The Overview of the Old Testament

The Overview of the Old Testament

  • Submitted By: stampar
  • Date Submitted: 08/23/2009 7:02 PM
  • Category: Religion
  • Words: 562
  • Page: 3
  • Views: 3

Later down the line the Native American from northern Asia, towards the end of this transitional period the Egyptian papyrus described medical and surgical procedures. One would say, it is a great thing that medicine was invented a couple of years prior. In 1526 B.C. Moses was born. Moses was a very important sector of the Old Testament. Moses was given the 10 Commandments in 1445 B.C... In these years so many people exchanged roles of leadership. In 1375 B.C. judges began to rule Israel. A creditable source stated, “The book of Judges Spans a period of over 325 years, recording six successive periods of oppression and deliverance, and the careers of 12 deliverers. Their captors included the Mesopotamians, Moabites, Philistines, Canaanites, Midianites, and Ammonites” (2005, iLumina). In 1209 B.C. Deborah becomes Israel’s judge, 1162 B.C. Gideon becomes judge, 1075 B.C Samson becomes Israel’s new judge. Saul dies which then made David Israel’s king; this may have been a very important time for David as this was something that he really anticipated. It was not to long after David’s rain over Israel Solomon became the new king over Israel. The people of Iseral were not used to change so for them this was a major adjustment. In 930 B.C. the kingdom of Israel was divided. There are so many important parts of the Old Testament; it would take a long time name off everything. Nebuchadnezzar completed destruction in 586 but 70 years were counted from the time of the first captives being led away to Babylon.

Moving forward to 640 B.C. when Josiah becomes Judah’s king. Also during 640- 627 B.C. Zephaniah and Jeremiah both becomes prophets. “As God’s special messenger to Judah, Isaiah prophesied during the reigns of several of its rulers. Many of those messages are recorded in his book: Uzziah and Jotham, chapters 1–6; Ahaz, chapters 7–14; and Hezekiah, chapters 15–39” (2005, iLumina). In 538 B.C. in 539 Gobryas took the city of Babylon without a fight. Cyrus was now in...

Similar Essays