Old Testament

#1 The Ancient Near East

#1a Biblical Regions

#2 Modern States and the Ancient Near East

#3 Mesopotamia: Homeland of Abraham

#4 Egypt: Land of Bondage

#5 Syria and Lebanon

#6 The King’s Highway

#6a Geography and Trade Routes of the Middle East

#7 Natural Regions of Ancient Palestine

#7a Physical Geography of Palestine

#7b Relief Map of Palestine

#8 Cross-Sectional View of Palestine

#9 Northern Coastal Plains, Jezreel Valley, Galilee, and Bashan

#10 Plain of Dor, Plain of Sharon, Samaria, Jordan Valley, and Gilead

#11 Philistine Plain, Shephelah, Judah, and the Dead Sea

#12 Arabah, Negeb, Wilderness of Zin, and Wilderness of Paran

#12a The Old City of Jerusalem Today

#13 Modern Political Divisions of Ancient Palestine

#14 Climate Patterns of Ancient Palestine

#15 Selected Neolithic and Chalcolithic Settlements

#16 The Table of Nations

#16a The Table of Nations

#17 The Ancient Near East in the Third Millennium

#18 The Ancient Near East in the Time of the Patriarchs (2000–1550)

#18a The Land of Canaan: Abraham to Moses

#19 Palestine in the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000–1550)

#20 The Migration of Abraham

#21 Abraham in Canaan

# 21a Abraham, Isaac & Jacob

#22 Travels of Jacob

#23 The Journeys of Joseph

#24 The Expulsion of the Hyksos

#25 Egypt and Palestine in the Late Bronze Age

#25a Site in Amarna Archives

#26 Campaigns of Thutmose III and Amenhotep II

#27 Canaan in the Fourteenth Century: The Tell-Amarna Tablets

#28 The Egyptian Empire and the Hittites

#28a The Egyptian Empire and the Balance of Power, ca. 1400 ʙ.ᴄ.

#29 The Route of the Exodus

#30 Kadesh-Barnea

#31 Journey of the Spies

#32 The Journey from Kadesh-Barnea to the Plains of Moab

#33 Ancient Near East from 1200–1000 ʙ.ᴄ.: The Iron I Period

#33a The Conquest of Canaan

#34 The Sea Peoples

#35 The Levant from 1200–1000 ʙ.ᴄ.: The Iron I Age

#35a The Conquest by Joshua

#36 Joshua’s Central and Southern Campaigns

#37 Joshua’s Northern Campaign

#38 Limits of Israelite Settlement and the Land Yet to Be Conquered

#38a Israel in Canaan: Joshua to Samuel and Saul

#39 The Tribal Allotments of Israel

#39a The Division of the Land

#40 Levitical Cities and Cities of Refuge

#40a The Levitical Cities

#41 The Judges of Israel

#41a The Period of the Judges

#42 Ehud and the Oppression of the Moabites

#43 Deborah’s Victory over the Canaanites

#44 Gideon’s Battles with the Amalekites

#45 Jephthah and the Ammonites

#46 Samson and the Philistines

#47 The Battle at Ebenezer and the Loss of the Ark

#48 The Ministry of Samuel and Anointment of Saul

#49 The Kingdom of Saul and His Wars

#49a Saul

#50 David’s Flight from Saul

#51 David’s Rise to Power

#51a David

#52 David’s Wars of Conquest

#53 The Kingdom of David and Solomon

#53a The United Monarchy

#53b Solomon

#54 Solomon’s Economic Enterprises

#55 Solomon’s Building Activities

#55a Solomon’s Temple

#56 Jerusalem in the Time of David and Solomon

#57 The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah

#57a The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah

#57b The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah

#58 The Campaign of Shishak and Rehoboam’s Defense Lines

#59 Conflicts between Israel and Aram-Damascus

#60 The Omride Dynasty

#60a The Golden Age of the 9th and 8th Centuries ʙ.ᴄ.

#61 Phoenician Trade and Civilization

#61a Principal Trade Routes

#61b Palestine Trade Routes

#62 Elijah and Elisha

#63 The Revolt of Jehu

#64 The Rise of Assyria: Ashurnasirpal II and Shalmaneser III

#65 Israel and Judah in the Days of Jeroboam II and Uzziah

#66 The Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-Pileser III

#67 The Syro-Ephraimite War

#68 Tiglath-Pileser III’s Campaign and Areas Transformed into Assyrian Provinces

#69 The Fall of Samaria and Deportation of Israelites

#69a The Fall of the Kingdom of Israel

#70 Assyrian Districts after the Fall of Samaria

#71 Prophets of the Eighth Century ʙ.ᴄ.

#72 Hezekiah’s Preparation for Revolt

#72a Judah under King Hezekiah

#73 Hezekiah’s Jerusalem

#74 Sennacherib’s Campaign against Jerusalem

#75 Assyrian Supremacy in the Seventh Century ʙ.ᴄ.

#76 The Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire

#77 The Reign of Josiah

#77a The Districts of Judah under King Josiah

#77b The Golden Age of King Josiah

#78 Nebuchadnezzar’s Campaigns against Judah

#79 Judah during the Exile

#79a The Kingdom of Judah

#79b Exile in Assyria, Babylon, and Egypt; Palestine in the Post-Exilic Period

#80 Jewish Exiles in Babylonia

#81 Jewish Refugees in Egypt

#82 World Powers of the Sixth Century ʙ.ᴄ.

#83 The Conquests of Cyrus the Great

#84 The Persian Empire

#85 The Returns of Jewish Exiles to Judah

#86 The Province of Judah and Nehemiah’s Enemies in the Fifth Century

#86a Palestine after the Exile

#87 Alexander the Great’s Empire

#88 The Division of Alexander’s Empire about 275 ʙ.ᴄ.

#89 Palestine under the Ptolemies

#90 The Seleucid Empire and Antiochus III

#91 Campaigns of Antiochus IV against Egypt

#91a The Maccabees

#92 Selected Events in the Maccabean Revolt (168–142 ʙ.ᴄ.)

#93 Jewish Expansion under the Hasmonean Dynasty

#94 Pompey’s Campaign against Jerusalem and the Resulting Roman Settlement 63 ʙ.ᴄ.