Historical Books

Question 1

Joshua

Answer 1

1. Preparing to Enter the Land (1-5)
2. Conquering the Land (6-12)
3. Allocating the Land (13-21)
4. Eastern Tribes and the Altar of Witness (22)
5. Charge, Covenant Renewal, and Joshua’s Death (23-24)

Question 2

Judges

Answer 2

1. Conquest of Land to Coexistence (1:1-2:5)
2. Summary of Judges Cycle (2:6-3:6)
3. Downward Spiral of Apostasy (3:7- chp16)
4. Cultic Chaos (17-18)
5. Moral Chaos (19-21)

Question 3

Ruth

Answer 3

1. Naomi’s Sadness (1)
2. Ruth in Boaz Fields (2)
3. Ruth at Boaz Threshing Floor (3)
4. Boaz Redeems Ruth (4:1-12)
5. Naomi’s Gladness (4:13-22)

Question 4

1 Samuel

Answer 4

1. Samuel and Eli at Shiloh (1-3)
2. The Ark Narrative and Defeat of Philistines (4-7)
3. People Demand a King (8-9)
4. Reign and Rejection of Saul (10-15)
5. Rise of David and Fall of Saul (16-31)

Question 5

2 Samuel

Answer 5

1. David Enthroned and the Ark (1-6)
2. Promise to David and Achievements (7-10)
3. David’s Sin and Consequences (11-18)
4. David Restored (19-20)
5. Last Acts of David (21-24)

Question 6

1 Kings

Answer 6

1. Solomon’s Rise (1-4)
2. Solomon’s Accomplishments and Fall (5-11)
3. Early Divided Kingdom (12-16)
4. Prophets and Ahab (17-22:40)
5. Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah (22:41-end)

Question 7

2 Kings

Answer 7

1. Elijah denounces Ahaziah (2 Kings 1)
2. Ministry of Elisha (2:1-8:15)
3. Late Divided Kingdom (8:16- chp 17)
4. Life of Hezekiah (18-20)
5. Kings after Hezekiah (21-25)

Question 8

1 Chronicles

Answer 8

1. Early Genealogy of God’s People (1-8)
2. Returnees from Exile (9:1-34)
3. Genealogy and Death of Saul (9:35-chp 10)
4. David’s Reign (11-16)
5. Preparations for the Temple (17-29)

Question 9

2 Chronicles

Answer 9

1. Solomon’s Reign (1-9)
2. Divided Kingdom (10-28)
3. Reunited Kingdom (29-36)