A. Summary and Overview. B. Chapter 1 recounts Ezekiel’s call as a prophet. He is sitting by the Chebar canal when God appears in His glory. The vision is of four living creatures having the likeness of men but with faces of not only humans, but of creatures including a cherubim, lion, ox and eagle. …
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93653.5 Daniel
A. Summary and Overview. B. Chapter 1. C. Chapter 2. D. Chapter 3. E. Chapter 4. F. Chapter 5. G. Chapter 6. H. Chapter 7. I. Chapter 8. J. Chapter 9. K. Chapter 10. L. Chapter 11. M. Chapter 12. N. Discussion Questions, Application and Passing it on.
93654.0 Jonah
A. Summary and Overview. B. Chapter 1. C. Chapter 2. Jonah repents and cries out to the Lord. The big fish vomited him out on dry land. D. Chapter 3. E. Chapter 4. F. Discussion Questions, Application and Passing it on.
93653.6 Hosea
A. Overview and Summary. B. Chapter 1. C. Chapter 2. The chapter continues to describe Gomer’s unfaithfulness as an analogy of Israel’s unfaithfulness to the Lord. But the chapter ends with a promise of restoration: “And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, ‘You are my people’; …
93653.7 Joel
A. Summary and Overview. B. Chapter 1. The setting depicts a vast plague of locusts, which destroys everything, stripping fields of grain, gardens and even the bark off of trees. The locusts are likened metaphorically to a vast army that will eventually destroy the land. This occurred during the Assyrian conquest of Israel, which began …
93653.8 Amos
A. Summary and Overview. B. Chapters 1 and 2. Amos pronounces judgement on Israel’s neighbors: Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, Ammon, Moab and Judah before addressing Israel. All these countries form a circle around Israel, which highlights that Amos’s message is predominately for Israel. C. Chapter 3. Amos declares his role as a prophet of God: …
93653.9 Obadiah
A. Overview and Summary. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament, consisting of 21 verses. We know nothing of Obadiah, the prophet. He wrote shortly after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 BC. It is a condemnation of Edom, located in present day Jordan. The Edomites are descendants of Esau …
93652.5 Esther
Overview and Summary. The books of Ezra and Nehemiah tell of the return of some of the exiled Jews to Jerusalem. But most remained in what had become the kingdom of Persia after the fall of Babylon. The story of Esther takes place during what is believed to be the reign of King Ahasuerus, or …
93652.0 2 Samuel
A. Theme and Background. B. Chapters one through four. C. Chapter Five. David is anointed King over Israel thereby consolidating the united kingdom. David seizes Jerusalem and becomes greater and greater because the Lord was with him (vs. 5:10). Hiram, King of Tyre, sends building material and craftsmen who build David a house. After inquiring …
93652.1 1 Kings
A. Theme and Background. B. Chapters One and Two record the death of King David and the coronation of King Solomon. 1. Chapter One. 2. Chapter Two. C. Chapter Three. D. Chapter Four lists Solomon’s officers and gives details of his wealth and the extent of his kingdom. “Judah and Israel were as many as …