Copyright: Copyright 1996 Sublimated Software, Inc.


Contents

Overview

Using the texts

Multimedia

Activities


Overview

Introduction

Windows terminology

System Requirements

Installation

Support

Credits


Using the texts

Notes on the text

Opening a text

Jumping to Books, chapters and verses

Phrase and word searches

Marking your place

Copying to file

Comparing passages

Printing

Taking notes

Windows 3.1x navigator


Multimedia

Videos

Slideshows


Activities

Bible quiz

Coloring Pages

Arts and crafts

Other activities

Dore illustrations

Old Testament chronology

World history timeline


Introduction

The Swift Platinum Deluxe Multimedia Bible provides 3 different translations of the Holy Bible, plus the Apocrypha, Koran and Book of Mormon. You may select which of these books to install.

In addition The Swift Platinum Deluxe Multimedia Bible also includes a separate religious clip art program containing one of the largest libraries of religious clip art available at any price.

We have also included:

†	A Bible Quiz

†	Reference works:

†	Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Daily Bible Readings

†	Nave's Topical Bible

†	Torrey's Topical Textbook

†	Matthew Henry's Bible Commentaries, Old and New Testament

†	Easton's Bible Dictionary

†	Spurgeon's Studies of the Psalms of David

†	Coloring pages and activity ideas appropriate for all ages

†	Inspirational "Slide Shows"

†	Bible passages and scenery

†	Churches of the world

†	A selection of Bible maps

†	Scenes from the Holy Land, featuring photographs never published before

†	Three full motion videos combining beautiful scenery with Bible passages featuring music recorded especially for this program by Patricia Rice. The pieces in their entirety are available on her CD entitled The Classical Collection from First Coast Music, which can be ordered through the following web site: www.fcmusic.com, or call directly 1-800-214-5469.

We are sure that you will find all of these programs to be useful, and encourage suggestions for future changes and additions.


Windows terminology

This manual uses standard Microsoft Windows terms, including:

active window, application, application icon, application window, dialog box, check box, list box, drop-down commands, program-item icon

You should be able to identify these parts of an application window:

main window, Control-menu box, title bar, minimize button, maximize button, restore button, horizontal and vertical scroll bars, scroll box ("thumb") and scroll arrows, window border, window corner, menu, menu bar and menu names, command buttons

We also assume you are familiar with performing these basic Windows tasks:

how to execute a command (use Program Manager's File/Run or the taskbar's Run... ), how to select (highlight) an item, how to choose (launch) an item, how to recognize a mouse cursor and an insertion point cursor, how to identify active and inactive applications, how to identify available and unavailable commands, how to left click, double left click and right click

These slightly more advanced Windows tasks will allow you to get the most out of your computer and this program:

how to switch between applications, how to customize the size of a window by dragging, how to copy material between different applications using the Windows Clipboard, how to execute commands using short cut keys ([ALT] plus a letter)

If you are unsure what these terms mean in a Windows context, please refer to your Microsoft Windows manual for more information. You may find it useful to review the chapters entitled, "Windows Basics" and "Applications Basics" in your Microsoft Windows manual.


System Requirements

†	386 or higher processor; minimum 486 strongly suggested, operating Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT or Windows 95

†	4 megabytes Ram (Windows 3.1); more RAM is recommended

†	double speed CD-ROM reader (for the graphics portions of this program, a faster one recommended)

†	For audio, you must have a sound card and speakers installed

†	Pointing device (mouse)

†	256 color monitor (for the graphics portions of this program, more is recommended)

†	Printer, if you want to print text or graphics. For complex graphics, we recommend a bubble jet printer

Hard drive space: most of the programs can be run directly from the CD-ROM without taking up any space on your hard drive. If you have not already installed Windows media players and plan to use the multimedia features, the minimum installation of Video for Windows and for Powerpoint will require approximately 7 megabytes of disk space. The Kudo clipart viewer requires an additional 4.5 megabytes of disk space.


Installation

Installation for Windows 3.1 or Windows 3.11

1.	Turn on your computer. Start Windows if it does not start automatically. Insert the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

2.	From the Windows Program Manager, click on File and click on the Run... command.

3.	In the command line, type the CD-ROM drive letter (D, etc.) followed by a colon (:), a backslash (\), and the word "setup1". For example, if you are installing from the "D" drive, type     D:\setup1

Installation for Windows 95

1.	Place the CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive.

2.	In the Windows 95 startup screen, double click on the "My Computer" icon.

3.	Double click on the CD-ROM drive icon.

4.	Double click on the "setup2" or "setup2.exe" icon.

After the Bible references installation has completed, the Kudo clipart viewer installation will begin. The viewer requires approximately 5 MB of hard drive space.


Support

We encourage all our users to provide comments and suggestions about this program.

This program is supported by voice, fax and Internet e-mail.

Voice

You may call 310-886-3510 with your support questions. Voice support is available as follows (all times are in the Pacific time zone):

Monday through Thursday, 8:30 am - 12:00 noon and 2:00 am - 4:00 pm

Friday, 8:30 am - 12:00 noon

Internet

Support questions may be addressed to cosmi1@ix.netcom.com

Internet access from online services

If you subscribe to an online service that provides Internet e-mail access, you may contact Cosmi through your online service. For assistance with sending Internet mail, please contact your online service's customer assistance area. Our e-mail address is cosmi1@ix.netcom.com.

Fax

You may fax us at 310-886-3517 any time.


Credits

We hope you have enjoyed the music of Patricia Rice used on this CD-ROM. The pieces in their entirety are available on her CD entitled The Classical Collection from First Coast Music, which can be ordered through the following web site: www.fcmusic.com, or call directly 1-800-214-5469.

The full-motion video was filmed at Zion National Park by George Johnson. Post-production courtesy of Brian Gorne and Motion Media of Santa Monica, California.

"Passages" slide show by Tamiko Ross-Berryman.

Holy Land photography by James F. Strange, Ph.D., and K. A. Strange.

Bible Quiz by Rose Lore Jones, M.Ed., and Amy Seeberger, M.A. Additional educational content by Ms. Jones with assistance of M. Elaine Hebenthal, M.L.S.

Coloring and activity pages by Pamela and Charles Treadwell.

Quality assurance and programming by James Shaw.

Programming, editing and executive production by Amy Seeberger.

Editorial content by Rose Lore Jones, M.Ed., Mary Elizabeth Strange, B.A., and E. Ray Clary, P.E.


Notes on the text

It was not our purpose to produce a new edition of any of the works in this program. As a result we have not revised or standardized spelling, abbreviations, or stylistic conventions among the texts. For example, in some references, Philippians is cited as Phi, in others Php. In some texts, words are surrounded by _underscores_ or *asterisks* to provide emphasis; in others, italics or bolding are used, which may or may not be readily apparent on your monitor.

We have prepared and inserted identical chapter summaries in all three translations of the Old and New Testaments. We have not edited these headings to correspond with the given Bible's abbreviations or spelling of proper names. (The chapter caption will always read, for example, "Rev 9 Army of 200 thousand thousand," even though the current translation may cite the verses within that chapter as "Ap" or "Re" instead of "Rev.")

OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis

Ge 1 The creation of the earth

Ge 2 The creation of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden

Ge 3 The serpent and the first sin

Ge 4 Cain, Abel, and Seth the sons of Adam

Ge 5 The generations from Adam to Noah

Ge 6 The building of the ark

Ge 7 The ark's passengers and the Flood

Ge 8 The end of the Flood, and leaving the ark

Ge 9 God never to destroy the earth again by flood

Ge 10 Noah's descendants

Ge 11 The tower of Babel, and the generations from Shem to Abram

Ge 12 God calls Abram and Lot to Egypt

Ge 13 Abram and Lot leave Egypt and separate

Ge 14 Lot captured during war and rescued by Abram

Ge 15 God Promises Abram a son and countless descendants

Ge 16 Abram has a son, Ishmael, by Sarai's servant Hagar

Ge 17 God promises Canaan to Abraham and Sarah's descendants

Ge 18 Angels Visit Abraham and go to judge Sodom

Ge 19 God destroys Sodom and Gomorrah but saves Lot's family

Ge 20 Sarah and Abimelech

Ge 21 Isaac born, and Hagar and Ishmael leave

Ge 22 God tests Abraham to sacrifice Isaac

Ge 23 Sarah dies, and Abraham buys her burial ground

Ge 24 Abraham's servant finds Rebecca for Isaac

Ge 25 Abraham's death, Ishmael's descendants, and Jacob and Esau

Ge 26 Isaac lives with the Philistines during a famine

Ge 27 Isaac blesses Jacob instead of Esau

Ge 28 Esau marries Ishmael's daughter, and Jacob's dream

Ge 29 Jacob works for his Uncle Laban to marry Rachel and Leah

Ge 30 Jacob's sons, and Jacob and Laban divide the animals

Ge 31 Jacob leaves Laban to return home

Ge 32 Jacob sends gifts to Esau, and wrestles with God

Ge 33 Jacob and Esau meet

Ge 34 Jacob's daughter Dinah is raped, and her brothers take revenge

Ge 35 God names Jacob Israel, and Rachael and Isaac die

Ge 36 Esau's descendants, and the original inhabitants of Edom

Ge 37 Jacob's son Joseph sold by his brothers

Ge 38 Judah and Tamar

Ge 39 Joseph falsely accused by his master's wife

Ge 40 In prison, Joseph interprets the baker's and butler's dreams

Ge 41 Joseph interprets pharaoh's dreams and is made ruler over Egypt

Ge 42 Joseph's brothers buy grain in Egypt and are accused of being spies

Ge 43 Joseph's brothers journey to Egypt again, and bring Benjamin

Ge 44 Joseph tricks his brothers to keep Benjamin with him

Ge 45 Joseph tells his brothers who he is and invites the family to Egypt

Ge 46 Jacob and his family go to Egypt and meet Joseph

Ge 47 Pharaoh meets Jacob and his family, and they prosper in Egypt

Ge 48 Jacob blesses Joseph's sons and treats them both as his own sons

Ge 49 Jacob tells his sons what will happen to them, and Jacob dies

Ge 50 Joseph buries Jacob in Canaan, and Joseph dies in Egypt

Exodus

Ex 1 The enslavement of the Hebrews in Egypt

Ex 2 The birth and rescue of Moses

Ex 3 God calls Moses to lead Israel out of Egypt

Ex 4 God gives Moses the signs, and Moses returns to Egypt

Ex 5 Moses and Aaron's first audience before Pharaoh

Ex 6 God answers Moses' complaint, and genealogy of Moses and Aaron

Ex 7 Aaron performs the first sign for Pharaoh

Ex 8 Plagues of frogs, flies, and gnats in Egypt

Ex 9 Plague on livestock, and plagues of boils and hail

Ex 10 Plagues of locust and darkness

Ex 11 Moses warns Pharaoh of the death of Egypt's first born sons

Ex 12 The Passover and death of the first born Egyptian sons

Ex 13 Dedication of the first born Hebrew sons

Ex 14 Pharaoh releases the Hebrews, and they cross the Sea of Reeds

Ex 15 The song of Moses and the Hebrews

Ex 16 The people grumble to Moses, and God provides sustenance

Ex 17 Water from the rock

Ex 18 Jethro visits Moses

Ex 19 The Israelites come to Mt. Sinai

Ex 20 The Ten Commandments

Ex 21 Laws concerning the treatment of Hebrew slaves

Ex 22 Laws of property compensation, and laws of moral responsibility

Ex 23 Laws of justice and mercy

Ex 24 The Covenant is sealed

Ex 25 Offerings for the Tabernacle

Ex 26 The plan for the Tabernacle

Ex 27 The plan for the altar of burnt sacrifices

Ex 28 Vestments for the priests

Ex 29 Instructions for the ordination of Aaron and his sons

Ex 30 The altar of incense, atonement tax, and bronze basin

Ex 31 The artisans for the Tabernacle

Ex 32 The golden calf Israel's apostasy

Ex 33 God commands the Israelites to leave Mt. Sinai

Ex 34 The new tablets of the Law

Ex 35 Sabbath regulations, and materials for the Tabernacle

Ex 36 Construction of the Tabernacle

Ex 37 Construction of the Ark of the Covenant

Ex 38 Construction of the altar of burnt sacrifice

Ex 39 The creation of the priestly vestments

Ex 40 The Tabernacle is erected and anointed

Leviticus

Le 1 The burnt sacrifice

Le 2 The grain sacrifice

Le 3 The congregational sacrifice

Le 4 The sacrifice for sin

Le 5 Cases requiring sin sacrifices

Le 6 Instructions for the priests regarding sacrifices

Le 7 Sacrifice of reparation

Le 8 Ordination rites for Aaron and his sons

Le 9 The priests begin their duties

Le 10 The death of Aaron's sons

Le 11 Rules concerning clean and unclean animals

Le 12 Purification of women after childbirth

Le 13 Rules concerning leprosy

Le 14 Purification from leprosy

Le 15 Sexual uncleanliness of men and women

Le 16 Day of Atonement

Le 17 Rules concerning blood sacrifice

Le 18 Rules concerning sexual relations

Le 19 Rules of holiness and justice

Le 20 Rules of punishment for various sins

Le 21 Rules concerning the priesthood

Le 22 Rules concerning the holiness of sacrifices

Le 23 The holy feasts

Le 24 Ritual prescriptions and punishments

Le 25 The holy years

Le 26 Blessings and curses

Le 27 Redemption of what is promised to God

Numbers

Nu 1 The first census of Israel

Nu 2 The order of the tribes in camp

Nu 3 The tribe of Levi

Nu 4 The Levite clans

Nu 5 Unclean persons and recompense of trespasses

Nu 6 Rules for Nazarites

Nu 7 The sanctification and dedication of the Tabernacle

Nu 8 Purification and dedication of the Levites

Nu 9 The appointed season of the Passover

Nu 10 The sounding of trumpets to call the assembly

Nu 11 The seventy leaders chosen at Taberah

Nu 12 The complaint of Moses and Aaron God's answer

Nu 13 The spies reconnaisance of Canaan

Nu 14 The rebellion of the Israelites

Nu 15 Rules concerning sacrifices

Nu 16 The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

Nu 17 God affirms Aaron's priesthood

Nu 18 Duties of the priesthood

Nu 19 Sacrifice of the Red Heifer

Nu 20 The waters of Meribah

Nu 21 Victory over the Canaanites and journey to Moab

Nu 22 The Moabite king Balak summons the prophet Balaam

Nu 23 Balaam's first and second prophecies

Nu 24 Balaam's third prophecy

Nu 25 The Israelites at Peor

Nu 26 The second census

Nu 27 Inheritance rights of daughters

Nu 28 Rules concerning sacrifices during different seasons

Nu 29 Rules concerning sacrifices for holy feasts

Nu 30 Rules governing vows

Nu 31 The war against Midian

Nu 32 The tribes of Reuben and Gad settle in the Transjordan

Nu 33 The stages of the journey from Egypt to Moab

Nu 34 The boundaries of Canaan

Nu 35 The inheritance assigned to the Levites

Nu 36 The inheritance of married Israelite women

Deuteronomy

De 1 Introduction

De 2 The desert journey

De 3 Dividing the land

De 4 Warning against idolatry

De 5 The Ten Commandments

De 6 Warning to obey

De 7 The Lord's people

De 8 Remember what the Lord has done

De 9 The people's stubbornness

De 10 The second Commandment tablets

De 11 The choice between a blessing and a curse

De 12 One place to worship

De 13 Follow only one God

De 14 Dietary laws and tithing

De 15 Debts cancelled and slaves freed every seven years

De 16 Keeping festivals

De 17 Witnesses, judges and rules for a king

De 18 The Levites' share and false prophets

De 19 Cities of refuge and witnesses

De 20 Instructions about war

De 21 Unsolved murders and inheritance

De 22 Sexual laws

De 23 Who are the Lord's people

De 24 Divorce and charity laws

De 25 Marrying a dead brother's wife

