ISRAEL
1. A name given to Jacob
2. A name of the Messiah in prophecy
Also called ISRAELITES, and HEBREWS
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The descendants of Levi were consecrated to the rites of religion, and the two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, were adopted by Jacob in Joseph’s place
Names of, seen in John’s vision, on the gates of the New Jerusalem
Prophecies concerning
Prophecies about the multitude of
Prophecies of their captivity in Eqypt
Divided into families, each of which had a chief
Number of, who went into Egypt
Number of, at the time of the exodus
Number of, fit for military service when they left Egypt
Number of, at Sinai, by tribes
Number of, after the plague
Number of, when David counted (conducted a census)
Number of, after the captivity
Number of, in John’s apocalyptic vision
Lived in Goshen
Lived in Egypt for four-hundred and thirty years
Were enslaved and oppressed by the Egyptians
Their groaning heard by God
Moses commissioned as the deliverer
Exempt from the plagues
Children were spared when the firstborn of the Egyptians were killed
Instituted the Passover
Borrowed jewels from the Egyptians
Urged by the Egyptians to depart
Journey from Rameses to Succoth
Made the journey by night
The day of their deliverance to be a memorial
Led by God
Providentially cared for
Journey from Succoth to Etham
Journey to Pi-hahiroth
Pursued by the Egyptians
Pass through the Red Sea
The order of the march
Journey to Marah
Complained on account of the bitter water
Water of, sweetened
Journey to Elim
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Complained for food
Provided with manna and quail
Complained for lack of water at Rephidim
Water miraculously supplied from the rock at Meribah
Defeat the Amalekites
Arrive at Sinai
At the suggestion of Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, they organize a system of government
The message of God to them, requiring that they must be obedient to his commandments, and as a reward they would be a holy nation to him, and their reply
Sanctify themselves for receiving the law
The law delivered to
The people receive it and covenant obedience to it
Idolatry of
The anger of the Lord in consequence
Moses’ indignation; breaks the tables of stone; enters the camp; commands the Levites; three thousand die
Punished by a plague
Obduracy of
God withdraws his presence
The mourning of, when God refused to lead them
Tables renewed
Pattern for the tabernacle and the appurtenances, and forms of worship to be observed
Gifts consecrated for the creation of the tabernacle
The erection of the tabernacle; the manufacture of the appurtenances including the garments of the priests; and their sanctification
First sacrifice offered by, under the law
Second Passover observed
March out of the wilderness
The order of camping sites and the march
Arrive at the border of Canaan
Send twelve spies to view the land
Return with a majority report and a minority report
Complaining over the report
The judgment of God upon them in consequence of their unbelief and complaining
Reaction, and their purpose to enter the land; are defeated by the Amalekites
Abide at Kadesh
Return to the wilderness, where they remain for thirty eight years, and all die except Joshua and Caleb
Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
Complain against Moses and Aaron, are plagued, fourteen-thousand and seven-hundred people die, plague stopped
Complain for lack of water in Meribah; the rock is struck
Are refused passage through the country of Edom
The death of Aaron
Defeat the Canaanites
Are scourged with fiery (poisonous) serpents
Defeat the Amorites
Defeat the king of Baasha
Arrive in the plains of Moab, at the fords of the Jordan River
Commit idolatry with the people of Moab
Punished by a plague in consequence, twenty-four thousand people die
The people numbered for the allotment of the land
The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance
Conquest of the Midianites
Nations dread
Renew the covenant
Moses dies, and the people mourn
Joshua appointed the leader
All who were numbered at Mount Sinai perished in the wilderness except Caleb and Joshua
Piety of those who entered Canaan
Men chosen to allot the lands of Canaan among the tribes and families
Remove from Shittim to the Jordan River
Cross the Jordan River
Circumcision observed and the Passover celebrated
Jericho captured
Ai captured
Make a treaty with the Gibeonites
Defeat the five Amoritish kings
Conquest of the land
The land allotted
Two and one-half tribes return from the west side of the Jordan River; erect a memorial to signify the unity of the tribes; the memorial misunderstood; the controversy which followed; its amicable resolution
Joshua’s exhortation immediately before his death
Covenant renewed, death of Joshua
Religious fidelity during the life of Joshua
Public affairs administered four-hundred and fifty years by the judges
The original inhabitants not fully expelled
Reproved by an angel for not casting out the original inhabitants
People turn to idolatry
Delivered for their idolatry to the king of Mesopotamia during eight years, their repentance and deliverance
Renew their idolatry, and are put under tribute to the king of Moab during eighteen years, repent and are delivered by Ehud, eighty years of peace follow
Shamgar resists a foray of the Philistines and delivers Israel
People again do evil and are put under bonds to the king of Syria for twenty years
Delivered by Deborah, a prophetess, and judged
Seven years of bondage to the Midianites; delivered by Gideon
Return to idolatry
Abimelech foments an inter-tribal war
Led by Tola for twenty-three years
Led by Jair for twenty-two years
The people backslide, and are given over to the Philistines for chastisement for eighteen years; they repent and turn to the Lord; they are delivered by Jephthah
The Ephraimites go to war against other tribes; they are defeated by Jephthah
Led by Ibzan for seven years
Led by Elon for ten years
Led by Abdon for eight years
The people backslide again are chastened by the Philistines for forty years
Led by Samson for twenty years
Scandal of the Bethlehemite’s concubine, and the consequent war between the Benjamites and the other tribes
Led by Eli for forty years
Struck down by the Philistines at Eben-ezer
They demand a king
Saul anointed as king
Ammonites invade Israel, are defeated
Philistines struck down
Amalekites defeated
David anointed as king
Goliath killed
Israel defeated by the Philistines, and Saul and his sons are killed
David defeats the Amalekites
David made king
Ish-bosheth made king
The conflict between the two political factions
David made king over all Israel
Conquests of David
Absalom’s rebellion
Solomon anointed as king
The Temple built
Solomon’s palace built
Solomon’s death
Disagreement after Saul’s death
Lukewarmness of the ten tribes, and zeal of Judah for David in Absolom’s rebellion
The rebellion of Sheba
The two factions are distinguished as Israel and Judah during David’s reign
Providential
Revolt consummated under Rehoboam, son and successor of Solomon
Also called JACOB
War continued between the two kingdoms all the days of Rehoboam and Jeroboam
War continued between Jeroboam and Abijam
War continued between Baasha and Asa
Famine prevails during the reign of Ahab
Israel, also called SAMARIA, invaded by, but defeats, Ben-hadad, king of Syria
Moab rebels
Army of Syria invades Israel, but peacefully withdraws through the tact of the prophet Elisha
The city of Samaria besieged
The city of Samaria captured, and the people carried to Assyria
The land repopulated
The remnant that remained after the able-bodied persons were carried into captivity affiliated with the kingdom of Judah