109/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/99/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/111/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/64/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/88/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/45/index.md)
- [iv. To the West of Naphtali and resting on the sea-shore was](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/63/index.md)
- [lviii. 13), and under the influence of the king and his idolatrous](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/114/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/94/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/56/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/101/index.md)
- [xviii. 14, 15); (v) the perquisites of the sacrifices, the flesh of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/67/index.md)
- [ii. A second adversary appeared in the north-eastern provinces of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/92/index.md)
- [xxxii. 24); Joseph believes in His invisible but ever-present](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/25/index.md)
- [iii. 27), he solemnly vowed to offer as a burnt-offering to Jehovah](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/71/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/113/index.md)
- [xii. 6); but a still heavier fine was exacted if he had not only sold,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/48/index.md)
- [ii. The little village of Shunem, in the tribe of Issachar, was a](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/103/index.md)
- [iv. Compressed into the narrow space between the north-western](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/59/index.md)
- [xxxiii. 36), a desert tract between the Dead Sea and the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/120/index.md)
- [ii. 23) had in the time of Abraham and Isaac established a](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/123/index.md)
- [iv. But in the time of Eli, the licentiousness of his sons](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/38/index.md)
- [i. Thus solemnly called to be the Deliverer of his countrymen, Gideon](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/68/index.md)
- [ii. Next to Simeon on the North was the territory of the lion](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/58/index.md)
- [vi. 16), and when at the conclusion of all the gorgeous ceremonial](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/84/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/34/index.md)
- [i. The territory of ISSACHAR lay above that of Manasseh, and](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/60/index.md)
- [i. The quarter, whence danger first threatened, was on the south,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/91/index.md)
- [iv. 6), and finding Ishbosheth lying on his bed they stabbed him to](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/82/index.md)
- [BOOK XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/13/index.md)
- [i. During the wanderings in the wilderness it was the one place,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/36/index.md)
- [iv. While still at Gilgal, Elisha was visited by a man from](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/105/index.md)
- [PART III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/12/index.md)
- [i. The most southerly frontier was assigned first to Judah but](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/57/index.md)
- [iii. Elisha is next found at Gilgal, at a time when there was a dearth](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/104/index.md)
- [BOOK III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/3/index.md)
- [ii. During the conquest of Canaan it was, probably, moved from](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/37/index.md)
- [i. A widow of one of the sons of the prophets was in debt, and her](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/102/index.md)
- [iii. The land of NAPHTALI stretched from the Sea of Chinnereth](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/62/index.md)
- [BOOK IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/9/index.md)
- [BOOK VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/8/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/11/index.md)
- [BOOK V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/5/index.md)
- [ii. Immediately north of Issachar was the allotment of ZEBULUN,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/61/index.md)
- [BOOK VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/7/index.md)
- [xxi. 13), and as illegitimacy was an absolute bar to the office, the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/42/index.md)
- [BOOK IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/4/index.md)
- [BOOK II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/2/index.md)
- [BOOK VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/6/index.md)
- [BOOK III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/26/index.md)
- [BOOK I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/1/index.md)
- [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/31/index.md)
- [xiii. 20), and soon after died, bequeathing his throne to his son](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/95/index.md)
- [PART III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/107/index.md)
- [xviii. 12); (iv) the redemption-money for the firstborn of man or](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/40/index.md)
- [BOOK V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/49/index.md)
- [BOOK VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-class-book-of-old-testament-history-63528/chapters/73/index.md)