Chapter Importance Flashcards
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Genesis 1
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Creation by the word of God, showing his power and authority over it; people made in God’s image.
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Genesis 2
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Second creation story of Adam and Eve, naked without shame; showing a picture of sinlessness
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Genesis 3
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The Fall, because of human sin, broke the world and started a trek back toward harmony with our Lord
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Genesis 9
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The Lord made covenant with Noah, promising no flood with rainbow as sign; restarts creation, giving people dominion over the animals and the earth, and providing some direction on living (function of state). Foretelling Canaan as slave of Shem.
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Genesis 12
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Covenant with and call to Abram, making Abram’s people his chosen and yet demonstrating that people’s sinfulness, per Sarah in Egypt, and His protection of His covenant.
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Genesis 22
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Faith demonstrated as Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son, Isaac, and as Gunkel describes prohibition from child-sacrifice like other middle eastern cultures.
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Genesis 49
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Israel blesses his 12 son-tribes, preparing them to be the nation of Israel.
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Exodus 3
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In the burning bush episode, Moses is called to lead Israel out of Egypt, and to trust the Lord, regardless of his weakness, (Elohist and Yahwist calls)
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Exodus 6
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The Lord reveals himself as Yahweh to Moses, and covenants to bring Israel to the land promised to Abraham, Priestly account of Moses’ call.
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Exodus 20
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God gives Moses the 10 Commandments on Mt. Sinai to help God’s people walk in righteousness with him; source of Mosaic covenant.
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Exodus 32
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Aaron makes the golden calf; Moses’ anger, Levites set apart to the Lord; Moses as mediator between God and His people.
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Leviticus 11
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God gives Israel Kosher laws, so that they can learn to discern clean from unclean and live as a priest-nation in holiness.
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Leviticus 16
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Yom Kippur–the Day of Atonement–is established to underline the need for Israel’s sins to be forgiven and to help contextualize the future coming of Jesus.
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Leviticus 23
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The feasts—Shabbat, Pesach (passover), Shavuot (feast of weeks), Rosh Hashannah (feast of trumpets), Yom Kippur (day of atonement)—are established, which help Israel remember the Mosaic covenant.
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Numbers 3
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The Levites’ role is established in place of the first-born of Israel, and they are funded.
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Numbers 19
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Water as physical and spiritual cleanser points to the future baptism.
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Numbers 22-24
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Balak seeks Balaam’s help, but the Lord turns Balaam to support Israel: the Lord protects his covenant, even through a words and discernment of a donkey!
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Numbers 32
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The Gadites, Reubenites, and ½ tribe of Mannasseh are given the transjordan, east of the Jordan, in exchange of their promise to help conquest the promised land.
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Deuteronomy 5
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Provision of the decalogue as covenant between God and Israel, teaching Israel how to walk with the Lord
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Deuteronomy 6
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The presentation of the Shemah; the Lord teaches Israel to follow him alone, and to teach their children.
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Deuteronomy 13
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Follow no other Gods with a penalty of death.
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Deuteronomy 18
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God will raise up a prophet like Moses; also, stay pure from other nations and listen to prophets who will be the voice of God, since the people asked not to hear directly from God anymore.
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Deuteronomy 27
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The nation gets on two mountains–Gerazim and Ebal–to bless and curse the people of God.
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Deuteronomy 28
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Source of the Deuteronomistic Covenant: if you fully obey the Lord, you will be blessed, if you do not obey the Lord, you will be cursed.
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Joshua 6
Israel begins the conquest of the land at Jericho with great clarity that the Lord is responsible for the victory.
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Joshua 10
Adonai Zedek and his crony kings (5) are defeated and killed in an extra-long day and the South is summarily defeated, all with God’s clear hand.
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Joshua 12
Joshua went far on the conquest of the promised land, and the tribes each received their lands.
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Joshua 24
In his last interaction with Israel, Joshua mediates a contract between Israel and the Lord at Shechem.
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Judges 1-2
Israel has broken the convenant by not fully ousting the peoples of Canaan and by not teaching their children to fear the Lord, ending in tests and Judges to deliver the people.
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Judges 5
The Song of Deborah: Deborah and Barak give the Lord glory for the conquering of Sisera.
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Judges 16
Samson is tricked by Delilah in to telling the source of his strength but God meant it for good as Samson delivers his people from the Philistines because of his capture.
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Judges 19
Attempted sodomy, horrible rape, and a woman cut up into 12 and sent to the tribes: rampant sin.
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1 Samuel 3
The Lord calls Samuel, the last judge and transition to the prophets or "nabi."
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1 Samuel 10
Samuel annoints Saul as king, marking the transition to a monarchy, as the people requested.
