DAVID & GOLIATH
and Other Bible Stories

Selected Well-Loved Stories are Retold for Children in Clear, Lively Language. Not Available at Regular Bookstores! ISBN# 0-8499-4033-8; Special Price: FREE

   

Color photographs of the plants and animals and people and places of the Bible set stories in context.

Prepared in consultation with educators, scholars, and religious advisers.

Extracts from the Authorised Version of the Bible (The King James Bible), the rights of which are vested in the Crown, are reproduced by permission of the Crown's Patentee, Cambridge University Press.

Contents

Introduction to the Bible... 6

The Promised Land... 8

The Battle of Jericho... 10

The Call of Gideon... 12

Samson and the Lion... 14

Samson in the Temple... 18

Ruth and Naomi... 20

Samuel is Called to Serve God... 22

Saul, the First King of the Israelites... 24

God Chooses David... 26

David and Goliath... 28

Long Live the King... 30

King Solomon's Wisdom... 32

Solomon's Temple... 34

The Queen of Sheba... 36

Elijah in the Wilderness... 38

Elijah's Final Journey... 40

Elisha and Naaman... 44

Jonah and the Great Fish... 46

The Prophet Isaiah... 48

Hezekiah's Gold... 49

Jeremiah and the Potter's Wheel... 50

The Iraelites in Captivity... 52

The Golden Statue... 54

Belshazzar's Feast... 57

Daniel in the Lion's Den... 58

The Rebuilding of Jerusalem... 60

Index...62

Who's Who in the Bible Stories... 64

Acknowledgments... 64


The Old Testament

Most of the events of The Old Testament take place in a small area to the east of the Mediterranean Sea. From ancient times people have lived and traveled along a strip of land known as the "fertile crescent", which stretches from Egypt, through Canaan and Mesopotamia to Babylonia. There was enough water in this area to enable them to grow crops and graze animals. Canaan, the "promised land", where the Israelites flourished, is only about 150 miles (230kn) from north to south. It contains many different types of scenery, including plains and river valleys suitable for farming, lakes, hills, and rocky desert.

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