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ISRAEL ;

1. A name given to Jacob - Ge 32:24-32; 2Ki 17:34; Ho 12:3,4

2. A name of the Messiah in prophecy - Isa 49:3

3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation

• Also called ISRAELITES, and HEBREWS
- Ge 43:32; Ex 1:15; 9:7; 10:3; 21:2; Le 23:42; Jos 13:6
• Etc
- 1Sa 4:6; 13:3,19; 14:11,21; Php 3:5

(TRIBES OF ISRAEL were named after the sons of Jacob)

(Usually, in lists, the names of Levi and Joseph, two sons of Jacob, do not appear)

• 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 - Ge 48:5; Jos 14:4
• And their names appear in the catalogues of tribes instead
of those of Levi and Joseph, as follows, ASHER, BENJAMIN, DAN, EPHRAIM, GAD, ISSACHAR, JUDAH, MANASSEH, NAPHTALI, REUBEN, SIMEON, ZEBULUN
• Names of, seen in John's vision, on the gates of the New
Jerusalem - Re 21:12
• Prophecies concerning
- Ge 15:5,13; 25:23; 26:4; 27:28,29,40; 48:19; 49; De 33
• Prophecies about the multitude of
- Ge 13:16; 15:5; 22:17; 26:4; 28:14
• Prophecies of their captivity in Eqypt
- Ge 15:13,14; Ac 7:6,7
• Divided into families, each of which had a chief
- Nu 25:14; 26; 36:1; Jos 7:14; 1Ch 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
• Number of, who went into Egypt
- Ge 46:8-27; Ex 1:5; De 10:22; Ac 7:14
• Number of, at the time of the exodus
- Ex 12:37,38; with Ge 47:27; Ex 1:7-20; Ps 105:24; Ac 7:17
• Number of, fit for military service when they left Egypt
- Ex 12:37
• Number of, at Sinai, by tribes
- Nu 1:1-50
• Number of, after the plague
- Nu 26
• Number of, when David counted (conducted a census)
- 2Sa 24:1-9; 1Ch 21:5,6; 27:23,24
• Number of, after the captivity
- Ezr 2:64; Ne 7:66,67
• Number of, in John's apocalyptic vision
- Re 7:1-8
• Lived in Goshen
- Ge 46:28-34; 47:4-10,27,28
• Lived in Egypt for four-hundred and thirty years
- Ex 12:40,41; with Ge 15:13; Ac 7:6; Ga 3:17
• Were enslaved and oppressed by the Egyptians
- Ex 1; 2; 5; Ac 7:18-21
• Their groaning heard by God
- Ex 2:23-25
• Moses commissioned as the deliverer
- Ex 3:2-22; 4:1-17
• The land of Egypt was plagued on their account
• See
EGYPT
• Exempt from the plagues
- Ex 8:22,23; 9:4-6,26; 10:23; 11:7; 12:13
• Children were spared when the firstborn of the Egyptians
were killed - Ex 12:13,23
• Instituted the Passover
- Ex 12:1-28
• Borrowed jewels from the Egyptians
- Ex 11:2,3; 12:35,36; Ps 105:37
• Urged by the Egyptians to depart
- Ex 12:31-39
• Journey from Rameses to Succoth
- Ex 12:37-39
• Made the journey by night
- Ex 12:42
• The day of their deliverance to be a memorial
- Ex 12:42; 13:3-16
• Led by God
- Ex 13:18,21,22
• Providentially cared for
- De 8:3,4; 29:5,6; 34:7; Ne 9:21; Ps 105:37
• See
MANNA
• See PILLAR OF
CLOUD,
• Journey from Succoth to Etham
- Ex 13:20
• Journey to Pi-hahiroth
- Ex 14:2; Nu 33:5-7
• Pursued by the Egyptians
- Ex 14:5-31
• Pass through the Red Sea
- Ex 14:19-22; De 11:4; Ps 78; 105; 106; 136
• The order of the march
- Nu 2
• Journey to Marah
- Ex 15:23; Nu 33:8
• Complained on account of the bitter water
- Ex 15:23-25
• Water of, sweetened
- Ex 15:25
• Journey to Elim
- Ex 15:27; Nu 33:9
• For the itinerary, see
- Nu 33
• Complained for food
- Ex 16:2,3
• Provided with manna and quail
- Ex 16:4-36
• Complained for lack of water at Rephidim
- Ex 17:2-7
• Water miraculously supplied from the rock at Meribah
- Ex 17:5-7
• Defeat the Amalekites
- Ex 17:13; De 25:17,18
• Arrive at Sinai
- Ex 19:1; Nu 33:15
• At the suggestion of Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, they
organize a system of government - Ex 18:25; De 1:9-17
• 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 - Ex 19:3-8
• Sanctify themselves for receiving the law
- Ex 19:10-15
• The law delivered to
- Ex 20; 21; 22; 23; 24:1-4; Le 25; 26; 27
