Bible Outline By Chapters
Genesis 1: God creates heaven, earth,
plants, animals and man
1. God creates heaven and earth;
3. the light;
6. the firmament;
9. separates the dry land;
14. forms the sun, moon, and stars;
20. fishes and fowls;
24. cattle, wild beasts, and creeping
things;
26. creates man in his own image, blesses
him;
29. grants the fruits of the earth for
food.
Genesis 2: Adam and Eve's Beginning in the
garden of Eden
1. The first Sabbath.
4. Further details concerning the manner of
creation.
8. The planting of the garden of Eden, and
its situation;
15. man is placed in it; and the tree of
knowledge forbidden.
18. The animals are named by Adam.
21. The making of woman, and the
institution of marriage.
Genesis 3: Adam and Eve's sin and expulsion
from the Garden
1. The serpent deceives Eve.
6. Both she and Adam transgress the divine
command, and fall into sin.
8. God arraigns them.
14. The serpent is cursed.
15. The promised seed.
16. The punishment of mankind.
21. Their first clothing.
22. Their expulsion from paradise.
Genesis 4: Cain kills Abel; his curse and
descendants
1. The birth, occupation, and offerings of
Cain and Abel.
8. Cain murders his brother Abel.
11. The curse of Cain.
17. Has a son called Enoch, and builds a
city, which he calls after his name.
18. His descendants, with Lamech and his
two wives.
25. The birth of Seth,
26. and Enos.
Genesis 5: Descendants from Adam to Noah
1. Recapitulation of the creation of man.
3. The genealogy, age, and death of the
patriarchs from Adam to Noah.
22. Enoch's godliness and translation into
Heaven.
25. The family line of Methuselah to Noah
and his sons
Genesis 6: God's Mercy on Noah in the midst
of Man's Wickedness
1. The wickedness of the world, which
provoked God's wrath.
8. Noah finds grace.
9. His family line
14. The order, form, dimensions, and
building of the ark.
Genesis 7: The Great Flood
1. Noah, his family and the living
creatures enter the ark.
6. The flood begins.
17. The increase of the flood for forty
days.
21. All flesh is destroyed by it.
24. Its duration of 150 days.
Genesis 8: The Flood Subsides and the
1. God remembers Noah and calms the waters.
4. The ark rests on Ararat.
6. Noah sends forth a raven and then a
dove.
13. Noah, being commanded, goes forth from
the ark.
20. He builds an altar, and offers
sacrifices,
21. which God accepts, and promises to
curse the earth no more.
Genesis 9: The Covenant of the Rainbow
1. God blesses Noah and his sons, and
grants them flesh for food.
4. Blood and murder are forbidden.
8. God's covenant, of which the rainbow was
constituted a pledge.
18. Noah's family replenishes the world.
20. Noah plants a vineyard,
21. Is drunken, and mocked by his son;
25. Curses
26. Blesses Shem;
27. Prays for Japheth, and dies.
Genesis 10: Descendants of Shem, Ham and
Japheth
1. The generations of Noah.
2. Japheth.
6. Ham.
8. Nimrod becomes the first monarch; the
descendants of
21. The sons of Shem.
Genesis 11:
1. One language in the world.
2. The building of
5. It is interrupted by the confusion of
tongues, and the builders dispersed.
10. The generations of Shem.
27. The generations of Terah, the father of
Abram.
31. Terah, with Abram and Lot, move from
Genesis 12: God Sends Abram to
1. God calls Abram, and blesses him with a
promise of Christ.
4. He departs with Lot from
6. He journeys through
7. which is promised to him in a vision.
10. He is driven by famine into
11. Fear makes him feign his wife to be his
sister.
14. Pharaoh, having taken her from him, is
compelled to restore her.
18. Pharaoh reproves Abram, whom he
dismisses.
Genesis 13: Abram and
1. Abram and Lot return with great riches
out of
6. Strife arises between Abram's herdsmen
and those of
8. Abram allows
10. and Lot goes toward
14. God renews his promise to Abram.
18. He moves to
Genesis 14: Abram Rescues
1. The battle of four kings against the
king of
12.
14. Abram rescues him.
17. Melchizedek blesses Abram, who gives
him tithes.
21. Abram restores the rest of the spoil to
the king of
Genesis 15: God's Covenant with Abram
1. God encourages Abram, who asks for an
heir.
4. God promises him a son, and a
multiplying of his seed.
6. Abram is justified by faith.
7.
9. and confirmed by a sign, and a vision,
18. prophetic of the condition of his
posterity till brought out of
Genesis 16: Sarai, Hagar, and Ishmael
1. Sarai, being barren, gives Hagar to
Abram.
4. Hagar, being afflicted for despising her
mistress, runs away.
7. An angel commands her to return and
submit herself,
10. promises her a numerous posterity,
12. and shows their character and
condition.
13. Hagar names the place, and returns to
Sarai.
15. Ishmael is born.
16. The age of Abram.
Genesis 17: The Covenant of Circumcision
1. God renews the covenant with Abram,
5. and changes his name to Abraham, in
token of a greater blessing.
9. Circumcision is instituted.
15. Sarai's name is changed to Sarah, and
she is blessed.
17. Isaac is promised, and the time of his
birth fixed.
23. Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised.
Genesis 18: God Promises the birth of
Isaac; Abram Pleads for
1. The Lord appears to Abraham, who
entertains angels.
9. Sarah is reproved for laughing at the
promise of a son.
16. The destruction of
23. Abraham makes intercession for its
inhabitants.
Genesis 19: The Destruction of Sodom;
1.
4. The vicious Sodomites are smitten with
blindness.
12.
15. He is directed to flee to the
mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar.
24.
26.
29.
31. The incestuous origin of
Genesis 20: Abraham, Sarah and Abimelech
1. Abraham sojourns at Gerar.
2. Denies his wife, who is taken by
Abimelech.
3. Abimelech is reproved for her in a
dream.
9. He
rebukes Abraham.
14.
Restores Sarah;
16. and reproves her.
17. Abimelech and his family are healed at
Abraham's prayer.
Genesis 21: Isaac Born; Hagar and Ishmael
Sent Away; Treaty at
1. Isaac is born, and circumcised.
6. Sarah's joy.
8. Isaac is weaned.
9. Hagar and Ishmael sent away.
15. Hagar in distress.
17. The angel relieves and comforts her.
23. Abimelech's covenant with Abraham at
Genesis 22: The Offering of Isaac; Nahor's
sons
1. Abraham is tested with the command to
offer Isaac.
3. He gives proof of his faith and
obedience.
11. The angel prevents him.
13. Isaac is exchanged for a ram.
14. The place is called Jehovah-jireh.
15. Abraham is again blessed.
20. The generations of Nahor unto Rebekah.
Genesis 23: Death and Burial of Sarah
1. The age and death of Sarah.
3. The purchase of the field and
19. where Sarah is buried.
Genesis 24: Isaac and Rebekah
1. Abraham swears his servant.
10. The servant's journey.
12. His prayer.
14. His sign.
15. Rebekah meets him;
18. fulfils his sign;
22. receives jewels;
23. shows her kindred;
25. and invites him home.
26. The servant blesses God.
29. Laban entertains him.
34. The servant shows his message.
50. Laban and Bethuel approve it.
58. Rebekah consents to go, and departs.
62. Isaac meets and marries her.
Genesis 25: Abraham's Death; Ishmael, Jacob
and Esau
1. The sons of Abraham by Keturah.
5. The division of his goods.
7. His age, death, and burial.
11. God blesses Isaac.
12. The generations of Ishmael.
17. His age and death.
19. Isaac prays for Rebekah, being barren.
22. The children strive in her womb.
24. The birth of Esau and Jacob.
27. Their different characters and
pursuits.
29. Esau sells his birthright.
Genesis 26: Isaac and Abimelech
1. Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in
Gerar, and the Lord blesses him.
7. He is reproved by Abimelech for denying
his wife.
12. He grows rich, and the Philistines envy
his prosperity.
18. He digs wells.
23. God appears to him at
26. and Abimelech makes a covenant with
him.
34. Esau's wives.
Genesis 27: Jacob Gets Isaac's Blessing
1. Isaac sends Esau for venison.
6. Rebekah instructs Jacob to obtain the
blessing.
14. Jacob, feigning to be Esau, obtains it.
30. Esau brings venison.
33. Isaac trembles.
34. Esau complains, and by importunity
obtains a blessing.
41. He threatens Jacob's life.
42. Rebekah disappoints him, by sending
Jacob away.
Genesis 28: Jacob's Flight to Laban and
Vision of a ladder
1. Isaac blesses Jacob, and sends him to
Padan-aram.
6. Esau marries Mahalath the daughter of
Ishmael.
10. Jacob journeys, and has a vision of a
ladder.
18. The stone of
20. Jacob's vow.
Genesis 29: Jacob Meets Rachel, Serves Laban,
Marries Rachel and Leah
1. Jacob comes to the well of
9. He becomes acquainted with Rachel.
13. Laban entertains him.
18. Jacob covenants for Rachel.
23. He is deceived by Laban with Leah.
28. He marries also Rachel, and serves for
her seven years more.
32. Leah bears Reuben;
33. Simeon;
34. Levi;
35. and Judah.
Genesis 30: Jacob and His Sons Prosper
1. Rachel, in grief for her barrenness,
gives Bilhah her maid unto Jacob.
5. Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali.
9. Leah gives Zilpah her maid, who bears
Gad and Asher.
14. Reuben finds mandrakes,
15. with which Leah buys her husband's
company of Rachel.
17. Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and
Dinah.
22. Rachel bears Joseph.
25. Jacob desires to depart.
27. Laban detains him on a new agreement.
37. Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes
rich.
Genesis 31: Jacob Leaves for
1. Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban
and his sons, departs secretly.
19. Rachel steals her father's household
gods.
22. Laban pursues after him, and complains
of the wrong.
34. Rachel's plan to hide the images.
36. Jacob's complaint of Laban.
43. The covenant of Laban and Jacob at
Galeed.
Genesis 32: Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau,
Wrestles with God
1. Jacob's vision at Mahanaim.
3. His message to Esau.
6. He is afraid of Esau's coming.
9. He prays for deliverance.
13. He sends a present to Esau, and passes
the brook Jabbok.
24. He wrestles with an angel at Peniel,
where he is called
31. He halts.
Genesis 33: Jacob Meets Esau, Settles in
Shechem
1. Jacob and Esau's meeting; and Esau's
departure.
17. Jacob comes to Succoth.
18. At Shechem he buys a field, and builds
an altar, called El Elohe
Genesis 34: Shechem Defiles Dinah and is
Avenged by Jacob
1. Dinah is ravished by Shechem.
4. He requests to marry her.
13. The sons of Jacob offer the condition
of circumcision to the Shechemites.
20. Hamor and Shechem persuade them to
accept it.
25. The sons of Jacob upon that advantage
slay them, and spoil their city.
30. Jacob reproves Simeon and Levi.
Genesis 35: Jacob Returns to
1. God commands Jacob to go to
2. He purges his house of idols.
6. He builds an altar at
8. Deborah dies at Allon Bacuth.
9. God blesses Jacob at
10. Jacob Named
16. Rachel travails of Benjamin, and dies
in the way to Edar.
22. Reuben lies with Bilhah.
23. The sons of Jacob.
27. Jacob comes to Isaac at
28. The age, death, and burial of Isaac.
Genesis 36: Descendants of Esau; Kings of
1. Esau's three wives.
6. His removal to
9. His sons.
15. The dukes which descended of his sons.
20. The sons and dukes of Seir the Horite.
24. Anah finds mules.
31. The kings of
40. The dukes that descended of Esau.
Genesis 37: Joseph's Dreams and Betrayal by
His Brothers
1. Joseph is loved by Jacob, but hated by
his brothers.
5. His dreams and the interpretation.
12. Jacob sends him to his brothers, who
counsel to slay him.
21. At Reuben's desire they cast him into a
pit;
25. and afterwards sell him to the
Ishmaelites;
29. while Ruben grieves at not finding him.
31. His coat, covered with blood, is sent
to Jacob, who mourns him inordinately.
36. Joseph is brought to
Genesis 38: Judah and Tamar
1.
6. Er's marriage with Tamar, and death.
8. The trespass of Onan.
11. Tamar is reserved for Shelah.
12.
13. Tamar deceives
27. She bears twins, Pharez and Zarah.
Genesis 39: Joseph's Success; Potiphar's
Wife; Joseph Imprisoned
1. Joseph is bought by Potiphar, and
preferred in the family.
7. He resists temptation by Potiphar's
Wife.
13. He is falsely accused by her.
20. He is cast into prison.
21. God is with him there, and he is
advanced by the keeper of prison.
Genesis 40: Joseph Interprets the Cupbearer
and the Baker's Dreams
1. The chief butler and baker of Pharaoh
are also imprisoned.
5. Joseph interprets their dreams.
20. They are accomplished according to his
interpretation.
23. The ingratitude of the butler, in
forgetting Joseph.
Genesis 41: Pharaoh's Dream; Joseph's
Interpretation and Reward
1. Pharaoh has two dreams.
9. Joseph interprets them.
33. He gives Pharaoh counsel, and is highly
advanced, and married.
46. The seven years of plenty.
50. He begets children.
53. The famine begins.
Genesis 42: Joseph's Brothers Sent to
1. Jacob sends his ten sons to buy grain in
16. They are imprisoned by Joseph as spies.
18. They are set at liberty, on condition
to bring Benjamin.
21. They have remorse for Joseph.
24. Simeon is kept for a pledge.
25. They return with grain, and their
money.
29. Their relation to Jacob.
36. Jacob refuses to send Benjamin.
Genesis 43: The Return to
1. Jacob is persuaded to send Benjamin.
15. Joseph entertains his brothers.
19. They discover their fears to the
steward.
26. Joseph makes them a feast.
Genesis 44: Benjamin and the Silver Cup
1. Joseph's policy to stay his brothers.
6. The silver cup is found in Benjamin's
sack.
14. They are brought before Joseph.
18.
Genesis 45: Joseph Makes Himself Known and
Forgives His Brothers
1. Joseph makes himself known to his
brothers.
5. He comforts them in God's providence.
9. He sends for his father.
16. Pharaoh confirms it.
21. Joseph furnishes then for their
journey.
25. Jacob is revived with the news.
Genesis 46: Jacob and His Family Move to
1. Jacob is comforted by God at
5. Thence he with his company goes into
8. The number of his family that went into
28. Joseph meets Jacob.
31. He instructs his brothers how to answer
Pharaoh.
Genesis 47: Jacob to
1. Joseph presents his father, and five of
his brothers before Pharaoh.
11. He gives them habitation and
maintenance.
13. He gets the Egyptian's money;
16. their cattle;
18. and their lands, except the priests',
to Pharaoh.
23. He restores the land for a fifth.
28. Jacob's age.
29. He swears Joseph to bury him with his
fathers.
Genesis 48: Jacob's Illness; Manasseh and
Ephraim
1. Joseph with his sons visits his sick
father.
2. Jacob strengthens himself to bless them.
3. He repeats God's promise.
5. He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own
sons.
7. He tells Joseph of his mother's grave.
8. He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh.
17. He prefers the younger before the
elder.
21. He prophesies their return to
Genesis 49: Jacob's Blessing to His Sons;
Jacob's Death
1. Jacob calls his sons to bless them.
3. Their blessing in particular.
29. He charges them about his burial.
33. He dies.
Genesis 50: Burial of Jacob; Death of
Joseph
1. The mourning for Jacob.
4. Joseph gets leave of Pharaoh to go to
bury him.
7. The funeral.
15. Joseph comforts his brothers, who crave
his pardon.
22. His age.
23. He sees the third generation of his
sons.
24. He prophesies unto his brothers of
their return.
25. He takes an oath of them concerning his
bones.
26. He dies, and is put into a coffin.
Exodus 1: Israelites Multiply; Oppression
in Egypt
1. The children of Israel, after Joseph's
death, increase.
8. The more they are oppressed by a new
king, the more they multiply.
15. The godliness of the midwives in saving
the male children alive.
22. Pharaoh commands the male children to
be cast into the river
Exodus 2: Birth, Adoption and Escape of
Moses
1. Moses is born, and placed in a basket in
the reeds of Nile.
5. He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's
daughter;
7. who employs his mother to nurse him.
11. He kills an Egyptian.
13. He reproves a Hebrew.
15. He flees into Midian, and marries
Zipporah.
22. Gershom is born.
23. God respects the Israelites' cry.
Exodus 3: Moses and the Burning Bush
1. Moses keeps Jethro's flock.
2. God appears to him in a burning bush.
9. He sends him to deliver Israel.
13. The name of God.
15. His message to Israel, and Pharaoh,
whose opposition is foretold.
20. He is assured of Israel's deliverance.
Exodus 4: Miraculous Signs through Moses;
Aaron as Mouthpiece; Moses Returns
1. Moses's rod is turned into a serpent.
6. His hand is leprous.
10. He loathes his calling.
13. Aaron is appointed to assist him.
18. Moses departs from Jethro.
21. God's message to Pharaoh.
24. Zipporah circumcises her son.
27. Aaron is sent to meet Moses.
29. The people believe them.
Exodus 5: Pharaoh Rejects Moses' Plea and
Increases the Israelites' Labor
1. Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron for their
message.
6. He increases the Israelites' task.
16. He ignores their complaints.
19. They cry out to Moses and Aaron.
22. Moses complains to God.
Exodus 6: God Promises to Deliver the
Families of Israel
1. God renews his promise by his name
JEHOVAH
9. Moses vainly attempts to encourage the
Israelites
10. He and Aaron are again sent to Pharaoh
14. Genealogies of Reuben, Simeon and Levi,
of whom came Moses and Aaron
26. The history resumed
Exodus 7: Aaron's Staff; Plague of Blood
1. Moses and Aaron are encouraged to go
again to Pharaoh
8. Aaron's rod is turned into a serpent
11. The sorcerers do the like; but their
rods are swallowed up by Aaron's
13. Pharaoh's heart is hardened
14. God's message to Pharaoh
19. The river is turned into blood; and the
consequent distress of the Egyptians
Exodus 8: Plagues of Frogs, Gnats and Flies
1. Frogs are sent
8. Pharaoh complains to Moses, who by
prayer removes them
16. The dust is turned into lice, which the
magicians could not do
20. The plague of flies
25. Pharaoh inclines to let the people go,
but yet is hardened
Exodus 9: Plagues of Livestock, Boils and
Hail
1. The plague on livestock
8. The plague of boils
13. The message of Moses about the hail,
22. The plague of hail
27. Pharaoh pleads with Moses, but yet is
hardened
Exodus 10: Plagues of Locusts and Darkness
1. God threatens to send locusts
7. Pharaoh, moved by his servants, inclines
to let the Israelites go
12. The plague of the locusts
16. Pharaoh entreats Moses
21. The plague of darkness
24. Pharaoh again entreats Moses, but yet
is hardened
Exodus 11: The Plague on the Firstborn
1. God's message to the Israelites to
borrow jewels of their neighbors
4. Moses threatens Pharaoh with the death
the firstborn
Exodus 12: Passover; Feast; Memorial;
Pharaoh Urges Exodus
1. The beginning of the year is changed
3. The Passover is instituted
11. The import of the rite of the Passover
15. Unleavened bread
29. The firstborn are slain
31. The Israelites are driven out of the
land
37. They come to Succoth
41. The time of their sojourning
43. The ordinance of the Passover
Exodus 13: Consecration of the Firstborn;
God Leads the People out
1. The firstborn are sanctified to God
3. The memorial of the Passover is
commanded
11. The firstborn of man and beast are set
apart
17. The Israelites go out of Egypt, and
carry Joseph's bones with them.
20. They come to Etham
21. God guides them by a pillar of a cloud,
and a pillar of fire
Exodus 14: Pharaoh Pursues; The Red Sea is
Parted
1. God instructs the Israelites in their
journey
5. Pharaoh pursues after them
10. The Israelites murmur
13. Moses comforts them
15. God instructs Moses
19. The cloud removes behind the camp
21. The Israelites pass through the Red
sea, which drowns the Egyptians
Exodus 15: Song of Moses and Miriam; The
Lord Provides Water
1. The song of Moses, Miriam, and Israel on
their deliverance
22. The people want water in the desert
23. The waters at Marah are bitter,
24. they murmur,
25. Moses prays, and sweetens the waters by
God's direction
27. They encamp at Elim, where are twelve
wells, and seventy palm trees
Exodus 16: Manna, Quail and the Sabbath
1. The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur
for want of bread
4. God promises them bread and meat from
heaven, and they are rebuked
13. Quail and manna are sent
16. The ordering of manna
25. It was not to be found on the Sabbath
32. An omer of it is preserved
Exodus 17: Water from the Rock; the Defeat
of the Amalekites
1. The people murmur for water to Rephidim
6. God send them for water to the rock in
Horeb
7. The place is called Massah and Meribah
8. Amalek is overcome by Joshua, while
Moses holds up his hand
14. Amalek is doomed to destruction; and
Moses builds the altar Jehovah-nissi
Exodus 18: Jethro Visits and Counsels Moses
1. Jethro brings his wife and two sons to
Moses
7. Moses entertains him, and relates the
goodness of the Lord
9. Jethro rejoices, blesses God, and offers
sacrifice
13. He gives good counsel, which is
accepted
27. Jethro departs
Exodus 19: Moses and the Lord at Mount
Sinai
1. The people arrive at Sinai
3. God's message by Moses unto the people
out of the mount
8. The people are prepared against the
third day, for the giving of the law
12. The mountain must not be touched
16. The fearful presence of God upon the
mount
Exodus 20: The Ten Commandments
1. The ten commandments are spoken by
Jehovah
18. The people are afraid, but Moses
comforts them
21. Idolatry is forbidden
23. Of what sort the altar should be
Exodus 21: Ordinances for Servants and
Personal Injuries
1. Laws for men servants
5. For the servant whose ear is bored
7. For women servants
12. For manslaughter
16. For kidnappers
17. For cursers of parents
18. For smiters
22. For a hurt by chance
28. For an ox that gores
33. For him who is an occasion of harm
Exodus 22: Property Rights and Social Laws
1. Of Theft
5. Of damage
7. Of trespasses
14. Of borrowing
16. Of fornication
18. Of witchcraft
19. Of bestiality
20. Of idolatry
21. Of strangers, widows, and fatherless
25. Of usury
26. Of pledges
28. Of reverence to magistrates
29. Of the first fruits
31. Of torn flesh
Exodus 23: Laws of Justice, Mercy, Sabbath,
Annual Festivals, Conquest
1. Of slander, false witness, and
partiality
4. Of charitableness
6. Of justice in judgment
8. Of taking bribes
9. Of oppressing a stranger
10. Of the year of rest
12. Of the Sabbath
13. Of idolatry
14. Of the three feasts
18. Of the blood and the fat of the
sacrifice
20. An angel is promised, with a blessing,
if they obey him
Exodus 24: The People Affirm Their Covenant
with God
1. Moses is called up into the mountain
3. The people promise obedience
4. Moses builds an altar, and twelve
pillars.
6. He sprinkles the blood of the covenant
9. The glory of God appears
14. Aaron and Hur have the charge of the
people
15. Moses goes into the mountain, where he
continues forty days and forty nights.
Exodus 25: Tabernacle Offerings, Ark,
Table, and Lampstand
1. What the Israelites were to offer for
the building of the tabernacle
10. The dimensions of the ark
17. The mercy seat, with the cherubim
23. The table of show bread, with the
furniture thereof
31. The golden candlestick, with the
instruments thereof
Exodus 26: Instructions for the Tabernacle:
Curtains, Boards and Veil
1. The ten curtains of the tabernacle
7. The eleven curtains of goats' hair, the
covering of rams' and badgers' skins.
15. The boards of the tabernacle, with
their sockets and bars
31. The veil for the ark
36. The hanging for the door
Exodus 27: Instructions for the Altar and
Courtyard, Oil for the Lampstand
1. The altar of burnt offering, with the
vessels thereof
9. The court of the tabernacle enclosed
with hangings and pillars
18. The measure of the court, and the
furniture of brass
20. The oil for the lamp
Exodus 28: Priestly Garments, Ephod,
Breastpiece
1. Aaron and his sons are set apart for the
priest's office
2. Holy garments are appointed
6. The ephod and girdle
15. The breast-plate with twelve precious
stones
30. The Urim and Thummim
31. The robe of the ephod, with
pomegranates and bells
36. The plate of the mitre
39. The embroidered coat
40. The garments for Aaron's sons
Exodus 29: Consecration, Sacrifices, Food
of the Priests
1. The sacrifice and ceremonies of
consecrating the priests and the altar
38. The continual burnt offerings
45. God's promise to dwell among the
children of Israel
Exodus 30: Altar of Incense, Atonement
Money, Basin, Anointing oil
1. The altar of incense
11. The ransom of souls
17. The bronze basin
22. The holy anointing oil
34. The composition of the incense
Exodus 31: Craftsmen Bezaleel and Aholiah;
the Sabbath Explained
1. Bezaleel and Aholiah are appointed for
the work of the tabernacle
12. The observation of the Sabbath is again
commanded
18. Moses receives the two tablets
Exodus 32: The Golden Calf and Moses' Anger
1. The people in the absence of Moses,
caused Aaron to make a calf
7. God informs Moses, who intercedes for
Israel, and prevails
15. Moses comes down with the tablets
19. He breaks them
20. He destroys the calf
22. Aaron's excuse for himself
25. Moses causes the idolaters to be slain
30. He prays for the people
Exodus 33: Moses Resumes the Journey and
Intercedes for the Israelites
1. The Lord refuses to go as he had
promised with the people
4. The people mourn there
7. The tabernacle is removed out of the
camp
9. The Lord talks familiarly with Moses
12. Moses prevails with God, and desires to
see his glory
Exodus 34: Tablets Replaced; Covenant
Renewed; Radiant Face of Moses
1. The tablets are replaced
5. The name of the Lord proclaimed
8. Moses entreats God to go with them
10. God makes a covenant with them,
repeating certain duties
28. Moses after forty days on the mount,
comes down with the tablets
29. His face is radiant, and he covers it
with a veil
Exodus 35: Sabbath Rules; Workmen and Gifts
for the Tabernacle
1. The Sabbath
4. The free gifts for the tabernacle
20. The readiness of the people to offer
30. Bezaleel and Aholiab are called to the
work
Exodus 36: Bezalel and Oholiab; Gifts;
Tabernacle Construction
1. The offerings are delivered to the
workmen
4. The generosity of the people is
restrained
8. The curtains with cherubim
14. The curtains of goats' hair
19. The covering of skins
20. The boards with their sockets
31. The bars
35. The veil
37. The hanging for the door
Exodus 37: Ark, Table, Lampstand, Altar of
Incense
1. The ark and mercy seat with cherubim
made
10. The table of showbread with its vessels
17. The candlestick with its lamps and instruments
25. The altar of incense
29. The anointing oil and sweet incense
Exodus 38: Altar of Burnt Offering, Basin,
Courtyard Completed; Costs Totaled
1. The altar of burnt offering
8. The laver of brass
9. The court, and its hangings
21. The sum of what the people offered, and
the use to which it was applied
Exodus 39: The Priestly Garments; Moses
Inspects the Completed Work
1. The cloths of service and holy garments.
2. The ephod
8. The breast-plate
22. The robe of the ephod
27. The coats, mitre, and girdle of fine
linen
30. The plate of the holy crown
32. All is finished, reviewed, and approved
by Moses
Exodus 40: Tabernacle Erected and Filled by
the Glory of the Lord
1. The tabernacle is commanded to be
reared, anointed, and consecrated
13. Aaron and his sons to be sanctified
16. Moses performs all things accordingly
34. A cloud covers the tabernacle
Leviticus 1: Burnt Offerings
1. The law of burnt offerings
3. of the herd
10. of the flocks
14. of the fowls
Leviticus 2: Grain Offerings
1. The meat offering with oil and incense
4. either baked in the oven
5. or on a plate
7. or in a frying pan
12. The first fruits not to be burnt on the
altar,
13. Salt to be used with every offering
14. The offering of first fruits
Leviticus 3: Peace Offerings
1. The peace offering of the herd
6. whether a sheep
7. whether a lamb
12. or a goat
17. A prohibition to eat fat or blood
Leviticus 4: Sin Offerings
1. The sin offering of ignorance
3. for the priest
13. for the congregation
22. for the ruler
27. for any of the people
Leviticus 5: Guilt Offerings
1. He who sins in concealing his knowledge
2. in touching an unclean thing
4. or in making an oath
6. His trespass offering, of the flock
7. of fowls
11. or of flour
14. The trespass offering in sacrilege
17. and in sins of ignorance
Leviticus 6: Regulations for Burnt, Grain
and Sin Offerings
1. The trespass offering for sins done
wittingly
8. The law of the burnt offering
14. and of the meat offering
19. The offering at the consecration of a
priest
24. The law of the sin offering
Leviticus 7: Regulations for Guilt and
Fellowship Offerings; the Priests' Share
1. The law of the trespass offering
11. and of the peace offering
12. whether it be for a thanksgiving
16. or a vow, or a free will offering
22. the fat and the blood are forbidden
28. The priests' portion in the peace
offerings
35. The whole summed up
Leviticus 8: Aaron and His Sons Consecrated
1. Moses consecrates Aaron and his sons
14. Their sin offering
18. Their burnt offering
22. The ram of consecration
31. The place and time of their
consecration
Leviticus 9: Aaron Offers Sacrifices
1. The first offerings of Aaron, for
himself and the people
8. The sin offering
12. and the burn offering for himself
15. the offerings for the people
23. Moses and Aaron bless the people
24. Fire comes from the Lord, upon the
altar
Leviticus 10: The Sin and Death of Nadab
and Abihu
1. Aadab and Abihu, for offering strange
fire, are burnt by fire
6. Aaron and his sons are forbidden to
mourn for them
8. The priests are forbidden wine when they
are to go into the tabernacle
12. The law of eating the holy things
16. Aaron's excuse for transgressing
thereof
Leviticus 11: Laws of Clean and Unclean
Food
1. What animals may be eaten
4. and what may not be eaten
9. What fishes
13. What fowls
29. The creeping things which are unclean
Leviticus 12: Purification after Childbirth
1. The purification of a woman after
childbirth
6. Her offerings for her purifying
Leviticus 13: Rules for Skin Diseases,
Mildew
1. The laws whereby the priest is to be
guided in discerning the leprosy.
Leviticus 14: Cleansing from Skin Diseases
and Mildew
1. The rites and sacrifices in cleansing
the leper
33. The signs of leprosy in a house
48. The cleansing of that house
Leviticus 15: Cleansing Unhealthy
Discharges
1. The uncleanness of men in their issues
13. The cleansing of them
19. The uncleanness of women in their
issues
28. Their cleansing
Leviticus 16: The Day of Atonement
1. how the high priest must enter into the holy
place
11. The sin offering for himself
15. The sin offering for the people
20. The scapegoat
29. The yearly feast of the expiations
Leviticus 17: Blood Designated for
Atonement, Forbidden as Food
1. The blood of slain beasts must be
offered to the Lord at the tabernacle door
7. They must not offer to idols
10. All eating of blood is forbidden
15. and of all that dies by itself, or is
torn
Leviticus 18: Laws on Sexual Relations
1. Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts
Leviticus 19: Idolatry Forbidden; Various
Laws
1. A repetition of various laws
Leviticus 20: Punishments for Sins
1. Of him who gives his seed to Moloch
4. Of him who favors such an one
6. Of going to wizards
7. Of sanctification
9. Of him who curses his parents
11. Of incest
13. Of sodomy
15. Of bestiality
18. Of uncleanness
22. Obedience is required with holiness
27. Wizards must be put to death
Leviticus 21: Regulations for Priests
1. Of the priests' mourning
6. Of their holiness
7. Of their marriages
8. Of their estimation
9. Of the high priest's holiness
10. Of his marriage
13. The priests that have blemishes must
not minister in the sanctuary
Leviticus 22: Rules for Priests and
Flawless Sacrifices
1. The priests in their uncleanness must
abstain from the holy things
6. How they shall be cleansed
10. Who of the priest's house may eat of
the holy things
17. The sacrifices must be without blemish
26. The age of the sacrifice
29. The law of eating the sacrifice of
thanksgiving
Leviticus 23: Feasts of Weeks, Trumpets,
Tabernacles; Day of Atonement
1. The feasts of the Lord
3. the Sabbath
4. The Passover
9. The sheaf of firstfruits
15. The feast of Pentecost
22. Gleanings to be left for the poor
23. The feast of trumpets
26. The day of atonement
33. The feast of tabernacles
Leviticus 24: Lamp and Bread; Blasphemer
Stoned; Eye for Eye
1. The oil for the lamps
5. The showbread
10. Shelomith's son blasphemes
13. The law of blasphemy
17. Of murder
18. Of damage
23. The blasphemer is stoned
Leviticus 25: The Sabbath Year and Year of
Jubilee
1. the Sabbath of the seventh year
8. The jubilee in the fiftieth year
14. Of oppression
18. A blessing of obedience
23. The redemption of land
29. Of houses
35. Compassion to the poor
39. The usage of bondmen
47. The redemption of servants
Leviticus 26: Rewards and Punishments
concerning Obedience
1. Of idolatry
2. Reverence
3. A blessing to those who keep the
commandments
14. A curse to those who break them
40. God promises to remember those who
repent
Leviticus 27: Rules concerning Valuations
1. He who makes a singular vow must be the
Lord's
3. The estimation of the person
9. of a beast given by vow
14. of a house
16. of a field, and the redemption thereof
28. No devoted thing may be redeemed
30. The tithe may not be changed
Numbers 1: The Census of Israel Totals
603,550, Exempting Levites
1. God commands Moses to number the people
5. The princes of the tribes
17. The number of every tribe
47. The Levites are exempted for the
service of the Lord
Numbers 2: Arrangement of the Tribal Camps
1. The order of the tribes in their tents.
Numbers 3: Levites Designated as Priests
1. The sons of Aaron
5. The Levites are given to the priests
instead of the firstborn
14. Are numbered by their families
21. The families, number, and charge of the
Gershonites
27. Of the Kohathites
33. Of the Merarites
38. The place and charge of Moses and Aaron
40. The firstborn are freed by the Levites
44. The balances are refunded
Numbers 4: Duties of the Kohathites,
Gershonites, Merahites
1. The age at which the Levites were to
serve, and the duration of the service
4. The duty of the Kohathites
16. The charge of Eleazar
17. The office of the priests
21. The duty of the Gershonites
29. Of the Merarites
34. The number of the Kohathites
38. Of the Gershonites
42. And of the Merarites
Numbers 5: Purity of the Camp; the Adultery
Test
1. The unclean are removed out of camp
5. Restitution is to be made in trespass
11. The trial of jealously
Numbers 6: The Vow of the Nazirite and the
Priestly Blessing
1. The law of the Nazarite in the days of
his separation
13. And after their completion
22. The form of blessing the people
Numbers 7: Offerings at the Tabernacle
Dedication
1. The offering of the princes at the
dedication of the tabernacle
10. Their several offerings at the
dedication of the altar
89. God speaks to Moses from the mercy seat
Numbers 8: The Seven Lamps; Levites Set
Apart; Retirement at Fifty
1. How the lamps are to be lighted
5. The consecration of the Levites
23. The age and time of their service
Numbers 9: The Passover and Cloud above the
Tabernacle
1. The Passover is again commanded
6. A second Passover for the unclean or
absent
15. The cloud directs the removals and
encampments of the Israelites
Numbers 10: The Silver Trumpets; Israelites
Leave Sinai
1. The use of the silver trumpets
11. The Israelites move from Sinai to Paran
14. The order of their march
29. Hobab is entreated by Moses not to
leave them
33. The blessing of Moses at the removing
and resting of the ark
Numbers 11: Complaints of the People and
Moses; Quail from the Lord; Plague
1. The burning at Taberah quenched by
Moses' prayer
4. The people crave meat, and loathe manna
10. Moses complains of his charge
16. God promises to divide his burden unto
seventy elders,
18. and to give the people meat for a month
21. Moses' faith is staggered
31. Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth
Hattaavah
Numbers 12: Miriam and Aaron Complain
against Moses
1. God rebukes the sedition of Miriam and
Aaron
11. Miriam's leprosy is healed at the
prayer of Moses
14. God commands her to be shut out of the
host
16. The people encamp in the desert of
Paran
Numbers 13: The Twelve Spies Explore and
Report on Canaan
1. The names of the men who were sent to
search the land
17. Their instructions
21. Their acts
26. Their relation
Numbers 14: The People Rebel; Moses Pleads;
Pardon and Rebuke
1. The people murmur at the news
6. Joshua and Caleb labor to still them
11. God threatens them
13. Moses intercedes with God, and obtains
pardon
26. The Murmurers are debarred from
entering into the land
36. The men who raised the evil report die
by a plague
40. The people that would invade the land
against the will of God are smitten
Numbers 15: More Offerings; Sabbath-Breaker
Stoned; Tassels on Garments
1. The law of the meat offering, and the
drink offering
14. The stranger is under the same law
17. The law of the first of the dough
22. The sacrifice for sins of ignorance
30. The punishment of presumption
32. He who violated the Sabbath is stoned
37. The law of tassels
Numbers 16: Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and
Abiram
1. The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and
Abiram
23. Moses separates the people from the
rebels' tents
31. The earth swallows up Korah, and a fire
consumes others
36. The censers are reserved to holy use
41. 14,700 are slain by a plague, for
murmuring against Moses and Aaron
46. Aaron by incense stays the plague
Numbers 17: Aaron's Staff Buds
1. Aaron's rod, among all the rods of the
tribes, only flourishes
10. It is left for a monument against the
rebels
Numbers 18: Duties and Offerings for
Priests
1. The charge of the priests and Levites
8. The priests, portion
21. The Levites,
25. The heave offering to the priests out
of the Levites' portion
Numbers 19: The Red Heifer and Water of Cleansing
1. The water of separation made of the
ashes of a red heifer
11. The law for the use of it in
purification of the unclean
Numbers 20: The Water of Meribah; Edom
Denies Passage; Deaths of Miriam and Aaron
1. The children of Israel come to Zin,
where Miriam dies.
