THE CHILD'S

BIBLE NARRATIVE:

BEING

A CONSECUTIVE ARRANGEMENT OF THE NARRATIVE

AND OTHER PORTIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE,

IN THE WORDS OF

The Authorised Version.

ILLUSTRATED.

CASSELL, PETTER, AND GALPIN,

LONDON, PARIS, AND NEW YORK.

101. f. 347

LONDON : CASSELL, PETTER, AND GALPIN, BELLE SAUVAGE WORKS

LUDGATE HILL, E.C.

CONTENTS.

THE OLD TESTAMENT.

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1.—THE CREATION ...

II.-THE FALL OF MAN

III.-THE MURDER OF ABEL

IV.-THE FLOOD

V.--THE DECREASE OF THE WATERS

VI.-THE TOWER OF BABEL

VII.-THE CALL OF ABRAM

VIII.- DESTRUCTION OF SODOM ...

IX.-HAGAR AND ISHMAEL

X.-ABRAHAM OFFERS UP ISAAC

XI.--THE DEATH OF SARAH

XII.-ISAAC AND REBEKAH ...

XIII.-JACOB AND ESAU

XIV.-JACOB AND RACHEL ... ...

XV.--MEETING OF JACOB AND ESAU

XVI.JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN ...

XVII.-JOSEPH BEFORE PHARAOH ...

XVIII.- THE FAMINE

XIX.-BENJAMIN BROUGHT TO JOSEPH

XX.-ISRAEL GOES DOWN INTÓ EGYPT ...

XXI.-JOB

XXII.-The LORD REASONETH WITH JOB ...

XXIII.-THE FINDING OF MOSES

XXIV.- THE BURNING BUSH ...

XXV.- THE EGYPTIAN BONDAGE

XXVI.THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT

XXVII.- THE PLAGUES OF BLOOD AND FROGS

XXVIII.-'THE PLAGUES OF Lice, FLIES, MURRAIN, AND BOILS

XXIX.-THE PLAGUE OF HAIL

XXX.-THE PLAGUES OF LOCUSTS AND DARKNESS

XXXI.--THE FIRSTBORN OF EGYPT SLAIN ... ...

XXXII.-THE ISRAELITES GO UP OUT OF EGYPT

XXXIII.-THE DESTRUCTION OF PHARAOH ...

XXXIV. THE ISRAELITES FED WITH MANNA

XXXV.-MOSES BRINGS WATER FROM THE ROCK,

XXXVI.--THE LAW GIVEN FROM MOUNT SINAI.

XXXVII.- THE TABERNACLE AND THE PRIESTHOOD

XXXVIII. THE PEOPLE WORSHIP THE GOLDEN CALF

XXXIX.—THE SETTING UP OF THE TABERNACLE ...

XL.- THE DAY OF ATONEMENT

XLI.- THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE ...

XLII.- THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL RNEY

XLIII. THE PEOPLE MURMUR

XLIV._THE SPIES SENT OUT ...

XLV.-THE ISRAELITES REBEL, AND ARE URNED BACK

WANDER IN THE WILDERNESS

XLVI.-AARON'S ROD ...

XLVII.-THE BRAZEN SERPENT

XLVIII. -THE DEATH OF MOSES

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XLIX.-RAHAB CONCEALS THE SPIES

L.-THE ISRAELITES PASS OVER JORDAN

LI.-THE SIEGE OF JERICHO ...

LII.-THE TRESPASS OF ACHAN

LIII.-THE CAPTURE OF AL ...

LIV.-THE CRAFT OF THE GIBEONITES

LV.-JOSHUA CONQUERS THE KINGS OF CANAAN

LVI.-JOSHUA DIVIDES THE LAND ...

LVII.—THE PEOPLE RENEW THE COVENANT

LVIII.-THE ISRAELITES FORSAKE GOD

LIX.-DEBORAH AND BARAK DELIVER ISRAEL

LX.-GIDEON IS SENT TO DELIVER ISRAEL

LXI.- SAMSON ...

LXII.-THE STORY OF RUTH ...

LXIII.-THE DEDICATION OF SAMUEL

LXIV.- THE PHILISTINES TAKE THE ARK

LXV.-THE ISRAELITES DESIRE A KING

LXVI. -SAUL ANOINTED KING

LXVII.–SAUL REJECTED FOR DISOBEDIENCE

LXVIII.-DAVID CHOSEN KING ...

LXIX.- DAVID CONQUERS GOLIATH ...

LXX.-DAVID AND JONATHAN

LXXI. -SAUL PURSUES AFTER DAVID

LXXII.-DAVID SPARES Saul's LIFE THE SECOND TIME

LXXIII.-THE DEATH OF SAUL

LXXIV.--DAVID MADE KING OF ISRAEL

LXXV.--THE REVOLT OF ABSALOM ...

LXXVI.--THE DEATH OF ABSALOM

LXXVII.-DAVID BROUGHT BACK TO JERUSALEM

LXXVIII.-David's CHOICE

LXXIX.-SOLOMON ANOINTED KING

' LXXX.-SOLOMON'S JUDGMENT ... ...

LXXXI.-THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE

LXXXII.-THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE

LXXXIII.—THE QUEEN OF SHEBA

LXXXIV.-SOLOMON'S RICHES: HE FORSAKES THE LORD

LXXXV.REHOBOAM : THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES

LXXXVI.-THREE KINGS OF JUDAH ...

LXXXVII.-THE WICKED KINGS OF ISRAEL

LXXXVIII.-ELIJAH

LXXXIX.-ELIJAH AND THE PROPHETS OF BAAL ...

XC.THE STILL SMALL VOICE

XCI.-NABOTH'S VINEYARD ...

XCII.-JEHOSHAPHAT, KING OF JUDAH ... ....

XCIII.-AHAZIAH, KING OF ISRAEL ...

XCIV.-THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH

XCV.-WAR WITH THE MOABITES ..

XCVI.-THE WIDOW's OIL: THE SHUNAMMITE

XCVII.-NAAMAN HEALED: THE IRON SWIMS

XCVIII.-BEN-HADAD, KING OF SYRIA, MAKES WAR ON ISRAEL

XCIX.-JOASH, KING OF JUDAH ... ... ... ...

-DEATH OF ELISHA

CI.-ISRAEL CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE INTO ASSYRIA

CII. SENNACHERIB INVADES THE LAND

CIII.-HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS

CIV.-MANASSEH, AMON, AND JOSIAH

CV.-THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY

CVI.-THE RETURN

CVII.—THE SECOND TEMPLE... ...

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