1. History of Israel Recounted in the Bible
Dates
People
Recounted in
the Bible
1. Ancestral Period BC
Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, Joseph
Genesis 12-50
2. Sojourn in Egypt BC
Exodus l
3. Exodus & Wilderness Wanderings BC
Moses, Aaron, Miriam
Exodus – Deuteronomy
4. Occupation & Period of the Judges BC
Joshua, Deborah, Gideon, Samson
Joshua, Judges, Ruth
5. United Monarchy BC
Samuel, Saul, David, Nathan, Solomon,
1 Samuel — 1 Kings 11
6. Divided Monarchy
A. Israel (Northern)
B. Judah (Southern) BC BC
Jeroboam I, Ahab, Jezebel, Elijah, Elisha Amos, Hosea
Rehoboam, Hezekiah, Isaiah, Josiah, Jeremiah
1 Kings 12 – 2 Kings 17 Amos, Hosea
1 Kings 12—2 Kings 25 Isaiah 1-39, Zephaniah Nahum, Jeremiah Habakkuk

2. Shiloh
1 Samuel 1
Samaritan Village (Lubbonah)

3. 1 Samuel 6
Ox Cart
Philistine Ox Cart
Macmillan Bible Atlas

4. 1 Samuel 10 Horn for anointing Horn Erich Lessing The Bible
(Herder 1970)

5. Bethlehem
1 Samuel 16
Bethlehem Panorama

6. 1 Samuel 16
David played the Lyre

7. Philistines
1 Samuel 17
Philistines

8. 1 Samuel 21
NOB
Kidron & Nob

9. En-gedi
1 Samuel 24
Ein Gedi

10. Wilderness of Judah
1 Samuel 25
Judean Wilderness

11. to contact the spirit world…
1 Samuel 28
At Endor there was
a woman who was said
to contact the spirit world…
Endor

12. Mount Gilboa
1 Samuel 31
Mount Gilboa

13. 1 Samuel 31 Beth-shan Jabesh Gilead Beth Shean Erich Lessing The Bible
(Herder 1970)