2. They murmur for want of water
7. Moses smiting the rock, brings forth
water at Meribah
14. Moses at Kadesh desires passage through
Edom, which is denied him
22. At Mount Hor Aaron resigns his place to
Eleazar, and dies
Numbers 21: Defeats of Arad, Sihon and Og;
The Bronze Snake
1. Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah
4. The people murmuring are plagued with
fiery serpents
7. They repenting are healed by a bronze
serpent
10. Various journeys of the Israelites
21. Sihon is overcome
33. And Og
Numbers 22: Balak Sends for Balaam; Balaam
and the Angel
1. Balak's first message for Balaam is
refused
15. His second message obtains him
22. An angel would have slain him, if he
had not been saved by his donkey
36. Balak entertains him
Numbers 23: The Prophecies of Balaam
1. Balak's sacrifices
Numbers 24: The Prophecy from Peor
1. Balaam, leaving divinations, prophesies
the happiness of Israel
10. Balak, in anger, dismisses him
15. He prophesies of the Star of Jacob, and
the destruction of some nations
Numbers 25: Israelites Sin in Moab;
Phinehas Intervenes
1. Israel at Shittim commit unfaithfulness
and idolatry
6. Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi
10. God therefore gives him an everlasting
priesthood
16. The Midianites are to be troubled
Numbers 26: The Second Census Totals
601,730
1. The sum of all Israel is taken in the
plains of Moab
52. The law of dividing among them the
inheritance of the land
57. The families and number of the Levites
63. None but Caleb and Joshua was left of
those who were numbered at Sinai
Numbers 27: The Daughters of Zelophehad;
Joshua to Succeed Moses
1. The daughters of Zelophehad ask for an
inheritance
6. The law of inheritances
12. Moses, being told of his death, asks
for a successor
18. Joshua is appointed to succeed him
Numbers 28: Daily, Sabbath and Monthly
Offerings; Passover and Feast of Weeks
1. Offerings are to be observed
3. The continual burnt offering
9. The offering on the Sabbath
11. On the new Moons
16. At the Passover
26. In the day of the firstfruits
Numbers 29: Offerings of the Seventh Month
1. The offering at the feast of trumpets
7. At the day of afflicting their souls
12. And on the eight days of the feast of
tabernacles
Numbers 30: The Law of Vows
1. Vows are not to be broken
3. The exceptions of a maid's vows
6. Of a wife's
9. Of a widow's or her that is divorced
Numbers 31: The Slaughter of the Midianites
and Division of the Spoils
1. The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam
slain
13. Moses is angry with the officers, for
saving the women alive
19. How the soldiers, with their captives
and spoil, are to be purified
25. The proportion in which the prey is to
be divided
48. The voluntary offering unto the
treasure of the Lord
Numbers 32: Reubenites and Gadites Settle
in Gilead
1. The Reubenites and Gadites ask for
inheritance on the east side of Jordan
6. Moses reproves them
16. They offer him conditions with which he
is content
33. Moses assigns them the land
39. They conquer it.
Numbers 33: Summary of Israel's Journey
1. The forty-two journeys of the Israelites
50. The Canaanites are to be destroyed
Numbers 34: Borders of Canaan
1. The borders of the land
16. The names of the men who shall divide
the land
Numbers 35: Designation of Cities for the
Levites and Refuge
1. Forty-eight cities for the Levites, with
their suburbs, and measure thereof
6. Six of them are to be cities of refuge
9. The laws of murder and manslaughter
31. No satisfaction for murder
Numbers 36: Zelophehad's Daughters Marry
1. The inheritance of daughters is remedied
by marrying in their own tribes
7. Lest the inheritance should be removed
from the tribe
10. The daughters of Zelophehad marry their
father's brothers' sons
Deuteronomy 1: Summary of Israel's History:
from Horeb to Spies in Canaan
1. Moses' speech in the end of the fortieth
year
6. briefly rehearsing the history of God's
sending them from Horeb
14. of giving them officers
19. of sending the spies to search the land
34. of his anger for their incredulity
41. and disobedience
Deuteronomy 2: Summary of Wanderings in the
Desert
1. The story is continued, that they were
not to meddle with the Edomites
9. nor with the Moabites
16. nor with the Ammonites
24. but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by
them
Deuteronomy 3: Defeat and Division of Og;
Moses Forbidden from Crossing the Jordan
1. The conquest of Og, king of Bashan
11. This size of his bed
12. The distribution of his lands to the
two tribes and half
23. Moses prays to enter into the land
26. He is permitted to see it
Deuteronomy 4: Israel Urged to Obey;
Idolatry Forbidden
1. An exhortation to obedience
41. Moses appoints the three cities of
refuge on that side of Jordan
44. Recapitulation
Deuteronomy 5: Covenant in Horeb; Ten
Commandments Recounted
1. The covenant in Horeb
6. The ten commandments
23. At the people's request Moses receives
the law from God
Deuteronomy 6: Exhortation to Obedience and
Prosperity
1. The end of the law is obedience
3. An exhortation thereto
20. What they are to teach their children
Deuteronomy 7: Warnings and Rewards for
Driving out Nations
1. All communion with the nations is
forbidden
5. for fear of idolatry,
6. for the holiness of the people,
9. for the nature of God in his mercy and
justice,
17. and for the assuredness of victory
which God will give over them.
Deuteronomy 8: God's Mercy
1. An exhortation to obedience in regard to
God's mercy and goodness to Israel.
Deuteronomy 9: Reminders of God's Grace;
The Golden Calf
1. Moses dissuades them from the opinion of
their own righteousness
7. Moses reminds them of the golden calf
Deuteronomy 10: Rewriting of Stone Tablets
Recalled
1. God's mercy in restoring the two tablets
6. in continuing the priesthood
8. in separating the tribe of Levi
10. in hearkening unto Moses' plea for his
people
12. An exhortation to obedience
Deuteronomy 11: God's Great Blessings for
Obedience and Love
1. Another exhortation to obedience
2. by their own experience of God's great
works
8. by promise of God's great blessings
16. and by threatenings
18. A careful study is required in God's
words
26. The blessing and curse set before them
Deuteronomy 12: Laws of the Sanctuary
1. Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed
4. The place of God's service to be kept
15. Blood is forbidden
17. Holy things must be eaten in the holy
place
19. The Levite is not to be forsaken
20. Blood is again forbidden
26. and holy things must be eaten in the
holy place
29. Idolatry is not to be enquired after
Deuteronomy 13: No Mercy for Idolaters
1. Enticers to idolatry
6. however near to oneself
9. are to be stoned to death
12. Idolatrous cities are not to be spared
Deuteronomy 14: Eating Only Clean Animals;
Tithes
1. God's children are not to disfigure
themselves in mourning
3. What may and may not be eaten
4. of animals
9. of fishes
11. of fowls
21. That which dies of itself may not be
eaten
22. Tithes of Divine Service
23. Tithes and firstborns to be eaten
before the Lord
28. The third year's tithe of alms and
charity
Deuteronomy 15: The Seventh Year: Debts to
be Cancelled, Servants Freed
1. The seventh year a year of release for
the poor
7. one must be generous in lending or
giving
12. A Hebrew servant, except by choice,
must be freed in the seventh year
19. All firstborn males of the cattle are
to be sanctified unto the Lord.
Deuteronomy 16: The Feasts of Passover,
Weeks and Tabernacles
1. The feast of the Passover
9. of weeks
13. of tabernacles
16. Every male must offer, as he is able,
at these three feasts
18. Of judges and justice
21. Asherah poles and images are forbidden
Deuteronomy 17: Appointment of Judges,
Courts and Kings
1. The things sacrificed must be sound
2. Idolaters must be slain
8. Hard controversies are to be determined
by the priests and judges
12. The one who shows contempt for the
judge must die
14. The election
16. and duty of a king
Deuteronomy 18: Offerings for Priests;
Spells and Mediums Forbidden
1. The LORD is the priests and Levites'
inheritance
3. The priests' due
6. The Levites' portion
9. The abominations of the nations are to
be avoided
15. Christ the Prophet is to be heard
20. The presumptuous prophet is to die
Deuteronomy 19: Cities of Refuge; More than
One Witness Required
1. The cities of refuge
4. The privilege thereof for the manslayer
14. The landmark is not to be removed
15. At least two witnesses are required
16. the punishment of a false witness
Deuteronomy 20: Laws of Warfare
1. The priest's exhortation to encourage
the people to battle
5. The officers' proclamation of who are to
be dismissed from the war
10. How to use the cities that accept or
refuse the proclamation of peace
16. What cities must be devoted
19. Trees must not be destroyed in the
siege
Deuteronomy 21: Atonement for a Murder;
Family Relations
1. The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder
10. The usage of a captive taken to wife
15. The firstborn is not to be disinherited
upon private affection
18. A rebellious son is to be stoned to
death
22. The malefactor must not hang all night
on a tree
Deuteronomy 22: Additional Laws, Morality,
Marriage
1. Of humanity toward brothers
5. The sex is to be distinguished by
apparel
6. The bird is not to be taken with her
young ones
8. The house must have battlements
9. Confusion is to be avoided
12. Tassels upon the vesture
13. The punishment of him who slanders his
wife
22. of adultery
23. of rape
28. of fornication
30. of incest
Deuteronomy 23: List of Those Excluded from
the Assembly
1. Who may or may not enter into the
congregation
9. Uncleanness is to be avoided in the host
15. Of the fugitive servant
17. Of filthiness
18. Of abominable sacrifices
19. Of usury
20. Of vows
24. Of trespass
Deuteronomy 24: Law of Divorce, Leprosy,
Justice and Charity
1. Of divorce
5. A new married man goes not to war
6. Of pledges
7. Of kidnapping
8. Of leprosy
10. Of pledges
14. The hire is to be given
16. Of justice
19. Of charity
Deuteronomy 25: Laws of Stripes, Oxen,
Seed, Modesty, Weights and Measures
1. Punishment must not exceed forty lashes
4. The ox is not to be muzzled
5. Of raising seed unto a brother
11. Of the immodest woman
13. Of unjust weights and measures
17. The memory of Amalek is to be blotted
out
Deuteronomy 26: Offering First Fruits and
Tithes
1. The confession of him who offers the
basket of firstfruits
12. The prayer of him who gives his third
year's tithes
16. The covenant between God and his people
Deuteronomy 27: The Altar and Curses on
Mount Ebal
1. The people are commanded to write the
law upon stones
5. and to build an altar of whole stones
11. The tribes to be divided on Gerizim and
Ebal
14. The curses to be pronounced on mount
Ebal
Deuteronomy 28: Blessings and Consequences
regarding Obedience
1. The blessings for obedience
15. The curses for disobedience
Deuteronomy 29: The Covenant Renewed in Moab
1. Moses exhorts them to obedience,
reminding of the works they had seen
10. All are presented before the Lord to
enter into his covenant
18. The great wrath on him who flatters
himself in his wickedness
29. Secret things belong unto God
Deuteronomy 30: Restoration Promised; Life
Offered
1. Great mercies promised unto the penitent
11. The commandment is manifest
15. Death and life are set before them
Deuteronomy 31: Moses Encourages the
People; Joshua Is Commissioned
1. Moses encourages the people
7. He encourages Joshua
9. He delivers the law unto the priests to
be read in the seventh year
14. God gives a charge to Joshua
19. and a song to testify against the
people
24. Moses delivers the book of the law to
the Levites to keep
28. He makes a protestation
Deuteronomy 32: The Song of Moses
1. Moses' song, which sets forth God's
mercy and vengeance
46. He exhorts them to set their hearts
upon it
48. God sends him up to mount Nebo to see
the land, and to die
Deuteronomy 33: Moses Blesses the Twelve
Tribes
1. The majesty of God
6. The blessings of the twelve tribes
26. The excellence of Israel
Deuteronomy 34: The Death of Moses on Mount
Nebo
1. Moses from mount Nebo views the land
5. He dies there
6. His burial
7. His age
8. Thirty days mourning for him
9. Joshua succeeds him
10. The praise of Moses
Joshua 1: God Commissions Joshua
1. The Lord appoints Joshua to succeed
Moses
3. The borders of the promised land
5. God promises to assist Joshua
8. He gives him instructions
10. Joshua prepares the people to pass over
Jordan
12. He puts the two tribes and a half in
mind of their promise to Moses
16. They promise him allegiance
Joshua 2: Rahab Welcomes the Spies
1. Rahab receives and conceals the two
spies sent from Shittim
8. The covenant between her and them
23. Their return and description of events
Joshua 3: Israel Crosses the Jordan
1. Joshua come to Jordan
2. The officers instruct the people for
their passage
7. The Lord encourages Joshua
9. Joshua encourages the people
14. The water of Jordan are divided
Joshua 4: Twelve Men Take Memorial Stones
from the Jordan
1. Twelve men are appointed to take twelve
memorial stones from Jordan
9. Twelve other stones are set up in the
midst of Jordan
10. The people pass over
14. God magnifies Joshua
15. The priests commanded to come out of
Jordan
20. The twelve stones are pitched in Gilgal
Joshua 5: Israelites Circumcised at Gilgal
1. The Canaanites are afraid
2. Joshua renews circumcision
10. The Passover is kept at Gilgal
12. manna ceases
13. An angel appears to Joshua
Joshua 6: The Walls of Jericho Fall
1. Jericho is shut up
2. God instructs Joshua how to beseige it
12. The city is composed
17. It is accursed
20. The walls fall down
22. Rahab is saved
26. The builder of Jericho is cursed
Joshua 7: Israelites Defeated at Ai; Achan
Sins
1. The Israelites are smitten at Ai
6. Joshua's complaint
10. God instructs him what to do
16. Achan is taken by the lot
19. His confession
24. He and all he had are destroyed in the
valley of Achor
Joshua 8: Joshua Conquers Ai; Covenant
Renewed
1. God encourages Joshua
3. The plan whereby Ai was taken
29. The king thereof is hanged
30. Joshua builds an altar
32. writes the law on stones
33. and pronounces the blessings and curses
Joshua 9: Kings west of Jordan Join against
Israel; Gibeonites' Deception and Servitude
1. The kings combine against Israel
3. The Gibeonites by craft obtain a league
22. They are condemned to perpetual bondage
Joshua 10: Kings Attack Gibeon; Sun Stands
Still; Joshua Conquers Five Amorite Kings and S. Palestine
1. Five kings war against Gibeon
6. Joshua rescues it
10. God fights against them with hailstones
12. The sun and moon stand still at the
word of Joshua
16. The five kings are murdered in a cave
22. They are brought forth
24. scornfully used
26. and hanged
28. Seven kings more are conquered
43. Joshua returns to Gilgal
Joshua 11: Northern Palestine Defeated
1. Diverse kings overcome at the waters of
Merom
10. Hazor is taken and burnt
16. All the country taken by Joshua
21. The Anakims cut off
23. The land rests from war
Joshua 12: List of Defeated Kings
1. The two kings whose countries Moses took
and disposed of
7. The thirty-one kings on the other side
of Jordan which Joshua smote
Joshua 13: Canaan Divided among the Tribes
1. The bounds of the land not yet conquered
8. The inheritance of the two tribes and a
half
14. The Lord and his sacrifices are the
inheritance of Levi
15. The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben
22. Balaam slain
24. The bounds of the inheritance of God
29. and of the half tribe of Manasseh
Joshua 14: Land West of Jordan Divided;
Caleb given Hebron
1. The nine tribes and a half are to have
their inheritance by lot
6. Caleb by privilege obtains Hebron
Joshua 15: Territory of Judah Allotted
1. The borders of the lot of Judah
13. Caleb's portion and conquest
16. Othniel, for his valour, marries
Achsah, Caleb's daughter
18. She obtains a blessing of her father
21. The cities of Judah
63. The Jebusites unconquered
Joshua 16: Territory of Ephraim Allotted
1. The general borders of the sons of
Joseph
5. The border of the inheritance of Ephraim
10. The Canaanites of Gezer not conquered
Joshua 17: Territory of Manasseh Allotted
1. The lot of Manasseh
7. His coast
12. The Canaanites not driven out
14. The children of Joseph obtain another
lot
Joshua 18: Remainder Divided; The Territory
of Benjamin Allotted
1. The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh
2. The remainder of the land is described,
and divided into seven parts
10. Joshua distributes it by lot
11. The lot and border of Benjamin
21. Their cities
Joshua 19: Allotments for Simeon, Zebulun,
Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, Dan, Joshua
1. The lot of Simeon
10. of Zebulun
17. of Issachar
24. of Asher
32. of Naphtali
40. of Dan
49. The children of Israel give an
inheritance to Joshua
Joshua 20: Six Cities of Refuge Designated
1. God commands
7. and the children of Israel appoint the
six cities of refuge
Joshua 21: Forty-eight Cities Designated
for the Levites
1. Forty-eight cities given by lot, out of
the other tribes unto the Levites.
43. God gives the land, and rest unto the
Israelites, according to his promise
Joshua 22: Tribes beyond Jordan Return,
Build an Offensive Altar
1. The two tribes and a half with a
blessing are sent home,
10. They build the altar of testimony in
their journey
11. The Israelites are offended thereat
21. They vindicate their conduct, and give
them good satisfaction
Joshua 23: Joshua's Farewell Address
1. Joshua's exhortation before his death
3. by former benefits
5. by promises
11. and by threatenings
Joshua 24: Joshua's Summary of Israel's
History; Joshua's Death
1. Joshua assembles the tribes at Shechem
2. A brief history of God's benefits from
Terah
14. He renews the covenant between them and
God
26. A stone the witness of the covenant
29. Joshua's age, death, and burial
32. Joseph's bones are buried
33. Eleazar dies
Judges 1: Israelites Capture Jerusalem,
Hebron, Others
1. The acts of Judah and Simeon
4. Adonibezek justly requited
8. Jerusalem taken
10. Hebron taken
11. Othniel has Achsah to wife for taking
of Debir
16. The Kenites dwell in Judah
17. Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken
21. The acts of Benjamin
22. Of the house of Joseph, who take Bethel
30. Of Zebulun
31. Of Asher
33. Of Naphtali
34. Of Dan
Judges 2: Israel Rebuked and Defeated
1. An angel rebukes the people at Bochim
6. The wickedness of the new generation
after Joshua
14. God's anger and pity toward them
20. The Canaanites left to prove Israel
Judges 3: Israel's idolatry and Servitude;
Deliverance by Othniel, Ehud and Shamgar
1. The nations which were left to prove
Israel
5. By communion with them they commit
idolatry
8. Othniel delivered them from
Chushan-Rishathaim
12. Ehud from Eglon
31. and Shamgar from the Philistines
Judges 4: Deborah and Barak Deliver the
People from the Canaanites
1. Deborah and Barak deliver them from
Jabin and Sisera
17. Jael kills Sisera
Judges 5: The Song of Deborah and Barak
1. The Song of Deborah and Barak
Judges 6: Oppression by Midian; Gideon
Chosen; Destruction of Altar of Baal; Fleece
1. The Israelites for their sin are
oppressed by Midian
8. A prophet rebukes them
11. An angel sends Gideon for their
deliverance
17. Gideon's present is consumed with fire
24. Gideon destroys Baal's altar; offers a
sacrifice upon the altar Jehovah-shalom
28. Joash defends his son, and calls him
Jerubbaal
33. Gideon's army
36. Gideon's signs
Judges 7: Gideon Uses 300 Chosen Men to
Defeat the Midianites
1. Gideon's army of thirty-two thousand is
brought to three hundred
9. He is encouraged by the dream and
interpretation of the burley cake
16. His plan of trumpets and lamps in
pitchers
24. The Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb
Judges 8: Zebah and Zalmunna Taken;
Gideon's Ephod and Death; 40 years of Peace
1. Gideon pacifies the Ephraimites
4. Succoth and Penuel refuse to deliver
Gideon's army
10. Zebah and Zalmunna are taken
13. Succoth and Penuel are destroyed
17. Gideon revenges his brothers's death on
Zebah and Zalmunna
22. He refuses government
24. His ephod the cause of idolatry
28. Midian subdued
29. Gideon's children, and death
33. The Israelites' idolatry and
ingratitude
Judges 9: Abimelech Conspires to Become
King, Falls after 3 Years; Shechem; Abimelech
1. Abimelech by conspiracy with the
Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king
7. Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and
foretells their ruin
22. Gaal conspires with the Shechemites
against him
30. Zebul reveals it
34. Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the
city with salt
46. He burns the hold of the god Berith
50. At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a
millstone
56. Jotham's curse is fulfilled.
Judges 10: Tola; Jair; Jephthah;
Philistines and Ammonites Oppress Israel
1. Tola judges Israel in Shamir
3. Jair, whose thirty sons had thirty cities
6. The Philistines and Ammonites oppress
Israel
10. In their misery God sends them to their
false gods
15. Upon their repentance he pities them
Judges 11: Jephthah's Covenant with the
Gileadites
1. The covenant between Jephthah and the
Gileadites, that he should lead
12. The treaty of peace between him and the
Ammonites is in vain
29. Jephthah's vow
32. His conquest of the Ammonites
34. He performs his vow on his daughter.
Judges 12: Jephthah, Ephraim, Ibzan, Elon,
Abdon
1. The Ephraimites, quarrelling with
Jephthah, are slain by the Gileadites
7. Jephthah dies
8. Ibzan, who had thirty sons, and thirty
daughters
11. and Elon
13. and Abdon, who had forty sons, and
thirty nephews, judge Israel
Judges 13: Israel Oppressed by the
Philistines; Samson Is Born
1. Israel is delivered into the hands of
Philistines
2. An angel appears to Manoah's wife
8. The angel appears to Manoah
15. Manoah's sacrifices, whereby the angel
is discovered.
24. Samson is born
Judges 14: Samson's Marriage and Riddle
1. Samson desires a wife of the
Philistines.
6. In his journey he kills a lion
8. In a second journey he finds honey in
the carcass
10. Samson's marriage feast
12. His riddle by his wife is made known
19. He strikes down thirty Philistines
20. His wife is married to another.
Judges 15: Samson Burns the Philistine
Crops
1. Samson is denied his wife
3. He burns the Philistines' corn with
foxes and firebrands
6. His wife and her father are burnt by the
Philistines
8. Samson smites them hip and thigh
9. He is bound by the men of Judah, and
delivered to the Philistines
14. He kills them with a jawbone
18. God makes the fountain En-hakkore for
him in Lehi
Judges 16: Samson and Delilah; Samson's
Capture and Death
1. Samson at Gaza escapes, and carries away
the gates of the city
4. Delilah corrupted by the Philistines,
entices Samson
6. Thrice she is deceived
15. At last she overcomes him
21. The Philistines take him, and put out
his eyes
22. His strength renewing, he pulls down
the house upon the Philistines and dies
Judges 17: Micah's Idolatry
1. Of the money that Micah first stole,
then restored, his mother makes idols
5. And he makes ornaments for them
7. He hires a Levite to be his priest
Judges 18: Danites Settle in Laish, Take
Micah's Idols
1. The Danites send five men to seek out an
inheritance
3. At the house of Micah they consult with
Jonathan, and are encouraged
7. They search Laish, and bring back news
of good hope
11. Six hundred men are sent to surprise it
16. In their way they rob Micah of his
priest and his consecrated things
27. They win Laish, and call it Dan
30. They set up idolatry, wherein Jonathan
inherits the priesthood.
Judges 19: A Levite's Concubine Degraded
1. A Levite goes to Bethlehem to fetch home
his concubine
16. An old man entertains him at Gibeah
22. The Gibeonites abuse his concubine to
death
29. He divides her into twelve pieces, and
sends them to the twelve tribes
Judges 20: Israelites Defeat the Benjamites
1. The Levite in a general assembly
declared his wrong
8. The decree of the assembly
12. The Benjamites, being cited, make head
against the Israelites
18. The Israelites in two battles lose
forty thousand
26. They destroy by a plan all the
Benjamites, except six hundred.
Judges 21: Wives for the Benjamites
1. The people bewail the desolation of
Benjamin
8. By the destruction of Jabesh Gilead they
provide them four hundred wives.
16. They advise the remainder to surprise
the virgins that danced at Shiloh
Ruth 1: Naomi and Ruth
1. Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab,
dies there
4. Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives
of Moab, die also
6. Naomi, returning homeward
8. dissuades her two daughters-in-law from
going with her
14. Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great
constancy accompanies her
19. The two come to Bethlehem, where they
are gladly received
Ruth 2: Ruth Gleans in the Field of Boaz
1. Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz
4. Boaz takes notice of her
8. and shows her great favor
18. That which she got, she carries to
Naomi
Ruth 3: Naomi's Instruction to Ruth; Boaz
Accepts Ruth
1. By Naomi's instruction
5. Ruth lies at Boaz's feet
8. Boaz acknowledges the right of a kinsman
14. He sends her away with six measures of
barley
Ruth 4: Boaz Marries Ruth and Begins the
Line of David
1. Boaz calls into judgment the next
kinsman
6. He refuses the redemption according to
the manner in Israel
9. Boaz buys the inheritance
11. He marries Ruth
13. She bears Obed, the grandfather of
David
18. The generations of Pharez unto David
1 Samuel 1: Samuel Is Born to Hannah and
Elkanah
1. Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives,
worships yearly at Shiloh
4. He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and
provoked by Peninnah
9. Hannah in grief prays for a child
12. Eli first rebuking her, afterwards
blesses her
19. Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at
home till he is weaned
24. She presents him, according to her vow,
to the Lord
1 Samuel 2: Hannah's Prayer; Eli's Sons;
Samuel's Childhood
1. Hannah's song in thankfulness
12. The sin of Eli's sons
18. Samuel's ministry
20. by Eli's blessing Hannah is more
fruitful
22. Eli reproves his sons
27. A prophecy against Eli's house
1 Samuel 3: Samuel's Vision of the Fall of
Eli's House
1. How the word of the Lord was first
revealed to Samuel
11. God tells Samuel the destruction of
Eli's house
15. Samuel, though loath, tells Eli the
vision
19. Samuel grows in credit
1 Samuel 4: Philistines Take the Ark; Death
of Eli
1. The Israelites are overcome by the
Philistines at Ebenezer
3. They fetch the ark unto the terror of
the Philistines
10. They are smitten again, the ark taken,
and Hophni and Phinehas are slain
12. Eli at the news, falling backward,
breaks his neck
19. Phinehas's wife, discouraged in her
travail with Ichabod, dies
1 Samuel 5: Philistines Smitten while
Possessing the Ark
1. The Philistines having brought the ark
into Ashdod, set it in the house Dagon
3. Dagon is smitten down and cut and cut in
pieces,
5. and they of Ashdod smitten with tumors
8. So God deals with them of Gath, when it
was brought thither
10. and so with them of Ekron, when it was
brought thither
1 Samuel 6: Philistines Return the Ark to
Israel
1. After seven months the Philistines take
counsel how to send back the ark
10. They bring it on a new cart with an
offering unto Beth Shemesh
19. The people are smitten for looking into
the ark
21. They send to them of Kiriath Jearim to
fetch it
1 Samuel 7: Samuel Subdues the Philistines
1. They of Kiriath Jearim bring the ark to
Abinadab, and sanctify Eleazar as guard
2. After twenty years,
3. the Israelites, by Samuel's means,
solemnly repent at Mizpeh
7. While Samuel prays and sacrifices,
10. the Lord thwarts the Philistines by
thunder at Ebenezer
13. The Philistines are subdued
15. Samuel judges Israel
1 Samuel 8: Israelites Disregard Samuel's
Warning and Demand a King
1. By occasion of the ill government of
Samuel's sons, the Israelites ask a king
6. Samuel praying in grief is comforted by
God
10. He tells the manner of a king
19. God wills Samuel to yield unto the
importunity of the people
1 Samuel 9: Saul Anointed by Samuel
1. Saul despairing to find his father's
donkeys
6. by the counsel of his servant
11. and direction of young maidens
15. according to God's revelation
18. comes to Samuel
19. Samuel entertains Saul at the feast
25. Samuel, after secret communication,
brings Saul on his way
1 Samuel 10: Saul becomes King
1. Samuel anoints Saul
2. He confirms him by prediction of three
signs
9. Saul's heart is changed, and he
prophesies
14. He conceals the matter of the kingdom
from his uncle
17. Saul is chosen at Mizpeh by lot
26. The different affections of his
subjects
1 Samuel 11: Saul Rescues Jabesh from the
Ammonites; Saul Confirmed as King
1. Nahash offers them of Jabesh Gilead a
reproachful condition
4. They send messengers, and are delivered
by Saul
12. Saul thereby is confirmed, and his
kingdom renewed
1 Samuel 12: Samuel testifies to Israel;
God sends Thunder and Israel Repents
1. Samuel testifies his integrity
6. He reproves the people of ingratitude
16. He terrifies them with thunder in
harvest time
20. he comforts them in God's mercy
1 Samuel 13: War with the Philistines
1. Saul's select band
3. He calls the Hebrews to Gilgal against
the Philistines
5. The Philistines' great army
6. The distress of the Israelites
8. Saul, weary of staying for Samuel,
sacrifices
11. Samuel reproves him
17. The three raiding parties of the
Philistines
19. The policy of the Philistines, to allow
no blacksmith in Israel
1 Samuel 14: Jonathan's Miraculous Victory;
Saul's Foolish Order; Jonathan Disobeys
1. Jonathan goes and miraculously smites
the Philistine's garrison
15. A divine terror makes them beat
themselves
17. Saul, not staying the priest's answer,
sets on them
21. The captivated Hebrews, and the hidden
Israelites, join against them.
24. Saul's unadvised adjuration hinders the
victory
31. He restrains the people from eating
blood
35. He builds an altar
37. Jonathan, taken by lot, is save by the
people
47. Saul's victories, strength, and family
1 Samuel 15: Saul's Disobedience and
Samuel's Rebuke
1. Samuel sends Saul to destroy Amalek
6. Saul favors the Kenites
7. He spares Agag and the best of the spoil
10. Samuel denounces unto Saul God's
rejection of him for his disobedience
24. Saul's humiliation
32. Samuel kills Agag
34. Samuel and Saul part
1 Samuel 16: Samuel Goes to Bethlehem and
Anoints David
1. Samuel sent by God, under pretense of a
sacrifice, comes to Bethlehem
6. His human judgment is reproved
11. He anoints David
15. Saul sends for David to quiet his evil
spirit
1 Samuel 17: David and Goliath
1. The armies of the Israelites and
Philistines being ready to battle
4. Goliath challenges a combat
12. David, sent by his father to visit his
brothers, takes the challenge
28. Eliab chides him
30. He is brought to Saul
32. shows the reason of his confidence
38. and slays the giant
55. Saul takes notice of David
1 Samuel 18: Jonathan's Friendship with
David; Saul's Jealousy
1. Jonathan befriends David
5. Saul envies his praise
10. seeks to kill him in his fury
12. fears him for his good success
17. offers him his daughters for snare
23. David persuaded to be the king's
son-in-law,
25. gives two hundred foreskins of the
Philistines for Michal's dowry
28. Saul's hatred and David's glory
increase
1 Samuel 19: David Protected from Saul
1. Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives,
worships yearly at Shiloh
4. He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and
provoked by Peninnah
9. Hannah in grief prays for a child
12. Eli first rebuking her, afterwards
blesses her
19. Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at
home till he is weaned
24. She presents him, according to her vow,
to the Lord
1 Samuel 20: David and Jonathan's Covenant
1. David consults with Jonathan for his
safety
11. Jonathan and David renew their covenant
by oath
18. Jonathan's token to David
23. Saul, missing David, seeks to kill
Jonathan
35. Jonathan affectionately takes his leave
of David
1 Samuel 21: David Takes the Consecrated
Bread
1. David at Nob obtains Ahimelech's
hallowed bread
7. Doeg is present
8. David takes Goliath's sword
10. David at Gath feigns himself insane
1 Samuel 22: Saul Slays the Priests of Nob
1. Companies resort unto David at Adullam
3. At Mizpeh he commends his parents unto
the king of Moab
5. Admonished by Gad, he comes to Hareth,
6. Saul going to pursue him, complains of
his servants' unfaithfulness
9. Doeg accuses Ahimelech
11. Saul commands to kill the priests
17. The footmen refusing, Doeg executes it
20. Abiathar escaping, brings David the
news
1 Samuel 23: David Saves Keilah, Flees from
Saul
1. David, enquiring of the Lord by
Abiathar, rescues Keilah
7. God showing him the coming of Saul, and
the treachery of the Keilites,
13. he escapes from Keilah
14. In Ziph Jonathan comes and comforts him
19. The Ziphites discover him to Saul
25. At Maon he is rescued from Saul by the
invasion of the Philistines
29. He dwells at En Gedi
1 Samuel 24: David Spares Saul's Life
1. David, in a cave at En Gedi, spares his
life
8. He shows thereby his innocence,
16. Saul, acknowledging his fault, takes an
oath of David, and departs.
1 Samuel 25: Samuel Dies; David Marries
Abigail
1. Samuel dies
2. David in Paran sends to Nabal
10. Provoked by Nabal's rudeness, he minds
to destroy him
14. Abigail understanding thereof
18. takes a present
23. and by her wisdom
32. pacifies David
36. Nabal hearing thereof, dies
39. David takes Abigail and Ahinoam to be
his wives
44. Michal is given to Phalti
1 Samuel 26: David Spares Saul a Second
Time
1. Saul, by the discovery of the Ziphites,
comes to Hachilah against David
4. David coming into the trench keeps
Abishai from killing Saul,
11. but takes his spear and jug
13. David reproves Abner
17. and exhorts Saul
21. Saul acknowledges his sin
1 Samuel 27: David Flees to the Philistines
1. Saul, hearing David to be in Gath, seeks
no more for him
5. David begs Ziklag of Achish
8. He, invading other countries, persuades
Achish he fought against Judah.
1 Samuel 28: Saul and the Witch of Endor
1. Achish puts confidence in David
3. Saul having destroyed the witches
4. and now in his fear forsaken of God
7. has recourse to a witch
8. who, encouraged by Saul, raises up
Samuel
15. Saul hearing his ruin, faints
21. The woman and his servants refresh him
with meat
1 Samuel 29: Achish Sends David Away
1. David marching with the Philistines
3. is disallowed by their princes
6. Achish dismisses him, with commendations
of his fidelity
1 Samuel 30: David Destroys the Amalekites
and Divides the Spoils
1. The Amalekites raid Ziklag
4. David asking counsel, is encouraged by
God to pursue them
11. By the means of a received Egyptian he
is brought to the enemies,
18. and recovers all the spoil
22. David's law to divide the spoil equally
26. He sends presents to his friends
1 Samuel 31: Saul and His Sons Killed
1. Saul, having lost his army, and his sons
slain,
4. he and his armor bearer kill themselves.
7. The Philistines possess the forsaken towns
of the Israelites
8. They triumph over the dead bodies
11. They of Jabesh Gilead recovering the
dead bodies by night,
12. burn them at Jabesh,
13. and mournfully bury their bodies.
2 Samuel 1: David Informed, Mourns for Saul
and Jonathan
1. The Amalekite who accused himself of
Saul's death is slain
17. David laments Saul and Jonathan with a
song
2 Samuel 2: David Made King over Judah;
Ish-Bosheth Rules over Israel
1. David, by God's direction, with his
company goes up to Hebron
4. where he is made king of Judah
5. He commends them of Jabesh Gilead for
their king of Israel
8. Abner makes Ishbosheth king of Israel
12. A mortal skirmish between twelve of
Abner's and twelve of Joab's men.
18. Asahel is slain
25. At Abner's motion, Joab sounds a
retreat
32. Asahel's burial
2 Samuel 3: House of David Strengthened;
Joab murders Abner
1. During the war David becomes stronger
2. Six sons are born to him in Hebron
6. Abner, displeased with Ishbosheth
7. revolts to David
13. David requires as a condition to bring
him his wife Michal
17. Abner confers with the Israelites,
feasted by David, and dismissed
22. Joab returning from battle, is
displeased with the king, and kills Abner
28. David curses Joab
31. and mourns for Abner
2 Samuel 4: The Murder of Ish-bosheth
1. The Israelites being troubled at the
death of Abner
2. Baanah and Rechab slay Ish-Bosheth, and
bring his head to Hebron
9. David causes them to be slain, and
Ish-Bosheth's head to be buried.
2 Samuel 5: David Becomes King over All
Israel, Defeats the Philistines
1. The tribes come to Hebron and anoint
David over Israel,
4. David's age
6. Taking Zion from the Jebusites, he
dwells in it
11. Hiram sends to David,
13. Eleven sons are born to him in
Jerusalem
17. David, directed by God, smites the
Philistines at Baal-perazim
22. And again at the mulberry trees
2 Samuel 6: The Ark Is Brought to Jerusalem
1. David fetches the ark from Kirjath
Jearim on a new cart,
6. Uzzah is smitten at Perez Uzzah
9. God blesses Obed-Edom for the ark
12. David brings the ark into Zion with
sacrifices, and dances before it;
16. for which Michal despises him
17. He places it in a tabernacle with great
joy and feasting
20. Michal, reproving David for his joy, is
childless to her death
2 Samuel 7: David Plans a Temple; David's
Prayer
1. Nathan, first approving the purpose of
David to build God a house
4. After by the word of God forbids him
12. God promises him benefits and blessings
in his seed
18. David's prayer and thanksgiving
2 Samuel 8: David Defeats the Philistines,
Moabites, Syrians
1. David subdues the Philistines and the
Moabites
3. He smites Hadadezer, and the Syrians
9. Toi sends Joram with presents to bless
him
11. David dedicates the presents and the
spoil to God
14. He puts garrisons in Edom
16. David's officers
2 Samuel 9: David by Ziba Sends for
Mephibosheth
1. David by Ziba sends for Mephibosheth
7. For Jonathan's sake he restores to him
all that was Saul's
9. He makes Ziba his farmer
2 Samuel 10: David Defeats Ammon and Aram
1. David's messengers, sent to comfort
Hanun are villainously treated
6. The Ammonites, strengthened by the
Syrians, overcome by Joab and Abishai
15. Shobuch, making a new supply of the
Syrains at Helam, is slain by David
2 Samuel 11: David and Bathsheba
1. While Joab besieges Rabbah, David
commits adultery with Bathsheba
6. Uriah, sent for by David to cover the
adultery, would not go home.
14. He carries to Joab the letter of his
death
18. Joab sends the news thereof to David
26. David takes Bathsheba as his wife
2 Samuel 12: Nathan Rebukes David; Solomon
Born
1. Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb causes
David to be his own judge.
7. David, reproved by Nathan, confesses his
sin, and is pardoned
15. David mourns and prays for the child
while it lives
24. Solomon is born, and named Jedidiah
26. David takes Rabbah, and tortures the
people thereof
2 Samuel 13: Amnon and Tamar; Amnom Killed
by Absalom
1. Amnon loving Tamar, by Jonadab's counsel
feigning himself sick, ravishes her.
15. He hates her, and shamefully turns her
away
19. Absalom entertains her, and conceals
his purpose
23. At a sheep-shearing among all the
king's sons, he kills Amnon
31. David grieving at the news, is
comforted by Jonadab
37. Absalom flies to Talmai at Geshur
2 Samuel 14: The Widow of Tekoa; Absalom
Recalled
1. Joab, suborning a widow of Tekoah to
incline the king's heart to fetch Absalom,
21. brings him home to Jerusalem
25. Absalom's beauty, hair, and children
28. After two years, Absalom is brought
into the king's presence by Joab
2 Samuel 15: Absalom's Conspiracy; David
Flees Jerusalem
1. Absalom, by fair speeches and
courtesies, steals the hearts of Israel.