De 26 Offerings of crops

De 27 God's curses for disobedience

De 28 Obedience and disobedience

De 29 God's covenant with Israel

De 30 The choice between good and evil

De 31 Joshua to lead the people

De 32 Moses' song

De 33 Moses' blessings to the Tribes

De 34 Moses' death

Book of Joshua

Jos 1 God commands Joshua to lead Israel into Canaan

Jos 2 Joshua sends spies into Canaan

Jos 3 Israel crosses the Jordan

Jos 4 Twelve memorial stones are set up

Jos 5 The Israelite men are circumcised at Gilgal

Jos 6 The fall of Jericho

Jos 7 Achan defies the ban and is punished

Jos 8 The battle and destruction of Ai

Jos 9 The Gibeonites deceive Israel and make a treaty

Jos 10 Five Amorite kings make war on Gibeon

Jos 11 Israel victorious over the northern Canaanite kings

Jos 12 List of the kings conquered by Israel

Jos 13 Territory remaining to be conquered

Jos 14 Division of the land west of the Jordan

Jos 15 Territory allotted to the tribe of Judah

Jos 16 Territory allotted to the tribe of Ephraim

Jos 17 Territory allotted to West Manasseh

Jos 18 Division of the rest of the land

Jos 19 Territory allotted to the tribe of Simeon

Jos 20 Designation of the cities of refuge

Jos 21 Cities of the Levites

Jos 22 Joshua sends the eastern tribes home

Jos 23 Joshua's farewell speech to Israel

Jos 24 The Covenant renewed at Shechem, and the death of Joshua

Book of Judges

Jud 1 The tribes of Israel conquer the remaining Canaanites

Jud 2 The angel of God warns Israel against its apostasy

Jud 3 The gentile nations remaining among Israel

Jud 4 Deborah's victory over Jabin, and Jael conquers Sisera

Jud 5 The song of Deborah and of Jael

Jud 6 Gideon is called by God to lead Israel

Jud 7 Gideon defeats the Midianites

Jud 8 The death of Gideon

Jud 9 Abimelech becomes king and is cursed by Jotham

Jud 10 The judges Tola and Jair

Jud 11 Jephthah subdues the Ammonites and makes a vow

Jud 12 The tribe of Ephraim and Gilead wage war

Jud 13 The conception and birth of Samson the Nazarite

Jud 14 The marriage and deeds of Samson

Jud 15 Samson takes revenge on the Philistines

Jud 16 Samson with Delilah, and his revenge and death

Jud 17 Micah's shrine of idols

Jud 18 The Danites search for territory

Jud 19 The crime at Gibeah

Jud 20 Israel's victory over the tribe of Benjamin

Jud 21 Wives found for the remnant of Benjamin

Book of Ruth

Ru 1 Ruth and Naomi return to Bethlehem

Ru 2 Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz

Ru 3 Ruth sleeps at the feet of Boaz

Ru 4 Ruth and Boaz marry, and Ruth bears a son

First Book of Samuel

1Sa 1 The birth of Samuel

1Sa 2 Hannah's song of thanksgiving

1Sa 3 God calls Samuel

1Sa 4 The Philistines capture the Ark of the Covenant

1Sa 5 The ark among the Philistines

1Sa 6 The return of the Ark

1Sa 7 Samuel defeats the Philistines and rules Israel

1Sa 8 Israel asks for a king

1Sa 9 Samuel and Saul meet

1Sa 10 Samuel anoints Saul, and Saul is chosen king

1Sa 11 Saul defeats the Ammonites

1Sa 12 Samuel's farewell speech to Israel

1Sa 13 Saul wars against the Philistines, and he is rebuked by Samuel

1Sa 14 Jonathan attacks the Philistines

1Sa 15 War against the Amalekites, and God rejects Saul as king

1Sa 16 Samuel anoints David as Saul's successor

1Sa 17 David and Goliath

1Sa 18 Saul becomes jealous of David

1Sa 19 Saul persecutes David, and Jonathan intervenes

1Sa 20 David and Jonathan

1Sa 21 David flees from Saul

1Sa 22 David's wanderings, and Saul slaughters the priests at Nob

1Sa 23 Saul pursues David

1Sa 24 David spares Saul's life

1Sa 25 The death of Samuel

1Sa 26 David again spares Saul

1Sa 27 David among the Philistines

1Sa 28 Saul consults the witch of Endor

1Sa 29 The Philistine leaders send David back

1Sa 30 David wars against the Amalekites

1Sa 31 The death of Saul and his sons

Second Book of Samuel

2Sa 1 David hears of the death of Saul and Jonathan

2Sa 2 David is anointed king over Judah

2Sa 3 Abner joins David and is murdered by Joab

2Sa 4 Ishbosheth is murdered

2Sa 5 David becomes king over Judah and Israel

2Sa 6 The Ark of the Covenant is brought to Jerusalem

2Sa 7 The prophecy of Nathan, and David's prayer of thanks

2Sa 8 David's military victories

2Sa 9 David and Mephibosheth

2Sa 10 David defeats the Ammonites and Syrians

2Sa 11 David and Bathsheba

2Sa 12 David is rebuked by Nathan and repents in prayer

2Sa 13 Amnon violates his sister Tamar and is killed by Absalom

2Sa 14 Joab arranges Absalom's return to Jerusalem

2Sa 15 Absalom plots rebellion against David

2Sa 16 David and Ziba

2Sa 17 Hushai the Archite misleads Absalom

2Sa 18 Absalom's defeat and death

2Sa 19 David mourns Absalom and returns to Jerusalem

2Sa 20 Sheba rebels against David

2Sa 21 The Gibeonites execute Saul's descendants

2Sa 22 David's song of praise to God

2Sa 23 The last words of David

2Sa 24 David's census of Israel and Judah

First Book of Kings

1Ki 1 David's last days, and he anoints Solomon as his successor

1Ki 2 David's last testament and death

1Ki 3 Solomon prays for wisdom

1Ki 4 Solomon's high officials and administrators

1Ki 5 Solomon's preparations for building the Temple

1Ki 6 The building of the Temple

1Ki 7 Solomon builds his palace

1Ki 8 The Ark of the Covenant is brought to the Temple

1Ki 9 God appears to Solomon a second time

1Ki 10 The Queen of Sheba visits Solomon

1Ki 11 Solomon's gentile wives, apostasy, and death

1Ki 12 Rehoboam succeeds as king, and the revolt of Israel

1Ki 13 A man of God condemns Jeroboam at Bethel

1Ki 14 The kingdom splits, and Jeroboam of Israel, Rehoboam of Judah

1Ki 15 The reigns of Abijah and Asa in Judah, and Baasha in Israel

1Ki 16 The reigns of Elah, Zimri, Omri, and Ahab in Israel

1Ki 17 Elijah the prophet foretells the drought

1Ki 18 Elijah and Ahab, and the prophets of Baal are defeated

1Ki 19 Elijah encounters God at Horeb, and God calls Elisha

1Ki 20 The war against the Syrians

1Ki 21 Ahab and Jezebel plot to seize Naboth's vineyard

1Ki 22 Micaiah prophecies Ahab's defeat, and Ahab's death

Second Book of Kings

2Ki 1 Elijah pronounces God's judgment against King Ahaziah

2Ki 2 Elijah taken to heaven, and Elisha succeeds him

2Ki 3 Israel and Judah war against Moab

2Ki 4 Elisha helps a poor woman and raises a dead boy

2Ki 5 Naaman the Aramite is cured of leprosy

2Ki 6 Elisha captures a band of Syrians, and Samaria is besieged

2Ki 7 The siege of Samaria is lifted

2Ki 8 Elisha and Hazael, and the reigns of Joram and Ahaziah in Judah

2Ki 9 Jehu is anointed king of Israel

2Ki 10 Jehu massacres the sons of Ahab and brothers of Ahaziah

2Ki 11 Queen Athaliah of Judah

2Ki 12 The reign of Joash in Judah

2Ki 13 Kings Jehoahaz and Jehoash of Israel, and the death of Elisha

2Ki 14 Kings Amaziah and Azariah of Judah, and Jeroboam II of Israel

2Ki 15 Kings Uzziah, Jotham of Judah, and Zechariah Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah of Israel

2Ki 16 King Pekah of Israel, and Ahaz reigns in Judah

2Ki 17 Hoshea reigns in Israel, and the history of Samaria

2Ki 18 Hezekiah is king, and Shalmaneser of Assyria invades Judah

2Ki 19 King Hezekiah consults the prophet Isaiah

2Ki 20 Hezekiah's illness and recovery

2Ki 21 The reigns of Manasseh and Amon in Judah

2Ki 22 King Josiah consults Huldah about the Book of the Law

2Ki 23 Josiah renews the Covenant, and Jehoahaz succeeds him as king

2Ki 24 The reigns of Jehoiakim, Jehoichain, and Zedekiah in Judah

2Ki 25 The fall of Jerusalem and defeat of Zedekiah

First Book of Chronicles

1Ch 1 Descendants of Adam to Esau, and lineage of the rulers of Edom

1Ch 2 Descendants of Israel, including David's ancestry

1Ch 3 Descendants of David including the kings of Judah

1Ch 4 Descendants of Judah and of Simeon

1Ch 5 Descendants of Reuben, Gad, and half tribe of Manasseh

1Ch 6 Lineage of Levi, the Temple musicians, and their territories

1Ch 7 Lineage of Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Mannaseh, Ephraim, Asher