• The people receive it and covenant obedience to it
- Ex 24:3,7
• Idolatry of
- Ex 32; De 9:17-21
• The anger of the Lord in consequence
- Ex 32:9-14
• Moses' indignation; breaks the tables of stone; enters the
camp; commands the Levites; three thousand die - Ex 32:19-35
• Punished by a plague
- Ex 32:35
• Obduracy of
- Ex 33:3; 34:9; De 9:12-29
• God withdraws his presence
- Ex 33:1-3
• The mourning of, when God refused to lead them
- Ex 33:4-10
• Tables renewed
- Ex 34
• Pattern for the tabernacle and the appurtenances, and forms
of worship to be observed - Ex 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31
• Gifts consecrated for the creation of the tabernacle
- Ex 35; 36:1-7; Nu 7
• The erection of the tabernacle; the manufacture of the
appurtenances including the garments of the priests; and their sanctification - Ex 36:8-38; 37; 38; 39; 40
• First sacrifice offered by, under the law
- Le 8:14-36; 9:8-24
• Second Passover observed
- Nu 9:1-5
• March out of the wilderness
- Nu 10:11-36
• For the itinerary, see
- Nu 33
• The order of camping sites and the march
- Nu 2
• Arrive at the border of Canaan
- Nu 12:16
• Send twelve spies to view the land
- Nu 13; 32:8; De 1:22,25; Jos 14:7
• Return with a majority report and a minority report
- Nu 13:26-33; 14:6-10
• Complaining over the report
- Nu 14:1-5
• The judgment of God upon them in consequence of their
unbelief and complaining - Nu 14:13-39
• Reaction, and their purpose to enter the land; are defeated
by the Amalekites - Nu 14:40-45; De 1:41-45
• Abide at Kadesh
- De 1:46
• Return to the wilderness, where they remain for thirty eight
years, and all die except Joshua and Caleb - Nu 14:20-39
• Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
- Nu 16:1-40; De 11:6
• Complain against Moses and Aaron, are plagued,
fourteen-thousand and seven-hundred people die, plague stopped - Nu 16:41-50
• Complain for lack of water in Meribah; the rock is struck
- Nu 20:1-13
• Are refused passage through the country of Edom
- Nu 20:14-21
• The death of Aaron
- Nu 20:22,29; 33:38,39; De 10:6
• Defeat the Canaanites
- Nu 21:1-3
• Are scourged with fiery (poisonous) serpents
- Nu 21:4-9
• Defeat the Amorites
- Nu 21:21-32; De 2:24-35
• Defeat the king of Baasha
- Nu 21:33-35; De 3:1-17
• Arrive in the plains of Moab, at the fords of the Jordan
River - Nu 22:1; 33:48,49
• Commit idolatry with the people of Moab
- Nu 25:1-5
• Punished by a plague in consequence, twenty-four thousand
people die - Nu 25:6-15; 26:1
• The people numbered for the allotment of the land
- Nu 26
• The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance
- Nu 27:1-11; Jos 17:3-6
• Conquest of the Midianites
- Nu 31
• Nations dread
- De 2:25
• Renew the covenant
- De 29
• Moses dies, and the people mourn
- De 34
• Joshua appointed the leader
- Nu 27:18-23; De 31:23
• See
JOSHUA
• All who were numbered at Mount Sinai perished in the
wilderness except Caleb and Joshua - Nu 26:63,65; De 2:14-16
• Piety of those who entered Canaan
- Jos 23:8; Jud 2:7-10; Jer 2:2,3
• Men chosen to allot the lands of Canaan among the tribes and
families - Nu 34:17-29
• Remove from Shittim to the Jordan River
- Jos 3:1
• Cross the Jordan River
- Jos 4
• Circumcision observed and the Passover celebrated
- Jos 5
• Jericho captured
- Jos 6
• Ai captured
- Jos 7; 8
• Make a treaty with the Gibeonites
- Jos 9
• Defeat the five Amoritish kings
- Jos 10
• Conquest of the land
- Jos 21:43-45; with Jud 1
• The land allotted
- Jos 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21
• 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 - Jos 22
• Joshua's exhortation immediately before his death
- Jos 23
• Covenant renewed, death of Joshua
- Jos 24; Jud 2:8,9
• Religious fidelity during the life of Joshua
- Jos 24:31; Jud 2:7