7. By pretense of a vow, he obtains leave
to go to Hebron
10. He makes there a great conspiracy
13. David upon the news flees from
Jerusalem
19. Ittai will leave him
24. Zadok and Abiathar are sent back with
the ark
30. David and his company go up mount
Olivet weeping,
31. He curses Ahithophel's counsel
32. Hushai is sent back with instructions
2 Samuel 16: David and Ziba; Shimei Curses
David; Absalom Enters Jerusalem
1. Ziba, by presents and false suggestions,
obtains his master's inheritance
5. At Bahurim, Shimei curses David
9. David with patience abstains, and
restrains others, from revenge
15. Hushai insinuates himself into
Absalom's counsel
20. Ahithophel's counsel
2 Samuel 17: Hushai's Warning Saves David
1. Ahithophel's counsel is overthrown by
Hushai's
15. Secret intelligence is sent unto David
23. Ahithophel hangs himself
25. Amasa is made captain
27. David at Mahanaim is furnished with
provisions
2 Samuel 18: Absalom Slain by Joab; David
Mourns
1. David viewing the armies in their march
gives them charge of Absalom
6. The Israelites are sorely smitten in the
wood of ephraim
9. Absalom, hanging in an oak is slain by
Joab, and cast into a pit
18. Absalom's place
19. Ahimaaz and Cushi bring tidings to
David
33. David mourns for Absalom
2 Samuel 19: Joab Causes David to Cease His
Mourning; David Restored
1. Joab causes the king to cease his
mourning
9. The Israelites are earnest to bring the
king back
11. David sends to the priest to incite
them of Judah
18. Shimei is pardoned
24. Mephibosheth excused
32. Barzillai dismissed, and Chimham his
son taken into the king's family
41. The Israelites expostulate with Judah
for bringing home the king without them
2 Samuel 20: Sheba Rebels; Joab Kills
Amasa; Revolt Ended
1. By occasion of the quarrel, Sheba rebels
in Israel
3. David's ten concubines are put in
confinement for life
4. Amasa, made captain over Judah, is slain
by Joab
14. Joab pursues Sheba to Abel
16. A wise woman saves the city by Sheba's
head
23. David's officers
2 Samuel 21: The Gibeonites Avenged;
Battles with the Philistines
1. The three year Gibeonite famine ceases,
by hanging seven of Saul's sons.
10. Rizpah's kindness unto the dead
12. David buries the bones of Saul and
Jonathan in his father's tomb
15. Four battles against the Philistines,
wherein four men of David slay four giants.
2 Samuel 22: David's Song of Deliverance
1. David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's
deliverance and blessings
2 Samuel 23: David's Last Song
1. David, in his last words, professes his
faith in God's promises
6. The different state of the wicked
8. A catalogue of David's mighty men
2 Samuel 24: The Census Taken; David Builds
an Altar
1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to
number the people
5. The captains, in nine months and twenty
days, gather 1,300,000 fighting men
10. David repents, and having three plagues
proposed by God, chooses pestilence
15. After the death of 70,000, David by
prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
18. David, by God's direction, purchases
Araunah's threshing floor;
25. and the plague stops
1 Kings 1: David in Old Age Anoints Solomon
as King
1. Abishag cherishes David in his extreme
age
5. Adonijah, David's darling, usurps the
kingdom
11. By the council of Nathan
15. Bathsheba moves the king
22. And Nathan seconds her
28. David renews his oath to Bathsheba
32. Solomon, by David's appointment,
38. being anointed king by Zadok and
Nathan, the people triumph
41. Jonathan bringing the news, Adonijah's
guests fly
50. Adonijah, flying to the horns of the
altar, is dismissed by Solomon
1 Kings 2: David's Charge to Solomon;
David's Death
1. David, having given a charge to Solomon
3. of Reverence
5. of Joab
7. of Barzillai
8. of Shimei
10. Solomon succeeds
12. Adonijah, moving Bathsheba to ask unto
Solomon for Abishag,
13. is put to death
26. Abiathar, having his life given him, is
deprived of the priesthood
28. Joab fleeing to the horns of the altar,
is there slain
35. Benaiah is put in Joab's room, and
Zadfok in Abiathar's
36. Shimei, confined to Jerusalem, by
occasion of going to Gath, is put to death.
1 Kings 3: Solomon Asks for Wisdom
1. Solomon marries Pharaoh's daughter
2. High places being in use, Solomon
sacrifices at Gibeon
5. Solomon at Gibeon, in the choice which
God gave him,
10. preferring wisdom, obtains wisdom,
riches, and honor
16. Solomon's judgment makes him renowned
1 Kings 4: Solomon's Officials, Daily
Provision, and Wisdom
1. Solomon's princes
7. His twelve officers for provision
20. The peace and largeness of his kingdom
22. His daily provision
26. His stable
29. His wisdom
1 Kings 5: Preparations for the Temple
1. Hiram, sending to congratulate Solomon,
is desired to furnish him with timber
7. Hiram, blessing God for Solomon,
furnishes him with trees.
13. The number of Solomon's workmen and
laborers
1 Kings 6: The Building of Solomon's Temple
1. The building of Solomon's temple
5. The chambers thereof
11. God's promise unto it
15. The ceiling and adorning of it
23. The cherubim
31. The doors
36. The court
37. The time of building it
1 Kings 7: The Building of Solomon's Palace
1. The building of Solomon's house
2. Of the house of Lebanon
6. Of the porch of pillars
7. Of the porch of judgment
8. Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter
13. Hiram's work of the two pillars,
23. Of the molten sea
27. Of the ten bases
38. Of the ten lavers
40. and all the vessels
1 Kings 8: Ark Brought to the Temple;
Solomon's Prayer of Dedication
1. The feast of the temple
12. Solomon's blessing
22. Solomon's prayer
54. Solomon's blessing
62. His sacrifice of peace offerings
1 Kings 9: God's covenant with Solomon;
Solomon's works
1. God's covenant in a vision with Solomon
10. The mutual presents of Solomon and
Hiran
15. In Solomon's works the Gentiles were
his bondmen, the Israelites servants
24. Pharaoh's daughter removes to her house
25. Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices
26. His navy fetches gold from Ophir
1 Kings 10: The Queen of Sheba Visits
Solomon
1. The queen of Sheba admires the wisdom of
Solomon
14. Solomon's gold
16. His targets
18. The throne of ivory
21. His vessels
24. His presents
26. his chariots and horse
28. his tribute
1 Kings 11: Solomon's Wives Draw Him to
Idolatry; Solomon's Death
1. Solomon's wives and concubines
4. In his old age they draw him to idolatry
9. God threatens him,
14. Solomon's adversaries were Hadad, who
was entertained in Egypt
23. Rezon, who reigned in Damascus
26. And Jeroboam, to whom Ahijah prophesied
41. Solomon's acts, reign, and death.
Rehoboam succeeds him
1 Kings 12: Israelites Rebel against Rehoboam;
Kingdom Divided; Jeroboam begins Idol Worship
1. The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to
crown Rehoboam,
4. by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation
unto him
6. Rehoboam, refusing the old men's
counsel, answers them roughly
16. Ten tribes revolting, kill Adoram, and
make Rehoboam flee
21. Rehoboam, raising an army, is forbidden
by Shemaiah
25. Jeroboam strengthens himself by cities
26. and by idolatry of the two calves
1 Kings 13: Jeroboam's Hand Withered and
Restored; Prophet Reproved
1. Jeroboam's hand withers
6. and at the prayer of the prophet is
restored
7. The prophet departs from Bethel
11. An old prophet brings him back
20. He is reproved by God
23. slain by a lion
26. buried by the old prophet
31. who confirms the prophecy
33. Jeroboam's obstinacy
1 Kings 14: Ahijah's Prophecies against
Jeroboam; Rehoboam's Wicked Reign
1. Abijah being sick,
2. Jeroboam sends his wife, disguised, with
presents to the prophet Ahijah
5. Ahijah forewarned by God, denounces
God's judgment
17. Abijah dies, and is buried
19. Nadab succeeds Jeroboam
21. Rehoboam's wicked reign,
25. Shishak raids Jerusalem
29. Abijam succeeds Rehoboam
1 Kings 15: Kings of Judah: Abijam, Asa,
Jehoshaphat; Israel: Nadab, Baasha
1. Abijam's wicked reign
7. Asa succeeds him
9. Asa's good reign
16. The war between Baasha and him causes
him to make a league with Ben-Hadad
23. Jehoshaphat succeeds Asa
25. Nadab's wicked reign
27. Baasha conspiring against him, executes
Ahijah's prophecy
31. Nadab's acts and death
33. Baasha's wicked reign
1 Kings 16: Jehu's Prophecy; Kings of
Israel: Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab
1. Jehu's prophecy against Baasha
5. Elah succeeds him
8. Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds
him
11. Zimri executes Jehu's prophecy
15. Omri, made king by the soldiers, forces
Zimri desperately to burn himself
21. The kingdom being divided, Omri
prevails against Tibni
23. Omri builds Samaria
25. His wicked reign
27. Ahab succeeds him
29. Ahab's most wicked reign
34. Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of
Jericho
1 Kings 17: Elijah Prays for drought, Fed
by Ravens; The Widow at Zarephath
1. Elijah, having prophesied against Ahab,
3. is sent to Cherith where the ravens feed
him.
8. He is sent to the widow of Zarephath
17. He raises the widow's son
24. The woman believes him
1 Kings 18: Elijah and Baal's Prophets on
Mount Carmel; Elijah's Prayer
1. In the extremity of famine Elijah, sent
to Ahab, meets good Obadiah
9. Obadiah brings Ahab to Elijah
17. Elijah, reproving Ahab, by fire from heaven
convinces Baal's prophets
41. Elijah, by prayer obtaining rain,
follows Ahab to Jezreel
1 Kings 19: Elijah Flees Jezebel; Elisha
Called
1. Elijah, threatened by Jezebel, flees to
Beersheba
4. In the desert, being weary of his life,
he is comforted by an angel
9. At Horeb God appears unto him, sending
him to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha
19. Elisha, taking leave of his friends,
follows Elijah
1 Kings 20: Ben-Hadad Attacks Samaria,
Defeated by Ahab; Ahab Condemned
1. Ben-Hadad, not content with Ahab's
homage, besieges Samaria
13. By the direction of a prophet, the
Syrians are slain
22. As the prophet forewarned Ahab, the
Syrians come against him in Aphek
28. By the word of the prophet, and God's
judgment, the Syrians are smitten again
31. The Syrians submit; Ahab sends
Ben-Hadad away with a covenant
35. The prophet, under the parable of a
prisoner,
39. making Ahab judge himself, denounces
God's judgment against him
1 Kings 21: Ahab Takes Naboth's Vineyard
Due to Jezebel's Plot
1. Ahab being denied Naboth's vineyard, is
grieved
5. Jezebel writing letters against Naboth,
he is condemned of blasphemy
15. Ahab take possession of the vineyard
17. Elijah denounces judgments against Ahab
and Jezebel
25. Wicked Ahab repenting, God defers the
judgment
1 Kings 22: Ahab Warned by Micaiah, Slain
at Ramoth Gilead; Jehoshaphat King of Judah; Ahaziah King of Israel
1. Ahab, seduced by false prophets, by
Michaiah's word, is slain at Ramoth Gilead
37. The dogs lick up his blood, and Ahaziah
succeeds him
41. Jehoshaphat's good reign
45. His acts
46. Jehoram succeeds him
51. Ahaziah's evil reign
2 Kings 1: Moab Rebels; Ahaziah Judged by
Elijah and Succeeded by Jehoram
1. Moab rebels
2. Ahaziah, sending to Baal-Zebub, has his
judgement by Elijah
5. Elijah twice brings fire from heaven on
those Ahaziah sent to apprehend him.
13. He pities the third captain,
15. and, encouraged by an angel, tells the
king of his death
17. Jehoram succeeds Ahaziah
2 Kings 2: Elijah Taken to Heaven and
Succeeded by Elisha
1. Elijah, taking his leave of Elisha, with
his mantle divides Jordan
9. and, granting Elisha his request, is
taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven
12. Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah's
mantle, is acknowledged his successor
16. The young prophets, hardly obtaining
leave to seek Elijah, cannot find him.
19. Elisha with salt heals the unwholesome
waters
23. Bears destroy the children that mocked
Elisha
2 Kings 3: Jehoram Meets Moab's Rebellion
1. Jehoram's reign
4. Mesha rebels
6. Jehoram, with Jehoshaphat, and the king
of Edom, being distressed for want of water,
13. by Elisha obtains water, and promise of
victory
21. The Moabites, deceived by the colour of
the water, coming to spoil, are overcome
26. The king of Moab sacrifices his son,
and raises the siege
2 Kings 4: The Widow's Oil; The Shunammite
Woman's son rasied; Stew and Bread Feed Many
1. Elisha multiplies the widow's oil
8. He obtains a son for the good Shunammite
18. He restores her son when dead
38. At Gilgal he heals the deadly pottage
42. He satisfies a hundred men with twenty
loaves
2 Kings 5: Naaman Cured of Leprosy; Gehazi
Smitten
1. Naaman, by the report of a captive maid,
is sent to Samaria to be cured of leprosy
8. Elisha, sending him to Jordan cures him
15. He refusing Naaman's gifts grants him
some of the earth
20. Gehazi, abusing his master's name unto
Naaman, is smitten with leprosy
2 Kings 6: Elisha Causes the Axhead to
Float; Arameans Blinded; Samaria Besieged
1. Elisha, allowing the young prophets to
enlarge dwellings, floats an axhead
8. He discloses the king of Syria's counsel
13. The army which was sent to Dothan to
apprehend Elisha, is blinded
19. Being brought into Samaria, they are
dismissed in peace
24. The famine in Samaria causes women to
eat their own children
30. The king sends to slay Elisha
2 Kings 7: Elisha Promises Plenty in
Samaria; Siege Lifted
1. Elisha prophesies incredible plenty in
Samaria
3. four lepers, venturing on the host of
the Syrians, bring tidings of their flight
12. The king, finding by spies the news to
be true, spoils the tents of the Syrians.
17. The lord who would not believe the
prophecy of plenty is trampled in the press
2 Kings 8: The Shunammite's Land; Hazael
Kills Ben-Hadad; Jehoram and Ahaziah Kings of Judah
1. The Shunammite, having left her country
seven years, to avoid the famine,
5. for Elisha's miracle's sake has her land
restored by the king.
7. Hazael Murders Ben-Hadad and succeeds
him
16. Jehoram's wicked reign in Judah
20. Edom and Libnah revolt
23. Ahaziah succeeds Jehoram
25. Ahaziah's wicked reign
28. He visits Joram, being wounded, at
Jezreel
2 Kings 9: Jehu Reigns in Israel; Murders
of Joram, Ahaziah, Jezebel
1. Elisha sends a young prophet with
instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth Gilead
4. The prophet having done his message,
flees
11. Jehu, being made king by the soldiers,
kills Joram in the field of Naboth
27. Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at
Jerusalem
30. Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a
window, and eaten by dogs.
2 Kings 10: Ahab's Family Killed; Baal
Worshipers killed; Jehoahaz succeeds Jehu
1. Jehu, by his letters, causes seventy of
Ahab's sons to be beheaded
8. He excuses the fact by the prophecy of
Elijah
12. At the shearing house he slays
forty-two of Ahaziah's brothers
15. He takes Jehonadab into his company
18. By subtilty he destroys all the
worshippers of Baal
29. Jehu follows Jeroboam's sins
32. Hazael oppresses Israel
34. Jehoahaz succeeds Jehu
2 Kings 11: Athaliah Queen of Judah
1. Jehoash, being saved by Jehosheba his
aunt from Athaliah's massacre,
3. is hidden six years in the house of God
13. Jehoiada, giving order to the captains,
in the seventh year anoints him king
17. Jehoiada restores the worship of God
2 Kings 12: Joash Reigns over Judah,
Repairs the Temple
1. Jehoash reigns well all the days of
Jehoiada
4. He gives order for the repair of the
temple
17. Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by a
present of the hallowed treasures
19. Jehoash being slain, Amaziah succeeds
him
2 Kings 13: Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Kings of
Israel; Elisha Dies
1. Jehoahaz's wicked reign
3. Jehoahaz, oppressed by Hazael, is
relieved by prayer
8. Joash succeeds him
10. His wicked reign
12. Jeroboam succeeds him
14. Elisha dying, prophesies to Joash three
victories over the Syrians
20. The Moabites invading the land,
Elisha's bones raise a dead man.
22. Joash gets three victories over
Ben-hadad
2 Kings 14: Amaziah and Jeroboam II Kings
of Judah
1. Amaziah's good reign
5. His justice on the murderers of his father
7. His victory over Edom
8. Amaziah, provoking Jehoash, is overcome
15. Jeroboam succeeds Jehoash
17. Amaziah slain by a conspiracy
21. Azariah succeeds him
23. Jeroboam's wicked reign
28. Zachariah succeeds him
2 Kings 15: Azariah, Jotham Kings of Judah;
Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah Kings of Israel
1. Azariah's good reign
5. He dying a leper, is succeeded by Jotham
8. Zachariah the last of Jehu's generation,
reigning ill, is slain by Shallum
13. Shallum, reigning a month, is slain by
Nenahem
16. Menahem strengthens himself by Pul
21. Pekahiah succeeds him
23. Pekahiah is slain by Pekah
27. Pekah is oppressed by Tiglath-pileser,
and slain by Hoshea
32. Jotham's good reign
36. Ahaz succeeds him
2 Kings 16: Ahaz Ruler over Judah; Damascus
Falls; Ahaz Succeeded by Hezekiah
1. Ahaz's wicked reign
5. Ahaz, assailed by Rezin and Pekah, hires
Tiglath-Pileser against them
10. Ahaz, sending a pattern of an altar
from Damascus to Urijah,
12. diverts the bronze altar to his own
devotions,
17. He raids the temple
19. Hezekiah succeeds him
2 Kings 17: Hoshea Last King of Israel;
Northern Tribes Led into Captivity
1. Hoshea the Last King of Israel
3. Being subdued by Shalmaneser, he
conspires against him with So, king of Egypt
5. Samaria for sinning is led into
captivity
24. The strange nations transplanted into
Samaria make a mixture of religions.
2 Kings 18: Hezekiah Rules over Judah,
Destroys Idolatry
1. Hezekiah's good reign
4. He destroys idolatry, and prospers
9. The inhabitants of Samaria are carried
captive for their sins
13. Sennacherib invading Judah, is pacified
by a tribute
17. Rabshakeh, by blasphemous persuasions,
solicits the people to revolt
2 Kings 19: Isaiah Foretells Jerusalem's
Deliverance; Hezekiah's Prayer and God's Answer
1. Hezekiah, in mourning, sends to Isaiah
to pray for them.
6. Isaiah comforts them.
8. Sennacherib, going to encounter
Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah.
14. Hezekiah's prayer.
20. Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of
Sennacherib, and the good of Zion.
35. An angel slays the Assyrians.
36. Sennacherib is slain by his own sons.
2 Kings 20: Hezekiah's Life Lengthened,
Shows Treasures to Babylon
1. Hezekiah, having received a message of
death, by prayer has his life lengthened.
8. The sun goes ten degrees backward for a
sign of that promise.
12. Berodach-baladan sending to visit
Hezekiah has notice of his treasures.
14. Isaiah understanding thereof, foretells
the Babylonian captivity.
20. Manasseh succeeds Hezekiah.
2 Kings 21: Manasseh's and Amon's Wicked
Reigns
1. Manasseh's reign.
3. His great idolatry.
10. His wickedness causes prophecies
against Judah.
17. Amon succeeds him.
19. Amon's wicked reign.
23. He being slain by his servants, and
those murderers slain by the people,
26. Josiah is made king.
2 Kings 22: Josiah's Good Reign; Repair of
the Temple; Finding the Lost Book of the Law
1. Josiah's good reign.
3. He takes care for the repair of the
temple.
8. Hilkiah having found a book of the law,
12. Josiah sends to Huldah to enquire of
the Lord.
15. Huldah prophesies the destruction of
Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah's time.
2 Kings 23: Josiah Renews the Covenant and
Passover; Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim Follow
1. Josiah causes the book to be read in a
solemn assembly.
3. He renews the covenant of the Lord.
4. He destroys idolatry.
15. He burns dead men's bones upon the
altar of Bethel, as was prophesied.
21. He keeps a most solemn Passover.
24. He puts away witches and all
abomination.
26. God's final wrath against Judah.
29. Josiah, provoking Pharaoh Neco, is
slain at Megiddo.
31. Jehoahaz, succeeding him,
33. is imprisoned by Pharaoh Neco, who
makes Jehoiakim king.
36. Jehoiakim's wicked reign.
2 Kings 24: Jehoiakim; Deportation to
Babylon; Jehoiachin; Zedekiah
1. Jehoiakim, first subdued by
Nebuchadnezzar, then rebelling against him,
2. procures his own ruin.
5. Jehoiachin succeeds him.
7. The king of Egypt is vanquished by the
king of Babylon.
8. Jehoiachin's evil reign.
10. Jerusalem is taken and carried captive
into Babylon.
17. Zedekiah is made king, and reigns ill,
unto the utter destruction of Judah.
2 Kings 25: Nebuchadnezzar's Siege, Burning
and Plunder of Jerusalem; Jehoiachin's Release
1. Jerusalem is besieged.
4. Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes
put out.
8. Nebuzaradan defaces the city, exiles the
remnant, except a few poor laborers;
13. and carries away the treasures.
18. The nobles are slain at Riblah.
22. Gedaliah, who was over those who
remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt.
27. Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin in
his court.
1 Chronicles 1: Genealogy from Adam to
Abraham; Abraham's Descendants
1. Adam's line to Noah.
5. The sons of Japheth.
8. The sons of Ham.
17. The sons of Shem.
24. Shem's line to Abraham.
29. Ishmael's sons.
32. The sons of Keturah.
34. The posterity of Abraham by Esau.
38. The sons of Seir.
43. The kings of Edom.
51. The dukes of Edom.
1 Chronicles 2: Genealogy from Jacob to
David
1. The sons of Israel.
3. The posterity of Judah by Tamar.
13. The children of Jesse.
18. The posterity of Caleb the son of
Hezron.
21. Hezron's posterity by the daughter of
Machir.
25. Jerahmeel's posterity.
34. Sheshan's posterity.
42. Another branch of Caleb's posterity.
50. The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur.
1 Chronicles 3: Family of David and Kings
of Judah
1. The sons of David.
10. His line to Zedekiah.
17. The successors of Jeconiah.
1 Chronicles 4: Descendants of Judah and of
Simeon
1. The posterity of Judah by Caleb, the son
of Hur.
5. Of Ashur, the posthumous son Hezron.
9. Of Jabez, and his prayer.
11. The other families of the same stock.
21. The sons of Shelah.
24. The posterity and cities of Simeon.
39. Their conquest of Gedor, and of the
Amalekites in mount Seir.
1 Chronicles 5: Descendants of Reuben, Gad,
Half-Tribe of Manasseh
1. Judah and Joseph preferred before
Reuben, who forfeited his birthright.
3. Ruben's descendants; some of whom
vanquish the Hagarites.
11. The chief men of Gad, and their
habitations.
18. Ruben, Gad, and half of Manasseh,
obtain a victory over the Hagarites.
23. The habitations and chief men of that
half of Manasseh.
25. The captivity of the two tribes and
half, for their sins.
1 Chronicles 6: Descendants of Levi; The
Temple Musicians
1. The sons of Levi.
4. The line of Eleazar unto the captivity.
16. The families of Gershom, Kohath, and
Merari.
49. The office of Aaron, and his line unto
Ahimaaz.
54. The cities of the priests and Levites.
1 Chronicles 7: Descendants from Issachar,
Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Asher
1. The sons of Issachar;
6. of Benjamin;
13. of Naphtali;
14. of Manasseh;
15. and of Ephraim.
21. The calamity of Ephraim by the men of
Gath.
23. His posterity by Beriah.
28. Their habitations.
30. The sons of Asher.
1 Chronicles 8: Genealogy from Benjamin to
Saul
1. The sons and chief men of Benjamin
33. The stock of Saul and Jonathan
1 Chronicles 9: People of Israel; Judah's
Genealogies; Saul's Family Line
1. The original of Israel and Judah's
genealogies
2. The Israelites
10. The priests
14. and the Levites, with Nethinims, who
dwelt in Jerusalem
27. The charge of certain Levites
35. The stock of Saul and Jonathan
1 Chronicles 10: Saul's Overthrow and
Defeat
1. Saul's overthrow and death
8. The Philistines triumph over Saul
11. The kindness of Jabesh Gilead toward
Saul and his sons
13. Saul's sin for which the kingdom was
transferred from him to David
1 Chronicles 11: David Reigns over All
Israel; Conquers Jerusalem with His Mighty Men
1. David Becomes King over All Israel
4. Jerusalem
10. David's Mighty Men
1 Chronicles 12: David's Supporters at
Ziklag and Hebron
1. The companies that came to David at
Ziklag
23. The armies that came to him at Hebron
1 Chronicles 13: Bringing Back the Ark
1. David fetches the ark with great
solemnity from Kirjath Jearim
9. Uzza being smitten, the ark is left at
the house of Obed-Edom
1 Chronicles 14: David's Family Grows,
Defeat of the Philistines
1. Hiram's kindness to David
2. David's fortune in people, wives, and
children
8. His two victories against the
Philistines
1 Chronicles 15: The Ark Brought to
Jerusalem
1. David having prepared a place for the
ark,
15. the priests and Levites bring it from
Obed-Edom
25. He performs the solemnity thereof with
great joy
29. Michal despises him
1 Chronicles 16: A Tent for the Ark;
David's Psalm of Thanks
1. David's festival sacrifice
4. He orders a choir to sing thanksgiving
7. The psalm of thanksgiving
37. He appoints ministers, porters,
priests, and musicians, to attend the ark
1 Chronicles 17: God's Promise and David's
Prayer in Response
1. Nathan first approving the purpose of
David, to build God a house
3. after by the word of God forbids him
11. He promises him blessings and benefits
in his seed
16. David's prayer and thanksgiving
1 Chronicles 18: David Strengthens His
Kingdom
1. David subdues the Philistines and the
Moabites
3. He smites Hadarezer and the Syrians
9. Tou sends Hadoram with presents to bless
David
11. The presents and the spoil David
dedicates to God
13. He put garrisons in Edom
14. David's officers
1 Chronicles 19: The Battle against Ammon
and Aram
1. David's messengers, sent to comfort
Hanun, are villainously treated
6. The Ammonites, strengthened by the
Syrians, are overcome by Joab and Abishai
16. Shobach, making a new supply of the
Syrians, is slain by David
1 Chronicles 20: Rabbah's Capture; War with
the Philistines
1. Rabbah is besieged by Joab, spoiled by
David, and the people thereof tortured
4. Three giants are slain in overthrows of
the Philistines.
1 Chronicles 21: David Incited by Satan,
Forces a Census
1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to
number the people
5. The number of the people being brought,
David repents of it
9. David having three plagues proposed by
God, chooses the pestilence
14. After the death of 70,000, David by
repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
18. David, by Gad's direction, purchases
Ornan's threshing floor;
26. where having built an altar, God gives
a sign of his favor by fire.
28. David sacrifices there, being
restrained from Gibeon by fear of the angel
1 Chronicles 22: David Prepares for Temple
Building, Appoints Solomon
1. David, foreknowing the place of the
temple, prepares abundance for building it.
6. He instructs Solomon in God's promises,
and his duty in building the temple.
17. He charges the princes to assist his
son
1 Chronicles 23: Solomon Reigns; Levites,
Gershonites, Kohathites, Merarites
1. David in his old age makes Solomon king
2. The number and distribution of the
Levites
7. The families of the Gershonites
12. The sons of Kohath
21. The sons of Merari
24. The office of the Levites
1 Chronicles 24: Divisions of Levites into
24 Orders
1. The division of the sons of Aaron by lot
into twenty-four orders.
20. The Kohathites
26. and the Merarites, divided by lot
1 Chronicles 25: Numbers and Divisions of
Musicians
1. The number and offices of the singers
8. Their division by lot into twenty-four
orders
1 Chronicles 26: Divisions of the
Gatekeepers, Treasurers and Other Officials
1. The divisions of the porters
13. The gates assigned by lot
20. The Levites that had charge of the
treasures
29. Officers and judges
1 Chronicles 27: Army Commanders, Tribal Officers,
Overseers, and Counselors
1. The twelve captains for each month
16. The princes of the twelve tribes
23. The numbering of the people is hindered
25. David's several officers
1 Chronicles 28: David's Assembly about the
Temple
1. David in a solemn assembly having
declared God's favor to him,
5. and promise to his son Solomon, exhorts
them to fear God
9. He encourages Solomon to build the
temple
11. He gives him patterns, gold and silver,
etc
1 Chronicles 29: Gifts for the Temple;
David's Prayer and Death; Solomon King
1. David, by his example and entreaty
6. causes the princes and people to offer
willingly
10. David's thanksgiving and prayer
20. The people, having blessed God, and
sacrificed, make Solomon king.
26. David's reign and death
2 Chronicles 1: Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom
at Gibeon
1. The solemn offering of Solomon at Gibeon
7. Solomon's choice of wisdom is blessed by
God
13. Solomon's forces and wealth
2 Chronicles 2: Solomon Prepares to Build a
Temple and Palace
1. Solomon's laborers for the building of
the temple
3. His ambassage to Huram for workmen and
provisions
11. Huram sends him a kind answer
17 2 Chronicles 3: Solomon Builds the
Temple in Jerusalem
1. The place and time of building the
temple
3. The measure and ornaments of the house
11. The cherubim
14. The veil and pillars
2 Chronicles 4: Temple Furnishings
1. The altar of brass
2. The molten sea upon twelve oxen
6. The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables
9. The courts, and the instruments of brass
19. The instruments of gold
2 Chronicles 5: Ark Brought into the
Temple; God's Glory
1. The dedicated treasures
2. The solemn induction of the ark into the
oracle
11. God being praised, gives a visible sign
of his favor
2 Chronicles 6: Solomon's Prayer of Temple
Dedication
1. Solomon, having blessed the people,
blessed God
12. Solomon's prayer in the consecration of
the temple, upon the bronze platform.
2 Chronicles 7: Fire from Heaven; Glory in
the Temple; Feast of Dedication; God's Promise
1. God having given testimony to Solomon's
prayer by fire from heaven,
2. and glory in the temple, the people
worship him
4. Solomon's solemn sacrifice
8. Solomon having kept the feasts of
tabernacles and dedication, dismisses the people
12. God appearing to Solomon, gives him
promises upon condition
2 Chronicles 8: Solomon's Additional
Accomplishments
1. Solomon's buildings
7. The remaining Canaanites, Solomon makes
tributaries, but the Israelites rulers
11. Pharaoh's daughter removes to her house
12. Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices
14. He appoints the priests and Levites to
their places
17. The navy fetches gold from Ophir
2 Chronicles 9: Visit of the Queen of
Sheba; Solomon's Splendor and Death
1. The queen of sheba admires the wisdom of
Solomon
13. Solomon's revenue in gold
15. His targets and shields
17. The throne of ivory
20. His vessels
23. His presents
25. His chariots and horse
26. His tributes
29. His reign and death
2 Chronicles 10: Israelites Rebel against
Rehoboam
1. The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to
crown Rehoboam,
3. by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation
unto him,
6. Rehoboam, refusing the old mens'
counsel, answers them roughly,
16. Ten tribes revolting, kill Hadoram, and
make Rehoboam flee
2 Chronicles 11: Rehoboam's Reign over
Judah; Rehoboam's Family
1. Rehoboam raising an army to subdue
Israel, is forbidden by Shemaiah
5. He strengthens his kingdom with forts
and provisions
13. The priests and Levites, and such as
feared God, forsaken by Jeroboam,
17. strengthen the kingdom of Judah
18. The wives and children of Rehoboam
2 Chronicles 12: Rehoboam Punished, Shishak
Plunders Judah
1. Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is
punished by Shishak
5. He and the princes, repenting at the
preaching of Shemaiah,
7. are delivered from destruction, but not
from spoil
13. The reign and death of Rehoboam
2 Chronicles 13: Abijah succeeds Rehoboam;
Civil War against Jeroboam
1. Abijah succeeding makes war against
Jeroboam
4. he declares the right of his cause
13. Trusting in God, he overcomes Jeroboam
21. The wives and children of Abijah
2 Chronicles 14: Asa Becomes King of Judah,
Destroys Idolatry
1. Asa following, destroys idolatry
6. having peace, he strengthens his kingdom
with forts and armies
9. Calling of God, he overthrows Zerah, and
spoils the Ethiopians
2 Chronicles 15: Azariah Warns Asa; Asa's
Reforms
1. Asa, with Judah and many of Israel,
moved by the prophecy of Azariah,
12. make a solemn covenant with God
16. He puts down Maachah his grandmother
for idolatry
18. He brings dedicated things into the
house of God, and enjoys a long peace.
2 Chronicles 16: Asa diverts Baasha from
Building Ramah, Imprisons Hanani the Prophet
1. Asa, by the aid of the Syrians, diverts
Baasha from building Ramah
7. Being reproved thereof by Hanani, he
puts him in prison
11. Among his other acts in his disease he
seeks not to God, but to the physicians
13. His death and burial
2 Chronicles 17: Jehoshaphat Succeeds Asa,
Reigns Well and Prospers
1. Jehoshaphat, succeeding Asa, reigns
well, and prospers
7. He sends Levites with the princes to
teach Judah
10. His enemies being terrified by God,
some of them bring him presents and tribute
12. His greatness, captains, and armies
2 Chronicles 18: Jehoshaphat Allies with
Ahab; Micaiah Prophesies against Ahab; Ahab Defeated
1. Jehoshaphat, joined in affinity with
Ahab, is persuaded to go against Ramoth Gilead
4. Ahab, seduced by false prophets,
according to the word of Micaiah, is slain there
2 Chronicles 19: Jehu Rebukes Jehoshaphat;
Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges
1. Jehoshaphat, reproved by Jehu, visits
his kingdom
5. His instructions to the judges
8. to the priests and Levites
2 Chronicles 20: Jehoshaphat Defeats Moab
and Ammon; His Prayer and Return to Jerusalem
1. Jehoshaphat, invaded by Moab, proclaims
a fast
5. His prayer
14. The prophecy of Jahaziel
20. Jehoshaphat exhorts the people, and
sets singers to praise the Lord
22. The great overthrow of his enemies
26. The people, having blessed God at
Berachah, return in triumph
31. Jehoshaphat's reign
35. His convoy of ships, according to the
prophecy of Eliezer, unhappily perishes.
2 Chronicles 21: Jehoshaphat's Death;
Jehoram's Wicked Reign in Judah; Edom Rebels
1. Jehoram, succeeding Jehoshaphat, slays
his brothers
5. His wicked reign
8. Edom and Libnah revolt
12. The prophecy of Elijah against him in
writing
16. Philistines and Arabians oppress him
18. His incurable disease, infamous death,
and burial
2 Chronicles 22: Ahaziah Succeeds Jehoram
in Judah, Reigns Wickedly; Athaliah and Joash
1. Ahaziah succeeding, reigns wickedly
5. in his confederacy with Joram, the son
of Ahab, he is slain by Jehu
10. Athaliah, destroying all the seed
royal, save Joash, usurps the kingdom
2 Chronicles 23: Jehoiada Makes Joash King;
Athaliah Slain; Worship of God Restored
1. Jehoiada, having set things in order,
makes joash king
12. Athaliah is slain
16. Jehoiada restores the worship of God
2 Chronicles 24: Joash Repairs the Temple; Idolatrous
Reign of Joash; Aram Defeats Judah
1. Joash reigns well all the days of
Jehoiada
4. He gives order for the repair of the
temple
15. Jehoiada's death and honorable burial
17. Joash, falling into idolatry, slays
Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
23. Joash is spoiled by the Syrians, and
slain by Zabad and Jehozabad
27. Amaziah succeeds him
2 Chronicles 25: Amaziah Succeeds Joash in
Judah, Defeated by Jehoash King of Israel
1. Amaziah begins to reign well
3. He executes justice on the traitors
5. having hired an army of Israelites
against the Edomites,
7. at the word of a prophet dismisses them
11. He overthrows the Edomites
13. The Israelites, discontented with their
dismission, spoil as they return home
14. Amaziah, proud of his victory, serves
the gods of Edom, and ignores the prophet
17. He provokes Joash to his overthrow
25. His reign
27. He is slain by conspiracy
2 Chronicles 26: Uzziah Follows in Judah,
Prospers, Undone by Pride
1. Uzziah succeeding, and reigning well in
the days of Zechariah, prospers
16. Waxing proud, he invades the priest's
office, and is smitten with leprosy
22. He dies, and Jotham succeeds him
2 Chronicles 27: Jotham Succeeds Uzziah in
Judah
1. Jotham Reigns in Judah
2 Chronicles 28: Ahaz Follows Jotham in
Judah, Compromises with Assyria
1. Ahaz, reigning wickedly, is greatly
afflicted by the Syrians.
6. Judah, being captivated by the
Israelites, is sent home by the counsel of Oded.
16. Ahaz sending for aid to Assyria, is not
helped thereby,
22. In his distress he grows more
idolatrous
26. He dying, Hezekiah succeeds him
2 Chronicles 29: Hezekiah's Good Reign;
Temple Worship Restored
1. Hezekiah's good reign.
3. He restores religion
5. He exhorts the Levites
12. They sanctify themselves, and cleanse
the house of God
20. Hezekiah offers solemn sacrifices,
24. wherein the Levites are more forward
than the priests
2 Chronicles 30: Hezekiah Invites All
Israel to the Passover
1. Hezekiah proclaims a solemn passover on
the second month for Judah and Israel.