1Ch 8 The line of Benjamin, including the family of Saul

1Ch 9 List of the residents of Jerusalem after the exile

1Ch 10 The death of king Saul

1Ch 11 David is anointed king over Israel

1Ch 12 David's followers from the various tribes of Israel

1Ch 13 The Ark of the Covenant is returned from Kiriath jearim

1Ch 14 David at Jerusalem, and his children

1Ch 15 The Ark of the Covenant is brought to Jerusalem

1Ch 16 David's song of praise to God

1Ch 17 The prophecy of Nathan, David's prayer in response

1Ch 18 David's victories over the Philistines, Moabites, Syrians

1Ch 19 The war against the Ammonites

1Ch 20 The capture of Rabbah

1Ch 21 David's census, and God's punishment

1Ch 22 Preparations for the building of the Temple

1Ch 23 The census and organization of the Levites

1Ch 24 The divisions of the priests

1Ch 25 The Temple musicians

1Ch 26 The divisions of the gatekeepers

1Ch 27 Military and civil organization

1Ch 28 David's instructions for the Temple

1Ch 29 Israel's offering for the Temple, and Solomon becomes king

Second Book of Chronicles

2Ch 1 God grants wisdom to Solomon

2Ch 2 Preparations for building the Temple

2Ch 3 The construction of the Temple

2Ch 4 The furnishings of the Temple

2Ch 5 The Ark of the Covenant is brought to the Temple

2Ch 6 Solomon's address to the people and prayer to God

2Ch 7 The dedication of the Temple

2Ch 8 A list of Solomon's accomplishments

2Ch 9 The visit from the Queen of Sheba

2Ch 10 Rehoboam becomes king, and the schism of Israel and Judah

2Ch 11 The activities of Rehoboam

2Ch 12 Rehoboam's apostasy, and Shishak of Egypt invades Judah

2Ch 13 King Abijah of Judah wages war with Jeroboam of Israel

2Ch 14 Asa succeeds Abijah

2Chr 15 Asa's religious reforms and fidelity to God

2Ch 16 The later years of Asa's reign

2Ch 17 Jehoshaphat becomes king of Judah

2Ch 18 Jehoshaphat and Ahab become allies; Micaiah prophecies against Ahab

2Ch 19 Jehoshaphat appoints judges

2Ch 20 Jehoshaphat defeats the armies of Edom

2Ch 21 Jehoram ascends the throne of Judah

2Ch 22 Ahaziah succeeds Jehoram as king

2Ch 23 The revolt against Queen Athaliah of Judah

2Ch 24 Joash becomes king of Judah

2Ch 25 Amaziah succeeds Joash as king

2Ch 26 The reign of Uzziah in Judah

2Ch 27 Jotham succeeds Uzziah in Judah

2Ch 28 Ahaz becomes king of Judah after Uzziah

2Ch 29 Hezekiah becomes king and purifies the Temple

2Ch 30 Hezekiah assembles Israel for the Passover

2Ch 31 Hezekiah re establishes the priestly and levitical orders

2Ch 32 Sennacherib of Assyria invades Judah

2Ch 33 Manasseh succeeds Hezekiah as king

2Ch 34 King Josiah of Judah consults Huldah the prophetess

2Ch 35 Josiah celebrates the Passover in the assembly

2Ch 36 Kings Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah of Judah

Book of Ezra

Ezr 1 Cyrus proclaims the return of the Jews to Israel

Ezr 2 The list of the exiles returning to Israel

Ezr 3 Resumption of worship and rebuilding of the Temple

Ezr 4 Opposition to the rebuilding of the Temple

Ezr 5 Tatnai's letter to Darius about the rebuilding of the Temple

Ezr 6 Cyrus' order is rediscovered, and the Temple is dedicated

Ezr 7 Ezra's arrival in Jerusalem and commission from Artaxerxes

Ezr 8 The journey of Ezra and Jewish clans from Babylon to Israel

Ezr 9 Ezra's anguish over Jewish intermarriages with Gentiles

Ezr 10 The plan to end the intermarriages and a list of the guilty

Book of Nehemiah

Ne 1 Nehemiah's prophecy over Jerusalem

Ne 2 King Artaxerxes sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem

Ne 3 The walls of Jerusalem are rebuilt

Ne 4 Opposition to the rebuilding

Ne 5 Nehemiah stops the oppression of the poor

Ne 6 Nehemiah's enemies plot against him

Ne 7 The list of the returning exiles

Ne 8 Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the people

Ne 9 The Israelites say a prayer of confession

Ne 10 The covenant to follow God is sealed by the people

Ne 11 The list of those settling in Jerusalem

Ne 12 Lists of the returning priests and Levites

Ne 13 Nehemiah's final reforms

Book of Esther

Es 1 King Ahasuerus and Queen Vashti

Es 2 Esther is crowned queen in place of Vashti

Es 3 Haman's plot against the Jews

Es 4 Mordecai seeks Esther's assistance

Es 5 Esther petitions King Ahasuerus

Es 6 Mordecai is honored by the king

Es 7 Haman is hanged on his own gallows

Es 8 The king signs a decree on behalf of the Jews

Es 9 The Jews defeat their enemies, and the Day of Purim is celebrated

Es 10 Mordecai's greatness is recounted

Book of Job

Job 1 God and Satan dispute, and God allows Satan to test Job

Job 2 Satan tests Job a second time

Job 3 Job complains to God

Job 4 Eliphaz the Temanite speaks to Job

Job 5 Eliphaz urges Job to appeal to God

Job 6 Job's reply to Eliphaz

Job 7 Job continues his speech

Job 8 Bildad the Shuhite's remarks to Job

Job 9 Job replies to Bildad

Job 10 Job recounts his misery and claims his guiltlessness

Job 11 Zophar the Naamathite disbelieves Job's blamelessness

Job 12 Job's reply to Zophar

Job 13 Job denies Zophar's accusations

Job 14 Job remarks on the weakness of man

Job 15 Eliphaz's second speech

Job 16 Job replies again to Eliphaz

Job 17 Job's despair over his life

Job 18 Bildad's second speech

Job 19 Job's reply to Bildad

Job 20 Zophar's second speech

Job 21 Job's reply

Job 22 Eliphaz insists that Job is guilty

Job 23 Job yearns to find God

Job 24 Job continues to defend his innocence

Job 25 Bildad asserts no man is righteous

Job 26 Job continues to make his case

Job 27 Job refuses to give in to wickedness

Job 28 Job praises wisdom

Job 29 Job's final statement of his case

Job 30 Job recapitulates his present misery

Job 31 Job vows righteousness

Job 32 Elihu speaks to Job

Job 33 Elihu claims Job is wrong

Job 34 Elihu excoriates Job's three companions

Job 35 Elihu denies God listens to empty pleas

Job 36 Elihu warns against turning to evil

Job 37 God's wisdom and omnipotence

Job 38 God's answer to Job

Job 39 God proclaims his majesty

Job 40 God chastises Job's words

Job 41 God proclaims his power

Job 42 Job replies to God, and is restored to prosperity

Psalms

Ps 1 Blessed is the righteous man

Ps 2 God's chosen son

Ps 3 Morning prayer of David when he fled from Absalom

Ps 4 Evening prayer for God's help

Ps 5 Morning prayer for protection

Ps 6 Prayer for rescue

Ps 7 David's song to God about Cush the Benjamite

Ps 8 The majesty of God

Ps 9 Hymn of thanksgiving to God

Ps 10 Prayer for punishment of the wicked

Ps 11 Prayer of confidence in God

Ps 12 Prayer for salvation from the deceitful

Ps 13 Prayer of trust in God's unfailing love

Ps 14 The words of a fool

Ps 15 God's requirements for man

Ps 16 God is a refuge

Ps 17 The plea of a blameless man

Ps 18 David's song when God delivered him from Saul

Ps 19 Creation declares God's glory in song

Ps 20 Prayer for victory

Ps 21 The king rejoices in God

Ps 22 Prayer of anguish and hope

Ps 23 The Lord is my shepherd

Ps 24 The earth is God's

Ps 25 Prayer in danger

Ps 26 Prayer of the blameless

Ps 27 The Lord is light and salvation

Ps 28 Prayer of petition

Ps 29 A tribute to God's glory

Ps 30 Song for the dedication of the Temple

Ps 31 Prayer of trust in God

Ps 32 A prayer of confession of sin

Ps 33 A hymn of joy and praise to God

Ps 34 David's prayer when Abimelech drove him away

Ps 35 Prayer to God for intervention

Ps 36 The wickedness of man and the goodness of God

Ps 37 The fates of the wicked and the virtuous

Ps 38 Prayer of the suffering

Ps 39 Confession of the suffering

Ps 40 Hymn of praise for God's deliverance

Ps 41 Prayer of the sick and weak

Ps 42 The prayer of the oppressed

Ps 43 The lament of an exiled man

Ps 44 Prayer of a nation disgraced

Ps 45 A royal wedding song

Ps 46 God is shelter and strength for the people

Ps 47 God the great king

Ps 48 Mount of Zion, city of God

Ps 49 Riches are fleeting

Ps 50 True worship of God

Ps 51 David's prayer when Nathan chastised him over Bathsheba

Ps 52 David's lament when the Edomite betrayed him to Saul

Ps 53 The foolishness of the atheist

Ps 54 David's prayer when the Ziphites betrayed him to Saul

Ps 55 Prayer of a man whose friend has betrayed him

Ps 56 David's prayer after being captured at Gath

Ps 57 David's prayer when he fled from Saul into the cave

Ps 58 A plea for God to punish the wicked

Ps 59 David's prayer when Saul sent men to his house to kill him

Ps 60 David's prayer when he warred with Aram Naharaim and Aram Zobah

Ps 61 Prayer for help

Ps 62 In God alone is rest

Ps 63 Song of desire for God

Ps 64 Prayer for protection from slanderers

Ps 65 Hymn of praise to God

Ps 66 A congregational hymn of acclaim

Ps 67 A congregational hymn requesting God's blessing

Ps 68 A national hymn of triumph

Ps 69 A lament and a plea for help

Ps 70 A cry of distress

Ps 71 Prayer for the aged

Ps 72 Prayer for the king

Ps 73 Ode to the triumph of God's justice

Ps 74 Lament for the Temple now destroyed

Ps 75 A hymn to God the divine judge

Ps 76 A song of God's renown in Judah and Israel

Ps 77 An ode to God's past achievements for Israel

Ps 78 A psalm about the lessons of Israel's past

Ps 79 Prayer for national deliverance

Ps 80 Prayer for Israel's restoration

Ps 81 A festal hymn for the feast of Tabernacles

Ps 82 God condemns the corruption of justice

Ps 83 Plea for God to destroy the enemies of Israel

Ps 84 A prayer of yearning for God's house

Ps 85 Prayer for peace

Ps 86 Prayer in time of trouble

Ps 87 Zion, mother to all the nations

Ps 88 Plea of desperation

Ps 89 A hymn of praise to God's faithfulness

Ps 90 God is everlasting

Ps 91 The shelter of the Most High

Ps 92 In praise of the Most High

Ps 93 God is King

Ps 94 God, judge of the world

Ps 95 A psalm to the Rock of Salvation

Ps 96 A new song to God

Ps 97 Let the earth rejoice that God is King

Ps 98 Sing a new song to God's marvelous deeds

Ps 99 Holy is God and mighty

Ps 100 Come into God's presence with songs of joy

Ps 101 A psalm of God's goodness and justice

Ps 102 Prayer of the downtrodden

Ps 103 Bless the Lord, O my soul

Ps 104 God is clothed in majesty and glory

Ps 105 God's workings in Israel's history

Ps 106 A psalm of thanks to the Lord for his everlasting love

Ps 107 The redeemed of God sing His praise

Ps 108 Morning psalm and prayer for rescue

Ps 109 Prayer for vengeance on false accusers

Ps 110 God's chosen king and priest

Ps 111 Praise to God in the Tabernacle

Ps 112 Blessed are the virtuous

Ps 113 Praise be the name of the Lord

Ps 114 Psalm for the Passover

Ps 115 The One True God

Ps 116 A man saved from death gives thanks to God

Ps 117 A call to praise

Ps 118 Processional hymn for the feast of Tabernacles

Ps 119 A psalm to the Law of God

Ps 120 A song about the enemies of peace

Ps 121 A song about the guardian of Israel

Ps 122 Prayer for the peace of Jerusalem

Ps 123 Plea for pity from God

Ps 124 A hymn to God, Israel's savior

Ps 125 God protects His faithful

Ps 126 Psalm of the returning exiles

Ps 127 The necessity of God's presence

Ps 128 A psalm about the blessings of the righteous

Ps 129 Prayer against the enemies of Zion

Ps 130 A prayer from the depths

Ps 131 Prayer of the humble and childlike

Ps 132 A song for the anniversary of the ark in Zion

Ps 133 A song in praise of brotherly love

Ps 134 Evening hymn

Ps 135 An exhortation to praise God

Ps 136 Litany to God's everlasting love

Ps 137 Lament of the exiles for Zion

Ps 138 Song before the gates of the Temple

Ps 139 Psalm to the omniscience of God

Ps 140 Prayer for rescue from evil men

Ps 141 A prayer for protection from temptation

Ps 142 Prayer of David when he hid in a cave

Ps 143 Prayer for rescue and guidance

Ps 144 War hymn

Ps 145 A psalm to bless the name of the Lord forever

Ps 146 Prayer of trust in God

Ps 147 Song of praise to the Almighty

Ps 148 A call to the universe to praise God

Ps 149 Israel rejoices in the Maker

Ps 150 Praise God in His Temple

Proverbs

Pr 1 Purpose and theme of the Proverbs

Pr 2 Wisdom as a safeguard against sin

Pr 3 Trust in the Lord with all your heart

Pr 4 The wisdom of listening to one's parents

Pr 5 Warning against adultery

Pr 6 Warnings against being deceived by evil men

Pr 7 Warnings against the adulteress

Pr 8 Wisdom proclaims her own worth

Pr 9 The difference between Wisdom and Folly

Pr 10 The proverbs of Solomon

Pr 11 The righteous and the wicked

Pr 12 The lover of discipline is a lover of knowledge

Pr 13 A wise man guards his tongue

Pr 14 The wise and the foolish woman

Pr 15 A gentle answer turns away wrath

Pr 16 God weighs man's motives

Pr 17 The advantages of a peaceful household

Pr 18 A fool cares not for wisdom

Pr 19 Better a poor and honest man than a lying fool

Pr 20 Do not provoke a king to wrath

Pr 21 God weighs the heart of man

Pr 22 Respect is more desirable than any wealth

Pr 23 Beware of covetousness and listen to wisdom

Pr 24 Do not envy wicked men

Pr 25 More proverbs of Solomon as recorded by Hezekiah

Pr 26 Honor does not befit a fool

Pr 27 Love and friendship comfort the soul

Pr 28 The cowardly wicked and the brave righteous

Pr 29 The fate of the stubborn man

Pr 30 Oracle of Agur, son of Jakeh of Massa

Pr 31 In praise of the perfect wife

Ecclesiastes

Ec 1 Vanity, all is vanity

Ec 2 Pleasure is vanity

Ec 3 To everything there is a season

Ec 4 Empty achievement is vanity

Ec 5 Empty speech is vanity, and be thoughtful in God's presence

Ec 6 Wealth without happiness is vanity

Ec 7 Some wise proverbs

Ec 8 Obey the king for God's sake

Ec 9 A common fate for all

Ec 10 The dangers of folly

Ec 11 Cast your bread upon the waters

Ec 12 Advice to the young and summation

Song of Solomon

So 1 The song begins

So 2 The rose of Sharon

So 3 The beloved seeks her lover

So 4 The lover extols the beauty of his beloved

So 5 Drunk with love

So 6 The lover goes into his garden

So 7 The maid of Shulam

So 8 The finale

Book of Isaiah

Is 1 God warns Israel about its sin

Is 2 A vision of everlasting peace

Is 3 Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

Is 4 The restoration of Zion

Is 5 Song of the vineyard

Is 6 God calls Isaiah as a prophet

Is 7 The sign of Immanuel

Is 8 The birth of Isaiah's son a sign of coming destruction

Is 9 Wonderful counselor, Prince of Peace

Is 10 Oracle of destruction against the nations

Is 11 The lion and the lamb lie down together

Is 12 Hymn of thanksgiving and praise

Is 13 Prophecy against Babylon

Is 14 Israel's return from exile

Is 15 Lament for Moab

Is 16 Refuge for the Moabites

Is 17 Prophecy against Damascus

Is 18 Prophecy against Cush

Is 19 An oracle warning Egypt of civil war

Is 20 Prophecy about invasion of Egypt by the king of Assyria

Is 21 The fall of Babylon

Is 22 Warning against boastful rejoicing in Jerusalem

Is 23 Oracle against Tyre and Sidon

Is 24 Apocalyptic destruction of all the earth

Is 25 Hymn of praise

Is 26 Song of victory

Is 27 Atonement and restoration for Israel

Is 28 Woe to Samaria and evil counselors

Is 29 The fate of Ariel, the city of David

Is 30 Oracle against the treaty with Egypt

Is 31 God wages war against Assyria

Is 32 A king reigns by integrity

Is 33 A plea for God's pity

Is 34 God's anger against the nations

Is 35 The joy of God's ransomed people

Is 36 Sennacherib of Assyria invades Judah

Is 37 King Hezekiah consults the prophet Isaiah

Is 38 Illness, cure, and song of King Hezekiah

Is 39 Babylon sends emissaries to King Hezekiah

Is 40 Comfort and hope for Zion

Is 41 God assures Israel of his love and forbearance

Is 42 Servant of the Lord

Is 43 God promises to be with Israel

Is 44 Israel, God's chosen

Is 45 Cyrus, the Lord's anointed

Is 46 The fall of Babylon's gods

Is 47 The fall of Babylon

Is 48 The stubbornness of Israel

Is 49 Israel a light unto the nations

Is 50 God still promises to save his people

Is 51 Salvation for Zion

Is 52 Awake, awake, oh Zion!