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1 Samuel 15
Saul disobeys God's command to destroy everything belonging to the Amalekites (keeps the best sheep supposedly for sacrifice) so God's spirit departs from him. Samuel responds to Saul saying, "To obey is better than sacrifice"
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1 Samuel 17
Knowing himself and his strengths, David defeats Goliath and the Philistines.
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1 Samuel 28
Saul disguises himself and visits the witch of Endor in an attempt to hear a word from Samuel, who is dead, and learns that Israel will be defeated by the Philistines.
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2 Samuel 5
At Hebron, David is anointed king over all Israel (already has been king of Judah for 7 years), conquers Jerusalem, establishes it as the City of David, and defeats the Philistines.
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2 Samuel 6
David brings the ark to Jerusalem and dances undignified before the Lord (and the people).
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2 Samuel 7
God establishes a covenant with David to establish his throne and the promise that his heir would build the house of God.
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2 Samuel 11
David displeases the Lord; he sleeps with Bathsheba, she becomes pregnant and David "kills" Uriah to cover it up
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2 Samuel 24
David orders a census but he sins and God brings a pestilence on Israel that kills many
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1 Kings 3
Solomon prays for wisdom and wisely discerns the mother of the child brought to him by two women
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1 Kings 8
Solomon brings the Ark of the Covenant into the temple, and God’s glory fills the temple
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1 Kings 10
Queen of Sheba visits Solomon and he is declared the wisest most prosperous King in the world
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1 Kings 12
The Kingdom is divided between king Rehoboam in the South and Jeroboam in the North
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1 Kings 18
Elijah confronts Ahab and defeats the prophets of Baal at Mount Carmel
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1 Kings 22
Micaiah prophesies against Ahab, Ahab killed, fulfilling Elijah's prophesy.
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1 Kings 22
King Ahab dies as Elijah prophesied and King Jehoshaphat. Important, however, principally for the picture given of 'standing in the council of God' and His court
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Eccl. 3
Nothing can be added to what God has ordained so be satisfied with your life. "A time for..."; (A Season for everything. Enjoy Your work.)
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Eccl. 12
Comments on aging and death with a reminder to acknowledge God and listen to wisdom. (Fear God and keep his Commands.)
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Song of solomon 2
Love poetry between the lover and beloved where the lover is longing for his beloved often interpreted as God's love for Israel. (Beloved reflects on her lover.)
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Song of solomon 3
Beloved longs for lover and description of King Solomon; refrain "Do not awaken love until it is ready"
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Isaiah 1
Isaiah casts judgment on Israel and Judah for straying from God but leaves room for restoration after the evil is purged
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Isaiah 6
Isaiah agrees to be commissioned by God to be his mouthpiece by vision of angels and burning coals on his mouth. (Holy worship and Isaiah commisioned by God to be the mouthpiece of His judgment of the people.)
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Isaiah 7
Hearts of Ahaz and his people are turned after they won a battle with Israel. God promises a sign that virgin with be with child and he shall be called Immanuel. (Ahaz will not seek a sign from the Lord but gets one anyway.)
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Isaiah 9
wars and fighting will cease when the messiah is born. Israel still refuses to repent and the Lord's anger burns against them.
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Isaiah 11
The root of Jesse will receive the spirit of the Lord and will judge and reconcile with righteousness, causing the nations to gather to him.
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Isaiah 40
God promises comfort for his people and justice that will come with renewal and restoration of Israel. "A voice of one calling: In the desert..." (Power and majesty of the Lord brings hope and strength to those who trust in Him.)
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Isaiah 53
The servant's life will become an offering to God and God will repay him with authority and power because he bore the iniquity of many. (Prophesy of Jesus' life and propitiation of His people's sins.)
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Jeremiah 1
jeremiah is called by God to be a prophet, he risits with a number of reasons but God reassures him with provision and protection from the people
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Jeremiah 7
God invites the people of judah to change their unjust ways and superficial religiosity but then tells Jeremiah that they will not listen or turn from their ways so the Lord rejects and abandons them.
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Jeremiah 22
God implores the king of Judah to take care of the poor, widow, and alien or the great city will be brought to ruin, including the sons of Josiah who are the kings. Prophesies the end of the Davidic kingship
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Jeremiah 31
God declares his love for all the clans of israel and promises to reclaim them after they are scattered for their disobedience. Includes a reiteration of individuals repenting of sin with the sour grapes passage and a restoration of the covenant.
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Jeremiah 52
Nebuchadnezzar king of babylon conquers Jerusalem and King Zedekiah like Jeremiah prophesied and took away the sacred objects from the temple and carried the people of judah into exile at Babylon
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Lamentations 3
A lament of great suffering mixed in with praise and faith in God amid the suffering caused by his enemies reminds us to call to mind the character of God and not our circumstances.