13. The assembly, having destroyed the
altars of idolatry, keep the feast fourteen days
27. The priests and Levites bless the
people
2 Chronicles 31: Idolatry Destroyed;
Contributions for Worship
1. The people go forward in destroying
idolatry
2. Hezekiah orders the courses of the
priests and Levites,
4. and provides for their work and
maintenance
5. The people's forwardness in offerings
and tithes
11. Hezekiah appoints officers to dispose
of the tithes
20. The sincerity of Hezekiah
2 Chronicles 32: Sennacherib Threatens
Jerusalem; Hezekiah's Prayer Answered
1. Sennacherib invading Judah, Hezekiah
fortifies himself, and encourages his people
9. Hezekiah and Isaiah pray against the
blasphemies of Sennarchib
21. An angel destroys the host of the
Assyrians
24. Hezekiah praying in his sickness, God
gives him a sign of recovery
25. His proud heart is humbled by God
27. His wealth and works
31. His error in the ambassage of Babylon
32. He dying, Manasseh succeeds him
2 Chronicles 33: Manasseh's Wicked Reign in
Judah; Ammon follows
1. Manasseh's wicked reign
3. He sets up idolatry, and will not be
admonished
11. He is carried into Babylon
12. Upon his prayer to God he is released
and puts down idolatry
18. His acts
20. He dying, Amon succeeds him
21. who is slain by his servants
25. The murderers being slain, Josiah
succeeds him
2 Chronicles 34: Josiah's Good Reign;
Temple Repairs; Hilkiah recovers the Book of the Law
1. Josiah's good reign
3. He destroys idolatry
8. He takes order for the repair of the
temple
14. Hilkiah, having found a book of the
law,
21. Josiah sends to Huldah to enquire of
the Lord
23. Huldah prophesies the destruction of
Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah's time
29. Josiah, causing it to be read in a
solemn assembly, renews the covenant with God
2 Chronicles 35: Josiah Observes the
Passover, Later Dies in Battle
1. Josiah keeps a most solemn Passover
20. He provoking Pharaoh Neco, is slain at
Megiddo
25. Lamentations for Josiah
2 Chronicles 36: Jehoahaz; Jehoiakim;
Jehoiachin; Zedekiah; Captivity in Babylon; Cyrus Permits Return
1. Jehoahaz succeeding, is deposed by
Pharaoh, and carried into Egypt
5. Jehoiakim reigning ill, is carried bound
into Babylon
9. Jehoiachin succeeding, reigns ill, and
is brought into Babylon
11. Zedekiah succeeding, reigns ill,
despite the prophets, and rebels against Nebuchadnezzar
14. Jerusalem, for the sins of the priests
and the people, is wholly destroyed
22. The proclamation of Cyrus
Ezra 1: Cyrus Returns the Exiles, Restores
the Vessels of the Temple
1. The proclamation of Cyrus for the
building of the temple
5. The people provide for their return
7. Cyrus restores the vessels of the temple
to Sheshbazzar
Ezra 2: Listing of the Exiles Who Returned
1. The number that return of the people
36. of the priests
40. of the Levites
43. of the Nethinims
55. of Solomon's servants
61. of the priests who could not show their
pedigree
64. The whole number of them, with their
substance
68. Their offerings
Ezra 3: Altar and Sacrifices Restored;
Temple Work Begun
1. The altar is set up
4. Offerings renewed
7. Workmen employed in preparing materials
8. The foundations of the temple are laid
in great joy and mourning
Ezra 4: Adversaries Hinder Work; Artaxerxes
Orders Work Stopped
1. The adversaries, being not accepted in
the building of the temple with the Jews,
4. endeavor to hinder it
7. Their letter to Artaxerxes
17. The answer and decree of Artaxerxes
23. The building is hindered
Ezra 5: Tattenai's Letter to Darius
1. Zerubbabel and Jeshua, incited by Haggai
and Zechariah, set forward to building
3. Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai are not
able to hinder the Jews
6. Their letter to Darius against the Jews
Ezra 6: Decree of Darius; Temple Work
Resumed; Dedication of the Temple; Passover Observed
1. Darius, finding the decree of Cyrus,
makes a new decree for building
13. By the help of Tattenai and
Shethar-Bozenai the temple is finished
16. The feast of the dedication is kept
19. and the Passover
Ezra 7: Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem,
Commissed by Artaxerxes
1. Ezra goes up to Jerusalem
11. The gracious commission of Artaxerxes
to Ezra
27. Ezra blesses God for this favor
Ezra 8: The Companions of Ezra; Treasure
Delivered to the Temple
1. The companions of Ezra, who returned
from Babylon
15. He sends to Iddo for ministers for the
temple
21. He keeps a fast
24. He commits the treasures to the custody
of the priests
31. From Ahava they come to Jerusalem
33. The treasure is weighed in the temple
36. The commission is delivered
Ezra 9: Ezra's Prayer About Intermarriage
1. Ezra mourns for the affinity of the
people with strangers
5. He prays unto God, with confession of
sins
Ezra 10: The People Confess; Listing of
Those Guilty of Intermarriage
1. Ezra encouraged to reform the strange
marriages
6. Ezra assembles the people
9. The people repent, and promise amendment
15. The care to perform it
18. The names of them which had married
strange wives
Nehemiah 1: Nehemiah's Prayer for the
Exiles
1. Nehemiah, understanding by Hanani the
misery of Jerusalem, mourns, fasts, and prays
5. His prayer
Nehemiah 2: Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to
Jerusalem to Inspect Jerusalem's Walls
1. Artaxerxes, understanding the cause of
Nehemiah's sadness,
6. sends him with letters and commission to
Jerusalem
9. Nehemiah, to the grief of the enemies,
comes to Jerusalem
12. He views secretly the ruins of the
walls
17. He incites the Jews to build
Nehemiah 3: Builders of the Walls Named
1. The names and order of those who built
the wall
Nehemiah 4: Work on Walls Is Ridiculed;
Opposition Overcome
1. While the enemies scoff, Nehemiah prays
and continues the work
7. Understanding the wrath and secrets of
the enemy, he sets a watch
13. He arms the laborers
19. and gives military precepts
Nehemiah 5: Nehemiah Abolishes Debt,
Mortgage, and Bondage
1. The Jews complain of their debt,
mortgage, and bondage
6. Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes
them to make a covenant of restitution
14. He forbears his own allowance, and
keeps hospitality
Nehemiah 6: Sanballat's Plot; Completion of
the Wall
1. Sanballat practices by craft, by rumors,
and by hired prophecies, to terrify Nehemiah
15. The work is finished, to the terror of
the enemies
17. Secret intelligence passes between the
enemies and the nobles of Judah
Nehemiah 7: Census of Returned Exiles
1. Nehemiah commits the charge of Jerusalem
to Hanani and Hananiah
5. A register of the genealogy of them
which came at the first out of Babylon
9. of the people
39. of the priests
43. of the Levites
46. of the Nethinims
57. of Solomon's servants
63. and of the priests which could not find
their pedigree
66. The whole number of them, with their
substance
70. Their offerings
Nehemiah 8: Ezra Reads the Law, Restores
the Feast of Tabernacles
1. The reverent manner of reading and
hearing the law
9. They comfort the people
13. The eagerness of the people to hear and
be instructed
16. They keep the feast of tabernacles
Nehemiah 9: The Israelites Confess Their
Sin, Covenant Results
1. A solemn fast, and repentance of the
people
4. The Levites make a confession of God's
goodness, and their wickedness
Nehemiah 10: Signers and Obligations of the
Covenant
1. The names of those who sealed the
covenant.
29. The points of the covenant.
Nehemiah 11: New Residents of Jerusalem and
Judah
1. The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth
man chosen by lot, dwell at Jerusalem.
3. A catalogue of their names.
20. Those who remain dwell in other cities.
Nehemiah 12: Priests and Levites Who
Returned; Dedication of the Wall
1. The priests and the Levites which came
up with Zerubbabel.
10. The succession of high priests.
22. Certain chief Levites.
27. The solemnity of the dedication of the
walls.
44. The offices of priests and Levites
appointed in the temple.
Nehemiah 13: Foreigners Excluded; Tobiah
Expelled; Tithes and Sabbath Restored
1. Upon the reading of the law, separation
is made from the mixed multitude.
4. Nehemiah, at his return, causes the
chambers to be cleansed.
10. He reforms the offices in the house of
God;
15. the violation of the Sabbath;
23. and the marriages with the strange
wives.
Esther 1: The Banquets of Xerxes; Queen
Vashti Deposed
1. Xerxes makes royal feasts.
10. Vashti, sent for, refuses to come.
13. Xerxes, by the counsel of Memucan, puts
away Vashti, and decrees men's sovereignty.
Esther 2: Esther Becomes Queen; Mordecai
Thwarts a Conspiracy
1. Out of the choice of virgins a queen is
to be chosen.
5. Mordecai the nursing father of Esther.
8. Esther preferred before the rest.
12. The manner of purification, and going
in to the king.
15. Esther, best pleasing the king, is made
queen.
21. Mordecai, discovering a treason, is
recorded in the chronicles.
Esther 3: Haman Seeks Revenge on the Jews
1. Haman, advanced by the king, and
despised by Mordecai, seeks revenge upon the Jews.
7. He casts lots.
8. He obtains by false accusations a decree
of the king to put the Jews to death.
Esther 4: Mordecai Informs Esther of
Haman's Plot
1. The great mourning of Mordecai and the
Jews.
4. Esther, understanding it, sends to
Mordecai,
7. who shows the cause, and advises her to
undertake the suit.
10. She, excusing herself, is threatened by
Mordecai.
15. She, appointing a fast, undertakes the
suit.
Esther 5: Esther Prepares a Banquet;
Haman's Rage
1. Esther, adventuring on the king's favor,
obtains the grace of the golden sceptre,
4. and invites the king and Haman to a
banquet.
6. She, being encouraged by the king in her
suit, invites them to another banquet.
9. Haman, proud of his advancement, repines
at the contempt of Mordecai.
14. By the counsel of Zeresh he prepares
for him a gallows.
Esther 6: The King Honors Mordecai, Haman
Compelled to do so
1. Xerxes, reading of the good service done
by Mordecai, takes care for his reward.
4. Haman, coming to ask that Mordecai might
be hanged,
10. gives counsel that he might do him
honor.
12. Complaining of this, his friends tell
him of his final destiny.
Esther 7: Esther Accuses Haman; Haman Is
Hanged
1. Esther, entertaining the king and Haman,
pleads for her own life, and her people's.
5. She accuses Haman.
7. The king in his anger, understanding of
the gallows Haman had made for Mordecai,
10. causes Haman to be hanged thereon.
Esther 8: Mordecai is advanced; Xerxes
allows the Jews to Defend Themselves
1. Mordecai is advanced.
3. Esther makes suit to reverse Haman's
letters.
7. Xerxes grants to the Jews to defend
themselves.
15. Mordecai's honor, and the Jews' joy.
Esther 9: The Jews Slay Their Enemies;
Purim Instituted
1. The Jews slay their enemies, with the
ten sons of Haman.
12. Xerxes, at the request of Esther,
14. grants another day of slaughter, and
Haman's sons to be hanged.
20. The two days of Purim are instituted.
Esther 10: Xerxes' Tribute to Mordecai
1. Xerxes' greatness.
3. Mordecai's advancement.
Job 1: Job's Holiness; Satan's First Test:
Loss of His Children and Goods
1. The holiness, riches, and reverent care
of Job for his children.
6. Satan, appearing before God, obtains
leave to afflict Job.
13. Understanding of the loss of his
children and goods, in his mourning Job blesses God.
Job 2: Job's Second Test: Job Loses His
Health
1. Satan, appearing again before God,
obtains further leave to tempt Job.
7. He afflicts him with sore boils.
9. Job reproves his wife, who moved him to
curse God.
11. His three friends console with him in
silence.
Job 3: Job's Lament
1. Job curses the day and services of his
birth.
13. The ease of death.
20. He complains of life, because of his
anguish.
Job 4: Eliphaz Reproves Job
1. Eliphaz reproves Job that the innocent
do not suffer
7. He teaches God's judgments to be not for
the righteous, but for the wicked.
12. His fearful vision to humble the
excellency of creatures before God.
Job 5: Eliphaz Shows that God Is Just
1. Eliphaz shows that the end of the wicked
is misery;
6. that man is born to trouble;
8. that God is to be regarded in
affliction;
17. the happy end of God's correction.
Job 6: Job's Reproves His Friends of Their
Unkindness
1. Job shows that his complaints are not
causeless.
8. He wishes for death, wherein he is
assured of comfort.
14. He reproves his friends of unkindness.
Job 7: Job Declares His Life Seems Futile
1. Job excuses his desire of death.
12. He complains of his own restlessness,
and reasons with God.
Job 8: Bildad Shows God's Justice to the
Good
1. Bildad shows God's justice in dealing
with men according to their works.
8. He alleges antiquity to prove the certain
destruction of the hypocrite.
20. He applies God's just dealing to Job.
Job 9: Job Acknowledges God's Justice
1. Job acknowledges God's justice
22. Man's innocence is not to be condemned
by afflictions
Job 10: Job Complains to God, Craves a
Little Ease Before Death
1. Job, taking liberty of complaint,
expostulates with God about his afflictions
18. He complains of life, and craves a
little ease before death
Job 11: Zophar Rebukes Job for Justifying
Himself; God's Wisdom Is Unsearchable
1. Zophar reproves Job for justifying
himself
5. God's wisdom is unsearchable
13. The assured blessing of repentance
Job 12: Job Maintains Himself against His
Friends; Acknowledges God's Omnipotence
1. Job maintains himself against his
friends that reprove him
7. He acknowledges the doctrine of God's
omnipotence
Job 13: Job Reproves His Friends for
Partiality, Professes Confidence in God's Purpose
1. Job reproves his friends for partiality
14. He professes his confidence in God;
19. and entreats to know his own sins, and
God's purpose in afflicting him
Job 14: Job Asks God for Favor Because of
the Shortness of Life
1. Job entreats God for favor, by the
shortness of life, and certainty of death
7. He waits for his change
16. By sin the creature is subject to
corruption
Job 15: Eliphaz Reproves Job for Justifying
Himself; Declares the Wickedness of Men
1. Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in
justifying himself
17. He proves by tradition the restlessness
of wicked men
Job 16: Job Reproves His Friends for Their
Unmerciful Outlook; Maintains His Innocence
1. Job reproves his friends for
unmercifulness
17. He maintains his innocence
Job 17: Job Appeals from Men to God
1. Job appeals from men to God
6. The unmerciful dealing of men with the
afflicted may astonish,
9. but not discourage the righteous
11. His hope is not in life, but in death
Job 18: Bildad Reproves Job for Presumption
and Impatience
1. Bildad reproves Job for presumption and
impatience
5. The calamities of the wicked
Job 19: Job Feels Insulted, Craves Pity,
Believes the Resurrection
1. Job, complaining of his friends'
cruelty,
6. shows there is misery enough in him to
feed their cruelty
21. He craves pity
23. He believes the resurrection
Job 20: Zophar Declares the Triumph of the
Wicked Is Brief
1. Zophar shows the state and portion of
the wicked
Job 21: Job Says God Will Deal with the
Wicked
1. Job shows that even in the judgment of
man he has reason to be grieved
7. Sometimes the wicked prosper, though
they despise God
16. Sometimes their destruction is manifest
21. The happy and unhappy are alike in
death
27. The judgment of the wicked is in
another world
Job 22: Eliphaz Accuses and Exhorts Job to
Repentance
1. Eliphaz shows that man's goodness
profits not God
5. He accuses Job of various sins
21. He exhorts him to repentance, with
promises of mercy
Job 23: Job Longs to Appear before God
1. Job longs to appear before God
6. in confidence of his mercy
8. God, who is invisible, observes our ways
11. Job's innocence
13. God's decree is immutable
Job 24: Wickedness is Often Unpunished, but
there is a Secret Judgment for the Wicked
1. Wickedness often goes unpunished
17. There is a secret judgment for the
wicked
Job 25: Bildad Says that Man Cannot be
Justified before God
1. Bildad shows that man cannot be
justified before God
Job 26: Job Declares the Greatness of God
1. Job, reproving the uncharitable spirit
of Bildad
5. acknowledges the power of God to be
infinite and unsearchable
Job 27: Job Affirms His Own Righteousness;
The wicked Will be Cursed
1. Job protests his sincerity
8. The hypocrite is without hope
11. The blessings which the wicked have are
turned into curses
Job 28: Wisdom Is Harder to Obtain than
Earth's Treasures
1. There is a knowledge of natural things
12. But wisdom is an excellent gift of God
Job 29: Job Bemoans His Former Prosperity
1. Job bemoans his former prosperity
Job 30: Job's Present State Is Humiliating
1. Job's honor is turned into extreme
contempt
15. and his prosperity into calamity
Job 31: Job Asserts His Integrity
1. Job makes a solemn protestation of his
integrity in several duties
Job 32: Elihu Rebukes Job and His Three
Friends
1. Elihu is angry with Job and his three
friends
6. Because wisdom comes not from age, he
excuses the boldness of his youth
11. He reproves them for not satisfying Job
16. His zeal to speak
Job 33: Elihu Declares God Calls Man to
Repentance by Visions and Afflictions
1. Elihu offers himself instead of God to
reason with Job
8. He excuses God from giving man an
account of his ways, by his greatness
14. God calls man to repentance by visions,
by afflictions, and by his ministry
31. He incites Job to attention
Job 34: Elihu Accuses Job for Charging God
with Injustice
1. Elihu accuses Job for charging God with
injustice
10. God omnipotent cannot be unjust
31. Man must humble himself unto God
34. Elihu reproves Job
Job 35: Many Cry in Affliction, But Are Not
Heard for Lack of Faith
1. Comparison is not to be made with God,
6. because our good or evil cannot extend
unto him
9. Many cry in their afflictions, but are
not heard for lack of faith
Job 36: Elihu Shows How Job's Sins Hinder
God's Blessings
1. Elihu shows how God is just in his ways
16. How Job's sins hinder God's blessings
24. God's works are to be magnified
Job 37: Elihu Says God is to be Feared
Because of His Great Works
1. God is to be feared because of his great
works
15. His wisdom is unsearchable in them
Job 38: God, Speaks, Convinces Job of
Ignorance
1. God challenges Job to answer
4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job
of ignorance
31. and weakness
Job 39: God Speaks of His Creation
1. Of the wild goats and hinds
5. Of the wild donkey
9. The unicorn
13. The peacock, stork, and ostrich
19. The horse
26. The hawk
27. The eagle
Job 40: Job Humbles Himself to God
1. Job humbles himself to God
6. God stirs him up to show his
righteousness, power, and wisdom
16. Of the behemoth
Job 41: God's Power Shown in Creatures
1. Of God's great power in the leviathan
Job 42: Job Confesses; God Makes His
Friends Submit; God Blesses Job
1. Job submits himself unto God
7. God, preferring Job's cause, makes his
friends submit themselves, and accepts him
10. He magnifies and blesses Job
16. Job's age and death
Psalms 1: BOOK 1: Blessed is the man who doesn't
walk in the counsel of the wicked
1. The happiness of the godly
4. The unhappiness of the ungodly
Psalms 2: Why do the nations rage, and the
peoples plot a vain thing?
1. The kingdom of Christ
10. Kings are exhorted to accept it
Psalms 3: O Lord, how my adversaries have
increased!
1. The security of God's protection
Psalms 4: Answer me when I call, God of my
righteousness.
1. David prays for audience
2. He reproves and exhorts his enemies
6. Man's happiness is in God's favor
Psalms 5: Give ear to my words, O Lord.
Consider my meditation.
1. David prays, and professes his study in
prayer
4. God favors not the wicked
7. David, professing his faith, prays to
God to guide him
10. to destroy his enemies
11. and to preserve the godly
Psalms 6: O Lord, don't rebuke me in your
anger
1. David's complaint in his sickness
8. He triumphs over his enemies
Psalms 7: O Lord, my God, I take refuge in
you
1. David prays against the malice of his
enemies, professing his innocence
10. By faith he sees his defense, and the
destruction of his enemies
Psalms 8: O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is
your name in all the earth
1. God's glory is magnified by his works,
and by his love to man
Psalms 9: I will give thanks to the Lord
with my whole heart
1. David praises God for executing judgment
11. He incites others to praise him
13. He prays that he may have cause to
praise him
Psalms 10: Why do you stand far off, O
Lord?
1. David complains of the wicked
12. He prays for remedy
16. He professes his confidence
Psalms 11: In the Lord I take refuge
1. David encourages himself in God against
his enemies
4. The providence and justice of God
Psalms 12: Help, O Lord; for the godly man
ceases
1. David, destitute of human comfort,
craves help of God
3. He comforts himself with God's promises,
and his judgments on the wicked
Psalms 13: How long, O Lord? Will you
forget me forever?
1. David complains of delay
3. He prays for preventing grace
5. He boasts of divine mercy
Psalms 14: The fool has said in his heart,
"There is no God."
1. David describes a natural man
4. He convinces the wicked by the light of
their conscience
7. He glories in the salvation of God
Psalms 15: O Lord, who shall dwell in your
sanctuary?
1. David describes a citizen of Zion
Psalms 16: Preserve me, God, for in you do
I take refuge.
1. David, in distrust of merits, and hatred
of idolatry
5. He shows the hope of his calling, of the
resurrection, and life everlasting
Psalms 17: Hear, O Lord, my righteous plea;
Give ear to my prayer
1. David, in confidence of his integrity,
craves defense of God against his enemies
10. He shows their pride, craft, and
eagerness
13. He prays against them in confidence of
his hope
Psalms 18: I love you, O Lord, my strength.
1. David praises God for his manifold and
marvelous blessings
Psalms 19: The heavens declare the glory of
God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
1. The creatures show God's glory
7. The excellence of the divine law
12. David prays for grace
Psalms 20: May the Lord answer you in the
day of trouble.
1. The church blesses the King in his
exploits
7. and expresses her confidence in God's
helpfulness
Psalms 21: The king rejoices in your
strength, O Lord!
1. A thanksgiving for victory
7. with confidence of further success
Psalms 22: My God, my God, why have you
forsaken me?
1. David complains in great discouragement
9. He prays in great distress
23. He praises God
Psalms 23: The Lord is my shepherd: I shall
lack nothing.
1. David's confidence in God's grace
Psalms 24: The earth is the Lord's, with
its fullness
1. God's Lordship in the world
3. The citizens of his spiritual kingdom
7. An exhortation to receive him
Psalms 25: To you, O Lord, do I lift up my
soul.
1. David's confidence in prayer
7. He prays for remission of sins
16. and for help in affliction
Psalms 26: Judge me, O Lord, for I have
walked in my integrity.
1. David resorts to God in confidence of
his integrity
Psalms 27: The Lord is my light and my
salvation. Whom shall I fear?
1. David sustains his faith by prayer
Psalms 28: To you, O Lord, I call. My rock,
don't be deaf to me
1. David prays earnestly against his
enemies
6. and for the people
Psalms 29: Ascribe to the Lord, you sons of
the mighty
1. David exhorts princes to give glory to
God
3. by reason of is power
11. and protection of his people
Psalms 30: I will extol you, O Lord, for
you have raised me up
1. David praises God for his deliverance
4. He exhorts others to praise him by
example of God's dealings with him
Psalms 31: In you, O Lord, I take refuge.
Let me never be disappointed.
1. David, showing his confidence in God,
craves his help
7. He rejoices in his mercy
9. He prays in his calamity
19. He praises God for his goodness
Psalms 32: Blessed is he whose disobedience
is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
1. Blessedness consists in remission of
sins
3. Confession of sins gives ease to the
conscience
8. God's promises bring joy
Psalms 33: Rejoice in the Lord, you
righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.
1. God is to be praised for his goodness
6. for his power
12. and for his providence
20. Confidence is to be placed in God
Psalms 34: I will bless the Lord at all
times. His praise will always be in my mouth.
1. David praises God, and exhorts others
thereto by his experience
8. They are blessed who trust in God
11. He exhorts to the fear of God
15. The privileges of the righteous
Psalms 35: Contend, O Lord, with those who
contend with me.
1. David prays for his own safety, and his
enemies' confusion
11. He complains of their wrongful dealing
22. Thereby he incites God against them
Psalms 36: There is no fear of God before
his eyes.
1. The grievous state of the wicked
8. The excellence of God's mercy
10. David prays for favor to God's children
Psalms 37: Don't fret because of evildoers
1. David persuades to patience and
confidence in God,
12. by the different estate of the godly
and the wicked
Psalms 38: O Lord, don't rebuke me in your
wrath
1. David moves God to take compassion on
his pitiful case
Psalms 39: I will watch my ways, so that I
don't sin with my tongue.
1. David's care of his thoughts
4. The consideration of the brevity and
vanity of life
7. the reverence of God's judgments
10. and prayer, are his bridles of
impatience
Psalms 40: I waited patiently for the Lord.
He turned to me, and heard my cry.
1. The benefit of confidence in God
6. Obedience is the best sacrifice
11. The sense of David's evils inflames his
prayer
Psalms 41: Blessed is he who considers the
poor. The Lord will deliver him.
1. The recompense of the charitable
4. David complains of his enemies'
treachery
10. He flees to God for helpfulness
Psalms 42: BOOK 2: As the deer pants for
the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
1. David's zeal to serve God in the temple
5. He encourages his soul to trust in God
Psalms 43: Vindicate me, God, and plead my
cause against an ungodly nation.
1. David, praying to be restored to the
temple, promises to serve God joyfully
5. He encourages his soul to trust in God
Psalms 44: We have heard with our ears,
God; our fathers have told us
1. The church, in memory of former favors
7. complains of her present evils
17. professing her integrity,
24. she fervently prays for helpfulness
Psalms 45: My heart overflows with a noble
theme
1. The majesty and grace of Christ's
kingdom
10. The duty of the church, and the
benefits thereof
Psalms 46: God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
1. The confidence which the church has in
God
8. An exhortation to behold it
Psalms 47: Oh clap your hands, all you
nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
1. The nations are exhorted cheerfully to
entertain the kingdom of Christ.
Psalms 48: Great is the Lord, and greatly
to be praised
1. The ornaments and privileges of the
church
Psalms 49: Hear this, all you peoples. Listen,
all you inhabitants of the world,
1. An earnest persuasion to build the faith
of resurrection
16. Worldly prosperity is not to be admired
Psalms 50: The Mighty One calls the earth
from sunrise to sunset.
1. The majesty of God in the church
5. His order to gather his saints
7. The pleasure of God is not in ceremonies
14. but in sincerity of obedience
Psalms 51: Have mercy on me, God, according
to your loving kindness.
1. David prays for remission of sins,
whereof he makes a deep confession
6. He prays for sanctification
16. God delights not in sacrifice, but in
sincerity
18. He prays for the church
Psalms 52: Why do you boast of mischief,
mighty man?
1. David, condemning the spitefulness of
Doeg, prophesies his destruction
6. The righteous shall rejoice at it
8. David, upon his confidence in God's
mercy, gives thanks
Psalms 53: The fool has said in his heart,
"There is no God."
1. David describes the corruption of the
natural man
4. He convinces the wicked by the light of
their own conscience
6. He glories in the salvation of God
Psalms 54: Save me, God, by your name.
Vindicate me in your might.
1. David, complaining of the Ziphims, prays
for salvation
4. Upon his confidence in God's help he
promises sacrifice
Psalms 55: Listen to my prayer, God. Don't
hide yourself from my supplication.
1. David in his prayer complains of his
fearful case
9. He prays against his enemies, of whose
wickedness and treachery he complains
16. He comforts himself in God's
preservation oh him, and confusion of his enemies
Psalms 56: Be merciful to me, God, for man
wants to swallow me up.
1. David, praying to God in confidence of
his word, complains of his enemies,
9. He professes his confidence in God's
word, and promises to praise him
Psalms 57: Be merciful to me, God, be
merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you.
1. David in prayer fleeing unto God,
complains of his dangerous case
7. He encourages himself to praise God
Psalms 58: Do you indeed speak
righteousness, silent ones?
1. David reproves wicked judges
3. describes the nature of the wicked
6. devotes them to God's judgments
10. whereat the righteous shall rejoice
Psalms 59: Deliver me from my enemies, my
God.
1. David prays to be delivered from his
enemies
6. He complains of their cruelty
8. He trusts in god
11. He prays against them
16. He praises God
Psalms 60: God, you have rejected us. You
have broken us down.
1. David, complaining to God of former
judgment
4. now upon better hope, prays for
deliverance
6. Comforting himself in God's promises, he
craves that help whereon he trusts
Psalms 61: Hear my cry, God. Listen to my
prayer.
1. David flees to God upon his former
experience
4. He vows perpetual service unto him,
because of his promises
Psalms 62: My soul rests in God alone. My
salvation is from him.
1. David, professing his confidence in God,
discourages his enemies
5. In the same confidence he encourages the
godly
9. No trust is to be put in worldly things
11. Power and mercy belong to God
Psalms 63: God, you are my God. I will
earnestly seek you.
1. David's thirst for God
4. His manner of blessing God
9. His confidence of his enemies'
destruction, and his own safety
Psalms 64: Hear my voice, God, in my
complaint.
1. David prays for deliverance, complaining
of his enemies
7. He promises himself to see such an
evident destruction of his enemies,
10. as the righteous shall rejoice at it.
Psalms 65: Praise waits for you, God, in
Zion. To you shall vows be performed.
1. David praises God for his grace
4. The blessedness of God's chosen by
reason of benefits
Psalms 66: Make a joyful shout to God, all
the earth!
1. David exhorts to praise God
5. observe his great works
8. to bless him for his gracious benefits
12. He vows for himself reverent service to
God
16. He declares God's special goodness to
himself
Psalms 67: May God be merciful to us, bless
us, and cause his face to shine on us.
1. A prayer for the enlargement of God's
kingdom
3. to the joy of the people
6. and the increase of God's blessings
Psalms 68: Let God arise! Let his enemies
be scattered!
1. A prayer at the removing of the ark
4. An exhortation to praise God for his
mercies
7. for his care of the church
19. for his great works
Psalms 69: Save me, God, for the waters
have come up to my neck!
1. David complains of his affliction
13. He prays for deliverance
22. He devotes his enemies to destruction
30. He praises God with thanksgiving
Psalms 70: Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come
quickly to help me, O Lord.
1. David solicits God to the speedy destruction
of the wicked,
4. and preservation of the godly
Psalms 71: In you, O Lord, I take refuge.
Never let me be disappointed.
1. David, in confidence of faith, and
experience of God's favor, prays both for himself,
10. and against the enemies of his soul
14. He promises constancy
17. He prays for perseverance
19. He praises God, and promises to do it
cheerfully
Psalms 72: God, give the king your justice;
your righteousness to the royal son.
1. David, praying for Solomon, shows the
goodness and glory of God's kingdom
18. He blessed God
Psalms 73: BOOK 3: Surely God is good to
Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
1. The prophet, prevailing in a temptation
2. Shows the occasion thereof, the
prosperity of the wicked
13. The wound given thereby, diffidence
15. The victory over it, knowledge of God's
purpose.
Psalms 74: God, why have you rejected us
forever?
1. The prophet complains of the desolation
of the sanctuary
10. He moves God to help in consideration
of his power
18. Of his reproachful enemies, or his
children and of his covenant.
Psalms 75: We give thanks to you, God. We
give thanks, for your Name is near.
1. The prophet praises God
2. He promises to judge uprightly
4. He rebukes the proud by consideration of
God's providence
9. He praises God, and promises to execute
justice.
Psalms 76: In Judah, God is known. His name
is great in Israel.
1. A declaration of God's majesty in the
church
11. An exhortation to serve him reverently.
Psalms 77: My cry goes to God! Indeed, I
cry to God for help
1. The psalmist shows what fierce combat he
had with distrust
10. The victory which he had by
consideration of God's great and gracious works.
Psalms 78: Hear my teaching, my people.
Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
1. An exhortation both to learn and to
preach, the law of God
9. The story of God's wrath against the
incredulous and disobedient
67. The Israelites being rejected, God
chose Judah, Zion, and David.
Psalms 79: They have defiled your holy
temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
1. The psalmist complains of the desolation
of Jerusalem
8. He prays for deliverance
13. and promises thankfulness
Psalms 80: Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you
who lead Joseph like a flock
1. The psalmist in his prayer complains of
the miseries of the church
8. God's former favors are turned into
judgments
14. He prays for deliverance
Psalms 81: Sing aloud to God, our strength!
Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
1. An exhortation to a solemn praising of
God
4. God challenges that duty by reason of
his benefits
8. God, exhorting to obedience, complains
of their disobedience, which proves their own hurt.
Psalms 82: God presides in the great
assembly. He judges among the gods.
1. The psalmist, having exhorted the judges
5. And reproved their negligence
8. Prays God to judge
Psalms 83: God, don't keep silent. Don't
keep silent, and don't be still, God.
1. A complaint to God of the enemies
conspiracies
9. A prayer against those who oppress the
Church
Psalms 84: How lovely are your dwellings, O
Lord Almighty!
1. The prophet, longing for the communion
of the sanctuary
4. Shows how blessed they are that dwell
therein
8. He prays to be restored unto it.
Psalms 85: O Lord, you have been favorable
to your land.
1. The Psalmist, out of the experience of
former mercies, prays for continuance thereof.
8. He promises to wait thereon, out of
confidence of God's goodness
Psalms 86: Hear, O Lord, and answer me, for
I am poor and needy.
1. David strengthens his prayer by the
consciousness of his religion
5. By the goodness and power of God
11. He desires the continuance of former
grace
14. Complaining of the proud, he craves
some token of God's goodness
Psalms 87: His foundation is in the holy
mountains.
1. The nature and glory of the church
4. The increase, honor, and comfort of the members
thereof.
Psalms 88: O Lord, the God of my salvation,
I have cried day and night before you.
1. A prayer containing a grievous
complaint.
Psalms 89: I will sing of the loving
kindness of the Lord forever.
1. The psalmist praises God for his
covenant
5. For his wonderful power
15. For the care of his church
19. For his favor to the kingdom of David
38. Then complaining of contrary events
46. He expostulates, prays, and blesses
God.
Psalms 90: BOOK 4: Lord, you have been our
dwelling place for all generations.
1. Moses, setting forth God's providence
3. Complains of human fragility
7. Divine chastisement
10. and brevity of life
12. He prays for the knowledge and sensible
experience of God's good providence.
Psalms 91: He who dwells in the secret
place of the Most High
1. The state of the godly
3. Their safety
9. Their habitation
11. Their servants
14. Their friend; with the effects of them
all.
Psalms 92: It is a good thing to give
thanks to the Lord
1. The prophet exhorts to praise God
4. For his great works
6. For his judgments on the wicked
10. And for his goodness to the godly.
Psalms 93: The Lord reigns! He is clothed
with majesty!
1. The majesty, stability, power, and
holiness of Christ's kingdom.
Psalms 94: O Lord, you God to whom
vengeance belongs, shine forth.
1. The prophet, calling for justice,
complains of tyranny and impiety.
8. He teaches God's providence
12. He shows the blessedness of affliction
16. God is the defender of the afflicted.
Psalms 95: Oh come, let's sing to the Lord.
Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
1. An exhortation to praise God
3. For his greatness
6. And for his goodness
8. And not to tempt him
Psalms 96: Sing to the Lord a new song!
Sing to O Lord, all the earth.
1. An exhortation to praise God
4. for his greatness
8. for his kingdom
11. for his general judgment
Psalms 97: The Lord reigns! Let the earth
rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!
1. The majesty of God's kingdom
7. The church rejoices at God's judgments
upon idolaters
10. An exhortation to godliness and
gladness
Psalms 98: Sing to the Lord a new song, for
he has done marvelous things!
1. The psalmist exhorts the Jews
4. The Gentiles
7. And all the creatures, to praise God
Psalms 99: The Lord reigns! Let the peoples
tremble.
1. The prophet, setting forth the kingdom
of God in Zion
5. Exhorts all, by the example of their
forefathers, to worship God at his holy hill
Psalms 100: Shout for joy to the Lord, all
you lands!
1. An exhortation to praise God, cheerfully
3. For his greatness
4. And for his power
Psalms 101: I will sing of loving kindness
and justice.
1. David makes a vow and profession of
godliness.
Psalms 102: Hear my prayer, O Lord! Let my
cry come to you.
1. The prophet in his prayer makes a
grievous complaint.
12. He takes comfort in the eternity, and
mercy of God
18. The mercies of God are to be recorded
23. He sustains his weakness by the
unchangeableness of God.
Psalms 103: Praise the Lord, my soul! All
that is within me, praise his holy name!
1. An exhortation to bless God for his
mercy
5. And for the constancy thereof
Psalms 104: Bless the Lord, my soul. O
Lord, my God, you are very great.
1. A meditation upon the mighty power
7. And wonderful providence of God
31. God's glory is eternal
33. The prophet vows perpetually to praise
God
Psalms 105: Give thanks to the Lord! Call
on his name!
1. An exhortation to praise God, and to
seek out his works
7. The story of God's providence over
Abraham
16. Over Joseph
23. Over Jacob in Egypt
26. Over Moses delivering the Israelites
37. Over the Israelites brought out of
Egypt, fed in the desert, and planted in Canaan.
Psalms 106: Praise the Lord! Give thanks to
O Lord, for he is good
1. The psalmist exhorts to praise God
4. He prays for pardon of sin, as God
pardoned the fathers
7. The story of the people's rebellion, and
God's mercy
47. He concludes with prayer and praise
Psalms 107: BOOK 5: Give thanks to the
Lord, for he is good; his loving kindness endures forever.
1. The psalmist exhorts the redeemed in
praising God to observe his manifold providence
4. Over travelers
10. Over captives
17. Over sick men
23. Over sailors
33. And in diverse varieties of life.
Psalms 108: My heart is steadfast, God. I
will sing and I will make music with my soul.
1. David encourages himself to praise God
5. He prays for God's assistance according
to his promise
11. His confidence in God's help
Psalms 109: God of my praise, don't remain
silent
1. David complains of his slanderous
enemies
16. He shows their sin
21. Complaining of his own misery, he prays
for help
29. He promises thankfulness
Psalms 110: The Lord says to my Lord,
"Sit at my right hand
1. The kingdom
4. The priesthood
5. The conquest
7. And the passion of Christ
Psalms 111: I will give thanks to the Lord
with my whole heart
1. The psalmist by his example incites
others to praise God for his glorious
5. And gracious works
10. The fear of God breeds true wisdom
Psalms 112: Blessed is the man who fears
the Lord
1. Godliness has the promises of this life
4. And of the life to come
10. The prosperity of the godly shall be an
eyesore to the wicked
Psalms 113: Praise, you servants of the
Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
1. An exhortation to praise God for his
excellence
6. For his mercy
Psalms 114: When Israel went forth out of
Egypt
1. The miracles wrought by God, when he
brought his people out of Egypt,
7. are a just ground of fearing him.
Psalms 115: Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
but to your name give glory
1. Because God is truly glorious
4. And idols are vanity
9. He exhorts to confidence in God
12. God is to be blessed for his blessing
Psalms 116: I love the Lord, because he
listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
1. The psalmist professes his love and duty
to God for his deliverance
12. He studies to be thankful
Psalms 117: Praise the Lord, all you
nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
1. An exhortation to praise God for his
mercy and truth
Psalms 118: Give thanks to the Lord, for he
is good; his loving kindness endures forever.