Is 53 The arm of the Lord is revealed

Is 54 Jerusalem's descendants will increase

Is 55 God's everlasting covenant

Is 56 God's invitation to all people

Is 57 God's condemnation of Israel's idolatry

Is 58 True fasting

Is 59 The depth of the people's sins

Is 60 The glory of the Lord is upon the people

Is 61 The mission of the prophet

Is 62 The savior of the Daughter of Zion

Is 63 God's day of vengeance and redemption

Is 64 Prayer for God's help

Is 65 A new heaven and a new earth

Is 66 Rejoice for Jerusalem

Book of Jeremiah

Jer 1 God calls Jeremiah as a prophet

Jer 2 Israel forsakes God

Jer 3 Israel's unfaithfulness

Jer 4 Rules for Israel's return to God

Jer 5 The search for a righteous man

Jer 6 The siege of Jerusalem

Jer 7 True worship of God

Jer 8 Jerusalem's continuing rebellion against God

Jer 9 Jeremiah's lament for Jerusalem and Judah

Jer 10 Idolatry and the true God

Jer 11 Jeremiah and the Covenant

Jer 12 Jeremiah questions God's justice

Jer 13 The symbolic linen loincloth

Jer 14 The drought in Judah

Jer 15 God vows to send destruction upon Judah

Jer 16 God warns Jeremiah and his family

Jer 17 Judah's sin engraved in the people's hearts

Jer 18 God's message comes to Jeremiah through a potter's wheel

Jer 19 The symbol of the broken jug

Jer 20 The priest Pashhur beats and imprisons Jeremiah

Jer 21 Jeremiah's reply to King Zedekiah

Jer 22 Jeremiah's prophecy to the royal house of Judah

Jer 23 Prophecy of doom to the leaders of Israel

Jer 24 The two basket of figs

Jer 25 Vision of the cup of God's wrath

Jer 26 Jeremiah's prophecy against the Temple

Jer 27 The symbol of the ox yoke

Jer 28 The false prophet Hananiah

Jer 29 Letter to the exiles in Babylon

Jer 30 Restoration of Israel

Jer 31 Israel's return to Zion from exile

Jer 32 Jeremiah buys a field

Jer 33 God declares he will restore the fortunes of Israel

Jer 34 God's warning to King Zedekiah

Jer 35 Jeremiah and the Rechabites

Jer 36 Jeremiah's scroll of prophecy

Jer 37 Zedekiah asks Jeremiah to pray on behalf of the nation

Jer 38 Jeremiah is thrown into a well

Jer 39 The fall of Jerusalem

Jer 40 Jeremiah is set free

Jer 41 The assassination of Governor Gedaliah

Jer 42 The people request Jeremiah intercede with God for them

Jer 43 Jeremiah is taken to Egypt

Jer 44 Jeremiah warns the people about their idolatry

Jer 45 God's message to Baruch

Jer 46 Oracle about Egypt's defeat at Carchemish

Jer 47 Oracle against the Philistines

Jer 48 Oracle on the destruction of Moab

Jer 49 The oracle of judgment on Ammon

Jer 50 Babylon's fall and Israel's return from exile

Jer 51 God's warning to Babylon of coming destruction

Jer 52 The fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple

Lamentations

La 1 The distress of the City

La 2 God's righteous punishment of Jerusalem

La 3 Suffering leads to repentance and hope

La 4 The destruction of Jerusalem

La 5 A prayer for mercy

Book of Ezekiel

Eze 1 Ezekiel's vision of God among the living creatures

Eze 2 The vision of the scroll

Eze 3 Ezekiel's call as a prophet

Eze 4 The siege of Jerusalem foretold

Eze 5 God commands Ezekiel to shave his head

Eze 6 God vows to destroy idolatry in the mountains of Israel

Eze 7 The end is near for Israel

Eze 8 The vision of idolatry in the Temple

Eze 9 The punishment of Jerusalem

Eze 10 The Glory of God leaves the Temple

Eze 11 The sins of the House of Israel

Eze 12 Ezekiel acts the role of the exile

Eze 13 Prophecy against the false prophets

Eze 14 Oracle against idolatry

Eze 15 Parable of the vine

Eze 16 An allegorical history of unfaithful Israel

Eze 17 Allegory of the eagles and the vine

Eze 18 The sinner shall die, but no one will suffer for another's sin

Eze 19 A lament for the princes of Israel

Eze 20 Ezekiel confronts the elders of Israel with their sin

Eze 21 Oracle about the sword of the Lord

Eze 22 The sins of Jerusalem

Eze 23 The allegorical tale of two adulterous sisters

Eze 24 The parable of the cooking pot

Eze 25 Prophecy against Ammon, Moab, Edom and the Philistines

Eze 26 Prophecy against Tyrus

Eze 27 Song of lament for Tyrus

Eze 28 Prophecy against the king of Tyrus

Eze 29 Prophecy against Egypt

Eze 30 The Day of the Lord is coming

Eze 31 Allegory of Egypt as a cedar of Lebanon

Eze 32 The king of Egypt as a crocodile

Eze 33 Ezekiel chosen as sentry for the house of Israel

Eze 34 Warning to the shepherds of Israel

Eze 35 Prophecy against Edom

Eze 36 Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel

Eze 37 The vision in the valley of dry bones

Eze 38 Prophecy against Gog and the country Magog

Eze 39 Defeat of Gog and destruction of Magog

Eze 40 Vision of the new Jerusalem

Eze 41 Vision of the future Temple

Eze 42 Buildings for the priests

Eze 43 The glory of God returns to the Temple

Eze 44 New rules for the Temple, and the Levites and priests

Eze 45 Division of the land, and the portion allotted to God

Eze 46 Rules for the Sabbath and the Day of the New Moon

Eze 47 Vision of the stream flowing from the Temple

Eze 48 The tribes are allotted their lands

Book of Daniel

Da 1 Daniel and his companions at the court of Nebuchadnezzar

Da 2 Daniel explains Nebuchadnezzar's dream

Da 3 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the furnace

Da 4 Nebuchadnezzar's second dream of warning

Da 5 The hand writing on the wall

Da 6 Daniel in the lion's den

Da 7 Daniel's vision of the four beasts

Da 8 Daniel's second vision

Da 9 Daniel's prayer and third vision

Da 10 Daniel's vision of the men in linen

Da 11 The prophecy about the battles of great kings

Da 12 Prophecy about the end times

Book of Hosea

Ho 1 The Lord describes Hosea's faithless family

Ho 2 Israel is like a faithless wife

Ho 3 The Lord commands a husband to love a faithless wife

Ho 4 Priests and prophets have rejected the Lord

Ho 5 The Lord condemns Israel's faithlessness

Ho 6 The Lord condemns Israel's hypocrisy and idolatry

Ho 7 The Lord condemns Israel's deceit and insincerity

Ho 8 The Lord condemns Israel's adoption of foreign customs

Ho 9 The Lord shall punish Israel's sins

Ho 10 Idolatrous shrines shall be destroyed

Ho 11 The Lord shall care for faithless Israel

Ho 12 The descendants of Jacob must return to the Lord

Ho 13 Israel's sins shall be punished

Ho 14 Return to the Lord and your prayers shall be answered

Book of Joel

Joe 1 The priests and the people lament the destruction of the land

Joe 2 God calls the Jewish people to repentance

Joe 3 God judges the nations and blesses His people

Book of Amos

Am 1 God's judgment of Israel's neighbors

Am 2 God's judgment of Israel

Am 3 Warning of the coming punishment of Israel

Am 4 Israel's failure to return to God

Am 5 A call to repentance

Am 6 A lament for Israel

Am 7 Visions of destruction

Am 8 God vows not to spare Israel

Am 9 The final destruction and restoration of Israel

Book of Obadiah

Ob 1 God vows to destroy Edom

Book of Jonah

Jon 1 Jonah disobeys God and is swallowed by a fish

Jon 2 Jonah prays to God, and the fish spits him up on the shore

Jon 3 Jonah preaches in Nineveh, and the people repent

Jon 4 Jonah is angry because God will not destroy the city

Book of Micah

Mic 1 Judgment of Samaria and Jerusalem

Mic 2 God will rescue his people from their oppressors

Mic 3 God rebukes the leaders and the prophets of Israel

Mic 4 God's future reign of peace in Zion

Mic 5 God promises a ruler from Bethlehem and Israel's deliverance

Mic 6 God's complaint against Israel

Mic 7 Israel's misery and God's mercy

Book of Nahum

Na 1 God's wrath against Nineveh

Na 2 Nineveh will fall

Na 3 God warns of doom to Nineveh

Book of Habbakuk

Hab 1 Habakkuk's complaint to God about injustice

Hab 2 God's reply to Habakkuk

Hab 3 Habakkuk's prayer for deliverance

Book of Zephaniah

Zep 1 God's warning of destruction

Zep 2 A call to repentance

Zep 3 The sin, redemption, and future of Jerusalem

Book of Haggai

Hag 1 God commands the Temple to be rebuilt

Hag 2 The future glory of the new Temple

Book of Zechariah

Zec 1 Visions of horses and horns, and return to the Lord

Zec 2 Measuring Jerusalem, and exiles shall return

Zec 3 The high priest Joshua and obedience shall take away sin

Zec 4 The golden lamp stand, and rebuilding the Temple

Zec 5 The flying scroll, and lies and wickedness are removed

Zec 6 Vision of four chariots, and Joshua is crowned

Zec 7 God condemns insincerity and disobedience

Zec 8 The Lord blesses Jerusalem

Zec 9 The Lord condemns the Philistines, and hymn for the return of exiles

Zec 10 Hymn for victorious return to Israel

Zec 11 Favor and Unity, and the two shepherds

Zec 12 Enemies of Jerusalem shall be struck down

Zec 13 God condemns the prophets

Zec 14 Judgment Day in Jerusalem

Book of Malachai

Mal 1 God proclaims His love for Israel

Mal 2 God reprimands the priests and unfaithfulness of the people

Mal 3 The Day of Judgment

Mal 4 The Day of the Lord is coming

NEW TESTAMENT

Gospel According to Matthew

Mt 1 Generations from Abraham to Jesus, and His birth fortold

Mt 2 Jesus is born in Bethlehem and His family settles in Nazareth

Mt 3 Jesus baptized by John

Mt 4 Jesus is tempted by the Devil, and picks His disciples

Mt 5 Jesus preaches to a multitude

Mt 6 Jesus' sermon continued

Mt 7 Jesus' sermon continued

Mt 8 Jesus heals the sick and calms the sea

Mt 9 Jesus heals many and forgives sins