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Ezekiel 1
Ezekiel's vision of the 4 living creatures, with glory of God enthroned above them
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Ezekiel 10
the glory of the Lord departs from the Temple, carried by the 4 living creatures (cherubim)
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Ezekiel 18
personal responsibility: "The one who sins will die." God's way just: each will die for his own sin. God will judge each according to his own sin, but takes no pleasure in death of wicked - repent and live!
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Ezekiel 36
prophecy to mountains and people: God will bring them back to Israel for sake of his name among nations; I'll clean you & give heart of flesh; you'll be my people & I'll be your God... "I'll put my Spirit in you"
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Ezekiel 37
valley of dry bones; joined sticks of wood: one Israel again, one king, everlasting covenant: They'll be my people and I'll be their God
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Ezekiel 40
vision of man measuring temple (elaborate, detailed description of whole Temple - written by priest)
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2 Kings 2
Elijah taken to Heaven and Elisha succeeds Elijah
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2 Kings 10
Jehu slaughters Ahab’s descendants and the prophets of Baal but golden calves remain
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2 Kings 17
Samaria falls to Assyria and Israel is taken into exile because of their sin against the Lord
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2 Kings 18
Hezekiah reigns and did what was right in the eyes of the Lord but had a proud heart
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2 Kings 22
Hilkiah finds the book of the Law and gives it to King Josiah who tears his clothes in repentence
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2 Kings 25
Judah falls to Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon and Judah is taken into exile
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Daniel 2
Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzer's dream of the statue and credits God and Daniel is put into a position of authority
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Daniel 3
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refuse to worship the statue of Nebuchadnezzer but are saved by God after being cast into the fire
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Daniel 4
Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the tree, about being humiliated in wilderness and it comes true, but Nebuchadnezzar's reason returns, he is restored and he praises God
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Daniel 6
Daniel is thrown into the Lion's Den for petitioning God (instead of King Darius) but " no harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God"
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Daniel 9
Daniel prays on behalf of the disgraced Jewish people, confessing their wickedness and pleading for the Lord to see their plight (Jerusalem destroyed). The Lord answers, alluding to the Anointed One who would come after 'seventy sevens'
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Hosea 1
Hosea marries Gomer, names 3 children propetic/sad names (Jezreel, not loved, not my people)
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Hosea 4
God brings charge against Israel: no love or faithfulness in the land; rejected law, God; prostituted themselves
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Joel 2
the day of the Lord is coming (destruction of vast army of the Lord) - repent: rend your hearts, not your garments - I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten... I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh
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Amos 7
Plumb line image: measure of faith, no more mercy if they violate law; shows Amos' identification with the people of Israel, begging the Lord to stay his hand in judgment by locusts, then fire. And still Amos must persist in delivering the message of judgment on Israel, despite threats of Amaziah the priest.
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Obadiah
Judgment pronounced on the Edomites, the line of Esau, for the wickedness of the people and their violence against Israel. Upheld in this case is Judah, who inherits their land. God protects his people and punishes wickedness
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1 Chronicles 3
A lengthy list of the line of David, a chief concern of the royal theology presented by the chronicler
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1 Chronicles 15
David has the ark brought to Jerusalem, effectively changing the center of worship and the capitol of Israel to the City of David
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1 Chronicles 23
Largely a list of the Levites, as well as a change to their responsibilities, no longer carrying the tabernacle but now assigned to temple worship duties
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2 Chronicles 7
The dedication of the temple of Jerusalem under Solomon's leadership, followed by a conditional covenant similar to the Davidic covenant
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2 Chronicles 29
King Hezekiah purifies the temple of the Lord and offers the appropriate sacrifices there, which had not been done for generations
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2 Chronicles 30
Hezekiah goes the further step of reinstituting the festivals of the Lord (Passover in this case) in order to help the people to engage with worship of Yahweh
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2 Chronicles 32
Sennacherib invades Judah, delivering threats and mocking Yahweh in the process. Hezekiah and Isaiah pray to the Lord and he delivers, ahhihilating the army. Also includes Hezekiah's downfall into pride in showing off his splendor to Babylon's envoys
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2 Chronicles 34
Josiah's reign includes the purging of the high places, and reparations of the temple which leads to the book of the law being found, which results in mourning on reform and covenant renewal
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Ezra 1
King Cyrus of Persia, in his first year as king, not only allows the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to return to Jerusalem, but sends them with the valuables taken from the temple by Nebuchadnezzar
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Ezra 3
Priests Jeshua and Zerubbabel help to rebuild the altar and present sacrifices. Later they help to lead the actual rebuilding of the temple - though it pales in comparison to the former temple.