1. An exhortation to praise God for his
mercy
5. The psalmist by his experience shows how
good it is to trust in God
19. Under the type of the psalmist the coming
of Christ in his kingdom is expressed
Psalms 119: Blessed are those whose ways
are blameless
1. This psalm contains various prayers,
praises, and professions of obedience.
2. Aleph.
9. Beth
17. Gimel
25. Daleth
33. He
41. Waw
49. Zayin
57. Heth
65. Teth
73. Yodh
81. Kaph
89. Lamedh
97. Mem
105. Nun
113. Samekh
121. Ayin
129. Pe
137. Tsadhe
145. Qoph
153. Resh
161. Sin and Shin
169. Taw
Psalms 120: In my distress, I cried to the
Lord. He answered me.
1. David prays against Doeg
3. Reproves his tongue
5. Complains of his necessary conversation
with the wicked
Psalms 121: I will lift up my eyes to the
hills. Where does my help come from?
1. The great safety of the godly, who put
their trust in God's protection
Psalms 122: I was glad when they said to
me, "Let's go to the Lord's house!"
1. David professes his joy for the church
6. And prays for the peace thereof
Psalms 123: To you I do lift up my eyes,
you who sit in the heavens.
1. The godly profess their confidence in
God
3. And pray to be delivered from contempt
Psalms 124: If it had not been the Lord who
was on our side, let Israel now say,
1. The church blesses God for a miraculous
deliverance
Psalms 125: Those who trust in the Lord are
as Mount Zion, which can't be moved
1. The safety of such as trust in God
4. A prayer for the godly, and against the
wicked
Psalms 126: When the Lord brought back
those who returned to Zion
1. The church celebrating her incredible
return out of captivity
4. Prays for and prophesies the good
success thereof
Psalms 127: Unless the Lord builds the
house, they labor in vain who build it.
1. The virtue of God's blessing
3. Good children are his gift
Psalms 128: Blessed is everyone who fears
the Lord, who walks in his ways.
1. The various blessings which follow those
who fear God
Psalms 129: Many times they have afflicted
me from my youth up.
1. An exhortation to praise God for saving
Israel in their great afflictions
5. The haters of the church are cursed
Psalms 130: Out of the depths I have cried
to you, O Lord.
1. The psalmist professes his hope in
prayer
5. And his patience in hope
7. He exhorts Israel to trust in God
Psalms 131: O Lord, my heart isn't haughty,
nor my eyes lofty
1. David professing his humility
3. Exhorts Israel to trust in God
Psalms 132: O Lord, remember David and all
his affliction,
1. David in his prayer commends unto God
the reverent care he had for the ark
8. His prayer at the removing of the ark
11. With a repetition of God's promises
Psalms 133: See how good and how pleasant
it is for brothers to live together in unity!
1. The blessedness of unity among brothers
Psalms 134: Look! Praise the Lord, all you
servants of the Lord
1. An exhortation to bless God
Psalms 135: Praise the name of the Lord!
Praise him, you servants of the Lord
1. An exhortation to praise God for his
mercy
5. For his power
8. For his judgments
15. The vanity of idols
19. An exhortation to bless God
Psalms 136: Give thanks to the Lord, for he
is good; his loving kindness endures forever.
1. An exhortation to give thanks to God for
particular mercies.
Psalms 137: By the rivers of Babylon we sat
down, wept, remembered Zion.
1. The constancy of the Jews in captivity
7. The prophet curses Edom and Babel
Psalms 138: I will give you thanks with my
whole heart.
1. David praises God for the truth of his
word
4. He prophesies that the kings of the
earth shall praise God
7. He professes his confidence in God
Psalms 139: O Lord, you have searched me,
and you know me.
1. David praises God for his all-seeing
providence
17. And for this infinite mercies
19. He defies the wicked
23. He prays for sincerity
Psalms 140: Deliver me, O Lord, from the
evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;
1. David prays to be delivered from Saul
and Doeg
8. He prays against them
12. He comforts himself by confidence in
God
Psalms 141: O Lord, I have called on you.
Come to me quickly!
1. David prays that his suit may be
acceptable
3. His conscience sincere
7. And his life free from snares
Psalms 142: I cry with my voice to the
Lord. With my voice, I ask the Lord for mercy.
1. David shows that in his trouble all his
comfort was in prayer unto God
Psalms 143: Hear my prayer, O Lord. Listen
to my petitions.
1. David prays for favor in judgment
3. He complains of his grief
5. He strengthens his faith by meditation
and prayer
7. He prays for grace
9. For deliverance
10. For sanctification
12. For destruction of his enemies
Psalms 144: Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
who teaches my hands to war
1. David blesses God for his mercy both to
him and to man
5. He prays that God would powerfully
deliver him from his enemies
9. He promises to praise God
11. He prays for the happy state of the
kingdom
Psalms 145: I will exalt you, my God, the
King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
1. David praises God for his fame
8. For his goodness
11. For his kingdom
14. For his providence
17. For his justice, holiness, and savings
mercy
Psalms 146: Praise the Lord, my soul.
1. The Psalmist vows perpetual praises to
God
3. He exhorts not to trust in man
5. God, for his power, justice, mercy, and
kingdom, is only worthy to be trusted
Psalms 147: It is good to sing praises to
our God
1. The prophet exhorts to praise God for
his care of the church
4. His power and wisdom
6. His mercy
7. His providence
12. To praise him for his blessings upon
the kingdom
15. For his power over the elements
19. And for his ordinances in the church
Psalms 148: Praise the Lord from the
heavens! Praise him in the heights!
1. The psalmist exhorts the celestial
7. The terrestrial
11. And the rational creatures to praise
God
Psalms 149: Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the saints.
1. The prophet exhorts to praise God for
his love to the church
5. And for that power which he has given to
the church
Psalms 150: Praise God in his sanctuary!
Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
1. An exhortation to praise God
3. With all kinds of instruments
Proverbs 1: The proverbs of Solomon, the
son of David, king of Israel:
1. The use of the proverbs
7. An exhortation to fear God, and believe
his word
10. to avoid the enticing of sinners
20. Wisdom complains of her contempt
24. She threatens her contemners
Proverbs 2: Receive my words, and store up
my commandments within you;
1. wisdom promises godliness to her
children
10. and safety from evil company
20. and direction in good ways
Proverbs 3: Don't forget my teaching; but
let your heart keep my commandments:
1. various exhortations
13. The gain of wisdom
27. Exhortation to goodness
33. the different state of the wicked and
upright
Proverbs 4: Listen, sons, to a father's
instruction
1. persuades to wisdom
14. and to show wickedness
20. He exhorts to sanctification
Proverbs 5: My son, pay attention to my
wisdom
1. Solomon exhorts to wisdom
3. He shows the mischief of unfaithfulness
and riot
15. He exhorts to contentedness,
generosity, and chastity
22. The wicked are overtaken with their own
sins
Proverbs 6: If you have struck your hands
in pledge for a stranger;
1. against indebtedness
6. idleness
12. and mischievousness
16. seven things detestable to God
20. the blessings of obedience
25. the mischief of unfaithfulness
Proverbs 7: Warning Against the Adulteress
1. Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind
familiarity with wisdom
6. In an example of his own experience he
shows
10. the cunning of a harlot
22. and the desperate simplicity of a young
wanton
24. He detests such wickedness
Proverbs 8: Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't
understanding raise her voice?
1. the fame
6. and evidence of wisdom
10. The excellence
12. the nature
15. the power
18. the riches
22. and the eternity of wisdom
32. Wisdom is to be desired for the
blessedness it brings
Proverbs 9: Wisdom has built her house. She
has carved out her seven pillars.
1. The discipline
4. and the doctrine of wisdom
13. The custom
16. and error of folly
Proverbs 10: A wise son makes a glad
father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
1. Proverbs of Solomon: observations of
moral virtues, and their contrary vices
Proverbs 11: A false balance is an
abomination to the Lord
1. On Deception
Proverbs 12: Whoever loves correction loves
knowledge; he who hates reproof is stupid.
1. Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge
Proverbs 13: A wise son listens to his
father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen
1. a scoffer does not listen to rebuke
Proverbs 14: Every wise woman builds her
house, but the foolish one tears it down
1. A wise woman builds her house
Proverbs 15: A gentle answer turns away
wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
1. A gentle answer turns away wrath
Proverbs 16: The plans of the heart belong
to man; Answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
1. The Plans of the heart
Proverbs 17: Better is a dry morsel with
quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
1. Contrasts between the Righteous and the
Wicked
Proverbs 18: An unfriendly man pursues
selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
1. A fool delights not in understanding
Proverbs 19: Better is the poor who walks
in his integrity
1. Life and Conduct
Proverbs 20: Wine is a mocker, and beer is
a brawler.
1. Proper Living
Proverbs 21: The king's heart is in the
Lord's hand like the watercourses.
1. The king's heart in the hand of the Lord
Proverbs 22: A good name is more desirable
than great riches
1. A good name is more desirable than great
wealth
Proverbs 23: When you sit to eat with a
ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
1. Consider carefully what is before you
Proverbs 24: Don't be envious of evil men;
neither desire to be with them:
1. Precepts and Warnings
Proverbs 25: It is the glory of God to
conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out
1. observations about kings
8. and about avoiding causes of quarrels
Proverbs 26: Like snow in summer, and as
rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
1. observations about fools
13. about sluggards
17. and about contentious busybodies
Proverbs 27: Don't boast about tomorrow;
for you don't know what a day may bring forth.
1. observations of self love
5. of true love
11. of care to avoid offenses
23. and of the household care
Proverbs 28: The wicked flee when no one
pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
1. general observations of impiety and
integrity
Proverbs 29: He who is often rebuked and
stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly
1. observations of public government
15. and of private
22. Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice
and corruption
Proverbs 30: The words of Agur the son of
Jakeh
1. Agur's confession of his faith
7. The two points of his prayer
10. The meanest are not to be wronged
11. Four wicked generations
15. Four things insatiable
24. four things exceeding wise
29. Four things stately
32. Wrath is to be prevented
Proverbs 31: King Lemuel: Who can find a
worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.
1. Lemuel's lesson of chastity and
temperance
6. The afflicted are to be comforted and
defended
10. The praise and properties of a good
wife
Ecclesiastes 1: "Vanity of
vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is
vanity."
1. the preacher shows that all human
courses are vain
4. because the creatures are restless in
their courses
9. they bring forth nothing new, and all
old things are forgotten
12. and because he has found it so in the
studies of wisdom
Ecclesiastes 2: "Come now, I will test
you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;"
1. the vanity of human courses is the work
of pleasure
12. Though the wise be better than the
fool, yet both have one event
18. The vanity of human labor, in leaving
it they know not to whom
24. Nothing better than joy in our labor
but that is God's gift
Ecclesiastes 3: For everything there is a
season, and a time for every purpose under heaven
1. by the necessary change of times, vanity
is added to human travail
11. is an excellence in God's works
16. as for man, God shall judge his works
hereafter, though here he be like a beast
Ecclesiastes 4: Then I returned and saw all
the oppressions that are done under the sun
1. vanity is increased unto men by
oppression
4. by envy
5. by idleness
7. by covetousness
9. by solitariness
13. by willfulness
Ecclesiastes 5: Guard your steps when you
go to God's house
1. vanities in divine service
8. in murmuring against oppression
9. and in riches
18. Joy in riches is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 6: There is an evil which I
have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men
1. the vanity of riches without use
3. though a man have many children and a
long life
7. the vanity of sight and wandering
desires
10. The conclusion of vanities
Ecclesiastes 7: A good name is better than
fine perfume
1. remedies against vanity are, a good name
2. mortification
7. patience
11. wisdom
23. The difficulty of wisdom
Ecclesiastes 8: "Keep the king's command!"
because of the oath to God.
1. true wisdom is modest
2. Kings are to be respected
6. Divine providence is to be observed
12. It is better with the godly in
adversity, than with the wicked in prosperity
16. The work of God is unsearchable
Ecclesiastes 9: All things come alike to
all.
1. like things happen to good and bad
4. there is a necessity of death unto men
7. Comfort is all their portion in this
life
11. God's providence rules over all
13. wisdom is better than strength
Ecclesiastes 10: So does a little folly
outweigh wisdom and honor.
1. observations of wisdom and folly
7. death in life
9. and the day of judgment in the days of
youth, are to be thought on
Ecclesiastes 11: Cast your bread on the
waters; for you shall find it after many days.
1. directions for charity
7. death in life and the day of judgment
9. in the days of youth
Ecclesiastes 12: Remember also your Creator
in the days of your youth
1. the Creator is to be remembered in due
time
8. The preacher's care to edify
13. the fear of God is the chief antidote
for vanity
Songs 1: The Song of songs, which is
Solomon's.
1. the church's love unto Christ
5. She confesses her deformity
7. and prays to be directed, to his flock
8. Christ directs her to the shepherd's
tents
9. and showing his love to her
11. gives her gracious promises
12. the church and Christ congratulate one
another
Songs 2: I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of
the valleys
1. the mutual love of Christ and his church
8. The hope
10. and calling of the church
14. Christ's care of the church
16. The profession of the church, her
faith, and hope
Songs 3: By night on my bed, I sought him
whom my soul loves
1. the church's fight and victory in
temptation
6. The church glories in Christ
Songs 4: Behold, you are beautiful, my love
1. Christ sets forth the graces of the
church
8. He shows forth his love to her
16. The church prays to be made fit for his
presence
Songs 5: I have come into my garden, my
sister, my bride
1. Christ awakes the church with his
calling
2. The church having a taste of Christ's
love is sick of love
9. A description of Christ by his graces
Songs 6: Where has your beloved gone, you
fairest among women?
1. the church professes her faith in Christ
4. Christ shows the graces of the church
10. and his love toward her
Songs 7: How beautiful are your feet in
sandals, prince's daughter!
1. a further description of the church's
graces.
10. The church professes her faith and
desire
Songs 8: Oh that you were like my brother
1. The love of the church to Christ
6. The vehemence of love
8. The calling of the Gentiles
14. the church prays for Christ's coming
Isaiah 1: Israel's Rebellion and Zion's
Corruption
1. Isaiah complains of Judah for her
rebellion
5. He laments her judgments
10. He upbraids their whole service
16. He exhorts to repentance, with promises
and threats
21. Bewailing their wickedness, he
denounces God's judgments
25. He promises grace
28. And threatens destruction to the wicked
Isaiah 2: The Coming of God's Kingdom and a
Day of Judgment
1. Isaiah prophesies the coming of Christ's
kingdom
6. Wickedness is the cause of God's
forsaking
10. He exhorts to fear, because of the
powerful effects of God's majesty
Isaiah 3: Judgment on Leaders, the Wicked,
and Judah's Women
1. The great calamities which come by sin
10. The different rewards of the righteous
and wicked
12. The oppression and covetousness of the
rulers
16. The judgments which shall be for the
pride of the women
25. The general desolation
Isaiah 4: A Remnant in Zion
1. In the extremity of evils, Christ's
kingdom shall be a sanctuary.
Isaiah 5: Song of the Vineyard; Woe to the
Wicked
1. Under the parable of a vineyard, God
excuses his severe judgment
8. His judgments upon covetousness
11. Upon lasciviousness
13. Upon impiety
20. And upon injustice
26. The executioners of God's judgments
Isaiah 6: Isaiah's Vision and Commission
1. Isaiah, in a vision of the Lord in his
glory
5. Being terrified, has apprehensions
removed
8. He offers himself, and is sent to show
the obstinacy of the people
13. A remnant shall be saved
Isaiah 7: War and Tribulation; The Coming
of Immanuel
1. Ahaz, being troubled with fear of Rezin
and Pekah, is comforted by Isaiah
10. Ahaz, having liberty to choose a sign,
and refusing it, has for a sign, Christ promised
17. His judgment is prophesied to come by
Assyria
Isaiah 8: Uriah and Zechariah
1. In Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz, he prophesies
Syria and Israel shall be subdued by Assyria
5. Judah likewise for their infidelity
9. God's judgments shall be irresistible
11. Comfort shall be to those who fear God
19. Great afflictions to idolaters
Isaiah 9: Unto Us a Child Is Born;
Judgments upon Israel
1. What joy shall be in the midst of
afflictions, by the birth and kingdom of Christ
8. The judgments upon Israel for their
pride
13. For their hypocrisy
18. And for their unrepentance
Isaiah 10: Judgment on Assyria; A Remnant
to Return
1. The woe of tyrants
5. Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, for its
pride shall be broken
20. A remnant of Israel shall be saved
23. Judah is comforted with promise of
deliverance from Assyria
Isaiah 11: The Root of Jesse
1. The peaceable kingdom of the Branch out
of the root of Jesse
10. The victorious restoration of Israel,
and vocation of the Gentiles.
Isaiah 12: Joyful Thanksgiving
1. A joyful thanksgiving of the faithful
for the mercies of God
Isaiah 13: Prophecies against Babylon
1. God musters the armies of his wrath
6. He threatens to destroy Babylon by the
Medes
19. The desolation of Babylon
Isaiah 14: God's Merciful Restoration of
Israel; Judgment on Assyria and Philistia
1. God's merciful restoration of Israel
3. Their triumphant exultation over Babel
24. God's purpose against Assyria
29. Philistia is threatened
Isaiah 15: Judgment on Moab
1. The lamentable state of Moab
Isaiah 16: Prophecy of Calamity for Moab
1. Moab is exhorted to yield obedience to
the throne of David
6. Moab is threatened for her pride
9. The prophet bewails her
12. The judgment of Moab
Isaiah 17: Prophecy against Damascus
1. Syria and Israel are threatened
6. A remnant shall forsake idolatry
9. The rest shall be plagued for their
impiety
12. The woe of Israel's enemies
Isaiah 18: Prophecy against Ethiopia
1. God, in care of his people, will destroy
the Ethiopians
7. An accession thereby shall be made to
the church
Isaiah 19: The Burden of Egypt
1. The confusion of Egypt
11. The foolishness of their princes
18. The calling of Egypt into the church
23. The covenant of Egypt, Assyria, and
Israel
Isaiah 20: Prophecy of Captivity for Egypt
and Cush
1. A type prefiguring the shameful
captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia.
Isaiah 21: Vision of the Fall of Babylon;
Prophecies against Edom and Arabia
1. The prophet, bewailing the captivity of
his people,
6. sees in a vision the fall of Babylon by
the Medes and Persians.
11. Edom, scorning the prophet, is moved to
repentance.
13. The set time of Arabia's calamity.
Isaiah 22: Prophecy about Jerusalem: The
Valley of Vision
1. The prophet laments the invasion of
Jerusalem
8. He reproves their human wisdom and
worldly joy
15. He prophesies Shebna's deprivation
20. And the substitution of Eliakim,
prefiguring the kingdom of Christ.
Isaiah 23: The Burden of Tyre
1. The miserable overthrow of Tyre
15. Her restoration and unfaithfulness
Isaiah 24: Devastation on the Earth
1. The doleful judgments of God upon the
land
13. A remnant shall joyfully praise him
16. God in his judgments shall advance his
kingdom
Isaiah 25: Song of Praise for God's Favor
1. Song of Praise for God's Favor
Isaiah 26: Song of Praise for God's
Protection
1. Trust in God's Provision
Isaiah 27: The Deliverance of Israel
1. The Deliverance of Israel
Isaiah 28: Woe to Ephraim; Warning to Judah
1. The prophet threatens Ephraim for their
pride and drunkenness
5. The residue shall be advanced in the
kingdom of Christ
7. He rebukes their error
9. Their unwillingness to learn
14. And their security
16. Christ the sure foundation is promised
17. Their security shall be tried
23. They are incited to the consideration
of God's providence
Isaiah 29: Warning to David's City;
Blessing to Follow Discipline
1. God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem
7. The insatiableness of her enemies
9. The senselessness
13. And deep hypocrisy of the people
17. A promise of sanctification to the
godly
Isaiah 30: Warning against Refuge in Egypt;
God's Grace
1. The prophet threatens the people for
their confidence in Egypt
8. And contempt of God's word
18. God's mercies toward his church
27. God's wrath and the people's joy, in
the destruction of Assyria
Isaiah 31: Danger of Trusting Egypt and
Forsaking God
1. The prophet shows the folly and danger
of trusting Egypt, and forsaking God
6. He exhorts to conversion
8. He shows the fall of Assyria
Isaiah 32: A King Shall Reign in
Righteousness
1. The blessings of Christ's kingdom
9. Desolation is foreshown
14. Restoration is promised to succeed
Isaiah 33: God's Judgments against His
Enemies
1. God's judgments against the enemies of
the church
13. The consternation of sinners, and
privileges of the godly
Isaiah 34: God's Judgments against the
Nations
1. The judgments wherewith God revenges his
church
11. The desolation of her enemies
16. The certainty of the prophecy
Isaiah 35: The Joyful Will Flourish in Zion
1. The joyful flourishing of Christ's
kingdom
3. The weak are encouraged by the virtues
and privileges of the Gospel
Isaiah 36: Sennacherib Invades Judah,
Threatens Jerusalem
1. Sennacherib invades Judah
2. Rabshakeh, sent by Sennacherib, solicits
the people to revolt
22. His words are told to Hezekiah
Isaiah 37: Hezekiah Mourns; Isaiah
foretells Jerusalem's Deliverance; Hezekiah Prays and God Fulfills
1. Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to
pray for them
6. Isaiah comforts them
8. Sennacherib, going to encounter
Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah
14. Hezekiah's prayer
21. Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of
Sennacherib, and the good of Zion
36. An angel slays the Assyrians
37. Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his
own sons.
Isaiah 38: Hezekiah's Illness and Healing
1. Hezekiah, having received a message of
death, by prayer has his life lengthened
8. The sun goes ten degrees backward, for a
sign of that promise
9. His song of thanksgiving.
Isaiah 39: Hezekiah Reveals Treasures to
Babylonians
1. Merodach-baladan, sending to visit
Hezekiah, has notice of his treasures.
3. Isaiah, understanding thereof, foretells
the Babylonian captivity.
Isaiah 40: Comfort, comfort my people
1. The promulgation of the Gospel
3. The preaching of John Baptist foretold
9. The preaching of the apostles foretold
12. The prophet, by the omnipotence of God
18. And his incomparableness
26. Comforts the people.
Isaiah 41: God's Promises to Israel
1. God expostulates with his people, about
his mercies to the church.
10. About his promises
21. And about the vanity of idols.
Isaiah 42: Behold, my servant, whom I have
chosen; A Song of Praise; Israel's Blindness
1. The office of Christ, graced with
meekness and constancy.
5. God's promise unto him.
10. An exhortation to praise God for his
Gospel
13. God will manifest himself, and check
idolatry
18. He reproves the people of incredulity.
Isaiah 43: Israel Redeemed; God's Mercy;
Israel's Unfaithfulness
1. The Lord comforts the church with his
promises.
8. He appeals to the people for witness of
his omnipotence
14. He foretells them the destruction of
Babylon
18. And his wonderful deliverance of his
people
22. He reproves the people as inexcusable
Isaiah 44: God's Blessings upon Israel; The
Foolishness of Idolatry; God's Will for Jerusalem's Inhabitation
1. God comforts the church with his
promises
7. The vanity of idols
9. And folly of idol makers
21. He exhorts to praise God for his
redemption and omnipotence
Isaiah 45: God Calls Cyrus
1. God calls Cyrus for his church's sake
5. By his omnipotence he challenges
obedience
20. He convinces the idols of vanity by his
saving power
Isaiah 46: The Idols of Babylon
1. The idols of Babylon could not save
themselves
3. God saves his people to the end
5. Idols are not comparable to God for
power
12. Or present salvation.
Isaiah 47: God's Judgment upon Babylon and
Chaldea
1. God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea
6. For their unmercifulness
7. Pride
10. And over-boldness
11. Shall be irresistible
Isaiah 48: Israel's Obstinacy and
Deliverance
1. God, to convince the people of their
foreknown obstinance, revealed his prophecies
9. He saves them for his own sake
12. He exhorts them to obedience, because
of his power and providence
16. He laments their backwardness
20. He powerfully delivers his people out
of Babylon
Isaiah 49: The Servant of the Lord;
Restoration to Zion
1. Christ being sent to the Jews, complains
of them
5. He is sent to the Gentiles with gracious
promises
13. God's love is perpetual to his church
18. The ample restoration of the church
24. The powerful deliverance out of
captivity
Isaiah 50: Israel's Sin and God's Help for
His Servant
1. Christ shows Israel's Sin is not to be
imputed to him,
2. by his ability to save
5. By his obedience in that work
7. And by his confidence in that assistance
10. An exhortation to trust in God, and not
in ourselves
Isaiah 51: Exhortation to Zion; Affliction
and deliverance of Jerusalem foretold
1. An exhortation after the pattern of
Abraham, to trust in Christ
3. By reason of his comfortable promises,
4. Of his righteous salvation
7. And man's mortality
9. Christ by his sanctified arm defends his
from the fear of man
17. He bewails the afflictions of Jerusalem
21. And promises deliverance
Isaiah 52: Put on Your Strength, Zion; My
Servant Shall Deal Wisely
1. Christ persuades the church to believe
his free redemption
7. To receive the ministers thereof
9. To joy in the power thereof
11. And to free themselves from bondage
13. Christ's kingdom shall be exalted
Isaiah 53: The Suffering Servant: by his
stripes we are healed
1. The prophet, complaining of incredulity,
excuses the scandal of the cross
4. By the benefit of his passion
10. And the good success thereof
Isaiah 54: Future Glory of Zion
1. The prophet, to comfort the Gentiles,
prophesies the amplitude of their church
4. Their safety
6. Their certain deliverance out of
affliction
11. Their fair edification
15. And their sure preservation
Isaiah 55: Come, everyone who thirsts, to
the waters!
1. The prophet, with the promises of
Christ, calls to faith
6. And to repentance
8. The happy success of those who believe
Isaiah 56: Keep justice, and do
righteousness; for my salvation is near to come
1. The prophet exhorts to sanctification
3. He promises it shall be general, without
respect of persons
9. He protests against blind watchmen
Isaiah 57: The blessed death of the
righteous; Leaders Rebuked; Comfort for the Contrite
1. The blessed death of the righteous
3. God reproves the People for their idolatry
13. He gives promises of mercy to the
penitent
Isaiah 58: True Fasting; Keeping the
Sabbath
1. The prophet, being sent to reprove
hypocrisy,
3. shows the difference between a
counterfeit fast and a true
8. He declares what promises are due unto
godliness
13. And to the keeping of the Sabbath
Isaiah 59: Your sins have separated you and
your God
1. Calamities are not due to lack of saving
power in God, but to their own sins
16. Salvation is only of God
20. The covenant of the Redeemer
Isaiah 60: The Glory of Zion
1. The glory of the church in the abundant
access of the Gentiles.
15. And the great blessings after a short
affliction
Isaiah 61: The Spirit of the Lord is on me;
The Year of the Lord's Favor
1. The office of Christ
4. The forwardness
7. And blessing of the faithful
Isaiah 62: Zion's New Name
1. The fervent desire of the prophet to
confirm the church in God's promises.
6. The office of the ministers in preaching
the Gospel
10. And preparing the people thereto
Isaiah 63: God's Vengeance and Redemption
1. Christ shows who he is
2. What his victory over his enemies
7. And what his mercy toward his church
10. In his just wrath he remembers his free
mercy
15. The church, in her prayer
17. And complaint, professes her faith
Isaiah 64: Prayer for God's Mercy
1. The church prays for the illustration of
God's power
4. Celebrating God's mercy, it makes
confession of their natural corruptions
9. It complains of their afflictions
Isaiah 65: Judgment; Salvation; New heavens
and a New earth
1. The calling of the Gentiles,
2. and the rejection of the Jews, for their
incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy
8. A remnant shall be saved
11. Judgments on the wicked, and blessings
on the godly
17. The blessed state of the new Jerusalem
Isaiah 66: Heaven is my throne, and the
earth is my footstool; Rejoice with Jerusalem
1. The glorious God will be served in
humble sincerity
5. He comforts the humble by showing the
confusion of their enemies
7. With the marvelous growth
10. And the gracious benefits of the church
15. God's severe judgments against the
wicked
18. The Gentiles shall have an holy church
24. And see the damnation of the wicked
Jeremiah 1: The Call of Jeremiah; Almond
Rod and Boiling Pot
1. The time
4. And the calling of Jeremiah
11. His prophetical visions of an almond
rod and a seething pot
15. His heavy message against Judah
17. God encourages him with his promise of
assistance
Jeremiah 2: Judah Forsakes God
1. God having shown his former kindness,
5. expostulates with the people on their
causeless and unexampled revolt
14. They are the causes of their own
calamities
18. The sins and idolatries of Judah
35. Her confidence is rejected.
Jeremiah 3: Judah as the Polluted Land;
God's Great Mercy
1. God's great mercy to Judah the polluted
land
6. Judah is worse than Israel
12. The promises of the gospel to the
penitent
20. Israel reproved, and called by God,
makes a solemn confession of their sins
Jeremiah 4: Judah's Devastation
1. God calls Israel by his promise
3. He exhorts Judah to repentance by
fearful judgments
19. A grievous lamentation for Judah
Jeremiah 5: Jerusalem's Godlessness and
Judgment
1. The judgments of God upon the people,
for their perverseness;
7. for their adultery;
10. for their impiety;
15. for their worship of idols;
19. for their contempt of God;
25. and for their great corruption in the
civil state;
30. and ecclesiastical.
Jeremiah 6: Enemies Sent against Jerusalem
1. The enemies sent against Judah,
4. encourage themselves.
6. God sets them on work because of their
sins.
9. The prophet laments the judgments of God
because of their sins.
18. He proclaims God's wrath.
26. He calls the people to mourn for the
judgment on their sins.
Jeremiah 7: Jeremiah's Message at the
Temple Gate; Valley of Slaughter
1. Jeremiah is sent to call to true
repentance, to prevent the Jews' captivity.
8. He rejects their vain confidence,
12. by the example of Shiloh.
17. He threatens them for their idolatry.
21. He rejects the sacrifices of the
disobedient.
29. He exhorts to mourn for their
abominations in Tophet;
32. and the judgments for the same.
Jeremiah 8: The Calamity of the Jews
1. The calamity of the Jews, both dead and
alive.
4. He upbraids their foolish and shameless
impenitency.
13. He shows their grievous judgment;
18. and bewails their desperate estate.
Jeremiah 9: Jeremiah Laments over Zion
1. Jeremiah laments the people for their
manifold sins;
9. and for their judgment.
12. Disobedience is the cause of their
bitter calamity.
17. He exhorts to mourn for their
destruction;
23. and to trust not in themselves, but in
God.
25. He threatens both Jews and Gentiles.
Jeremiah 10: The Lord Speaks on Idolatry
and Coming Destruction; Jeremiah Prays
1. The unequal comparison of God and idols.
17. The prophet exhorts to flee from the
calamity to come.
19. He laments the spoil of the tabernacle
by foolish pastors.
23. He makes an humble supplication.
Jeremiah 11: Jeremiah Proclaims God's
Covenant Is Broken; The Plot against Jeremiah
1. Jeremiah proclaims God's covenant;
8. rebukes the peoples' disobeying thereof;
11. prophesies evils to come upon them;
18. and upon the men of Anathoth, for
conspiring to kill him.
Jeremiah 12: Jeremiah's Complaint and God's
Answer
1. Jeremiah, complaining of the prosperity
of the wicked, by faith sees their ruin.
5. God admonishes him of his brothers'
treachery against him;
7. and laments his heritage.
14. He promises to the penitent return from
captivity.
Jeremiah 13: The Linen Belt and Wineskins;
The Threat of Captivity
1. By the type of a linen belt, hidden at
Euphrates,
9. God prefigures the destruction of his
people.
12. By the parable of bottles filled with
wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery.
15. He exhorts to prevent their future
judgments.
22. He shows their abominations are the
cause thereof.
Jeremiah 14: Drought, Famine, False
Prophets, Prayer for Mercy
1. The grievous famine,
7. causes Jeremiah to pray.
10. The Lord will not be entreated for the
people.
13. false prophets are no excuse for them.
17. Jeremiah is moved to complain for them.
Jeremiah 15: Rejection and Judgments to
Come; Jeremiah's Prayer
1. The utter rejection and manifold
judgments of the people.
10. Jeremiah, complaining of their spite,
receives a promise for himself;
12. and a threatening for them.
15. He prays;
19. and receives a gracious promise.
Jeremiah 16: Disaster and Restoration
Foretold
1. The prophet, under the types of
abstaining from marriage,
8. from houses of mourning and feasting,
foreshows the utter ruin of the Jews;
10. because they were worse than their
fathers.
14. Their return from captivity shall be
stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt.
16. God will doubly recompense their
idolatry.
Jeremiah 17: The Sin of Judah; Keeping the
Sabbath
1. The captivity of Judah for her sin.
5. Trust in man is cursed;
7. in God is blessed.
9. The deceitful heart cannot deceive God.
12. The salvation of God.
15. The prophet complains of the mockers of
his prophecy.
19. He is sent to renew the covenant in
hallowing the Sabbath.
Jeremiah 18: As the clay in the potter's
hand, so are you in my hand
1. Under the type of a potter is shown
God's absolute power in disposing of nations.
11. Judgments threatened to Judah for her
strange revolt.
18. Jeremiah prays against his
conspirators.
Jeremiah 19: The Broken Jar
1. Under the type of breaking a potter's
vessel, is foreshown the desolation of the Jews
Jeremiah 20: Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah;
Jeremiah Complains
1. Pashur, smiting Jeremiah, receives a new
name, and a fearful doom.
7. Jeremiah complains of contempt;
10. of treachery;
14. and of his birth.
Jeremiah 21: God Rejects Zedekiah's Request
1. Zedikiah sends to Jeremiah to enquire
the event of Nebuchadnezzar's war.
3. Jeremiah foretells a hard siege and
miserable captivity.
8. He counsels the people to fall to the
Chaldeans;
11. and upbraids the King's house.
Jeremiah 22: God Will Judge the Evil Kings
of Judah
1. He exhorts to repentance, with promises
and threats.
10. The judgment of Shallum;
13. of Jehoiakim;
20. and of Coniah.
Jeremiah 23: I will restore to David a
righteous Branch; False Prophets
1. He prophesies a restoration of the
scattered flock.
5. Christ shall rule and save them.
9. Against false prophets;
33. and mockers of the true prophets.
Jeremiah 24: Two Baskets of Figs; Captives
Will Return
1. Under the type of good and bad figs,
4. he foreshows the restoration of those
who were in captivity;
8. and the desolation of Zedekiah and the
rest.
Jeremiah 25: Jeremiah Prophesies Seventy
Years of Captivity and Judgment on Babylon
1. Jeremiah, reproving the Jews'
disobedience to the prophets,
8. foretells the seventy years' captivity;
12. and after that, the destruction of
Babylon.
15. Under the type of a cup of wine he
foreshows the destruction of all nations.
34. The howling of the shepherds.
Jeremiah 26: Jeremiah Threatened and Spared
1. Jeremiah by promises and threats exhorts
to repentance.
8. He is therefore apprehended,
10. and arraigned.
12. His apology.
16. He is quit in judgment, by the example
of Micah,
20. and of Urijah,
24. and by the care of Ahikam.
Jeremiah 27: Judah Will Submit to
Nebuchadnezzar
1. By the type of bonds and yokes he
prophesies the subduing of the neighbor kings
8. He exhorts them to yield, and not to
believe the false prophets.
12. The like he does to Zedekiah.
19. He foretells the remnant of the vessels
shall be carried to Babylon,
Jeremiah 28: Hananiah Falsely Prophesies
the Return of the Vessels
1. Hananiah prophesies falsely the return
of the vessels, and of Jeconiah
3. and there continue until the day of
visitation.
5. Jeremiah, wishing it to be true, shows
that the event will declare the true prophets.
10. Hananiah breaks Jeremiah's yoke.
12. Jeremiah tells of an iron yoke;
15. and foretells Hananiah's death.
Jeremiah 29: Jeremiah's Letter to the
Exiles; Message to Shemaiah
1. Jeremiah sends a letter to the captives
in Babylon to be quiet there,
8. and not to believe the dreams of their
prophets;
10. and that they shall return with grace
after seventy years.
15. He foretells the destruction of the
rest for their disobedience.
20. He shows the fearful end of Ahab and
Zedekiah, two false prophets.
24. Shemaiah writes a letter against
Jeremiah.
30. Jeremiah foretells his doom.
Jeremiah 30: God Promises Deliverance from
Captivity
1. God shows Jeremiah the return of the
Jews.
4. After their trouble they shall have
deliverance.
10. He comforts Jacob.
18. Their return shall be gracious.
23. Wrath shall fall on the wicked.
Jeremiah 31: The Restoration of Israel; New
Covenant
1. The restoration of Israel.
10. The publication thereof.
15. Rahel mourning is comforted.
18. Ephraim repenting is brought home
again.
22. Christ is promised.
27. His care over the church.
31. His new covenant.
35. The stability,
38. and amplitude of the church.
Jeremiah 32: Jeremiah Imprisoned by
Zedekiah, Buys Hanamel's Field, Prays
1. Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Zedekiah
for his prophecy,
6. buys Hanameel's field.
13. Baruch must preserve the evidences, as
tokens of the people's return.
16. Jeremiah in his prayer complains to
God.
26. God confirms the captivity for their
sins;
36. and promises a gracious return.
Jeremiah 33: God Promises to the Captive a
Gracious Return and David's Branch
1. God promises to the captivity a gracious
return;
9. a joyful state;
12. a settled government;
15. Christ the branch of righteousness;
17. a continuance of kingdom and
priesthood;
19. and a stability of a blessed seed.
Jeremiah 34: Jeremiah Prophesies the
Captivity of Zedekiah; Freedom for Slaves
1. Jeremiah prophesies the captivity of
Zedekiah and the city.
8. The princes and the people having
dismissed their bond-servants,
11. contrary to the covenant of God,
re-assume them.
12. Jeremiah gives them and Zedekiah into
the hands of their enemies.
Jeremiah 35: By the Obedience of the
Recabites, Jeremiah Rebukes Judah
1. By the obedience of the Rechabites,
12. Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of
the Jews.
18. God blesses the Rechabites for their
obedience.
Jeremiah 36: Jeremiah's Scroll Read in the
Temple, Burned, and Replaced
1. Jeremiah causes Baruch to write his
prophesy,
5. and publicly to read it.
11. The princes, having intelligence
thereof by Michaiah,
14. send Jehudi to fetch the roll and read
it.
19. They will Baruch to hide himself and
Jeremiah.
20. The king, Jehoiakim, being certified
thereof, hears part of it and burns the roll.