Mt 10 Jesus instructs his disciples

Mt 11 Jesus tells John's disciples He is the Messiah

Mt 12 Jesus heals on the Sabbath and angers the Pharisees

Mt 13 Parables of the sower and the merchant

Mt 14 John the Baptist dies and Jesus feeds five thousand

Mt 15 Jesus calls the Pharisees hypocrites

Mt 16 Peter declares that Jesus is the Messiah

Mt 17 The Transfiguration and the power of Faith

Mt 18 Jesus preaches humility and forgiveness

Mt 19 New understanding of the Commandments

Mt 20 The parable of the vineyard labourers

Mt 21 Jesus rides into Jerusalem with a multitude

Mt 22 Jesus preaches to the Pharisees and Sadducees

Mt 23 The hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees

Mt 24 The coming of the Son of Man

Mt 25 The parables of the ten virgins and the three servants

Mt 26 The Last Supper, and Jesus condemned by the High Priest

Mt 27 Jesus is crucified and the Pharisees guard His tomb

Mt 28 The Resurrection and Jesus meets His disciples

Gospel According to Mark

Mr 1 Baptism of Christ

Mr 2 Calling of Matthew

Mr 3 Jesus heals on the Sabbath

Mr 4 Parable of the mustard seed

Mr 5 Devils cast into swine

Mr 6 John the Baptist beheaded

Mr 7 Jesus explains what defiles

Mr 8 Peter's confession

Mr 9 The transfiguration

Mr 10 The rich young man

Mr 11 Jesus enters Jerusalem

Mr 12 The Great Commandment

Mr 13 Signs of the End

Mr 14 The Last Supper

Mr 15 Jesus before Pilate, and the Crucifixion

Mr 16 The Resurrection

Gospel According to Luke

Lu 1 Jesus' birth foretold

Lu 2 Birth of Jesus

Lu 3 John the Baptist baptizes Jesus

Lu 4 The temptation of Jesus

Lu 5 Great catch of fish

Lu 6 Sermon on the Mount

Lu 7 The centurion's servant healed

Lu 8 Jesus stills the storm

Lu 9 Feeding of the five thousand

Lu 10 The good Samaritan

Lu 11 The Lord's Prayer

Lu 12 Parable of the rich fool

Lu 13 Kingdom of God likened to grain of mustard seed

Lu 14 Parable of the great banquet

Lu 15 Parable of the prodigal son

Lu 16 The rich man and Lazarus

Lu 17 Cleansing of the ten lepers

Lu 18 Parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector

Lu 19 Conversion of Zacchaeus

Lu 20 Paying taxes to Caesar

Lu 21 Signs of the End

Lu 22 Jesus at Gethsemane

Lu 23 Jesus before Pilate, and Crucifixion

Lu 24 Resurrection and Ascension

Gospel According to John

Jo 1 In the beginning was the Word

Jo 2 Miracle of water into wine

Jo 3 Nicodemus meets with Jesus

Jo 4 The Samaritan woman

Jo 5 How to receive eternal life

Jo 6 Jesus walks on the sea

Jo 7 Jesus teaches in the temple

Jo 8 The light of the world

Jo 9 Jesus heals a man blind from birth

Jo 10 Jesus' unity with the Father

Jo 11 Resurrection of Lazarus

Jo 12 Jesus enters Jerusalem

Jo 13 Jesus washes the disciples' feet

Jo 14 The promise of the Spirit

Jo 15 Love one another as I have loved you

Jo 16 The work of the Holy Spirit

Jo 17 Jesus prays

Jo 18 Betrayal and arrest

Jo 19 The son of God condemned, crucified and buried

Jo 20 The Resurrection

Jo 21 Post Resurrection appearance

Acts of the Apostles

Ac 1 Jesus ascends to Heaven

Ac 2 Pentecost

Ac 3 Peter heals a lame man

Ac 4 Peter and John appear before Annis and Caiaphas

Ac 5 Apostles released from prison by an Angel

Ac 6 Stephen's arrest

Ac 7 Stephen stoned to death

Ac 8 The Ethiopian eunuch baptized

Ac 9 Conversion of Saul

Ac 10 Gentiles receive the Holy Spirit

Ac 11 Peter's vision

Ac 12 Peter freed from prison by an Angel

Ac 13 Paul and Barnabas go to Cyprus

Ac 14 Paul stoned at Lystra

Ac 15 Council at Jerusalem

Ac 16 Timothy chosen as Paul's helper

Ac 17 Paul's sermon to the Areopagus

Ac 18 Paul goes to Corinth

Ac 19 Paul's ministry at Ephesus

Ac 20 Paul's return to Macedonia

Ac 21 Paul arrested in Jerusalem

Ac 22 Paul's descent

Ac 23 Paul's vision of the Lord

Ac 24 Paul goes before Felix

Ac 25 Paul appeals to Roman justice

Ac 26 Paul before Agrippa

Ac 27 Paul shipwrecked on the island of Melita

Ac 28 Paul's arrival in Rome

Paul's Letter to the Romans

Ro 1 The Gospel of salvation

Ro 2 The universality of sin

Ro 3 Righteousness by faith

Ro 4 Jesus our justification by faith

Ro 5 Free gift undeserved

Ro 6 Not Law but Grace

Ro 7 The Law and sin

Ro 8 Spirit of adoption

Ro 9 God's Mercy

Ro 10 Faith cometh by hearing

Ro 11 Israel the natural branch

Ro 12 Christian service

Ro 13 Love is the fulfilling of the Law

Ro 14 Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy

Ro 15 Unity in Christ Jesus

Ro 16 Paul's greetings

Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians

1Co 1 Paul warns against divisions in the Church

1Co 2 God's message is revealed by the Spirit

1Co 3 We should do what God wants, not what the world wants

1Co 4 Do not be proud and judge others

1Co 5 The Church should clean itself before it judges outsiders

1Co 6 Settle disputes with each other and avoid immorality

1Co 7 Being married or unmarried is neither right or wrong

1Co 8 Do not do things that would encourage others to sin

1Co 9 It is not wrong for preachers to be paid for their work

1Co 10 Be faithful to God and to what is right

1Co 11 Showing proper respect when worshipping

1Co 12 Different people have different strengths

1Co 13 Love is part of God's Eternal Truth that we can understand

1Co 14 Be sure that others can understand what you are preaching

1Co 15 Christ was raised from the dead and we will be also

1Co 16 Paul's plans to visit the Corinthians

Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians

2Co 1 Comfort in tribulation

2Co 2 Paul encourages forgiveness

2Co 3 Ministers of the New Testament

2Co 4 Preach Christ the Lord

2Co 5 Old things are passed away

2Co 6 Be ye separate

2Co 7 Godly sorrow worketh repentance

2Co 8 Principles of giving

2Co 9 God loveth a cheerful giver

2Co 10 Spiritual authority

2Co 11 Paul's suffering for the Gospel

2Co 12 God's Grace is sufficient

2Co 13 Paul's plea for self examination

Paul's Letter to the Galatians

Ga 1 Paul's divine revelation of Jesus Christ

Ga 2 Justification by faith

Ga 3 Abraham the great example of faith

Ga 4 Law versus Grace

Ga 5 Fruit of the Spirit

Ga 6 Whatsoever a man soweth

Paul's Letter to the Ephesians

Eph 1 Believers position in Christ

Eph 2 Jesus Christ chief cornerstone

Eph 3 The love of Christ

Eph 4 Putting on the new man

Eph 5 Submit one to another

Eph 6 We wrestle not against flesh and blood

Paul's Letter to the Philippians

Phi 1 To live is Christ

Phi 2 Paul's example of humble service

Phi 3 Press toward the mark

Phi 4 Whatsoever things are true

Paul's Letter to the Colossians

Col 1 For by him were all things created

Col 2 Warning against false philosophy

Col 3 Set your affections on things above

Col 4 Walk in wisdom

Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians

1Th 1 Serve the living and true God

1Th 2 Walk worthy of God

1Th 3 Lord Jesus Christ direct our way

1Th 4 Abstain from fornication

1Th 5 Watch and be sober

Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonians

2Th 1 Paul's intercession

2Th 2 Let no man deceive you

2Th 3 Paul's request for prayer

Paul's First Letter to Timothy

1Ti 1 Warning against false teachers

1Ti 2 Order of prayer

1Ti 3 Qualifications of overseers

1Ti 4 Some shall depart from the faith

1Ti 5 Care of widows

1Ti 6 The love of money is the root of evil

Paul's Second Letter to Timothy

2Ti 1 God hath not given us the Spirit of fear

2Ti 2 Follow righteousness

2Ti 3 The godly shall suffer persecution

2Ti 4 Preach the Word

Paul's Letter to Titus

Tit 1 Qualifications of bishops

Tit 2 Elements of Christian behavior

Tit 3 Avoid unprofitable arguments

Paul's Letter to Philemon

Phm 1 Philemon praised and asked to take back Onesimus

Letter to the Hebrews

He 1 Jesus first begotten son

He 2 The son superior to the Angels

He 3 Harden not your hearts

He 4 The word of God sharper than any two edged sword

He 5 Jesus Christ our High Priest

He 6 Be not slothful

He 7 Melchizedek, king priest

He 8 A new covenant

He 9 Christ the perfect sacrifice

He 10 The just shall live by faith

He 11 Faith is the substance of things hoped for

He 12 Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth

He 13 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever

Letter from James

Jas 1 Christians must put their faith into practice

Jas 2 Judge faith by actions, not by signs of wealth

Jas 3 Try to always be sure of what you are going to say

Jas 4 Do not quarrel, boast, and prejudge others

Jas 5 The rich have their reward now, and Christians must wait for theirs

First Letter from Peter

1Pe 1 Christians who endure will be with God forever

1Pe 2 Those who are building Christ's Church will sometimes suffer

1Pe 3 Do not be afraid of suffering for doing good

1Pe 4 Do not be surprised if you suffer as a Christian

1Pe 5 The Church elders should be examples to their followers

Second Letter from Peter

2Pe 1 Exceeding great and precious promises

2Pe 2 False prophets

2Pe 3 Last days scoffers

First Letter of John

1Jo 1 Those who follow God cannot live in darkness

1Jo 2 Follow Christ's teachings and stay in the light

1Jo 3 God's children should not continue to sin

1Jo 4 False prophets speak about the world, not God's love

1Jo 5 Those who believe in the Son of God have eternal life

Second Letter of John

2Jo 1 Christians to love each other and beware false teachings