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Nehemiah 2
Nehemiah travels to Jerusalem with the king's blessing and inspects the rubble of the walls of Jerusalem and rallies the people to rebuild the wall
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Nehemiah 3
A list of those who worked on the various gates of the walls of Jersusalem, with special detail given to family clans and places of origin
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Nehemiah 9
After the law is read aloud in chapter 8, the Israelites gather and confess their sins corporately, under the leadership of the Levites
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Nehemiah 13
Follows the final reforms of Nehemiah, including ousting Tobiah, restoring the proper portions to the Levites, protecting the Sabbath and taking on intermarriage
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Esther 2
Esther is made queen, having been chosen for her beauty after the proper season of pampering and 'beautification'. Mordecai also learns of the plot to assassinate Xerxes and is able to tell Esther, who sheds light on the situation
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Esther 5
Esther boldly approaches the king without having been summoned and presents her request to host a banquet with Haman present. We also learn of Haman's hatred of Mordecai, which immediately precedes the building of the 75' gallows
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Esther 9
The edict goes out allowing the Jews to defend themselves, which results in the death of their enemies. Instructions for Purim are also included here.
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Job 1-2
After the accuser has God's permission, the satan attacks Job's wealth and family in ch.1, followed by his physical corpus in ch. 2. In this, Job does not sin by cursing God as his wife suggests, but instead accepts both 'good and evil from the Lord'.
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Psalms 2
The second of two introductory Psalms of the psalter, reminding the reader of the sovereignty of God over nations and his sovereign establishment of the King over Israel
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Psalms 8
Davidic creation psalm, praising the Lord for the majesty of His name in all the earth. "what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?"
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Psalms 16
Davidic psalm of praise revolving around the practical blessings he's received from the Lord. "...you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay" is quoted from this Psalm and later attached to Jesus
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Psalms 22
Davidic psalm of suffering, beginning with Jesus' words on the cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
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Psalms 23
Davidic psalm displaying the Lord's care for him as a shepherd cares for his sheep; "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want."
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Psalms 51
Confessional psalm of David after his adultery with Bathsheba, suggesting that the Lord does not take pleasure in sacrifices, but rather in "a broken and contrite heart."
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Psalms 90
The beginning of Book 4 within the psalter, credited to Moses, who is reflecting on the suffering inflicted by the Lord as he asks for the Lord to relent and to satisfy his people with unfailing love
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Psalms 100
A psalm of thanksgiving - "Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise."
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Psalms 110
Davidic psalm that mentions Melchizedek and includes the most oft-quoted OT verse of the NT - "The Lord says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."
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Psalms 119
Extended acrostic poem that extols the value of God's law.
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Psalms 150
Stairstep, hallelujah, let everything that has breath praise the Lord
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Proverbs 4
In the tone of a father to a son, implores the listener to gain wisdom above all else while avoiding the path of the wicked
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Proverbs 31
Ode to a capable wife: wise, business woman, hardworking, godly.
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Jonah 1
Jonah receives the call of the Lord to preach in Nineveh, but Jonah heads the opposite direction, until the storm causes panic that ends with Jonah being thrown into the sea. The Lord provides a great fish to swallow Jonah.
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Jonah 2
Jonah's poem/prayer from within the fish, proclaiming the saving hand of the Lord as the 'waves and breakers swept over him'
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Micah 6
The Lord brings a legal case against the people of Israel, noting his faithfulness and their lack of faithfulness to the covenant. Indictment and Judgment oracles make up the latter half of the passage, with the Lord's requirements square in the middle, "to act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God" and not ritual sacrifice
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Nahum 3
Poetic warning to the city of Nineveh (sometime after the events of Jonah) of oncoming destruction similar to the punishment issued to Thebes
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Habakkuk 2
The Lord answers Habakkuk's 2nd complaint of the Lord's use of wicked nations to punish others. The Lord assures Habakkuk that he will indeed still punish those who 'build [their] realm by unjust gain'.
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Zephaniah 3
Zephaniah prophesies woe to Jerusalem for the first half of the Psalm, followed by the great hope of restoration promised to Jerusalem, taking away the punishment
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Haggai 1
Haggai relates the Lord's instructions for building his house, and warns of 'living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin'. Zerubbabel is stirred by the prophecy. (The Lord comes before us! His house before ours.)
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Zechariah 9
Oracle pronouncing judgment on Israel's enemies and promising a great king who will reign over the whole earth, 'riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey'
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Zechariah 12
Strong in royal theology, Zechariah records the Lord's promise to defend beseiged Jerusalem, sheilding the people of Judah while crushing the surrounding people groups. Also includes "they will look on me, the one they have pierced", applied to Jesus later
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Malachi 3
A call of repentence to the Levites and the people in the second temple period. Also includes Messianic promise that the 'messenger of the covenant... will come" (The Lord will cleanse our sin.)