27. Jeremiah denounces his judgment.
32. Baruch writes a new copy.
Jeremiah 37: Jeremiah Warns against Trust
in Pharaoh
1. The Egyptians having raised the siege of
the Chaldeans,
3. king Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah to pray
for the people.
6. Jeremiah prophesies the Chaldeans'
certain return and victory.
11. He is taken for a fugitive, beaten, and
put in prison.
16. He assures Zedekiah of the captivity.
18. Entreating for his liberty, he obtains
some favor.
Jeremiah 38: Jeremiah Thrown into the
Dungeon of Malkijah
1. Jeremiah, by a false suggestion, is put
into the dungeon of Malchiah.
7. Ebed-Melech, by suit, gets him some
enlargement.
14. Upon secret conference, he counsels the
king by yielding to save his life.
24. By the king's instructions he conceals
the conference from the princes.
Jeremiah 39: Jerusalem Is Taken; Zedekiah
and the People Captivated
1. Jerusalem is taken.
4. Zedekiah is made blind and sent to
Babylon.
8. The city laid in ruins,
9. and the people captivated.
11. Nebuchadrezzar's charge for the good
usage of Jeremiah.
15. God's promise to Ebed Melech.
Jeremiah 40: Jeremiah Set Free by
Nebuzaradan, Remains in Judah
1. Jeremiah, being set free by Nebuzaradan,
goes to Gedaliah.
7. The dispersed Jews repair unto him.
13. Johanan revealing Ishmael's conspiracy
is not believed.
Jeremiah 41: Ishmael kills Gedaliah;
Johanan Rescues the People
1. Ishmael, treacherously killing Gedaliah
and others,
7. purposes with the residue to flee unto
the Ammonites.
11. Johanan rescues the captives, and is
minded to flee into Egypt.
Jeremiah 42: Jeremiah Assures of Safety in
Judea and Destruction in Egypt
1. Johanan desires Jeremiah to enquire of
God, promising obedience to his will.
7. Jeremiah assures him of safety in Judea;
13. and destruction in Egypt.
19. He reproves their hypocrisy.
Jeremiah 43: Johanan Disregards Prophecy,
Takes People to Egypt; Jeremiah Warns
1. Johanan, discrediting Jeremiah's
prophecy, carries him and the rest in Egypt.
8. Jeremiah prophesies by a type the
conquest of Egypt by the Babylonians.
Jeremiah 44: Jeremiah Predicts Conquest of
Egypt, Disaster in Judah
1. Jeremiah expresses the desolation of
Judah for their idolatry
11. He prophesies the destruction of those
who commit idolatry in Egypt
15. The obstinacy of the Jews
20. For which Jeremiah threatens them
29. and for a sign prophesies the
destruction of Egypt
Jeremiah 45: Jeremiah Instructs and
Comforts Baruch
1. Baruch being dismayed
4. Jeremiah instructs and comforts him
Jeremiah 46: Jeremiah Prophesies the
Overthrow of Pharaoh's Army at Euphrates
1. Jeremiah prophesies the overthrow of
Pharaoh's army at Euphrates
13. and the conquest of Egypt by
Nebuchadnezzar
27. He comforts Jacob in his chastisement
Jeremiah 47: Prophecy against the
Philistines
1. The destruction of the Philistines
Jeremiah 48: Prophecy against Moab
1. The judgment of Moab
7. for their pride
11. for their security
14. for their carnal confidence
26. and for their contempt of God and his
people
47. The restoration of Moab
Jeremiah 49: Prophecies against Ammon,
Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazor
1. The judgment of the Ammonites
6. Their restoration
7. The judgment of Edom
23. of Damascus
28. of Kedar
30. of Hazor
34. and of Elam
39. The restoration of Elam
Jeremiah 50: Prophecy against Babylon
1. The judgment of Babylon and the
redemption of Israel
Jeremiah 51: The Judgment of God against
Babylon for Sins Against Israel
1. The severe judgment of God against
Babylon, in revenge of Israel
59. Jeremiah delivers the book of this
prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates,
64. in token of the perpetual sinking of
Babylon
Jeremiah 52: The Fall of Jerusalem and
Release or Jehoiachin
1. Zedekiah rebels
4. Jerusalem is besieged and taken
8. Zedekiah's sons killed, and his own eyes
put out,
12. Nebuzaradan burns and spoils the city
24. He carries away the captives
28. The number of Jews carried captive
31. Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin
Lamentations 1: How lonely lies Zion, that
was once full of people!
1. The miseries of Jerusalem and of the
Jews lamented
12. The attention of beholders demanded to
this unprecedented case
18. The justice of God acknowledged, and
his mercy supplicated.
Lamentations 2: How the Lord has covered
the daughter of Zion with the cloud of his anger!
1. Jeremiah laments the misery of Jerusalem
20. He complains thereof to God
Lamentations 3: Jeremiah Shares Israel's
Affliction and Prays for Deliverance
1. The prophet bewails his own calamities
22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his
hope
37. He acknowledges God's justice
55. He prays for deliverance
64. And vengeance on his enemies
Lamentations 4: The Distress of the Siege
1. Zion bewails her pitiful estate
13. She confesses her sins
21. Edom is threatened and Zion comforted.
Lamentations 5: Zion's Prayer for Mercy
1. A complaint of Zion in prayer unto God.
Ezekiel 1: Ezekiel's Prophecy at Kebar; The
Visions of Four Figures and Divine Glory
1. The time of Ezekiel's prophecy at
Chebar.
4. His vision of four cherubim;
15. of the four wheels;
26. and of the glory of God.
Ezekiel 2: Ezekiel's Calling and
Instruction
1. Ezekiel's commission
6. His instruction
9. The scroll of his heavy prophecy
Ezekiel 3: Ezekiel Eats the Scroll; Warning
to Israel
1. Ezekiel eats the scroll
4. God encourages him
15. God shows him the rule of prophecy
22. God shuts and opens the prophet's mouth
Ezekiel 4: Siege of Jerusalem Foretold
1. Under type of a siege is shown the time
from the defection of Jeroboam to captivity
9. By the provision of the siege, is shown
the hardness of the famine
Ezekiel 5: Jerusalem's Famine, Plague,
Attack, and Dispersion Foretold
1. Under the type of hair
5. is shown the judgment of Jerusalem for
their rebellion
12. by famine, sword, and dispersion
Ezekiel 6: The Judgment of Israel for
Idolatry; Yet will I leave a remnant
1. The judgment of Israel for their
idolatry
8. A remnant shall be blessed
11. The faithful are exhorted to lament
their abominations and calamities
Ezekiel 7: The End has Come to the Four
Corners of the Land
1. The final desolation of Israel
16. The mournful repentance from that
escape
20. The enemies defile the sanctuary
because of the Israelites' abominations
23. Under the type of a chain is shown the
miserable captivity of all orders of men
Ezekiel 8: Ezekiel's Vision of Idolatry in
the Temple
1. Ezekiel, in a vision of God at Jerusalem
5. is shown the image of jealousy
7. the chambers of imagery
13. the mourners for Tammuz
16. the worshippers toward the sun
17. God's wrath for their idolatry
Ezekiel 9: The Vision of Slaughter of
Idolaters
1. A vision, whereby is shown the
preservation of some
5. and the destruction of the rest
8. God cannot be entreated for them
Ezekiel 10: Vision of God's Glory Departing
from the Temple
1. The vision of the coals of fire, to be
scattered over the city
8. The vision of the cherubim
Ezekiel 11: Evil Rulers to Be Judged;
Israel's Promised Return
1. The presumption of the princes
4. Their sin and judgment
13. Ezekiel complaining, God shows him his
purpose in saving a remnant
22. The glory of God leaves the city
24. Ezekiel is returned to the captivity
Ezekiel 12: Ezekiel Fears for Exile
1. Under the type of Ezekiel's removing
8. is shown the captivity of Zedekiah
17. Ezekiel's trembling shows the Jews'
desolation
21. The Jews' presumptuous proverb is
reproved
26. The speediness of the vision
Ezekiel 13: Reproof of False Prophets
1. The reproof of false prophets
10. and their untempered mortar
17. Of prophecies and their pillows
Ezekiel 14: Idolaters Condemned; Judgment
Is Imminent
1. God answers idolaters according to their
own heart
6. They are exhorted to repent, for fear of
judgments, by means of seduced prophets
12. God's irrevocable sentence of famine
15. of wild beasts
17. of the sword
19. and of pestilence
22. A remnant shall be reserved for example
of others
Ezekiel 15: Jerusalem Is Like a Useless
Branch
1. By the unfitness of the vine branch for
any work
6. is shown the rejection of Jerusalem
Ezekiel 16: Unfaithful Jerusalem and God's
Grace
1. Under the parable of a wretched infant
is shown the natural state of Jerusalem
6. God's extraordinary love toward her,
15. Her grievous judgment
35. Her sin, equal to her mother,
46. and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and
Samaria,
59. calls for judgments
60. Mercy is promised her in the end
Ezekiel 17: Parable of Two Eagles and a
Vine
1. Under the parable of two eagles and a
vine
11. is shown God's judgment upon Jerusalem
for revolting from Babylon to Egypt
22. God promises to plant the cedar of the
Gospel
Ezekiel 18: God Defends His Justice and
Exhorts to Repentance
1. God defends his justice
31. and exhorts to repentance
Ezekiel 19: Lament for the Princes of
Israel: Parable of the Lion's Whelps
1. A lamentation for the princes of Israel,
by the parable of a lion whelping in a pit
10. and for Jerusalem, under the parable of
a wasted vine
Ezekiel 20: God Refuses the Elders of
Israel; Destruction and Restoration of Jerusalem
1. God refuses to be consulted by the
elders of Israel
4. He shows the story of their rebellions
in Egypt
19. in the desert
27. and in the land
33. He promises to gather them by the
Gospel
45. Under the name of a forest he shows the
destruction of Jerusalem
Ezekiel 21: Parable of the Sharp and Bright
Sword
1. Ezekiel prophesies against Jerusalem
with a sign of sighing
8. The sharp and bright sword
18. against Jerusalem
25. against the kingdom
28. and against the Ammonites
Ezekiel 22: A Catalogue of Sins in
Jerusalem
1. A catalogue of sins in Jerusalem, and
the dispersion of the Jews in consequence
17. God will burn them as dross in his
furnace
23. The general corruption of prophets,
priests, princes, and the people
Ezekiel 23: Oholah and Oholibah's Sin and
Judgment
1. The unfaithfulness of Aholah and
Aholibah
23. Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers
36. The prophet reproves the adulteries of
them both
45. and shows their judgments
Ezekiel 24: Parable of the Boiling Pot;
Ezekiel's Wife Dies
1. Under the parable of a boiling pot
6. is shown the irrevocable destruction of
Jerusalem
15. By the sign of Ezekiel not mourning for
the death of his wife
19. is shown the calamity of the Jews to be
beyond all sorrow
Ezekiel 25: God's Vengeance upon Ammon,
Moab, Edom and Philistia
1. God's vengeance, for their insolence
against the Jews, upon the Ammonites
8. upon Moab and Seir
12. upon Edom
15. and upon the Philistines
Ezekiel 26: Judgment on Tyre
1. Tyrus, for insulting Jerusalem, is
threatened with destruction
7. The power of Nebuchadnezzar against her
15. The mourning and astonishment of the
sea at her fall
Ezekiel 27: Lament for Tyre
1. The riches and commerce of Tyrus
26. The great and irrecoverable fall
thereof
Ezekiel 28: God's Judgment Upon Tyre and
Sidon
1. God's judgment upon the prince of Tyrus
for his sacrilegious pride
11. A lamentation of his great glory
corrupted by Sidon
20. The judgment of Zion
24. The restoration of Israel
Ezekiel 29: Prophecy against Egypt
1. The judgment of Pharaoh for his
treachery to Israel
8. The desolation of Egypt
13. The restoration thereof after forty years
17. Egypt the reward of Nebuchadnezzar
21. Israel shall be restored
Ezekiel 30: Lament for Egypt; Babylon
Victorious
1. The desolation of Egypt and her helpers
20. The arm of Babylon shall be
strengthened to break the arm of Egypt.
Ezekiel 31: Pharaoh Warned of Assyria's
Fate: the Assyrian was a Cedar in Lebanon
1. A relation unto Pharaoh
3. of the glory of Assyria
10. and the fall thereof for pride
18. The like destruction of Egypt
Ezekiel 32: Lament over Pharaoh and Egypt
1. A lamentation for the fearful fall of
Egypt
11. The sword of Babylon shall destroy it
17. It shall be brought down to hell, among
all the uncircumcised nations
Ezekiel 33: Ezekiel the Watchman; News of
Jerusalem's Capture
1. According to the duty of a watchman in
warning the people
7. Ezekiel is admonished of his duty
10. God shows the justice of his ways
toward the penitent and toward revolters
17. He maintains his justice
21. Upon the news of the taking of
Jerusalem
25. he prophecies the desolation of the
land
30. God's judgment upon the mockers of the
prophets
Ezekiel 34: Reproof of the Shepherds of
Israel; Restoration
1. A reproof of the shepherds
7. God's judgment against them
11. His providence over his flock
20. The kingdom of Christ
Ezekiel 35: The Judgment of Mount Seir for
Their Hatred of Israel
1. The judgment of mount Seir for their
hatred of Israel, and insulting over their distress
Ezekiel 36: The Mountains of Israel Will Be
Blessed
1. The land of Israel is comforted, by
destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it
8. and by the blessings of God promised
unto it
16. Israel was rejected for their sin
21. and shall be restored without their
desert
25. The blessings of Christ's kingdom
Ezekiel 37: Vision of the Valley of Dry
Bones; Judah and Israel Reunified
1. By the resurrection of dry bones
11. the dead hope of Israel is revived
15. By the uniting of two sticks
18. is shown the incorporation of Israel
into Judah
21. The promises of Christ's kingdom
Ezekiel 38: The Malice of Gog
1. The army
8. and malice of Gog
14. God's judgment against him
Ezekiel 39: God's Judgment upon Gog and
Israel's Victory
1. God's judgment upon Gog
8. Israel's victory
11. Gog's burial in Hamon-gog
17. The feast of the fowls
21. Israel having been plagued for their
sins
25. shall be gathered again with eternal
favor
Ezekiel 40: New Temple Area: Gates, Courts,
Rooms
1. The time, manner, and end of the vision
of the city and temple
6. The description of the east gate of the
outer court
20. of the north gate
24. of the south gate
27. of the south gate of the inner court
32. of the east gate
35. and of the north gate
39. Eight tables
44. The chambers
48. The porch of the house
Ezekiel 41: The Measures, Parts, Chambers,
and Ornaments of the Inner Temple
1. The measures, parts, chambers, and
ornaments of the temple
Ezekiel 42: Chambers for the Priests
1. The chambers for the priests
13. The use thereof
15. The measures of the outward court
Ezekiel 43: The Returning of the Glory of
God into the Temple; The Altar and Offerings
1. The returning of the glory of God into
the temple
7. The sin of Israel hindered God's
presence
10. The prophet exhorts them to repentance
and observation of the law of the house
13. The measures
18. and ordinances of the altar
Ezekiel 44: The East Gate Assigned Only to
the Prince; Ordinances for the Levites
1. The east gate assigned only to the
prince
4. The priests reproved for polluting the
sanctuary
9. Idolaters incapable of the priests
office
15. The sons of Zadok are accepted thereto
17. Ordinances for the priests
Ezekiel 45: Portion of Land for the
Sanctuary, the City, and for the Prince
1. The portion of land for the sanctuary
6. for the city
7. and for the prince
9. Ordinances for the prince
Ezekiel 46: Ordinances for the Prince in
His Worship
1. Ordinances for the prince in his worship
9. and for the people
16. An order for the prince's inheritance
19. The courts for boiling and baking
Ezekiel 47: Holy Water from the Temple;
Boundaries Set
1. The vision of the holy waters
6. The virtue of them
13. The borders of the land
22. The division of it by lot
Ezekiel 48: Division of the Land: Priests,
Prince, Tribes, Gates
1. The portions of the twelve tribes;
8. of the sanctuary;
15. of the city and suburbs;
21. and of the prince.
23. The portions of the twelve tribes.
30. The dimensions and gates of the city.
Daniel 1: Ashpenaz Takes Daniel, Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah to Babylon; They Refuse the King's Portion
1. Jehoiakim's captivity.
3. Ashpenaz takes Daniel, Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah.
8. They refusing the king's portion do
prosper with pulse and water.
17. Their proficiency in wisdom.
Daniel 2: Daniel Interprets
Nebuchadnezzar's Unspoken Dream
1. Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream,
5. requires it of the Chaldeans, by
promises and threats.
10. They acknowledging their inability are
judged to die.
14. Daniel obtaining some respite finds the
dream.
19. He blesses God.
24. He staying the decree is brought to the
king.
31. The dream.
36. The interpretation.
46. Daniel's advancement.
Daniel 3: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
Refuse to Bow to Golden Image, Survive the Fiery Furnace
1. Nebuchadnezzar dedicates a golden image
in Dura.
3. They being threatened, make a good
confession.
8. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are
accused for not worshipping the image.
19. They are cast into the furnace,
24. from which God delivers them.
28. Nebuchadnezzar seeing the miracle
blesses God, and advances them.
Daniel 4: Nebuchadnezzar's Confession of
God's Kingdom; Daniel Interprets the Vision of a Great Tree
1. Nebuchadnezzar confesses God's kingdom,
4. makes relation of his dreams, which the
magicians could not interpret.
8. Daniel hears the dream.
19. He interprets it.
28. The dream fulfilled.
Daniel 5: Belshazzar's Impious Feast;
Daniel Interprets the Handwriting on the Wall
1. Belshazzar's impious feast.
5. A hand-writing unknown to the magicians,
troubles the king.
10. At the commendation of the queen Daniel
is brought.
17. He, reproving the king of pride and
idolatry,
25. reads and interprets the writing.
30. The monarchy is translated to the Medes
Daniel 6: Daniel, under Darius, Refuses to
Worship Idols; Survives the Lions' Den
1. Daniel is made chief of the presidents.
4. They, conspiring against him, obtain an
idolatrous decree.
10. Daniel, accused of the breach thereof,
is cast into the lion's den.
18. Daniel is saved;
24. his adversaries devoured;
25. and God magnified by a decree.
Daniel 7: Daniel's Vision of the Four
Beasts, the Ancient of Days, the Son of Man
1. Daniel's vision of the four beasts,
9. and of God's kingdom.
15. The interpretation thereof.
Daniel 8: Daniel's Vision of the Ram and
Goat
1. Daniel's vision of the ram and he goat.
13. The two thousand three hundred days of
the suspension of the daily sacrifice.
15. Gabriel comforts Daniel, and interprets
the vision.
Daniel 9: Daniel's Prayer and Gabriel's
Answer
1. Daniel, considering the time of the
captivity,
3. makes confession of sins,
16. and prays for the restoration of
Jerusalem.
20. Gabriel informs him of the seventy
weeks.
Daniel 10: Daniel Terrified by a Vision,
Comforted by the Angel
1. Daniel, having humbled himself, sees a
vision.
10. Being troubled with fear, he is comforted
by the angel.
Daniel 11: Prophesy of the Overthrow of
Persia, Conflicts between the Kings of the South and of the North; Roman
Invasion
1. The overthrow of Persia by the king of
Grecia.
5. Leagues and conflicts between the kings
of the south and of the north.
30. The invasion and tyranny of the Romans.
Daniel 12: Michael Shall Deliver Israel
from Their Troubles
1. Michael shall deliver Israel from their
troubles.
5. Daniel is informed of the times.
Hosea 1: Hosea Takes Gomer as Wife to Show
Israel's Unfaithfulness
1. Hosea, to show God's judgment for
spiritual unfaithfulness, takes Gomer,
4. and has by her Jezreel;
6. Loruhamah;
8. and Lo-Ammi.
10. The restoration of Judah and Israel
under one head.
Hosea 2: Israel's Unfaithfulness Condemned;
Reconciliation Promised
1. The idolatry of the people.
6. God's judgments against them.
14. His promises of reconciliation with
them.
Hosea 3: Hosea Redeems His Wife to Show the
Lord's Reconciliation to Israel
1. The Lord's intended future kindness to
Israel, not withstanding their wickedness,
2. illustrated by the emblem of Hosea's
conduct toward his adulterous wife.
4. The desolation of Israel before their
restoration.
Hosea 4: God Pronounces Judgments for
Israel's Sins
1. God denounces judgments on Israel, for
their aggravated impieties and iniquities.
12. He exposes the ignorance and wickedness
of the priests,
13. and moral dissolution of the people,
14. he will leave their wives and daughters
to commit lewdness, without present punishment.
15. He warns Judah, not to imitate Israel's
crimes, which are still further reproved.
Hosea 5: Judgments against the Priests,
People, and Princes for Their Manifold Sins
1. The judgments of God are denounced
against the priests, people, and princes,
9. both of Israel and Judah, for their
manifold sins.
15. An intimation is given of mercy on
their repentance.
Hosea 6: Exhortations to Repent; Israel's
Refusal
1. Exhortations to repent and hope in God.
4. A lamentation over those who had sinned
after conviction.
5. Reproofs of obstinate sinners, and
threats against them.
Hosea 7: Ephraim's Iniquity
1. A reproof of manifold sins.
11. God's wrath against them for their
hypocrisy.
Hosea 8: Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind
1. Destruction is threatened both to Israel
and Judah for their impiety and idolatry.
Hosea 9: The Distress and Captivity of
Israel for Their Sins
1. The distress and captivity of Israel for
their sins.
Hosea 10: Retribution for Israel's Sin;
Exhortation to Repentance
1. Israel is reproved and threatened for
their impiety and idolatry,
12. and exhorted to repentance.
Hosea 11: The Ingratitude of Israel; God's
Mercy; Israel's Sin and Judah's Infidelity
1. The ingratitude of Israel unto God for
his benefits.
5. His judgment.
8. God's mercy toward them.
12. Israel's falsehood and Judah's
fidelity.
Hosea 12: Ephraim's Sins Provoke God
1. A reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob.
3. By former favors he exhorts to
repentance.
7. Ephraim's sins provoke God.
Hosea 13: Ephraim's Idolatry; God's Anger
and Judgment
1. Ephraim's glory vanishes.
4. God's anger.
9. God's mercy.
15. The judgment of Samaria.
Hosea 14: Exhortation to Repentance and
Promise of God's Blessing
1. An exhortation to repentance.
4. A promise of God's blessing.
Joel 1: The Word of the Lord to Joel:
Locusts, Starvation and Drought; Call to Repentance
1. Joel, declaring various judgments of
God, exhorts to observe them,
8. and to mourn.
14. He prescribes a solemn fast to
deprecate those judgments.
Joel 2: An Army of Locusts; Turn to Me with
All Your Heart; The Day of the Lord's Spirit
1. He shows unto Zion the terribleness of
God's judgment.
12. He exhorts to repentance;
15. prescribes a fast;
18. promises a blessing thereon.
21. He comforts Zion with present,
28. and future blessings.
Joel 3: The Nations Will Be Judged;
Blessing upon Judah
1. God's judgments against the enemies of
his people.
9. God will be known in his judgment.
18. His blessing upon the church.
Amos 1: The Words of Amos: God's Judgment
on Syria, Philistia, Tyre, Edom, and Ammon
1. The time when Amos prophesied.
3. He shows God's judgment upon Syria,
6. upon the Philistines,
9. upon Tyrus,
11. upon Edom,
13. upon Ammon.
Amos 2: God's Judgments on Moab, Judah and
Israel
1. God's judgments upon Moab,
4. upon Judah,
6. and upon Israel.
9. God complains of their ingratitude.
Amos 3: The Necessity of God's Judgment;
Testimony against Israel
1. The necessity of God's judgment against
Israel.
9. The publication of it, with the causes
thereof.
Amos 4: Israel Has Not Returned to Me
1. He reproves Israel for oppression,
4. for idolatry,
6. and for their incorrigibleness.
Amos 5: Seek Me that You May Live
1. A lamentation for Israel.
4. An exhortation to repentance.
21. God rejects their hypocritical service.
Amos 6: Woe to those at ease in Zion;
Abhorrence of Israel's Pride
1. The wantonness of Israel,
7. shall be plagued with desolation;
12. and their incorrigibleness shall end in
affliction.
Amos 7: Amos' Visions of Locusts, Fire and
a Plumb Line; Amos Accused by Amaziah
1. The judgments of the grasshoppers,
4. and of the fire are diverted by the
prayer of Amos.
7. By the wall of a plumb line is signified
the rejection of Israel.
10. Amaziah complains of Amos.
14. Amos shows his calling
16. and Amaziah's judgment.
Amos 8: Basket of Fruit and Israel's
Captivity
1. By a basket of summer fruit is shown the
approach of Israel's end.
4. Oppression is reproved.
11. A famine of the word of God threatened.
Amos 9: The Certainty of God's Judgment and
Israel's Restoration
1. The certainty of the desolation.
11. The restoring of the tabernacle of
David.
Obadiah 1: The Destruction of Edom; The Day
of the Lord Is Near
1. The destruction of Edom,
3. for their pride,
10. and for their wrong unto Jacob.
17. The salvation and victory of Jacob.
Jonah 1: Jonah, Sent to Nineveh, but Flees
to Tarshish; Thrown into the Sea and Swallowed by a Fish
1. Jonah, sent to Nineveh, flees to
Tarshish.
4. He is betrayed by a great storm;
11. thrown into the sea;
17. and swallowed by a fish.
Jonah 2: The Prayer and Deliverance of
Jonah
1. The prayer of Jonah.
10. He is delivered out of the belly of the
fish.
Jonah 3: Jonah Preaches to the Ninevites;
They Repent and God Relents
1. Jonah, sent again, preaches to the
Ninevites.
5. Upon their repentance,
10. God relents.
Jonah 4: God Rebukes Jonah for His
Displeasure
1. Jonah repining at God's mercy,
4. is reproved by the type of a withering
vine.
Micah 1: The Word of the Lord to Micah:
Destruction, Weeping and Mourning in Israel and Judah
1. The time when Micah prophesied.
2. He shows the wrath of God against Jacob
for idolatry.
10. He exhorts to mourning.
Micah 2: Woe to Oppressors; Reproof of Injustice,
Idolatry and False Prophets; Deliverance Promised
1. Against oppression.
4. A lamentation.
7. A reproof of injustice and idolatry.
12. A promise to restore Jacob.
Micah 3: Princes and Prophets Denounced
1. The cruelty of the princes.
5. The falsehood of the prophets.
8. The false security of them both.
Micah 4: The Glory and Peace of the Latter
Days
1. The glory,
5. and the peace of Christ's kingdom.
6. The restoration,
11. and victory of the church.
Micah 5: Out of you, Bethlehem will come a
King; Deliverence by His Hand
1. The birth of Christ.
4. His kingdom.
8. His conquest.
Micah 6: God's Punishment against
Ingratitude, Ignorance, Injustice and Idolatry
1. God's punishment for ingratitude;
6. for ignorance,
10. for injustice;
16. and for idolatry.
Micah 7: Israel's Misery and Resurrection;
I wait for the God of my salvation
1. The church, complaining of her small
number,
3. and the general corruption,
5. puts her confidence not in man, but in
God.
8. She triumphs over her enemies.
14. She prays to God.
15. God comforts her by promises of
confusion to her enemies;
18. and by his mercies.
Nahum 1: The Vision of Nahum: An Oracle
about Nineveh; The Majesty of God
1. The majesty of God in goodness to his
people, and severity against his enemies.
Nahum 2: The Armies of God Overthrow
Nineveh
1. The fearful and victorious armies of God
against Nineveh.
Nahum 3: The Miserable Ruin of Nineveh
1. The destruction of Nineveh.
Habakkuk 1: The Oracle to Habakkuk:
Habakkuk's Complaints, Chaldeans Used to Punish Judah
1. Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the
iniquity of the land,
5. is shown the fearful vengeance by the
Chaldeans.
12. He complains that vengeance should be
executed by them who are far worse.
Habakkuk 2: God Answers that Habakkuk Must
Wait by Faith; The Judgment upon the Chaldeans
1. Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is
shown that he must wait by faith.
5. The judgment upon the Chaldean for
unsatiableness,
9. for covetousness,
12. for cruelty,
15. for drunkenness,
18. and for idolatry.
Habakkuk 3: Habakkuk, in his prayer,
trembles at God's majesty; God's Deliverance
1. Habakkuk, in his prayer, trembles at
God's majesty.
17. The confidence of his faith.
Zephaniah 1: The Word of the Lord to
Zephaniah: God's Severe Judgments against Judah
1. The time when Zephaniah prophesied.
2. God's severe judgments against Judah.
Zephaniah 2: Judgments on Judah's Enemies:
Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Cush and Assyria
1. An exhortation to repentance.
4. The judgment of the Philistines,
8. of Moab and Ammon,
12. of Ethiopia,
13. and of Assyria.
Zephaniah 3: Woe to Jerusalem; The Remnant
of Israel Will do no Iniquity
1. A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for various
sins.
8. An exhortation to wait for the
restoration of Israel,
14. and to rejoice for their salvation by
God.
Haggai 1: The Word of the Lord by Haggai;
Haggai Inspires Temple Building
1. The time when Haggai prophesied.
2. He reproves the people for neglecting
the building of the house.
7. He incites them to the building.
12. He promises them, being forward, God's
assistance.
Haggai 2: The Builders Encouraged to the
Work by Promise of Greater Glory; God's promise to Zerubbabel
1. He encourages the people to the work,
4. by promise of greater glory to the
second temple than was in the first.
10. In the type of holy things and unclean
he shows their sins hindered the work.
20. God's promise to Zerubbabel.
Zechariah 1: The Word of the Lord to
Zechariah: The Vision of the Horses; Angel's Prayer; Four Horns and Four
Craftsmen
1. Zechariah exhorts to repentance.
7. The vision of the horses.
12. At the prayer of the angel comfortable
promises are made to Jerusalem.
18. The vision of the four horns and the
four carpenters.
Zechariah 2: The Angel with a Measuring
Line; God Redeems Zion; the Promise of God's Presence
1. God, in the care of Jerusalem, sends to
measure it.
6. The redemption of Zion.
10. The promise of God's presence.
Zechariah 3: Joshua, the High Priest,
Receiving Clean Garments; I will bring forth my servant, the Branch
1. Under the type of Joshua, the high
priest, receiving clean garments,
6. and a covenant of promise,
8. Christ the Branch and Cornerstone is
promised.
Zechariah 4: The Gold Lampstand and the Two
Olive Trees Foreshow Success of Zerubbabel's Foundation
1. By the golden candlestick is foreshown
the good success of Zerubbabel's foundation;
11. by the two olive trees the two anointed
ones.
Zechariah 5: The Flying Scroll; The Woman
in a Basket
1. By the flying scroll is shown the curse
of thieves and swearers;
5. and by a woman pressed in an ephah the
final judgment of wickedness.
Zechariah 6: The Vision of the Four
Chariots; The Symbolic Crowns of Joshua
1. The vision of the four chariots.
9. By the crowns of Joshua are shown the
temple and kingdom of Christ the Branch.
Zechariah 7: Execute true judgment, and
show kindness, instead of mere fasting
1. The captives enquire concerning the set
fasts.
4. Zechariah reproves the hypocrisy of
their fasting.
8. Sin the cause of their captivity.
Zechariah 8: The Coming Restoration of
Jerusalem; Encouragement to Build the Temple
1. The restoration of Jerusalem.
9. They are encouraged to build the temple
by God's favor to them.
16. Good works are required of them.
18. Joy and blessing are promised.
Zechariah 9: Prophecies against Neighboring
Nations; Rejoice, daughter of Zion, your King comes to you!
1. God defends his church.
9. Zion is exhorted to rejoice for the
coming of Christ, and his peaceable kingdom.
12. God's promises of victory and defense.
Zechariah 10: God Will Bless Judah
1. God is to be sought unto, and not idols.
3. As he visited his flock for sin, so he
will save and restore them.
Zechariah 11: The Two Shepherds: Feed the
flock of slaughter
1. The destruction of Jerusalem.
3. The elect being cared for, the rest are
rejected.
10. The staves of Beauty and Bands broken
by the rejection of Christ.
15. The type and curse of a foolish shepherd.
Zechariah 12: Jerusalem a Burdensome Stone
to Her Adversaries: They will mourn the one they have pierced
1. Jerusalem a cup of trembling to herself,
3. and a burdensome stone to her
adversaries.
6. The victorious restoring of Judah.
10. The repentance of Jerusalem.
Zechariah 13: The Fountain of Cleansing for
Jerusalem; Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered
1. The fountain of purgation for Jerusalem,
2. from idolatry, and false prophecy.
7. The death of Christ, and the trial of a
third part.
Zechariah 14: The Destroyers of Jerusalem
Destroyed; The Lord shall be king over all the earth
1. The destroyers of Jerusalem destroyed.
3. The coming of Christ, and the graces of
his kingdom.
12. The plague of Jerusalem's enemies.
16. The remnant shall turn to the Lord;
20. and their spoils shall be holy.
Malachi 1: The Word of the Lord to Israel
by Malach: I loved Jacob, but Esau I hated
1. Malachi complains of Israel's
unkindness;
2. of their irreverence and profaneness.
Malachi 2: Priests Reproved for Neglecting
Their Covenant; Judah's Unfaithfulness
1. He sharply reproves the priests for
neglecting their covenant;
10. and the people for marrying strange
wives;
13. and for putting away their former ones,
17. and for infidelity.
Malachi 3: Behold, I send my messenger, and
he will prepare the way before me; Robbery and Remembrance
1. Of the messenger, majesty, and grace of
Christ.
7. Of the rebellion,
8. sacrilege,
13. and infidelity of the people.
16. The promise of blessing to those who
fear God.
Malachi 4: God's Final Judgment on the
Wicked and Blessing on the Good
1. God's judgment on the wicked;
2. and his blessing on the good.
4. He exhorts to the study of the law;
5. and tells of Elijah's coming and office.
Matthew 1: The Genealogy, Conception and
Birth of Jesus
1. The genealogy of Jesus from Abraham to
Joseph.
18. He is miraculously conceived of the
Holy Spirit by the Virgin Mary.
19. The angel satisfies the doubts of
Joseph,
21. and declares the names and office of
Jesus;
25. Jesus is born
Matthew 2: Visit of the Magi; Escape to
Egypt; Slaughter of Infants; Return to Nazareth
1. The wise men from the east enquire after
Jesus;
3. at which Herod is alarmed.
9. They are directed by a star to
Bethlehem, worship him, and offer their presents.
13. Joseph flees into Egypt with Jesus and
his mother.
16. Herod slays the children;
20. himself dies.
23. Jesus is brought back again into
Galilee to Nazareth.
Matthew 3: John Preaches Repentance and
Baptizes Jesus in the Jordan
1. John preaches: his office, life, and
baptism.
7. He reprimands the Pharisees,
13. and baptizes Jesus in Jordan.
Matthew 4: The Temptation of Jesus; Jesus
Begins to Preach, Calls First Disciples, Ministers in Galilee
1. Jesus, fasting forty days,
3. is tempted by the devil and ministered
unto by angels.
12. He dwells in Capernaum;
17. begins to preach;
18. calls Peter and Andrew,
21. James and John;
23. teaches and heals all the diseased.
Matthew 5: The Sermon on the Mount;
Beatitudes; Salt; Law; Murder; Adultery; Divorce; Oaths; Enemies
1. Jesus' sermon on the mount:
3. The Beattitudes;
13. the salt of the earth;
14. the light of the world.
17. He came to fulfill the law.
21. What it is to kill;
27. to commit adultery;
33. to swear.
38. He exhorts to forgive wrong,
43. to love our enemies;
48. and to labor after perfection.
Matthew 6: Giving to the Poor; Lord's
Prayer; Fasting; Treasure in Heaven; Do Not Worry
1. Giving to the Needy
5. The Lord's Prayer
16. Proper Fasting
19. Store up Treasures in Heaven
25. Do Not Worry
33. but seek God's kingdom.
Matthew 7: Do Not Judge; Ask; Seek; Knock;
Golden Rule; Narrow Gate; Good Fruit; Foundation on Rock
1. Do Not Judge
7. Ask, Seek, Knock
13. Enter through the Narrow Gate
15. A Tree and Its Fruit
24. The Wise and the Foolish Builders
28. Jesus ends his sermon, and the people
are astonished.
Matthew 8: Jesus Heals Leper; Centurion's
Servant; Peter's Mother-in-Law; Cost of Discipleship; Rebuking the Storm;
Demons into Pigs
1. Jesus cleanses the leper;
5. heals the centurion's servant,
14. Peter's mother in law,
16. and many others;
18. shows the cost of following him;
23. stills the storm on the sea;
28. drives the demons out of two men
possessed;
31. and tells them to go into the pigs.
Matthew 9: Jesus Heals a Paralytic, Calls
Matthew and Heals; the Workers are Few
1. Jesus heals a paralytic
9. calls Matthew from the receipt of
custom;
10. eats with tax collectors and sinners;
14. defends his disciples for not fasting;
20. cures the sick woman;
23. raises Jairus' daughter from death;
27. gives sight to two blind men;
32. heals a mute man possessed of a demon;
36. and has compassion on the multitude.
Matthew 10: Christ Sends out His Twelve
Apostles, enabling them with power to do miracles
1. Jesus sends out his apostles, enabling
them with power to do miracles;
5. giving them their charge, teaches them;
16. comforts them against persecutions;
40. and promises a blessing to those who
receive them.
Matthew 11: John's Disciples and Jesus'
Tribute; Woe to Unrepentant Cities; Rest for the Weary
1. John sends his disciples to Jesus.
7. Jesus' testimony concerning John.
16. The perverse judgment of the people
concerning the Son.
20. Jesus upbraids Korazin, Bethsaida, and
Capernaum;
25. and praising his Father's wisdom in
revealing the Gospel to the simple,
28. he calls to him those who are weary and
burdened.
Matthew 12: The Son of Man is Lord of the
Sabbath; By Their Fruit; Sign of Jonah; Who are my Mother and Brothers?
1. Jesus reproves the blindness of the
Pharisees concerning the Sabbath,
3. by scripture,
9. by reason,
13. and by a miracle.
22. He heals a man possessed that was blind
and mute;
24. and confronting the absurd charge of
casting out demons by Beelzebub,
32. he shows that blasphemy against the
Holy Spirit shall never be forgiven.
36. Account shall be made of idle words.
38. He rebukes the unfaithful, who seek
after a sign,
46. and shows who is his brother, sister,
and mother.
Matthew 13: Parables of the Sower; Weeds
among Wheat; Mustard Seed; Yeast; Treasure; Pearls; Net; Prophet without Honor
1. The parable of the sower and the seed;
18. the explanation of it.