Third Letter of John

3Jo 1 Gaius to help other Christians and beware Diotrephes

Letter from Jude

Jd 1 Beware of some who claimed to be Christians but were evil

Revelation to John

Rev 1 John's vision of seven candlesticks

Rev 2 Letters to the Churches

Rev 3 Behold I stand at the door and knock

Rev 4 The throne of God

Rev 5 The seven sealed book

Rev 6 Seals one through six

Rev 7 144,000 sealed

Rev 8 Seventh seal

Rev 9 Army of 200 thousand thousand

Rev 10 The little book

Rev 11 The two witnesses

Rev 12 War in Heaven

Rev 13 The two beasts

Rev 14 666

Rev 15 Seven plagues

Rev 16 Gathering at Armageddon

Rev 17 The Harlot

Rev 18 Babylon the Great is fallen

Rev 19 Marriage supper of the lamb

Rev 20 Satan bound a thousand years

Rev 21 New Jerusalem

Rev 22 The Alpha and Omega


Opening a text

In Win3.1x, double click on the Deluxe Multimedia Bible group. Then locate and double click on the desired work's icon.

In Win95, click on the Start button, locate the Deluxe Multimedia Bible group, and launch the desired Testament's icon.


Jumping to Books, chapters and verses

To go to a book, chapter or verse in traditional order,

In Win 3.1x,

†	Scroll down the opening screen until you find the book, and double click on its name.

†	From the Book's screen, double click on the desired chapter.

†	Within the chapter, scroll down to the desired verse.

To continue reading the Bible in sequence, click on the  <<  (reverse) or  >>  (forward) browse buttons.

In Win95,

†	On the Contents tab, click on the Testament's name, then the Book's name, and then the Chapter's number and summary.

†	Within the chapter, scroll down to the desired verse.

To continue reading the Bible in sequence, click on the  <<  (reverse) or  >>  (forward) browse buttons.

To jump to a particular book in Win3.1x, click on the "Search" button and type the Book's name. An alphabetical list of all the Books and chapters will scroll along with you as you type. When your Book appears, double click on its name and then click the "go to" button.

In Win95, select the Index tab, and type the Book's name. An alphabetical list of all the Books and chapters will scroll along with you as you type. When your Book appears, double click on its name and then click the "go to" button.

To jump to a particular chapter in Win3.1x, click on the "Search" button and type the chapter's cite abbreviation and number (for example, "2Ti 1"). An alphabetical list will scroll along with you as you type. When your chapter appears, double click on its name and then click the "go to" button.

In Win95, select the Index tab, and type the chapter's cite abbreviation and number (for example, "2Ti 1"). An alphabetical list will scroll along with you as you type. When your chapter appears, double click on its name and then click the "go to" button.

To jump to a particular verse in Win 3.1x, click on the "Fulltext" button and type the citation in quotation marks (for example  "Jas 3:1" ). A dialog box containing the matching cite will appear; double click on the match. If the Testament you are using does not have a Book abbreviation at the beginning of each verse, do not use quotation marks.

Please be aware that there is a "bug" in the Windows 3.1x full text word search which may result in more than one match being found. For example, if your chapter and verse numbers are identical, the search engine will flag any chapter containing at least one rather than two occurrences of that number. If you want to avoid scrolling through the extra "hits," simply search for a verse next to your target - for example, ask for "Ge 12:11" instead of "Ge 12:12."

In Win95, select the "Find" tab, and type your verse citation. Click the "Options" button to activate (or if the Testament you are using does not have a Book abbreviation at the beginning of each verse, deactivate) the "words you typed in exact order" radio button. Then click on "Find Now" and double click on the appropriate target in the list box.


Phrase and word searches

In Win3.1x, click on the Full Text word search button to open the word search dialog box. Type the word you wish to find in the Search For box; or, you can select a prior search term by clicking on the down arrow. You do not need to specify capitalization (the search is not case specific).

If you want to limit your word search to the words in our chapter summaries, select "Topic Titles Only." Once you have set your full text word search parameters, click the Search ... button to locate the appropriate topics.

Once you have found the relevant topics, you can highlight and select an individual topic by clicking on Go To; or you can simply click Next (or Previous) to view every occurrence of your searched-for text in sequence (the scroll bar will advance as you change topics).

You can customize your search in many ways:

To locate all the topics containing two or more words, type the words with AND in between them.

To locate all the topics that contain either one word or another, type the words with OR in between them.

To locate all the topics that contain two or more words, with those words close to each other, type the words with NEAR between them. You can specify anywhere from 1 and 50,000 words between your search terms; the default value, 8, can be changed by selecting Hints... .

To locate all the topics that contain one word but not another word, type the two words with NOT between them.

If you want to find an exact phrase, enclose the entire phrase in quotation marks " ".

If your word can end in more than one spelling, substitute a single asterisk * for the variable letter or letters. For example, forg* would locate forgive, forgiveness, forgotten, forgery.

Any of these search specifications can be run in combination by enclosing the individual specifications in parentheses ( ).

If you try to search for one of the search parameters (AND OR NEAR NOT) as if it were a word, the search engine may ask you to choose another word (if that is the only search term you have entered); or it may ignore those particular words when they are part of a longer search string.

Complete instructions are available from the search screen by clicking on the Hints... button.

In Win95, click on the Find tab or the Find button, then click on the Options... button.

To locate all the topics containing two or more words, select "all the words you typed in any order."

To locate all the topics that contain either one word or another, select "At least one of the words you typed."

If you want to find an exact phrase, select "Words you typed in the exact order."

You can also specify to find words that "begin with," "contain," "end with" or "exactly match" the words you typed.

After specifying the type of word or phrase search you would like to perform, click on OK, and begin to type your search terms. Then double click on your choice from the list box of "hits." If it's not the chapter you were looking for, click the Find button to return to the Find dialog and narrow your search.


Marking your place

If you plan on referring to particular topics frequently, you may wish to place a "bookmark" at that topic.

Simply display the topic which you wish to mark, and select Bookmark/Define.  The topic's actual name will appear in the Bookmark Name box; you can give the topic a different name if you wish, then click OK. The next time you want to jump directly to that topic, select Bookmark, and then click on the topic name from the drop-down list (or if the topic is one of the first nine in the list, you  could type the corresponding number instead). If the bookmark is not on the drop-down list, select More... , highlight your topic, and click OK

The bookmark information is stored in your Windows default directory (for most users, this will be C:\WINDOWS) as WINHELP.BMK.  Please do not move, rename, or delete this file. If you want to remove a bookmark, click on Bookmark, Define... , enter the name of the bookmark in the Bookmark Name box, and click Delete. When you have deleted the last bookmark, WINHELP.BMK will be deleted by Windows.


Copying to file

Click Edit/Copy, and then select a portion of text (if you want to copy the entire topic, you do not need to highlight anything).  Then click Copy, and the material is automatically copied to your Windows Clipboard. Now open (or return to) your favorite word processor and Paste the text into a document. Since Windows always outputs the material as ASCII text, you may have to remove "hard returns" from your selection.


Comparing passages

You can view as many different passages at a time as you can comfortably read on your monitor. For each view, launch the appropriate testament (or copies of the same testament), and resize the windows to provide you with the most comfortable reading.


Printing

Display that topic and select File/Print Topic.

To print an excerpt, click Edit/Copy, and then select a portion of text.  Then click the "Copy" button (if you click copy without selecting any text, you are copying the entire topic). Once you have copied the material you wish to print, open your favorite word processor and Paste the text into a new document.  You may now print the document using your own word processor's print command.

To print multiple topics under Win3.1x, click on the navigator button. Its print function allows you to select a series of topics.


