Bible Blitz Msgr Ed Thompson And Deacon Norm Kazyk With Technical Assistance Ray Hosler

Joshua 1.Ch 2:1-24 Spies Investigate Jericho (Oldest City) Rahab – “Red Light” – Ancestor of Jesus (Mt 1:5) C B.C. God’s Providential Power Joshua (Herbrew) Jesus (Greek)

2.Ch 3:1-7 Crossing the Jordan – Priests, Ark, River 3.Ch 6:1-27 Walls of Jericho Down – “Commander-in-Chief;” “Shoes off;” Laps: 6 and 1 – 7 and 7; Trumpets and Shouts; Rahab; No Spoils; Circumcision; no more Manna; Gilgal

4.Ch God’s Daylight Saving Time Gibeon’s Trick; 31 Kings; Stand still seen; Hailstones 5.Ch 13:22 12 Tribes of Israel – Land divided 6.Ch Funerals – Joseph, Joshua, Eleazar

Judges c B.C. Maybe Samuel Downa and Ups – Sex and Violence

Twelve Judges Raised up by God Commanders Apostasy Oppression Repentance Restoration God keeps His Promise

Special Events Ch 2:6-23 God’s People worship Idols Ch 4:1-24 Deborah: Battle of Mount Tabor Ch 7:1-25 Gideon’s Army of 300 Ch 16:4-31 Samson and Delilah

From Moses and Joshua – to - Samuel and Saul Judge Not?

Ruth Ruth is named after a Moabite woman who was joined to the Israelite people by marriage. It tells of the devotion of a foreign girl to her Jewish mother-in-law and her conversion to the Jewish faith. It was written after the exile 4 th to 5 th BC, though this is debated because of the mention of the time of the Judges. Moab is a neighbor country to Israel.

Significant passages: –Ch 1:1-14 Setting the scene –Ch 1:16-17 Character of Ruth –Ch 3: 9-14 A prior claim –Ch 4: 3-6, 9-10 Boaz is the winner –Ch 2:1 A kinsman enters –Ch 4:13-17 Marriage –Ruth’s son is father of Jesse, the father of David and in the line of the ancestry of Jesus.

1 Samuel The two books of Samuel deal with the political transition of Israel from the period of the Judges to a monarchy. Ch 3: –Samuel, a Judge, is recognized in all of Israel as a prophet

Ch 7 –Samuel rouses the people to a victory over the Philistines and recapture the Arc of the Covenant Ch 8: 4-9, –The people request a king which Samuel presides over Ch 13:13-14 –Saul does not measure up to God’s will.

Ch 16 –Begins the story of David and how God chose him over his seven brothers.

Ch 17 David fights and kills Goliath. The Philistines retreat.

Ch 24 –He opposes Saul, who is jealous and envious of David, but David refuses to kill Saul.

Ch 24 –He opposes Saul, who is jealous and envious of David, but David refuses to kill Saul. Ch 31 –Saul dies.

2 Samuel This book is a continuation of 1 Samuel David is anointed king, rises to power and endures many intrigues He has the infamous affair with Bathsheba and grows old sickly at the end of the book Ch 2 –David is anointed king.

Ch 3 –Sons of David Ch 5:1-5 –David is king of Israel Ch 7: –God promises David that his house and kingdom will endure forever

Ch 11 –David’s sin with Bathsheba, and the death of Uriah. Ch 12: –David repents. Ch –Intrigues, wars.