24. The parable of the weeds;
31. of the mustard seed;
33. of the leaven;
36. explanation of the parable of the
weeds.
44. The parable of the hidden treasure;
45. of the pearl;
47. of the drag net cast into the sea.
53. Jesus is a prophet without honor in his
own country.
Matthew 14: John the Baptist Beheaded;
Jesus Feeds Five Thousand, Walks on Water
1. Herod's opinion of Jesus.
3. Wherefore John Baptist was beheaded.
13. Jesus departs into a solitary place,
15. where he feeds five thousand men with
five loves and two fishes.
22. He walks on the sea to his disciples;
34. and landing at Gennesaret,
35. heals the sick who touch of the hem of
his garment.
Matthew 15: Clean and Unclean; Jesus Heals
the Canaanite Woman's Daughter, Feeds Four Thousand
1. Jesus reproves the Scribes and Pharisees
7. for transgressing God's commandments
through their own traditions;
10. teaches how that which goes into the
mouth does not defile a man.
21. He heals the daughter of the woman of
Canaan,
29. and other great multitudes;
32. and with seven loaves and a few small
fish feeds four thousand men
Matthew 16: Pharisees Demand a Sign;
Peter's Confession of Christ; Jesus Foretells His Death and Rebukes Peter
1. The Pharisees require a sign.
5. Jesus warns his disciples of the leaven
of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13. The people's opinion of Jesus,
16. and Peter's confession of him.
21. Jesus foretells his death;
23. reproves Peter for dissuading him from
it;
24. and admonishes those who will follow
him, to bear the cross.
Matthew 17: The Transfiguration of Christ;
Healing a Boy with a Demon; Paying the Temple Tax
1. The transfiguration of Jesus.
14. He heals the boy with a demon,
22. foretells his own passion,
24. and pays tribute.
Matthew 18: Greatest and Least in the
Kingdom; Parables of the Lost Sheep, Brother who sins, Unmerciful Servant
1. Jesus warns his disciples to be humble
and harmless,
7. to avoid offenses,
10. and not to despise the little ones;
15. teaches how we are to deal with our
brothers when they offend us,
21. and how often to forgive them;
23. which he sets forth by a parable of the
king who took account of his servants,
32. and punished him who showed no mercy to
his fellow servant.
Matthew 19: Divorce; Jesus and the Little
Children; the Rich Young Ruler
1. Jesus heals the sick;
3. answers the Pharisees concerning
divorce;
10. shows when marriage is necessary;
13. receives the little children;
16. instructs the young man how to attain
eternal life;
20. and how to be perfect;
23. tells his disciples how hard it is for
a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God;
27. and promises reward to those who
forsake all to follow him.
Matthew 20: Parable of the Vineyard
Workers; Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection, Heals Two Blind Men
1. Jesus, by the parable of the laborers in
the vineyard, shows that God is debtor unto no man;
17. foretells his passion;
20. by answering the mother of Zebedee's
children, teaches his disciples to be humble;
29. and gives two blind men their sight.
Matthew 21: The Triumphal Entry;
Moneychangers; Withered Fig Tree; Jesus' Authority; Parables of the Two Sons,
Landowner
1. Jesus rides into Jerusalem upon a donkey
12. drives the buyers and sellers out of
the temple;
17. curses the fig tree;
23. puts to silence the priests and elders,
28. and rebukes them by the parable of the
two sons,
33. and the husbandmen who slew such as
were sent to them.
Matthew 22: Parable of the Wedding Banquet;
Render to Caesar; the Greatest Commandment; Sadducees Question Jesus
1. The parable of the marriage of the
king's son.
9. The vocation of the Gentiles.
12. The punishment of him who lacked a
wedding garment.
15. Tribute ought to be paid to Caesar.
23. Jesus confutes the Sadducees for the
resurrection;
34. answers which is the first and great
commandment;
41. and puzzles the Pharisees by a question
about the Messiah.
Matthew 23: Woes Pronounced on Pharisees;
Lament over Jerusalem
1. Jesus admonishes the people to follow
good doctrine, not bad examples
5. His disciples must beware of their
ambition.
13. He denounces eight woes against their
hypocrisy and blindness,
34. and prophesies of the destruction of
Jerusalem.
Matthew 24: Christ Foretells the
Destruction of the Temple and His Glorious Return
1. Jesus foretells the destruction of the
temple;
3. what and how great calamities shall be
before it;
29. the signs of his coming to judgment.
36. And because that day and hour are
unknown,
42. we ought to watch like good servants,
expecting our Master's coming.
Matthew 25: Parables of Ten Virgins,
Talents, Sheep and Goats
1. The parable of the ten virgins,
14. and of the talents.
31. Also the description of the last
judgment.
Matthew 26: Plot to Kill Jesus; Jesus
Anointed at Bethany; Last Supper; Judas' Betrayal; Jesus before Caiaphas; Peter
Disowns Jesus
1. Jesus foretells his own death.
3. The rulers conspire against him.
6. The woman anoints his feet.
14. Judas bargains to betray him.
17. Jesus eats the Passover;
26. institutes his holy supper;
30. foretells the desertion of his
disciples, and Peter's denial;
36. prays in the garden;
47. and being betrayed by a kiss,
57. is carried to Caiaphas,
69. and denied by Peter.
Matthew 27: Judas Hangs Himself; Jesus'
Trial, Crucifixion and Burial
1. Jesus is delivered bound to Pilate.
3. Judas hangs himself.
19. Pilate, admonished of his wife,
20. and being urged by the multitude,
washes his hands, and releases Barabbas.
27. Jesus is mocked and crowned with
thorns;
33. crucified;
39. reviled;
50. dies, and is buried;
62. his tomb is sealed and watched.
Matthew 28: Christ's Resurrection; The
Guards' Report; The Great Commission
1. Christ's resurrection is declared by an
angel to the women.
9. He himself appears unto them.
11. The chief priests pay the soldiers to
say that he was stolen out of his tomb.
16. Christ appears to his disciples,
18. and sends them to baptize and teach all
nations.
Mark 1: John the Baptist Preaches, Baptizes
Jesus; Jesus Tempted, Calls First Disciples, Preaches, Heals and Prays in
Galilee
1. The office of John the Baptist.
9. Jesus is baptized;
12. tempted;
14. he preaches;
16. calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John;
23. heals one that had a demon;
29. Peter's mother in law;
32. many diseased persons;
40. and cleanses the leper.
Mark 2: Jesus Heals a Paralytic, Calls
Matthew; Fasting; Lord of the Sabbath
1. Jesus followed by multitudes,
3. heals a paralytic;
13. calls Matthew;
15. eats with tax collectors and sinners;
18. excuses his disciples for not fasting;
23. and for picking the heads of grain on
the Sabbath day.
Mark 3: Jesus Heals on the Sabbath, Chooses
the Twelve, discusses Beelzebub, Mother and Brothers
1. Jesus heals the withered hand,
10. and many other infirmities;
11. rebukes the unclean spirit;
13. chooses his twelve apostles;
22. convinces the blasphemy of casting out
demons by Beelzebub;
31. and shows who are his brother, sister,
and mother.
Mark 4: Parables of the Sower, Lamp on a
Stand, Seed Growing Secretly, Mustard Seed; Jesus Calms the Sea
1. The parable of the sower,
14. and the meaning thereof.
21. We must communicate the light of our
knowledge to others.
26. The parable of the seed growing
secretly;
30. and of the mustard seed.
35. Jesus stills the storm on the sea.
Mark 5: Jesus Sends the Demons into the
Pigs, Heals the Woman with Bleeding, Raises Jairus' Daughter
1. Jesus delivering the possessed of the
legion of demons,
13. they enter into the pigs.
22. He is entreated by Jairus to go and
heal his daughter.
25. He heals the woman subject to bleeding,
35. and raises Jairus' daughter from death.
Mark 6: Jesus at Nazareth; Sending out the
Twelve; John Beheaded; Jesus Feeds Five Thousand, Walks on Water, Heals
1. Jesus is a prophet without honor in his
own country.
7. He gives the twelve power over unclean
spirits.
14. Various opinions of Jesus.
16. John the Baptist is imprisoned,
beheaded, and buried.
30. The apostles return from preaching.
34. The miracle of five loaves and two
fishes.
45. Jesus walks on the sea;
53. and heals all who touch him.
Mark 7: Clean and Unclean; the Heart of
Man; Healing of a Syrophoenician Woman and a Deaf Mute Man
1. The Pharisees find fault with the
disciples for eating with unwashed hands.
8. They break the commandment of God by the
traditions of men.
14. Food defiles not the man.
24. He heals the Syrophenician woman's
daughter of an unclean spirit;
31. and one that was deaf, and stammered in
his speech.
Mark 8: Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand,
Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida; Peter's Confession of Christ
1. Jesus feeds the people miraculously;
10. refuses to give a sign to the
Pharisees;
14. admonishes his disciples to beware of
the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod;
22. gives a blind man his sight;
27. acknowledges that he is the Jesus who
should suffer and rise again;
34. and exhorts to patience in persecution
for the profession of the gospel.
Mark 9: Jesus is Transfigured, Heals a Boy
with an Evil Spirit; Who Is the Greatest; Do Not Cause to Sin
1. Jesus is transfigured.
11. He instructs his disciples concerning
the coming of Elijah;
14. casts forth a deaf and mute spirit;
30. foretells his death and resurrection;
33. exhorts his disciples to humility;
38. bidding them not to prohibit such as
are not against them,
42. nor to give offense to any of the
faithful.
Mark 10: Divorce; Let the little children;
Rich Young Ruler; Jesus Predicts His Death; James and John's Request; Blind
Bart
1. Jesus disputes with the Pharisees
concerning divorce;
13. blesses the children that are brought
unto him;
17. resolves a rich man how he may inherit
everlasting life;
23. tells his disciples of the danger of
riches;
28. promises rewards to those who forsake
all for the gospel;
32. foretells his death and resurrection;
35. bids the two ambitious suitors to think
rather of suffering with him;
46. and restores to Bartimaeus his sight.
Mark 11: The Triumphal Entry; the Money
Changers; the Withered Fig Tree; Jesus' Authority
1. Jesus rides with triumph into Jerusalem;
12. curses the fruitless fig tree;
15. purges the temple;
20. exhorts his disciples to steadfastness
of faith, and to forgive their enemies;
27. and defends his actions by the witness
of John, who was a man sent of God.
Mark 12: The Parable of the Tenants; Render
to Caesar; Marriage at the Resurrection; Greatest Commandment; Widow's Offering
1. Jesus tells the parable of the tenants
13. He avoids the snare of the Pharisees
and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar;
18. convicts the Sadducees, who denied the
resurrection;
28. resolves the scribe, who questioned of
the first commandment;
35. refutes the opinion that the scribes
held of the Christ;
38. bidding the people to beware of their
ambition and hypocrisy;
41. and commends the poor widow for her two
mites, above all.
Mark 13: Christ Foretells the Destruction
of the Temple and His Return; Day and Hour Unknown
1. Jesus foretells the destruction of the
temple;
9. the persecutions for the gospel;
10. that the gospel must be preached to all
nations;
14. that great calamities shall happen to
the Jews;
24. and the manner of his coming to
judgment;
32. the hour whereof being known to none,
every man is to watch and pray
Mark 14: Jesus Anointed; Last Supper;
Gethsemane; Judas Betrays Jesus; Jesus before the Sanhedrin, disowned by Peter
1. A conspiracy against Jesus.
3. Expensive perfume is poured on his head
by a woman.
10. Judas sells his Master for money.
12. Jesus himself foretells how he will be
betrayed by one of his disciples;
22. after the passover prepared, and eaten,
institutes his last supper;
26. declares beforehand the flight of all
his disciples, and Peter's denial.
43. Judas betrays him with a kiss.
46. Jesus is apprehended in the garden;
53. falsely accused and impiously condemned
of the council;
65. shamefully abused by them;
66. and thrice denied by Peter.
Mark 15: Jesus before Pilate; Mocked by
Soldiers; Crucifixion; Burial
1. Jesus brought bound, and accused before
Pilate.
6. Upon the clamor of the people, the
murderer Barabbas is released,
12. and Jesus delivered up to be crucified.
16. He is crowned with thorns, spit on, and
mocked;
21. faints in bearing his cross;
27. hangs between two thieves;
29. suffers the triumphing reproaches of
the crowd;
39. but is confessed by the centurion to be
the Son of God;
42. and is honorably buried by Joseph.
Mark 16: The Resurrection; Christ
Commissions the Disciples
1. An Angel declares the resurrection of
Jesus to three women.
9. Jesus himself appears to Mary Magdalene;
12. to two going into the country;
14. then to the apostles;
15. whom he sends forth to preach the
gospel;
19. and ascends into heaven.
Luke 1: Introduction; John's and Jesus'
Birth Foretold; Mary's Song; Zachariah's Prophecy
1. The preface of Luke to his whole gospel.
5. The conception of John the Baptist;
26. and of Jesus.
39. The prophecy of Elisabeth and of Mary,
concerning Jesus.
57. The nativity and circumcision of John.
67. The prophecy of Zachariah, both of
Jesus,
76. and of John.
Luke 2: Jesus' Birth; Announcement by
Angels; Presentation at the Temple; Return to Nazareth; The Boy Jesus Visits
the Temple
1. Augustus taxes all the Roman empire.
6. The nativity of Jesus.
8. An angel relates it to the shepherds,
and many sing praises to God for it.
15. The shepherds glorify God.
21. Jesus is circumcised.
22. Mary purified.
25. Simeon and Anna prophesy of Jesus,
39. who increases in wisdom,
41. questions in the temple with the
teachers,
51. and is obedient to his parents.
Luke 3: John the Baptist Preaches and
Baptizes Jesus; Genealogy of Jesus
1. The preaching and baptism of John;
15. his testimony of Jesus;
19. Herod imprisons John;
21. Jesus, baptized, receives testimony
from heaven.
23. The age and genealogy of Jesus from Joseph
upwards.
Luke 4: Jesus' Temptation; Rejection at
Nazareth; Public Ministry; Healings
1. The fasting and temptation of Jesus.
14. He begins to preach.
16. The people of Nazareth marvel at words,
but seek to kill him.
33. He cures one possessed of a demon,
38. Peter's mother-in-law,
40. and various other sick persons.
41. The demons acknowledge Jesus, and are
reproved for it.
42. He preaches through the cities of
Galilee.
Luke 5: Jesus Calls First Disciples, Heals
the Leper and Paralytic, Calls Matthew, Questioned about Fasting
1. Jesus teaches the people out of Peter's
ship;
4. shows how he will make them fishers of
men;
12. cleanses the leper;
16. prays in the desert;
17. heals a paralytic;
27. calls Matthew the tax collector;
29. eats with sinners, as being the
physician of souls;
33. foretells the fasting and afflictions
of the apostles after his ascension;
36. and illustrates the matter by the
parable of patches.
Luke 6: Lord of the Sabbath; The Twelve
Apostles; Beatitudes; Love for Enemies; Do not Judge; Tree and Fruits; House on
the Rock
1. Jesus reproves the Pharisees;
12. chooses apostles;
17. heals the diseased;
20. preaches to his disciples before the
people: the beattitudes;
27. Love your Enemy
37. Do not Judge
43. A Tree and Its Fruit
46. The House on the Rock
Luke 7: Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant,
Raises a Widow's Son, answer John's messengers; Mary Anoints Jesus
1. Jesus finds a greater faith in the
centurion;
10. heals his servant, being absent;
11. raises from death the widow's son at
Nain;
18. answers John's messengers with the
declaration of his miracles;
24. testifies to the people what opinion he
held of John;
31. compares this generation to the
children in the marketplaces,
36. and allowing his feet to be washed and
anointed by a woman who was a sinner,
44. he shows how he is a friend to sinners,
to forgive them their sins, upon their repentance.
Luke 8: Parables of the Sower and Lamp;
Jesus Calms the Storm, Heals the Demoniac, Raises a Dead Girl
1. Women minister unto Jesus of their own
means.
4. Jesus, after he had preached from place
to place,
9. explains the parable of the sower,
16. and the candle;
19. declares who are his mother, and
brothers;
22. rebukes the winds;
26. casts the legion of demons out of the
man into the herd of pigs;
37. is rejected by the Gadarenes;
43. heals the woman of her bleeding;
49. and raises Jairus's daughter from
death.
Luke 9: Jesus Sends out the Twelve, Feeds
5000, Heals a Boy; Transfiguration; Cost of Following Jesus
1. Jesus sends his apostles to work
miracles, and to preach.
7. Herod desires to see Jesus.
10. The apostles return.
12. Jesus feeds five thousand;
18. inquires what opinion the world had of
him; foretells his passion;
23. proposes to all the pattern of his
patience.
28. The transfiguration.
37. He heals the lunatic;
43. again forewarns his disciples of his
passion;
46. commends humility;
51. bids them to show mildness toward all,
without desire of revenge.
57. Many would follow him, but upon
conditions.
Luke 10: Jesus Sends out the Seventy-two;
Good Samaritan; Martha and Mary's House
1. Jesus sends out at once seventy
disciples to work miracles, and to preach;
13. pronounces a woe against certain
cities.
17. The seventy return with joy;
18. he shows them wherein to rejoice,
21. and thanks his Father for his grace;
23. magnifies the happy estate of his
church;
25. teaches the lawyer how to attain
eternal life,
30. and tells the parable of the good
Samaritan;
38. reprimands Martha, and commends Mary
her sister.
Luke 11: Instruction about Prayer; Casting
out Demons; the Sign of Jonah; Woes upon Pharisees
1. Jesus teaches us to pray, and that
instantly;
11. assuring us that God will give all good
things to those who ask him.
14. He, casting out a demon, rebukes the
blasphemous Pharisees;
27. and shows who are blessed;
29. preaches to the people;
37. and reprimands the outward show of
holiness.
Luke 12: God Knows All; Parable of the Rich
Fool; Anxiety; Watchfulness
1. Jesus preaches to his apostles to avoid
hypocrisy
13. and warns against covetousness, by the
parable of the man who set up greater barns.
22. We must not worry about earthly things,
31. but seek the kingdom of God;
33. give alms;
35. be ready at a knock to open to our Lord
whensoever he comes.
41. Jesus' disciples are to see to their
charges,
49. and look for persecution.
54. The people must take this time of
grace;
57. because it is a fearful thing to die
without reconciliation.
Luke 13: Call to Repent; Healing on the
Sabbath; Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast; Enter by the Narrow Door
1. Jesus preaches repentance upon the
punishment of the Galilaeans and others.
6. The fruitless fig tree may not stand.
10. He heals the crooked woman;
18. shows the powerful working of the word,
by the parable of the grain of mustard seed,
20. and of leaven;
22. exhorts to enter in at the strait gate;
31. and reproves Herod and Jerusalem.
Luke 14: Jesus Heals Again on the Sabbath;
Parable of the Banquet; Cost of Discipleship
1. Jesus heals the dropsy on the Sabbath;
7. teaches humility;
12. to feast the poor;
15. under the parable of the great supper,
23. shows how worldly minded men shall be
shut out of heaven.
25. Those who will be his disciples, to
bear their cross must make their accounts beforehand,
31. lest with shame they revolt from him
afterward;
34. and become altogether unprofitable,
like salt that has lost its flavor.
Luke 15: Parables of the Lost Sheep, Lost
Coin, and Prodigal Son
1. The parable of the lost sheep;
8. of the piece of silver;
11. of the prodigal son.
Luke 16: The Parables of the Shrewd
Manager, and the Rich Man and Lazarus
1. The parable of the unjust steward.
14. Jesus reproves the hypocrisy of the
covetous Pharisees.
19. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus
the beggar.
Luke 17: Forgiveness and Faith; Cleansing
of the Ten Lepers; Second Coming Foretold
1. Jesus teaches to avoid occasions of
offense;
3. and to forgive one another.
5. The power of faith.
6. How we are bound to God.
11. Jesus heals ten lepers.
22. Of the kingdom of God, and the coming
of the Son of Man.
Luke 18: Parables of the Persistent Widow,
Pharisee and Tax Collector; The Rich Young Ruler; The Healing of a Blind Beggar
1. Of the importunate widow.
9. Of the Pharisee and the tax collector.
15. Of Children brought to Jesus.
18. A ruler would follow Jesus, but is
hindered by his riches.
28. The reward of those who leave all for
his sake.
31. He foretells his death;
35. and restores a blind man to sight.
Luke 19: Zacchaeus Converted; Parable of
the Ten Minas; Triumphal Entry; Driving Traders from Temple
1. Of Zacchaeus a tax collector.
11. The ten minas.
28. Jesus rides into Jerusalem with
triumph;
41. weeps over it;
45. drives the buyers and sellers out of
the temple;
47. Teaching daily in it. The rulers seek
to destroy him, but fear the people.
Luke 20: Jesus' Authority; Parable of the
Tenants; Give to Caesar; Marriage at the Resurrection
1. Jesus confirms his authority by a
question of John's baptism.
9. The parable of the vineyard.
19. Of giving tribute to Caesar.
27. He instructs the Sadducees, who denied
the resurrection.
41. How Jesus is the Son of David.
45. He warns his disciples to beware of the
scribes.
Luke 21: The Widow's Gift; Signs of the End
of the Age
1. Jesus commends the poor widow.
5. He foretells the destruction of the
temple, and of the city Jerusalem;
25. the signs also which shall be before
the last day.
34. He exhorts them to be watchful.
Luke 22: Preparing the Passover; Jesus
Arrested, Disowned by Peter
1. The leaders conspire against Jesus.
3. Satan prepares Judas to betray him.
7. The apostles prepare the Passover.
19. Jesus institutes his holy supper;
21. covertly foretells of the traitor;
24. rebukes the rest of his apostles from
ambition;
31. assures Peter his faith should not
fail;
34. and yet he should deny him thrice.
39. He prays in the mount, and sweats
blood;
47. is betrayed with a kiss;
50. he heals Malchus' ear;
54. he is thrice denied by Peter;
63. shamefully abused;
66. and confesses himself to be the Son of
God.
Luke 23: Jesus before Pilate and Herod;
Jesus' Crucifixion and Burial
1. Jesus is accused before Pilate, and sent
to Herod.
8. Herod mocks him.
12. Herod and Pilate become friends.
13. Barabbas is desired of the people,
24. and is released by Pilate, and Jesus is
given to be crucified.
26. He tells the women, that lament him,
the destruction of Jerusalem;
34. prays for his enemies.
39. Two criminals are crucified with him.
46. His death.
50. His burial.
Luke 24: The Resurrection; Road to Emmaus;
Appearances to disciples, Ascension
1. Jesus' resurrection is declared by two
angels to the women who come to the tomb.
9. They report it to others.
13. Jesus himself appears to the two
disciples that went to Emmaus;
36. afterwards he appears to the apostles,
and reproves their unbelief;
47. gives them a charge;
49. promises the Holy Spirit;
50. and so ascends into heaven.
John 1: In the beginning was the Word; The
Testimony of John; Jesus calls Simon and Andrew, Philip and Nathanael
1. The divinity, humanity, office, and
incarnation of Jesus Christ.
15. The testimony of John.
39. The calling of Simon and Andrew, Philip
and Nathanael
John 2: Wedding at Cana; Jesus Clears the
Temple
1. Jesus turns water into wine;
12. departs into Capernaum,
13. and to Jerusalem,
14. where he purges the temple of buyers
and sellers.
18. He foretells his death and
resurrection.
23. Many believe because of his miracles,
but he will not trust himself with them.
John 3: Jesus Teaches Nicodemus: You Must
be Born Again; John's Testimony about Jesus
1. Jesus teaches Nicodemus the necessity of
being born again,
14. of faith in his death,
16. the great love of God toward the world,
18. and the condemnation for unbelief.
22. Jesus baptizes in Judea.
23. The baptism, witness, and doctrine of
John concerning Jesus.
John 4: Jesus Testifies to the Samaritan
Woman and Townspeople, Heals an Official's Son
1. Jesus talks with a woman of Samaria, and
reveals his identity to her.
27. His disciples marvel.
31. He declares to them his zeal for God's
glory.
39. Many Samaritans believe on him.
43. He departs into Galilee, and heals the
ruler's son that lay sick at Capernaum.
John 5: The Pool of Bethesda; Testimony
about Christ
1. Jesus on the Sabbath day cures him who
was diseased thirty-eight years.
10. The Jews therefore object, and
persecute him for it.
17. He answers for himself, and reproves
them, showing by the testimony of his Father,
31. of John,
36. of his works,
39. and of the Scriptures, who he is.
John 6: Jesus Feeds Five Thousand, Walks on
Water; "I am the Resurrection"; Many Desert Jesus; Peter Confesses
Christ
1. Jesus feeds five thousand men with five
loaves and two fishes.
15. Thereupon the people would have made
him king;
16. but withdrawing himself, he walks on
the sea to his disciples;
26. reproves the people flocking after him,
and all the fleshly hearers of his word;
32. declares himself to be the bread of life
to believers.
66. Many disciples depart from him.
68. Peter confesses him.
70. Judas is a devil.
John 7: Jesus Teaches at the Feast of
Tabernacles; Diverse Opinions of Him among the People
1. Jesus reproves the ambition and boldness
of his kinsmen;
10. goes up from Galilee to the feast of
tabernacles;
14. teaches in the temple.
40. Various opinions of him among the
people.
45. The Pharisees are angry that their
officers took him not,
50. and chide with Nicodemus for taking his
side.
John 8: The Woman Caught in Adultery; Jesus
the Light of the World; The truth will set you free
1. Jesus delivers the woman taken in
adultery.
12. He declares himself the light of the
world, and justifies his doctrine;
31. promises freedom to those who believe;
33. answers the Jews who boasted of
Abraham;
48. answers their reviling, by showing his
authority and dignity;
59. and slips away from those who would
stone him.
John 9: Jesus Heals a Blind Man; Pharisees
Question His Authority; Jesus Affirms He Is the Son of God
1. The man born blind is restored to sight.
8. He is brought to the Pharisees.
13. They are offended at it;
35. but he is received of Jesus, and
confesses him.
39. Who they are whom Jesus enlightens.
John 10: Parable of the Good Shepherd;
Belief and Unbelief of the Jews
1. Jesus is the door, and the good
shepherd.
19. Diverse opinions of him.
23. He proves by his works that he is Jesus
the Son of God;
31. escapes the Jews;
39. and goes again beyond Jordan, where
many believe on him.
John 11: Jesus Comforts Martha and Mary,
Raises Lazarus; The Plot to Kill Jesus
1. Jesus raises Lazarus, four days buried.
45. Many Jews believe.
47. The high priests and Pharisees gather a
council against Jesus.
49. Caiaphas prophesies.
54. Jesus hides himself.
55. At the Passover they enquire after him,
and lay wait for him.
John 12: Jesus Anointed at Bethany; Enters
Jerusalem; Sought by Greeks; Foretells His Death
1. Jesus excuses Mary anointing his feet.
9. The people flock to see Lazarus.
10. The chief priests consult to kill him.
12. Jesus rides into Jerusalem.
20. Greeks desire to see Jesus.
23. He foretells his death.
37. The people are generally blinded;
42. yet many chief rulers believe, but do
not confess him;
44. therefore Jesus calls earnestly for
confession of faith.
John 13: Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet,
Predicts His Betrayal and Peter's Denial
1. Jesus washes the disciples' feet, and
exhorts them to humility and charity.
18. He foretells and discovers to John by a
token, that Judas should betray him;
31. commands them to love one another;
36. and forewarns Peter of his denials.
John 14: Jesus Comforts His Disciples;
"I am the way, the truth, and the life"; The Promise of the Holy
Spirit
1. Jesus comforts his disciples with the
hope of heaven;
5. professes himself the way, the truth,
and the life, and one with the Father;
13. assures their prayers to be effectual;
15. requires obedience;
16. promises the Comforter;
27. and leaves his peace with them.
John 15: I am the vine and you are the
Branches; If the world hates you remember it hated me first
1. The union of Jesus and his members shown
under the parable of a vine.
18. The hatred of the world.
26. The office of the Holy Spirit.
John 16: Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit,
Foretells His Death and Resurrection
1. Jesus comforts his disciples by the
promise of the Holy Spirit, and his ascension;
23. assures their prayers made in his name
to be acceptable.
33. Peace in Jesus, and in the world
affliction.
John 17: Jesus Prays for Himself, His
Disciples and all Believers
1. Jesus prays to his Father.
John 18: Judas Betrays Jesus; Peter Denies
Him; Jesus Questioned by Annas and Pilate
1. Judas betrays Jesus.
6. The officers fall to the ground.
10. Peter cuts off Malchus' ear.
12. Jesus is taken, and led unto Annas and
Caiaphas.
15. Peter's denial.
19. Jesus examined before Caiaphas.
25. Peter's second and third denial.
28. Jesus arraigned before Pilate.
36. His kingdom.
40. The Jews prefer Barabbas.
John 19: The Crown of Thorns; Jesus'
Crucifixion and Burial
1. Jesus is scourged, crowned with thorns,
and beaten.
4. Pilate is desirous to release him,
15. but being overcome with the outrage of
the crowd, he delivers him to be crucified.
23. They cast lots for his garments.
25. He commends his mother to John.
28. He dies.
31. His side is pierced.
38. He is buried by Joseph and Nicodemus.
John 20: The Empty Tomb; Jesus Appears to
Mary Magdalene, His Disciples and Thomas
1. Mary comes to the tomb;
3. so do Peter and John, ignorant of the
resurrection.
11. Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene,
19. and to his disciples.
24. The incredulity and confession of
Thomas.
30. The Scripture is sufficient to
salvation.
John 21: The Miraculous Catch at the Sea of
Galilee; "Feed my Sheep"
1. Jesus appearing again to his disciples
is known of them by the great catch of fish.
12. He dines with them;
15. earnestly commands Peter to feed his
lambs and sheep;
18. foretells him of his death;
22. rebukes his curiosity.
24. The conclusion.
Acts 1: The Ascension; Matthias Chosen by
Lot
1. Christ, preparing his apostles to the
beholding of his ascension, .
4. gathers them together unto the Mount of
Olives,
6. commands them to expect in Jerusalem the
sending down of the Holy Spirit,
9. and ascends into heaven in their sight
10. After his ascension they are warned by
two angels to depart, and to set their minds upon his second coming.
12. They accordingly return, and, giving
themselves to prayer,
23. choose Matthias apostle in the place of
Judas.
Acts 2: The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost,
Peter Preaches, Believers Gather
1. The apostles, filled with the Holy
Spirit, and speaking various languages,
12. are admired by some, and derided by
others;
14. whom Peter disproves;
37. he baptizes a great number who were
converted;
41. who afterwards devoutly and charitably
converse together;
43. the apostles working many miracles,
46. and God daily increasing his church.
Acts 3: Peter Heals the Lame Beggar, Speaks
to Onlookers
1. Peter preaching to the people that came
to see a lame man restored to his feet,
12. professes the cure to have been wrought
by God, and his son Jesus;
13. withal reprehending them for crucifying
Jesus;
17. which because they did it through
ignorance,
18. and that thereby were fulfilled God's
determinate counsel, and the Scriptures,
19. he exhorts them by repentance and faith
to seek remission of their sins through Jesus.
Acts 4: Peter and John Arrested and
Released; Believers Share All
1. The rulers of the Jews, offended with
Peter's sermon,
3. imprison him and John.
5. After, upon examination
8. Peter boldly avouching the lame man to
be healed by the name of Jesus,
11. and that only by the same Jesus we must
be eternally saved,
13. they threaten him and John to preach no
more in that name,
23. whereupon the church flees to prayer.
31. And God, by moving the place where they
were assembled, testifies that he heard their prayer;
34. confirming the church with the gift of
the Holy Spirit, and with mutual love and charity.
Acts 5: Deaths of Ananias and Sapphira;
Apostles Imprisoned, Released by an Angel; Gamaliel Speaks
1. After that Ananias and Sapphira his
wife,
3. at Peter's rebuke had fallen down dead;
12. and that the rest of the apostles had
wrought many miracles;
14. to the increase of the faith;
17. the apostles are again imprisoned;
19. but delivered by an angel bidding them
preach openly to all;
21. when, after their teaching accordingly
in the temple,
29. and before the council,
33. they are in danger to be killed;
34. but through the advice of Gamaliel,
they are kept alive, and are only beaten;
41. for which they glorify God, and cease
no day from preaching.
Acts 6: The Seven Chosen; Stephen Seized
1. The apostles, desirous to have the poor
cared for,
2. as also careful themselves to dispense
the word of God, the food of the soul,
3. recommend,
5. and with the church's consent ordain
seven chosen men to the office of deaconship.
7. The word of God prevails,
8. Stephen, full of faith and the Holy
Spirit, confuting those with whom he disputed,
12. is brought before the council,
13. and falsely accused of blasphemy
against the law and the temple.
Acts 7: Stephen's Speech, Stoning and Death
1. Stephen, permitted to answer to the
accusation of blasphemy,
2. shows that Abraham worshipped God
rightly, and how God chose the fathers,
20. before Moses was born, and before the
tabernacle and temple were built;
37. that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;
44. and that all outward ceremonies were
ordained to last but for a time;
51. reprehending their rebellion, and
murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.
54. Whereupon they stone Stephen to death,
59. who commends his soul to Jesus, and
humbly prays for them.
Acts 8: Saul Persecutes the Church; Philip
in Samaria; Simon the Sorcerer; the Ethiopian
1. By occasion of the persecution in
Jerusalem, the church being planted in Samaria,
4. by Philip the deacon, who preached, did
miracles, and baptized many;
9. among the rest Simon the sorcerer, a
great seducer of the people;
14. Peter and John come to confirm and
enlarge the church;
15. where, by prayer and imposition of
hands giving the Holy Spirit;
18. when Simon would have bought the like
power of them,
20. Peter sharply reproving his hypocrisy
and covetousness,
22. and exhorting him to repentance,
25. together with John preaching the word
of the Lord, return to Jerusalem;
26. but the angel sends Philip to teach and
baptize the Ethiopian Eunuch.
Acts 9: Saul's Conversion; Ananias; Saul
Begins to Preach; Aeneas and Dorcas
1. Saul, going toward Damascus, is stricken
down to the earth,
8. and led blind to Damascus;
10. is called to the apostleship;
18. and is baptized by Ananias.
20. He preaches Christ boldly.
23. The Jews lay wait to kill him;
29. so do the Grecians, but he escapes
both.
31. The church having rest, Peter heals
Aeneas;
36. and restores Tabitha to life.
Acts 10: Cornelius' and Peter's Visions;
Peter Preaches to the Gentiles
1. Cornelius, a devout man, being commanded
by an angel, sends for Peter,
11. who by a vision is taught not to
despise the Gentiles;
17. and is commanded by the Spirit to go
with the messenger to Caesarea.
25. Cornelius shows the occasion of his
sending for him.
34. As he preaches Christ to Cornelius and
his company,
44. the Holy Spirit falls on them, and they
are baptized.
Acts 11: Peter's Defense in Jerusalem; The
Church at Antioch
1. Peter, being accused for preaching to
the Gentiles,
5. makes his defense;
18. which is accepted.
19. The gospel being spread in Phoenicia,
and Cyprus, and Antioch,
22. Barnabas is sent to confirm them.
26. The disciples are first called
Christians at Antioch.
27. They send relief to the brothers in
Judea in time of famine.
Acts 12: Peter Led from Prison by the
Angel; Herod's Death
1. King Herod persecutes the Christians,
kills James, and imprisons Peter;
6. whom an angel delivers upon the prayers
of the church.
20. Herod in his pride taking to himself
the honor due to God,
23. is stricken by an angel, and dies
miserably.
24. After his death, the word of God
prospers.
25. Saul and Barnabas return to Antioch.
Acts 13: Church Sends Barnabas and Saul on
First Missionary Journey; Cyprus; Pisidian Antioch
1. Paul and Barnabas are chosen to go to
the Gentiles.
6. Of Sergius Paulus, and Elymas the
sorcerer.
13. Paul preaches at Antioch that Jesus is
Christ.
42. The Gentiles believe;
44. but the Jews talked abusively against
Paul,
46. whereupon they turn to the Gentiles, of
whom many believe.
50. The Jews raise a persecution against
Paul and Barnabas, who go to Iconium.
Acts 14: Paul and Barnabas in Iconium,
Lystra, Derbe and Syrian Antioch
1. Paul and Barnabas are persecuted from
Iconium.
8. At Lystra Paul heals a cripple,
whereupon they are reputed as gods.
19. Paul is stoned.
21. They pass through various churches,
confirming the disciples in faith and patience.
26. Returning to Antioch, they report what
God had done with them.
Acts 15: The Council at Jerusalem; James'
Support; Barnabas and Paul Part Ways; Second Missionary Journey begins
1. Great dissensions arise regarding
circumcision.
5. The apostles consult about it,
22. and send their determination by letters
to the churches.
36. Paul and Barnabas, thinking to visit
the brothers together,
39. disagree, and travel different ways.
Acts 16: Timothy Joins Paul and Silas;
Paul's Vision of a Macedonian; Lydia; Conversion of the Philippian Jailer
1. Paul and Silas are Joined by Timothy,
7. and being called by the Spirit from one
country to another,
14. convert Lydia,
16. and cast out a spirit of divination;
19. for which cause they are whipped and
imprisoned.
25. The prison doors are opened.
31. The jailor is converted,
35. and they are delivered.
Acts 17: Paul at Thessalonica, Berea and
Athens
1. Paul preaches at Thessalonica, where
some believe,
5. and others persecute him.
10. He is sent to Berea, and preaches
there.
13. Being persecuted by Jews from
Thessalonica,
16. he comes to Athens, and disputes and
preaches the living God, to them unknown;
32. whereby, though some mock, many are
converted unto Christ.
Acts 18: Paul in Corinth; Third Missionary
Journey begins
1. Paul labors with his hands, and preaches
at Corinth to the Gentiles.
9. The Lord encourages him in a vision.
12. He is accused before Gallio the deputy,
but is dismissed.
18. Afterwards passing from city to city,
he strengthens the disciples.
24. Apollos, being instructed by Aquila and
Priscilla, preaches Christ boldly.
Acts 19: Miracles, Preaching and Riot in
Ephesus
1. The Holy Spirit is given by Paul's
hands.
8. The Jews blaspheme his doctrine, which
is confirmed by miracles.
13. The Jewish exorcists,
16. are beaten by a man who had an evil
spirit.
19. Conjuring books are burnt.
21. Demetrius, for love of gain, raises an
uproar against Paul;
35. which is appeased by the town clerk.
