Old Testamant Notes

• Jewish religion call the first 5 books of the Bible the Torah or the Pentateuch
• job is considered to be one of the oldest books of the Bible *Ruth was written during the time of Judges
• Jacob's namesake is used in Scripture at times as a reference to the Jewish Nation
• Jonah, Nahum & Obadiah preached to foreign nations
• I & 2 Samuel are the stories of Saul and David
• King David was not allowed to build the Temple of GOD because he was a warrior King
• The tabernacle housed the 'Ark of the Covenant' The Bible does not say what happened to it
• I. Kings starts the stories about Solomon, Elijah, Elisha and continues in 2 Kings and ends with the fall of both Kingdoms
• 1 & 2 Chronicles recounts for the most part the same stories of 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings
• 1 & 2 Samuel =1 Chronicles
• <* & 2 Kings = 2 Chronicles /li>
• Assyria destroyed the northern Kingdom of Israel first
• Babylon captured the Assyrians and also captured and destroyed Judah and exiled them (70 years) to the north
• Persia destroyed Babylon and took control of the land *Book of Esther written during Persia's occupation
• Samaria was the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, Jerusalem was the southern capital of Judah
• The Kings of Persia allowed the Jewish people return to Jerusalem and rebuild
• About 50 thousand Jews (called the Remnant) returned to Jerusalem after the 70 year Babylon exile
• The northern kingdom of Israel is also referred to as Jacob or Ephraim or Samaria in the book of Isiah
• Malachi, the last Old Testament book is when the Jews are cured of their Idolatry of other gods, and then 400 years pass to the birth of Christ