UNDER THE JUDGES

• Public affairs administered four-hundred and fifty years by
the judges - Jud 2:16-19; Ac 13:20
• The original inhabitants not fully expelled
- Jud 1:27-36; 3:1-7
• Reproved by an angel for not casting out the original
inhabitants - Jud 2:1-5
• People turn to idolatry
- Jud 2:10-23
• Delivered for their idolatry to the king of Mesopotamia
during eight years, their repentance and deliverance - Jud 3:8-11
• 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 - Jud 3:12-30
• Shamgar resists a foray of the Philistines and delivers
Israel - Jud 3:31
• People again do evil and are put under bonds to the king of
Syria for twenty years - Jud 4:1-3
• Delivered by Deborah, a prophetess, and judged
- Jud 4; 5
• Seven years of bondage to the Midianites; delivered by
Gideon - Jud 6; 7; 8:1-28
• See
GIDEON
• Return to idolatry
- Jud 8:33,34
• Abimelech foments an inter-tribal war
- Jud 9
• Led by Tola for twenty-three years
- Jud 10:1,2
• Led by Jair for twenty-two years
- Jud 10:3,4
• 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 - Jud 10:6-18; 11
• The Ephraimites go to war against other tribes; they are
defeated by Jephthah - Jud 12:1-7
• Led by Ibzan for seven years
- Jud 12:8-10
• Led by Elon for ten years
- Jud 12:11,12
• Led by Abdon for eight years
- Jud 12:13-15
• The people backslide again are chastened by the Philistines
for forty years - Jud 13:1
• Led by Samson for twenty years
- Jud 15:20; with 13; 14; 15; 16
• Scandal of the Bethlehemite's concubine, and the consequent
war between the Benjamites and the other tribes - Jud 19; 20; 21
• Led by Eli for forty years
- 1Sa 4:18; with 1; 2; 3; 4
• Struck down by the Philistines at Eben-ezer
- 1Sa 4:1,2,10,11
• They demand a king
- 1Sa 8:5-20; Ho 13:10

UNDER THE KINGS BEFORE THE SEPARATION INTO TWO KINGDOMS

• Saul anointed as king
- 1Sa 10; 11:12-15; 12:13
• Ammonites invade Israel, are defeated
- 1Sa 11
• Philistines struck down
- 1Sa 14
• Amalekites defeated
- 1Sa 15
• David anointed as king
- 1Sa 16:11-13
• Goliath killed
- 1Sa 17
• Israel defeated by the Philistines, and Saul and his sons
are killed - 1Sa 31
• See
SAUL
• David defeats the Amalekites
- 1Sa 30; 2Sa 1:1
• David made king
- 2Sa 2:4,11
• Ish-bosheth made king
- 2Sa 2:8-10
• The conflict between the two political factions
- 2Sa 2:12-32; 3:1
• David made king over all Israel
- 2Sa 5:1-5
• Conquests of David
- 2Sa 8
• Absalom's rebellion
- 2Sa 15:18
• See
DAVID
• Solomon anointed as king
- 1Ki 1:32-40
• The Temple built
- 1Ki 6
• Solomon's palace built
- 1Ki 7
• Solomon's death
- 1Ki 11:41-43
• See
SOLOMON

THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES

(Foreshadowing circumstances indicating the separation)

• Disagreement after Saul's death
- 2Sa 2; 1Ch 12:23-40; 13
• Lukewarmness of the ten tribes, and zeal of Judah for David
in Absolom's rebellion - 2Sa 19:41-43
• The rebellion of Sheba
- 2Sa 20
• The two factions are distinguished as Israel and Judah
during David's reign - 2Sa 21:2
• Providential
- Zec 11:14
• Revolt consummated under Rehoboam, son and successor of
Solomon - 1Ki 12:4

4. The name of the ten tribes that revolted from the house (kingdom) of David

• Also called JACOB
- Ho 12:2

(The list of the kings of Israel, and the period of time in which they reigned. For the facts of their reigns see under each name)

1. Jeroboam, twenty-two years

2. Nadab, about two years

3. Baasha, twenty-four years

4. Elah, two years

5. Zimri, seven days

6. Omri, twelve years

7. Ahab, twenty-two years

8. Ahaziah, two years

9. Jehoram, twelve years

10. Jehu, twenty-eight years

11. Jehoahaz, seventeen years

12. Jehoash, sixteen years

13. Jeroboam II, forty-one years

14. Zachariah, six months

15. Shallum, one month

16. Menahem, ten years

17. Pekahiah, two years

18. Pekah, twenty years

19. Hoshea, nine years

(The ten tribes were carried away captive to Assyria)

HISTORY OF

• War continued between the two kingdoms all the days of
Rehoboam and Jeroboam - 1Ki 14:30
• War continued between Jeroboam and Abijam
- 1Ki 15:7
• War continued between Baasha and Asa
- 1Ki 15:16,32
• Famine prevails during the reign of Ahab
- 1Ki 18:1-6
• Israel, also called SAMARIA, invaded by, but defeats,
Ben-hadad, king of Syria - 1Ki 20
• Moab rebels
- 2Ki 1:1; 3
• Army of Syria invades Israel, but peacefully withdraws
through the tact of the prophet Elisha - 2Ki 6:8-23
• The city of Samaria besieged
- 2Ki 6:24-33; 7
• The city of Samaria captured, and the people carried to
Assyria - 2Ki 17
• The land repopulated
- 2Ki 17:24
• The remnant that remained after the able-bodied persons were
carried into captivity affiliated with the kingdom of Judah - 2Ch 30:18-26; 34:6; 35:18
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