Taking notes

Select Edit/Annotate. Then fill in your notes and click Save; a picture of a paperclip will appear at the beginning of the topic where you made the annotation. To display any annotation, click on the corresponding paperclip. The text of your annotations is stored in your Windows default directory (for most users, this will be C:\WINDOWS) as (FILENAME).ANN.  Please do not move, rename, or delete this file. To remove your annotations, display the annotation and click Delete. When you have deleted the last annotation, the corresponding *.ANN will be deleted by Windows.


Windows 3.1x navigator

The Navigator is a floating window that displays the structure of the current file in expandable outline form and allows you to immediately jump to any topic at any level. This allows you to always see precisely where you are within the overall structure of the current reference work, and is updated as you move around in the text.

To launch the navigator, click on the navigator button. By default, the navigator will be on top of and towards the right side of your current program. You may decide to deselect the Always On Top option from the Navigator's Options menu.

You can click on a heading (words) in the Navigator to make your current program display that topic. Or you can click on the book icon to check the organization of the current file without losing your place in the text.


Videos

The Video icon launches the Microsoft video player. Simply click on File/open... to select which of our three inspirational full-motion videos you would like to watch.

If you have difficulty playing the videos, please run the "setup" routine supplied in the "VFW" (video for Windows) directory of this CD.


Slideshows

The Slideshows icon launches your choice of four different slideshows. Simply click on File/open... to select which of four slide shows you would like to watch.

If you do not have Powerpoint installed on your computer, or if you experience difficulty playing the slideshows, please run the "Vsetup.exe" routine supplied in the "Powerpt" (Powerpoint) directory of this CD. When prompted, Win3.1x users should select installing the translator with the viewer.Win95 users who do not already have Powerpoint need to install only the viewer.

If you continue to experience difficulties such as occasional blank screens or distorted images, you might consider buying additional RAM for your computer. We have prepared one Holy Land slideshow in 256 colors, which any user should be able to run without difficulty.


Bible quiz

Our Bible quiz contains over 400 different questions, categorized as easy, medium or difficult. Simply click on the "Bible Quiz" icon, and select your category and how many questions you want to answer.

If you want to exit the quiz before you've answered all the questions, press the "escape" key on your keyboard.


Coloring Pages

The Coloring Pages icon launches the Paintbrush program that comes with Windows. (If you have removed Paintbrush, please refer to your Windows manual for information on reinstalling it.) Once Paintbrush has been launched, use File/open... to select one of a dozen original coloring and activity pages which you can send to your printer and give to your children to enjoy.

We recommend that you select File/Page setup and set your page margins to one-quarter inch on all sides before sending a coloring page to your printer. Because the graphics are so complex, we recommend a bubble-jet printer.

Win3.1x users can increase "scaling" on the print dialog box to 110% or more if the coloring images are not filling the printed page.


Arts and crafts

Here are some fun uses for our drawings, artworks and clipart.

Greeting cards - select appropriate graphics, and add your favorite quote from the Bible.

Stick puppets - print and cut out figures, color and decorate them, then attach them to sticks. Then you can put on a play based on your favorite Bible story.

Finger puppets - print figures, and cut them out leaving 3/4-inch strips at the lower left and right. Bend and tape the strips into a ring that will fit snugly on your finger.

Dioramas - print out and color some appropriate graphics to make a background, and fasten it to the inside of a box as scenery. Add figures from our clipart collection, or from Christmas cards, to make your own Biblical scene. This can double as the "stage" where your finger puppets perform.

"Stained glass window" suncatchers - Using our clipart for inspiration or for a pattern, cut a "snowflake" or any suitable shapes out of black construction paper. Then glue different colored scraps of tissue paper to the wrong side.

Bookmarks - Print a small design next to your favorite scripture in a fancy font, color it, cut it out, and then seal it in laminating plastic.

Coloring contest - print out several copies of the same drawing, and give one to each contestant to color.

Finish the picture - using your favorite "paint" program, remove part of a picture (for instance, the wings from an angel, or the place names from a map), print out the result, and have your child finish the picture.

"Tin punch" - Print out a piece of art to use as a pattern. Sandwich a piece of dark posterboard between the pattern and a backing of corrugated cardboard. Then use a pushpin to punch holes along the outlines of your pattern through the posterboard. BE CAREFUL NOT TO PUNCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CORRUGATED BACKING. Display your finished poste so light will shine through the holes.

Needlework - use the clipart as patterns for appliques, embroidery, etc.


Other activities

Play charades to identify characters and events from the Bible (or for small children, the animals that went on the ark).

Find out what tools and household objects were used in Biblical times, that we still use today.

See

Trivia

Geography


Trivia

"Best Brain" contest - Create a series of questions, to which a true Bible scholar should be able to find the answers using the resources in this program. Challenge your friends and family to a "scavenger hunt" to see who can find the most correct answers. Here are some marvels, mysteries and wonders from the Bible to get you started. If you need hints on where to find the answers, contact our web site.

†	Using one of our maps of the Holy Land, locate some of the places Jesus visited.

†	List the "gifts of the spirit."

†	How many times was Jesus tried before his accusers before he was sentenced to die?

†	Where and how did Satan tempt Jesus?

†	The New Testament records three miracles of Resurrection performed by Jesus. Whom did he resurrect?

†	What are the names of the twelve Apostles? Who replaced Judas, and how was he chosen?

†	God gave the Israelites specific directions on how to build the Tabernacle. What was the purpose of the tabernacle, and what materials were used to build it?

†	When and by whom was Solomon's Temple destroyed?

†	Name and describe the feast days celebrated by the Israelites.

†	Name the ten plagues God sent to afflict Egypt because Pharaoh refused to allow the Israelites to leave.

†	On Mount Sinai, Moses received two different sets of tablets of "the law" from God. What happened to the first set?

†	Name the twelve tribes of Israel

†	There are three stories in the Old Testament involving the dead being brought back to life. Describe to whom and in what circumstances this took place.

†	How many precious stones were set in the high priest's breastplate?

†	Two Old Testament characters were taken by God and spared from death. Who were they?

†	List the "fruits of the spirit."

†	What was the Ark of the Covenant?  What did it look like, and what was it used for?

†	Describe what the first Temple, built by King Solomon, looked like.

†	How many kings of Judah were contempraries of the prophet Isaiah? Which kings were considered good, and which wicked?

†	What is the meaning of the words "Messiah" and "Christ?"

†	What was the brazen sea? What became of it?

†	Seven times Jesus spoke on the cross are recorded in the New Testament. What did he say?

†	What seven churches are mentioned in the Book of Revelations?


Geography

Study the MAPS slideshow, then predict what will appear when you click your mouse on the red dots in these maps:

This map shows how the land was divided among the Tribes of Israel. You can find out the name of a tribe by clicking on its location.

This map shows the cities of the Fertile Crescent in relation to Jerusalem. You can find out the name of a city by clicking on its location.

This map shows many of the cities which the Apostles visited. You can find out the name of a city by clicking on its location.


Simeon


Judah


Reuben


Asher


Dan


Zebulun


Naphtali


Issachar


Manasseh


Gad


Benjamin


Ephraim


Jericho


Activities - Geography - Jerusalem
Jerusalem


Babylon


Ur


Patmos


Ephesus


Antioch


Tarsus


Damascus


Activities - Geography - Jerusalem
Jerusalem


Thessalonica


Rome


Alexandria


Athens


Corinth


Cyrene


Dore illustrations

Creation

Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Adam and Eve

Gen 2:21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Expulsion from Paradise

Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Jacob's vison of a ladder

Genesis 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Moses returns from Sinai

Exodus 32:19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

Samson destroys the temple

Judges 16:29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.

Daniel in the Lion's Den

Daniel 6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

Vision of four chariots

Zechariah 6:1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

Annunciation

Luke 1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

The Nativity

Luke 2:12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

The "den of thieves"

Mark 11:15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves.

The Resurrection

Matthew 28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.


Old Testament chronology

These charts show when the books of the Old Testament were written. Genesis and 1 Chronicles both date back to the time of Adam; the Book of Job, which is not on the chart, was written around 1800 BC.


World history timeline

BC 2550	Sphynx of Giza
BC 2000	Stonehenge
BC 1750	Code of Hammurabi
BC 1450-1400	Pentateuch written
BC 1361	Tutankhamun
BC 1000	Saul is King of Israel
BC 950	Solomon builds first Temple
BC 590	Nebuchadnezzar II captures Jerusalem
BC 563	Buddha, Prince Siddhartha Gautama
BC 551	Confucius, K'ung Fu-tzu
BC 520	Cyrus of Persia orders Jews to return to Jerusalem
BC 445	Pericles, Golden Age of Greece
BC 399	Socrates executed
BC 336-323	Alexander the Great
BC 218	Hannibal invades Italy
BC 167	Judas Maccabeus leads revolt against Seleucids
BC 150	Essene community founded
BC 37	Roman Senate makes Herod the Great king
BC 8-4	Birth of Jesus
AD 30	Crucifixion
AD 41	Term "Christian" first used, Antioch
AD 49	First Christian Council, Jerusalem
AD 54-68	Nero as Roman Emperor
AD 65	Paul and Peter executed
AD 70	Rome sacks Jerusalem
AD 84	Jewish synagogues excommunicate Christians
AD 313	Constantine issues Edict of Toleration
AD 325	Council at Nicea
AD 395	Roman Empire divided into East and West
AD 396	St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
AD 407	Jerome translates the Latin Vulgate
AD 410	Rome sacked
AD 570	Muhammed born
AD 576	Italian Papal States founded
AD 800	Leo III crowns Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne
AD 1099	Crusaders take Jerusalem
AD 1215	4th Lateran Council endorses Doctrine of Transubstantiation
AD 1225-1274	Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas
AD 1348-1349	Black Death sweeps across Europe
AD 1382	John Wycliff translates Vulgate into English
AD 1378-1417	Great Schism, Urban VI and Clement VII
AD 1440	Gutenberg invents printing press
AD 1517	Martin Luther posts his 95 theses
AD 1521	Diet of Worms; Martin Luther condemned for heresy
AD 1530	Augsburg Confessions written
AD 1536	William Tyndale condemned for translating Bible into English
AD 1545	Council of Trent begins passing Church reforms
AD 1582	Gregorian Calendar
AD 1611	Original King James translation
AD 1654	Pascal converted
AD 1667	Milton writes Paradise Lost
AD 1854	Pius IX publishes immaculate conception doctrine
AD 1869-1870	First Vatican Council declares Pope infallible
AD 1948	World Council of Churches founded
AD 1965	Second Vatican Council