TITLE PAGE

I. JOSHUA

The Servant of Moses -- Entering the Promised Land -- Conquest of the Land -- The Sun Obeys Joshua -- War with the Armenians -- Allotment of the Land.

II. THE JUDGES

The First Judge -- Campaigns of Kenas -- Othniel -- Boaz and Ruth -- Deborah -- Gideon -- Jephthah -- Samson -- The Crime of the Crime of the Benjamites.

III. SAMUEL AND SAUL

Elkanah and Hannah -- The Youth of Samuel -- Eli and His Sons -- The Activities of Samuel -- The Reign of Saul -- The Court of Saul.

IV. DAVID

David's Birth and Descent -- Anointed King -- Encounter with Goliath -- Pursued by Saul -- Wars -- Ahithophel -- Joab -- David's Piety and His Sin -- Absalom's Rebellion -- David's Atonement -- Visitations -- The Death of David -- David in Paradise -- The Family of David -- His Tomb.

V. SOLOMON

Solomon Punishes Joab -- The Marriage of Solomon -- His Wisdom -- The Queen of Sheba -- Solomon Master of the Demons -- The Building of the Temple -- The Throne of Solomon -- The Hippodrome -- Lessons in Humility -- Asmodeus -- Solomon as Beggar -- The Court of Solomon.

VI. JUDAH AND ISRAEL

The Division of the Kingdom -- Jeroboam -- The Two Ahijabs -- Asa -- Jehoshaphat and Ahab -- Jezebel -- Joram of Israel.

VII. ELIJAH

Elijah before His Translation -- After His Translation -- Censor and Avenger -- Intercourse with the Sages -- God's Justice Vindicated -- Elijah and the Angel of Death -- Teacher of the Kabbalah -- Forerunner of the Messiah.

VIII. ELISHA AND JONAH

Elisha the Disciple of Elijah -- The Shunammite -- Gehazi -- The Flight of Jonah Jonah in the Whale -- The Repentance of Nineveh.

IX. THE LATER KINGS OF JUDAH

Joash -- Three Great Prophets -- The Two Kingdoms Chastised -- Hezekjah -- Miracles Wrought for Hezekiah -- Manasseh -- Josiah and His Successors.

X. THE EXILE

Zedekiah -- Jeremiah -- Nebuchadnezzar -- The Capture of Jerusalem -- The Great Lament -- Jeremiah's Journey to Babylon -- Transportation of the Captives -- The Sons of Moses -- Ebed melech -- The Temple Vessels -- Baruch -- The Tombs of Baruch and Ezekiel -- Daniel -- The Three Men in the Furnace -- Ezekiel Revives the Dead -- Nebuchadnezzar a Beast -- Hiram -- The False Prophets -- Daniel's Piety.

XI. THE RETURN OF THE CAPTIVITY

Belshazzar's Feast -- Daniel under the Persian Kings -- The Grave of Daniel -- Zerubbabel -- Ezra -- The Men of the Great Assembly.

XII. ESTHER

The Feast for the Grandees -- The Festivities in Shushan -- Vashti's Banquet -- The Fate of Vashti -- The Follies of Ahasuerus -- Mordecai -- Esther's Beauty and Piety -- The Conspiracy -- Haman the Jew-baiter -- Mordecai's Pride -- Casting the Lots -- The Denunciation of the Jews -- The Decree of Annihilation -- Satan Indicts the Jews -- The Dream of Mordecai Fulfilled -- The Prayer of Esther -- Esther Intercedes -- The Disturbed Night -- The Fall of Haman -- The Edict of the King.