Acts 20: Paul in Macedonia and Greece;
Eutychus Raised; Paul's Farewell to Ephesian Elders
1. Paul goes to Macedonia, and thence to
Troas.
7. He celebrates the Lord's supper, and
preaches.
9. Eutychus having fallen down dead is
raised to life.
13. Paul continues his travels;
17. and at Miletum he calls the elders
together, tells them what shall befall to himself,
28. commits God's flock to them,
29. warns them of false teachers,
32. commends them to God,
36. prays with them, and departs.
Acts 21: Paul Sails from Miletus to
Jerusalem, Seized in the Temple
1. Paul calls at the house of Philip, whose
daughters prophesy.
10. Agabus, foretelling what should befall
him at Jerusalem,
13. he will not be dissuaded from going
thither.
17. He comes to Jerusalem;
27. where he is apprehended, and in great
danger, but by the chief captain is rescued;
37. and requests, and is permitted to speak
to the people.
Acts 22: Paul's Defense to the Crowd
1. Paul declares how he was converted to
the faith,
17. and called to his apostleship.
22. At the very mentioning of the Gentiles
the people exclaim on him.
24. He would have been scourged;
25. but claiming the privilege of a Roman,
he escapes.
Acts 23: Paul before the Sanhedrin; Warned
of Plot; Transferred to Caesarea
1. As Paul pleads his cause,
2. Ananias commands them to strike him.
7. Dissension among his accusers.
11. God encourages him.
14. The Jews' vow to kill Paul,
20. is declared unto the chief captain.
27. He sends him to Felix the governor.
Acts 24: The Trial Before Felix
1. Paul being accused by Tertullus the
orator,
10. answers for his life and doctrine.
24. He preaches Christ to the governor and
his wife.
26. The governor hopes for a bribe, but in
vain.
27. Felix, succeeded by Festus, leaves Paul
in prison.
Acts 25: The Trial Before Festus, King
Agrippa
1. The Jews accuse Paul before Festus.
8. He answers for himself,
11. and appeals unto Caesar.
14. Afterwards Festus opens his matter to
king Agrippa;
23. and he is brought forth.
25. Festus clears him of having done
anything worthy of death.
Acts 26: Paul's Defense Before Agrippa
1. Paul, in the presence of Agrippa,
declares his life from his childhood;
12. and how miraculously he was converted,
and called to his apostleship.
24. Festus charges him with being insane,
whereunto he answers modestly.
28. Agrippa is almost persuaded to be a
Christian.
31. The whole company pronounces him
innocent.
Acts 27: Paul Sails for Rome; Storm and
Shipwreck
1. Paul shipping toward Rome,
10. foretells of the danger of the voyage,
11. but is not believed.
14. They are tossed to and fro by a storm;
41. and suffer shipwreck;
44. yet all come safe to land.
Acts 28: Paul Ashore at Malta; Preaches at
Rome
1. Paul, after his shipwreck, is kindly
entertained on Malta.
5. The snake on his hand hurts him not.
8. He heals many diseases in the island.
11. They depart toward Rome.
17. He declares to the Jews the cause of
his coming.
24. After his preaching some were
persuaded, and some believed not.
30. Yet he preaches there two years.
Romans 1: Paul Longs to Visit Rome;
Consequences of Sin
1. Paul commends his calling to the Romans;
9. and his desire to come to them.
16. What his gospel is.
18. God is angry with sin.
21. What were the sins of mankind.
Romans 2: God's Just Judgment; The Jews and
the Law
1. No excuse for sin.
6. No escape from judgment.
14. Gentiles cannot;
17. nor Jews.
Romans 3: All Have Sinned and are Justified
by faith
1. The Jews prerogative;
3. which they have not lost;
9. howbeit the law convinces them also of
sin;
20. therefore no one is justified by the
law;
28. but all, without difference, by faith,
only;
31. and yet the law is not abolished.
Romans 4: Abraham's Faith Credited as
Righteousness
1. Abraham's faith was credited to him as
righteousness;
10. before he was circumcised.
13. By faith only he and his seed received
the promise.
16. Abraham is the father of all who
believe.
24. Our faith also shall be credited to us
as righteousness.
Romans 5: Peace with God; Joy in Our Hope;
Through Christ Many Will Live
1. Being justified by faith, we have peace
with God;
2. and joy in our hope;
8. that since we were reconciled by his
blood, when we were enemies;
10. we shall much more be saved, being
reconciled.
12. As sin and death came by Adam;
17. so much more righteousness and life by
Jesus Christ.
20. Where sin abounded, grace did
superabound.
Romans 6: The wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life
1. We may not live in sin;
2. for we are dead unto it;
3. as appears by our baptism.
12. Let not sin reign anymore;
18. because we have yielded ourselves to
the service of righteousness;
23. and because death is the wages of sin.
Romans 7: No Law has Power; Conflict with
the Sinful Nature
1. No law has power over a man longer than
he lives.
4. But we are dead to the law.
7. Yet is not the law sin;
12. but holy, just and good;
16. as I acknowledge, who am grieved
because I cannot keep it.
Romans 8: No Condemnation for those in
Christ Jesus; We Are More than Conquerors
1. Those who are in Christ are free from
condemnation.
5. What harm comes of the flesh;
13. and what good of the Spirit.
19. The glorious deliverance the creation
longs for,
29. was beforehand decreed from God.
38. Nothing can sever us from his love.
Romans 9: Paul's Sorrow for Israel's
Unbelief
1. Paul is sorry for the Jews.
7. All of Abraham not of the promise.
18. God's sovereignty.
25. The calling of the Gentiles and
rejecting of the Jews, foretold.
32. The cause of their stumbling.
Romans 10: Whoever calls on the name of the
Lord will be saved
1. The difference between the righteousness
of the law, and that of faith;
11. all who believe, both Jew and Gentile,
shall not be shamed;
18. and that the Gentiles shall receive the
word and believe.
19. Israel was not ignorant of these
things.
Romans 11: The Remnant Chosen by Grace;
Ingrafted Branches; All Israel Will Be Saved
1. God has not cast off all Israel.
7. Some were elected, though the rest were
hardened.
16. There is hope of their conversion.
18. The Gentiles may not exult over them;
26. for there is a promise of their
salvation.
33. God's judgments are unsearchable.
Romans 12: Offering yourselves as Living
Sacrifices; Revenge forbidden
1. God's mercies must move us to offer
ourselves.
3. No man must think too well of himself;
6. but everyone attend to the calling
wherein he is placed.
9. Love, and many other duties are required
of us.
19. Revenge is especially forbidden.
Romans 13: Submit to the Authorities; Love
fulfills the Law
1. Subjection, and many other duties, we
owe to the authorities.
8. Love is the fulfillment of the law.
11. The acts of darkness are out of season
in the time of the Gospel.
Romans 14: Principles of Conscience for The
Weak and the Strong in Faith
1. Men may not condemn one another for
disputable matters;
13. but must take heed that they give no
offense in them;
15. which the apostle proves unlawful by
many reasons.
Romans 15: We who are strong ought to bear
the weaknesses of the weak; Paul Plans to Visit Rome
1. The strong must bear with the weak.
2. We must not please ourselves;
3. for Christ did not so;
7. but receive one another, as Christ did
us all;
8. both Jews and Gentiles;
15. Paul excuses his writing;
28. and promises to see them;
30. and requests their prayers.
Romans 16: Greetings and Love
1. Paul wills the brothers to greet many;
17. and advises them to take heed of those
which cause dissension and offenses;
21. and after various salutations ends with
praise and thanks to God.
1 Corinthians 1: Greetings and
Thanksgiving; Exhortation to Unity; We preach Christ crucified
1. After his salutation and thanksgiving
for the Corinthians,
10. Paul exhorts them to unity,
12. and reproves their dissensions.
18. God destroys the wisdom of the wise,
21. by the foolishness of preaching;
26. and calls not the wise, mighty, and
noble,
28. but the foolish, weak, and men of no
account.
1 Corinthians 2: Reliance upon the Holy
Spirit
1. Paul declares that his preaching,
4. though it bring not excellence of
speech, or of human wisdom,
5. yet consists in the power of God;
6. and so far excels the wisdom of this
world, that the natural man cannot understand it.
1 Corinthians 3: Christ as the Foundation;
Rebuke for Divisions
1. Milk is fit for children.
3. Strife and division, arguments of a
fleshly mind.
7. He who plants and He who waters are
nothing.
9. The ministers are God's fellow workmen.
11. Christ the only foundation.
16. You are the temples of God, which must
be kept holy.
19. The wisdom of this world is foolishness
with God.
1 Corinthians 4: Apostles Are Servants of
Christ
1. In what account the apostles ought to be
regarded.
7. We have nothing which we have not
received.
9. The apostles spectacles to the world,
angels, and men;
13. the filth and offscouring of the world;
15. yet our fathers in Christ;
16. whom we ought to follow.
1 Corinthians 5: Expel the Wicked Man
1. The sexual immorality person,
6. is cause rather of shame unto them than
of rejoicing.
7. The old leaven is to be purged out.
10. Heinous offenders are to be shamed and
avoided.
1 Corinthians 6: Lawsuits between
Believers; Honor God with Your Body
1. The Corinthians must take their brothers
to court;
6. especially under infidels.
9. The wicked shall not inherit the kingdom
of God.
15. Our bodies are the members of Christ,
and temples of the Holy Spirit:
19. they must not therefore be defiled.
1 Corinthians 7: Paul's Instructions on
Marriage
1. He discusses marriage;
4. showing it to be a remedy against sinful
desires,
10. and that the bond thereof ought not
lightly to be dissolved.
20. Every man must be content with his
vocation.
25. Virginity wherefore to be embraced;
35. and for what respects we may either
marry, or abstain from marrying.
1 Corinthians 8: Take Care with your
Freedom in Christ
1. To abstain from food offered to idols.
8. We must not abuse our Christian liberty,
to the offense of our brothers;
11. but must bridle our knowledge with
charity.
1 Corinthians 9: The Rights of an Apostle
1. He shows his liberty;
7. and that the minister ought to receive a
living by the Gospel;
15. yet that himself has of his own accord
abstained,
18. to be neither chargeable unto them,
22. nor offensive unto any, in matters
indifferent.
24. Our life is like unto a race.
1 Corinthians 10: Warning to Avoid Israel's
Fate and flee from Idolatry; Freedom of believers
1. The sacraments of the Jews are types of
ours;
7. and their punishments,
11. examples for us.
13. We must flee from idolatry.
21. We must not make the Lord's table the
table of demons;
24. and in all things we must have regard
for our brothers.
1 Corinthians 11: Reverence in Worship; The
Lord's Supper
1. He reproves them, because in holy
assemblies,
4. their men prayed with their heads
covered,
6. and women with their heads uncovered;
17. and because generally their meetings
were not for the better, but for the worse;
21. as, namely, in profaning with their own
feast the Lord's supper.
25. Lastly, he calls them to the first
institution thereof.
1 Corinthians 12: Spiritual Gifts; One Body
Made Up of Many Parts
1. Spiritual gifts,
4. are diverse,
7. yet to profit all.
8. And to that end are diversely bestowed;
12. as the members of a natural body tend
all to the mutual decency,
22. service,
26. and helpfulness of the same body;
27. so we should do for one another, to
make up the body of Christ.
1 Corinthians 13: The Greatest of these is
Love
1. All gifts,
3. however excellent, are of no worth
without love.
4. The praises thereof,
13. as love is greatest before hope and
faith.
1 Corinthians 14: Prophecy and Tongues;
Orderly Worship
1. Prophecy is commended,
2. and preferred before speaking in
tongues,
6. by a comparison drawn from musical
instruments.
12. Both must be referred to edification,
22. as to their true and proper end.
26. The true use of each is taught,
27. and the abuse rebuked.
34. Women in the churches.
1 Corinthians 15: The Resurrection of
Christ, the Dead and the Body
1. By Christ's resurrection,
12. he proves the necessity of our
resurrection,
16. against all such as deny the
resurrection of the body.
21. The fruit,
35. and the manner thereof;
51. and of the resurrection of those who shall
be found alive at the last day.
1 Corinthians 16: Gifts, Requests and
Greetings
1. He exhorts them to a collection for the
brothers at Jerusalem.
10. Commends Timothy;
13. and after friendly admonitions,
16. concludes his epistle with various
salutations.
2 Corinthians 1: God Comforts All; Paul's
Change in Plans
1. Paul salutes the Corinthians;
3. he encourages them against troubles,
5. by the comforts and deliverances which
God had given him,
8. so particularly in his late danger in
Asia.
12. And calling both his own conscience and
theirs,
15. he excuses his not coming to them, as
proceeding not of lightness,
23. but of his care for them.
2 Corinthians 2: Reaffirm Your Love for the
Sinner; We speak in Christ
1. Having shown the reason why he came not
to them,
6. he requires them to forgive and to
comfort that excommunicated person,
10. even as he himself upon true repentance
had forgiven him;
12. declaring why he departed from Troas to
Macedonia,
14. and the happy success which God gave to
his preaching in all places.
2 Corinthians 3: Ministers and Glory of the
New Covenant
1. Lest their false teachers should charge
him with vain glory,
2. he shows the faith of the Corinthians to
be a sufficient commendation of his ministry.
6. Whereupon entering a comparison between
the ministers of the law and of the gospel,
12. he proves that his ministry is so far
the more excellent,
17. as the gospel of life and liberty is
more glorious than the law of condemnation.
2 Corinthians 4: Treasures in Jars of Clay
1. Paul declares how he has used all
sincerity and diligence in preaching the gospel,
7. and how his troubles and persecutions
did redound to the praise of God's power,
12. to the benefit of the church,
16. and to the apostle's own eternal glory.
2 Corinthians 5: Walk by Faith, and Not
Sight; Christ's Love Compels us to Ministry
1. That in his assured hope of immortal
glory,
9. and in expectation of it, he labors to
keep a good conscience;
12. not that he may boast of himself,
14. but as one that, having received life
from Christ,
17. endeavors to live as a new creature to
Christ only,
18. and by his ministry of reconciliation,
to reconcile others also in Christ to God.
2 Corinthians 6: Paul's Sufferings; Do Not
be Unequally Yoked
1. That he has approved himself a faithful
minister of Christ by his exhortations,
3. and by integrity of life,
4. and by patiently enduring all kinds of
affliction and disgrace for the gospel.
10. Of which he speaks the more boldly
amongst them because his heart is open to them,
13. and he expects the like affection from
them again;
14. exhorting them to flee the society and
pollutions of idolaters,
17. as being themselves temples of the
living God.
2 Corinthians 7: We have opened our hearts
to you; Godly Sorrow Brings Repentance
1. He proceeds in exhorting them to purity
of life;
2. and to bear him like affection as he
does to them.
3. Whereof lest he might seem to doubt, he
declares what comfort he took in his afflictions
6. by the report which Titus gave of their
godly sorrow,
8. which his former epistle had wrought in
them;
13. and of their loving-kindness and
obedience toward Titus, answerable to his former boastings of them.
2 Corinthians 8: Great Generosity; Titus
Sent to Corinth
1. He stirs them to a generous gift for the
poor saints at Jerusalem, by the example of the Macedonians;
7. by commendation of their former
forwardness;
9. by the example of Christ;
14. and by the spiritual profit that shall
redound to themselves thereby;
16. commending to them the integrity and
willingness of Titus, and those other brothers.
2 Corinthians 9: Thanks be to God for his
unspeakable gift; Those who Sow Generously will Reap Generously
1. He yields the reason why he sent Titus
and his brothers beforehand.
6. And he proceeds in stirring them up to a
bountiful alms, as being but a kind of sowing of seed,
10. which shall return a great increase to
them,
13. and occasion a great sacrifice of
thanksgivings unto God.
2 Corinthians 10: Paul Defends His Ministry
1. Against the false apostles, who
disgraced the weakness of his person and bodily presence,
4. he shows the spiritual might and
authority with which he was armed against all adverse powers;
7. assuring those who at his coming he will
be found as mighty in word as he is now in writing;
12. and encouraging them to reach out
themselves beyond their compass.
2 Corinthians 11: Paul Defends His
Apostleship; Paul's Sufferings
1. Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians,
he enters into a forced commendation of himself,
5. of his equality with the chief apostles,
7. of his preaching the gospel to them
freely, and without any charge to them;
13. showing that he was not inferior to
those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative;
23. and in the service of Christ, and in
all kinds of sufferings for his ministry, far superior.
2 Corinthians 12: Paul's Vision, Thorn, and
Concern for Corinthians
1. For commending of his apostleship,
though he might glory of his wonderful revelations,
9. yet he rather chooses to glory of his
infirmities;
11. blaming the Corinthians for forcing him
to this vain boasting.
14. He promises to come to them again; but
yet altogether in the affection of a father;
20. although he fears he shall to his grief
find many offenders, and public disorders there.
2 Corinthians 13: Test yourselves to see
whether you are in the faith; Final Greetings
1. Paul threatens severity, and the power
of his apostleship, against obstinate sinners.
5. And, advising them to a trial of their
faith,
7. and to a reformation of their sins
before his coming,
11. he concludes his epistle with a general
exhortation and a prayer.
Galatians 1: Introduction; Galatians
Deserting the Gospel; Paul's Ministry
1. Paul's greeting to the Galatians;
6. He wonders why they have so soon left
him and the gospel;
8. and accurses those who preach any other
gospel than he did.
11. He learned the gospel not from men, but
from God;
14. and shows what he was before his
calling;
17. and what he did immediately after it.
Galatians 2: Paul at Jerusalem; Dispute
with Peter
1. He shows when he went up again to
Jerusalem, and for what purpose;
3. and that Titus was not circumcised;
11. and that he resisted Peter, and told
him the reason;
14. why he and others, being Jews, believe
in Christ to be justified by faith, and not by works;
20. and that they live not in sin, who are
so justified.
Galatians 3: Abraham's Faith Credited as
Righteousness; Purpose of the Law
1. He asks what moved them to leave the
faith, and hold onto the law.
6. Those who believe are justified,
9. and blessed with Abraham.
10. And this he shows by many reasons.
15. The purpose of the Law
26. You are sons of God
Galatians 4: We are not children of the
handmaid, but of the free woman
1. We were under the law till Christ came,
as the heir is under the guardian till he be of age.
5. But Christ freed us from the law;
7. therefore we are servants no longer to
it.
14. Paul remembers the Galatians' good will
to him, and his to them;
22. and shows that we are the sons of
Abraham by the freewoman.
Galatians 5: Standing Firm; Walking by the
Spirit
1. He wills them to stand in their liberty,
3. and not to observe circumcision;
13. but rather love, which is the sum of
the law.
19. He lists the works of the flesh,
22. and the fruits of the Spirit,
25. and exhorts to walk in the Spirit.
Galatians 6: Bearing One Another's Burdens;
Becoming a New Creation
1. He moves them to deal mildly with a
brother who has slipped,
2. and to bear one another's burden;
6. to be generous to their teachers,
9. and not weary of well-doing.
12. He shows what they intend that preach
circumcision.
14. He glories in nothing, save in the
cross of Christ.
Ephesians 1: Thanksgiving for the
Ephesians; Election and Adoption by Grace
1. After Paul's salutation,
3. and thanksgiving for the Ephesians,
4. he treats of our election,
6. and adoption by grace;
11. which is the true and proper fountain
of man's salvation.
13. And because the height of this mystery
cannot be easily attained unto,
16. he prays that they may come to the full
knowledge and possession thereof in Christ.
Ephesians 2: You Were Made Alive and One in
Christ
1. By comparing what we were by nature,
with what we are by grace,
10. he declares that we are made for good
works: and being brought near by Christ,
19. should not live as Gentiles and
foreigners, but as citizens with the saints, and the family of God.
Ephesians 3: Paul's Hopes and Prayers for
the Ephesians
1. The hidden mystery that the Gentiles
should be saved was made known to Paul by revelation;
8. and to him was that grace given, that he
should preach it.
13. He desires them not to be discouraged
over his tribulation;
14. and prays that they may perceive the
great love of Christ toward them.
Ephesians 4: Unity in the Spirit; Life as
Children of Light
1. He exhorts to unity;
7. and declares that God therefore gives
various gifts unto men;
11. that his church might be edified,
16. and grow up in Christ.
18. He calls them from the impurity of the
Gentiles;
24. to put on the new man;
25. to cast off lying;
29. and corrupt communication.
Ephesians 5: Be Imitators of God; Love and
Respect between Husbands and Wives
1. After general exhortations to love;
3. to flee sexual immorality;
4. and all uncleanness;
7. not to converse with the wicked;
15. to walk carefully;
18. and to be filled with the Spirit;
22. he descends to the particular duties,
how wives ought to obey their husbands;
25. and husbands ought to love their wives,
32. even as Christ does his church.
Ephesians 6: Children, Parents, Slaves,
Masters; the Full Armor of God
1. The duty of children toward their
parents;
5. of servants toward their masters.
10. Our life is a warfare, not only against
flesh and blood, but also spiritual enemies.
13. The complete armor of a Christian;
18. and how it ought to be used.
21. Tychicus is commended.
Philippians 1: Paul's Thankfulness to God
and His Love towards the Philippians; Christ Is Preached; To live is Christ
1. Paul testifies his thankfulness to God,
and his love toward the Philippians,
9. daily praying for their increase in
grace;
12. he shows what good the faith of Christ had
received by his troubles at Rome;
21. and how ready he is to glorify Christ
either by his life or death;
27. exhorting them to unity;
28. and to fortitude in persecution.
Philippians 2: Your Attitude Should be that
of Christ; Becoming Blameless and Pure; Timothy and Epaphroditus
1. Paul exhorts them to unity, and to all
humbleness of mind, by the example of Christ's humility;
12. to a careful proceeding in the way of
salvation, that they be as lights to a wicked world,
16. and comforts to him their apostle, who
is now ready to be offered up to God.
19. He hopes to send Timothy to them, and
Epaphroditus also.
Philippians 3: Pressing on toward the Mark
1. He warns them to beware of the false
teachers;
4. showing that himself has greater cause
than they to trust in the righteousness of the law;
7. which he counts as loss, to gain Christ
and his righteousness;
12. acknowledging his own imperfection and
pressing on toward the goal;
15. He exhorts them to be thus minded;
17. and to imitate him,
18. and to decline carnal ways.
Philippians 4: Whatever is true and right,
think on these things; I can do all things through Christ
1. From particular admonitions,
4. he proceeds to general exhortations,
10. showing how he rejoiced at their
generosity toward him while in prison.
19. And so he concludes with prayer and
salutations.
Colossians 1: Thankfulness and Prayers for
the Colossians; Christ Is the Image of God
1. After salutation Paul thanks God for the
Colossians' faith;
7. confirms the doctrine of Epaphras;
9. prays further for their increase in
grace;
14. describes the supremacy of Christ;
21. encourages them to receive Jesus
Christ, and commends his own ministry.
Colossians 2: The Fullness of God Dwells in
Christ and Gives Us Freedom
1. Paul still exhorts them to be constant
in Christ;
8. to beware of philosophy, and vain
traditions;
18. worshipping of angels;
20. and legal ceremonies, which are ended
in Christ.
Colossians 3: Put On the New Self; Instructions
for Christian Families
1. He shows where we should seek Christ.
5. He exhorts to holiness;
10. to put off the old self, and put on
Christ;
12. exhorting to charity, humility,
18. and other duties.
Colossians 4: Let Your Conversation be Full
of Grace; Final Greetings
1. He exhorts them to be fervent in prayer;
5. to walk wisely toward those who are not
yet come to the true knowledge of Christ.
10. He salutes them, and wishes them all
prosperity.
1 Thessalonians 1: Thanksgiving for the
Thessalonians
1. The Thessalonians are told both how
mindful of them Paul was in thanksgiving, and prayer;
5. and also how well he was persuaded of
the truth and sincerity of their faith and conversion to God.
1 Thessalonians 2: Paul's Ministry and
Longing to See the Thessalonians
1. In what manner the gospel was brought
and preached to the Thessalonians.
18. A reason is rendered both why Paul was
so long absent from them, and also so desirous to see them.
1 Thessalonians 3: Encouragement from
Timothy's Report
1. Paul testifies his great love to the
Thessalonians,
5. partly by sending Timothy unto them to
strengthen and comfort them;
7. partly by rejoicing in their well-doing;
10. and partly by praying for them, and
desiring a safe coming unto them.
1 Thessalonians 4: Live to Please God; The
Dead in Christ Brought with His Second Coming
1. He exhorts them to go forward in all
manner of godliness;
6. to live holily and justly;
9. to love one another;
11. and quietly to follow their own
business;
13. and last of all, to sorrow moderately
for the dead.
17. followed by a brief description of the
resurrection, and second coming of Christ to judgment.
1 Thessalonians 5: The day of the Lord;
Respect, Love, Peace, Encouragement, Patience, Kindness and Joy
1. He proceeds in the description of
Christ's coming to judgment;
16. and gives various instructions;
23. and so concludes the epistle.
2 Thessalonians 1: Thanksgiving for Faith,
Love, and Patience
1. Paul certifies the Thessalonians of the
good opinion which he had of their faith, love, and patience;
11. and therewithal uses various reasons
for the comforting of them in persecution.
2 Thessalonians 2: Standing Firm in the
Faith
1. Paul urges them to continue stedfast in the
truth received;
3. shows that there shall be a departure
from the faith,
9. and a discovery of Antichrist, before
the day of the Lord comes;
15. repeats his exhortation to stand firm,
and prays for them.
2 Thessalonians 3: Paul's Prayers,
Confidence and Warnings for the Thessalonians
1. Paul craves their prayers for himself;
3. testifies what confidence he has in
them;
5. makes request to God in their behalf;
6. gives them various precepts, especially
to shun idleness, and ill company;
16. and then concludes with prayer and
salutation.
1 Timothy 1: Warning against False
Teachers; the Grace Given Paul
1. Paul declares Timothy is faithful to the
charge which was given him at his going to Macedonia.
5. The right use and end of the law.
11. Paul's calling to be an apostle;
20. and the disobedience or Hymenaeus and
Alexander.
1 Timothy 2: Instructions on Petitions,
Prayers, and Intercessions; Instructions to Women
1. Instruction to pray and give thanks.
9. How women should be attired.
12. They are not permitted to teach.
15. They shall be saved if they continue in
faith.
1 Timothy 3: Bishops and Deacons
1. How bishops, deacons, and their wives
should be qualified;
14. and to what end Paul wrote to Timothy
of these things.
15. Of the church, and the blessed truth
therein taught and professed.
1 Timothy 4: Some Will Abandon the Faith
1. He foretells that in the latter times
there shall be a departure from the faith.
6. And to the end that Timothy might not
fail in doing his duty, he furnishes him with various precepts.
1 Timothy 5: Honoring Widows and Elders
1. Rules to be observed in reproving.
3. Of widows.
17. Of elders.
23. A precept for Timothy's health.
24. Some men's sins go before unto
judgment, and some men's follow after.
1 Timothy 6: Respect for Masters; Love of
money; Charge to Timothy
1. Of the duty of servants.
3. Not to have fellowship with newfangled
teachers.
6. Godliness is great gain;
10. and love of money the root of all evil.
11. What Timothy is to flee, and what to
follow.
17. and whereof to admonish the rich.
20. To keep the purity of true doctrine,
and to avoid godless ideas.
2 Timothy 1: Paul's Charge and
Encouragement to Timothy
1. Paul's love to Timothy, and unfeigned
confidence in Timothy himself, his mother, and grandmother.
6. He is exhorted to stir up the gift of
God which was in him;
8. to be steadfast and patient in
persecution;
13. and to persist in the form and truth of
that doctrine which he had learned of him.
15. Phygellus and Hermogenes, and such
like, are noted, and Onesiphorus is highly commended.
2 Timothy 2: Timothy Exhorted to be Strong,
Persevering and Unashamed
1. Timothy is exhorted again to constancy
and perseverance.
17. Of Hymenaeus and Philetus.
19. The foundation of the Lord is sure.
22. He is taught whereof to beware, and
what to follow after.
2 Timothy 3: Godless Times Will Come
1. Paul advises Timothy of the difficult
times to come;
6. describes the enemies of the truth;
10. explains unto him his own example;
16. and commends the holy Scriptures;
2 Timothy 4: Timothy Encouraged to Preach
the Word; Final Remarks
1. He exhorts him to preach the Word with
all care and diligence;
6. certifies him of the nearness of his
death;
9. wills him to come speedily unto him, and
to bring Marcus with him;
14. warns him to beware of Alexander the
metalworker.
16. informs him what had befallen him at
his first answering;
19. and soon after he concludes.
Titus 1: Paul Greets Titus and Reiterates
His Task on Crete
1. Paul greets Titus, who was left to
finish the work in Crete.
6. How those chosen as ministers ought to
be qualified.
11. The mouths of evil teachers to be
stopped;
12. and what manner of men they be.
Titus 2: Roles of the Old, Young, Servants
1. Directions given unto Titus both for his
doctrine and life.
10. Of the duty of servants, and in general
of all Christians.
Titus 3: Godly Living; Final Remarks
1. Titus is further directed by Paul
concerning the things that he should teach and not teach.
10. He is to reject obstinate heretics.
12. Paul appoints him time and place
wherein he should come unto him.
Philemon 1: Paul's Thankfulness for
Philemon's Faithfulness; Paul's Plea for Onesimus
1. Paul rejoices to hear of the faith and
love of Philemon,
8. whom he desires to forgive his servant
Onesimus, and lovingly to receive him again.
Hebrews 1: Jesus is Superior to Angels
1. Christ in these last times coming to us
from the Father,
4. is preferred above the angels, both in
person and office.
Hebrews 2: Pay Attention; The Author of
Salvation Perfected in Sufferings
1. We ought to be obedient to Christ Jesus;
5. and that because he condescended to take
our nature upon himself;
14. as it was necessary.
Hebrews 3: Jesus Our High Priest; Danger in
Unbelief
1. Christ is more worthy than Moses;
7. therefore if we believe not in him, we
shall be more worthy punishment than hardhearted Israel.
Hebrews 4: The Sabbath-Rest; Jesus the
Great High Priest
1. The Sabbath-Rest for Christians is
attained by faith.
12. The power of God's word.
14. By our high priest Jesus, the Son of
God,
16. we may and must go boldly to the throne
of grace.
Hebrews 5: The Perfect High Priest
1. The honor of our Savior's priesthood.
11. Negligence in the knowledge thereof is
reproved.
Hebrews 6: Warning against Falling Away;
Hope in Christ as an Anchor for the Soul
1. He exhorts not to fall back from the
faith;
11. but to be steadfast,
12. diligent, and patient to wait upon God;
13. because God is most sure in his
promise.
Hebrews 7: Jesus' Priesthood Like
Melchizedek's
1. Christ Jesus is a priest after the order
of Melchizedek;
11. and so far more excellent than the
priests of Aaron's order.
Hebrews 8: Jesus the High Priest of a New
Covenant
1. By the eternal priesthood of Christ the
Levitical priesthood of Aaron is overshadowed;
7. and replaced by the new covenant of the
Gospel.
Hebrews 9: Christ has Entered into the Holy
Place Once for All
1. The description of the rites and
sacrifices of the law;
11. which are far inferior to the dignity
and perfection of the sacrifice of Christ.
Hebrews 10: Christ's One Sacrifice is
Sufficient for All Time; Perseverance
1. The weakness of the law sacrifices.
10. The sacrifice of Christ's body once
offered,
14. for ever has taken away sins.
19. An exhortation to hold fast the faith
with patience and thanksgiving.
Hebrews 11: Hall of Fame of Faith
1. What faith is.
6. Without faith we cannot please God.
7. The examples of faithfulness in the
fathers of old time.
Hebrews 12: Fatherly Discipline; A Kingdom
that Cannot be Shaken
1. An exhortation to constant faith,
patience, and godliness by Christ's example
22. A commendation of the new covenant.
Hebrews 13: Concluding Exhortations; Jesus
Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
1. Various admonitions as to love;
4. to honest life;
5. to avoid covetousness;
7. to regard God's preachers;
9. to take heed of strange doctrines;
10. to confess Christ;
16. to give alms;
17. to obey governors;
18. to pray for the apostles.
20. The conclusion.
James 1: Trials and Temptations; Be Doers
of the Word, and Not Hearers Only
1. James greets the twelve tribes among the
nations;
2. exhorts to rejoice in trials and
temptations;
5. to ask patience of God;
13. and in our trials not to impute our
weakness, or sins, to him,
19. but rather to hearken to the word, to
meditate on it, and to do thereafter.
26. Otherwise men may seem, but never be,
truly religious.
James 2: The Sin of Favoritism; Faith and
Deeds
1. Do not regard the rich and despise the
poor brothers;
13. rather we are to be loving and
merciful;
14. and not to boast of faith without
deeds;
17. because faith without deeds is useless;
19. as is the faith of the demons;
21. however, Abraham displayed both faith
and actions;
25. as did Rahab.
James 3: Taming the Tongue; the Wisdom from
above
1. We are not rashly or arrogantly to
reprove others;
5. but rather to bridle the tongue, a
little member,
9. but a powerful instrument of much good,
and great harm.
13. The truly wise are mild and peaceable,
without envy and strife.
James 4: Submit to God; Resist the Devil;
the Lord's Will
1. We are to strive against covetousness;
4. intemperance;
5. pride;
11. detraction and rash judgment of others;
13. and not to be boastful of our future
plans.
James 5: Misuse of Riches; Patience; The
Prayer Offered in Faith
1. Rich oppressors are to fear God's
vengeance.
7. We ought to be patient in afflictions,
after the example of the prophets, and Job;
12. to forbear swearing;
13. to pray in adversity, to sing in
prosperity;
14. to acknowledge mutually our several
faults, to pray one for another;
19. and to correct a straying brother.
1 Peter 1: Peter Praises God for His
Manifold Grace; Be Holy, for I Am Holy
1. Peter praises God for his manifold
spiritual graces;
10. showing that the salvation in Christ
the fulfillment of prophesy;
13. and exhorts them accordingly to be
holy.
1 Peter 2: Put away Wickedness; You Are
Like Living Stones; Submit to Authority; Follow Christ's Example
1. He exhorts to put away wickedness;
4. showing that Christ is the foundation
whereupon they are built.
11. He beseeches them also to abstain from
sinful desires;
13. to be obedient to authorities;
18. and teaches servants how to obey their
masters;
20. patiently suffering for well doing,
after the example of Christ.
1 Peter 3: Wives and Husbands; It is Better
to Suffer for Doing Good
1. He teaches the duty of wives and
husbands to each other;
8. exhorting all men to unity and love;
14. and to suffer persecution.
19. He declares also the benefits of Christ
toward the old world.
1 Peter 4: Living for Christ and Partaking
in His Sufferings
1. He exhorts them to cease from sin and
live fore God,
12. and comforts them against persecution.
1 Peter 5: Elders to Feed Their Flocks; the
Young to Obey
1. He exhorts the elders to feed their
flocks;
5. the younger to obey;
8. and all to be sober, watchful, and
constant in the faith;
9. and to resist the cruel adversary the
devil.
2 Peter 1: By Faith and Works, Make Your
Calling Sure; Eyewitness of the Apostles and Prophets
1. Peter confirms the hope of the increase
of God's grace,
5. exhorts them, by faith, and good works,
to make their calling sure;
12. whereof he is careful to remind them,
knowing that his death is at hand;
16. and assures them of the authenticity of
the Gospel, by the eyewitness of the apostles and the prophets.
2 Peter 2: False Prophets
1. Peter warns of false teachers, showing
the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers;
7. from which the godly shall be delivered,
as Lot was out of Sodom;
10. and more fully describes the manners of
those profane and blasphemous seducers.
2 Peter 3: The Day of the Lord; A New
Heaven and Earth
1. He assures them of the certainty of
Christ's coming to judgment;
8. warning the godly, for the long patience
of God, to hasten their repentance.
10. He describes also the manner how the
world shall be destroyed;
11. exhorting them to all holiness of life;
16. and again to think the patience of God
to tend to their salvation, as Paul wrote to them in his epistles.
1 John 1: The Word of Life; God Is Light
1. He describes the person of Christ, in
whom we have eternal life, by a communion with God;
5. to which we must adjoin by walking in
the light.
1 John 2: Christ 's Comfort; Keep His
Commandments; Do Not Love the World; Beware of Antichrists
1. He comforts them against the sins of
infirmity.
3. Rightly to know God is to keep his
commandments;
9. to love our brothers;
15. and not to love the world.
18. We must beware of antichrists;
20. from whose deceits the godly are safe,
preserved by perseverance in faith, and holiness of life.
1 John 3: He laid down his life for us. And
we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
1. He declares the singular love of God
toward us, in making us his sons;
3. who therefore ought obediently to keep
his commandments;
11. as also to love one another as
brothers.
1 John 4: Testing the Spirits; Love One
Another, for Love Is of God;
1. He warns them not to believe all who
boast of the Spirit;
7. and exhorts to brotherly love.
1 John 5: He Who Has the Son Has the Life;
Final Remarks
1. He who loves God loves his children, and
keeps his commandments;
3. which to the faithful are not grievous.
9. Jesus is the Son of God;
14. and able to hear our prayers.
2 John 1: Persevere in faith and love; Have
nothing to do with evil
1. He exhorts a certain honorable matron,
with her children, to persevere in Christian love and belief,
8. lest they lose the reward of their
former profession;
10. and to have nothing to do with those
seducers that bring not the true doctrine of Christ Jesus.
3 John 1: Walk according to God's
commandments and Imitate What Is Good
1. He commends Gaius for his piety,
5. and hospitality,
7. to true preachers;
9. complaining of the unkind dealing of
ambitious Diotrephes on the contrary side;
11. whose evil example is not to be
followed;
12. and gives special testimony to the good
report of Demetrius.
Jude 1: Warnings to the Ungodly; Call to
Persevere and Grow in Grace
1. He exhorts them to be constant in the
profession of the faith.
4. false teachers crept in to seduce them,
for whose evil doctrine a horrible punishment is prepared;
20. whereas the godly may persevere, grow
in grace, and keep the faith.
Revelation 1: John's Greeting to the Seven
Churches and Vision on Patmos
1. The preface.
4. John's salutation to the seven churches
of Asia.
7. The coming of Christ.
8. His glorious power and majesty.
Revelation 2: Messages to the Churches in
Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum and Thyatira
1. What is commanded to be written to the
angels, that is, the ministers of the churches of Ephesus,
8. Smyrna,
12. Pergamos,
18. Thyatira, and what is commended and
lacking in them.
Revelation 3: Messages to the Churches in
Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea
1. The angel of the church of Sardis is
reproved and exhorted to repent.
3 7. The angel of the church of
Philadelphia is approved for his diligence and patience;
14. the angel of Laodicea rebuked for being
neither hot nor cold.
20. Christ stands at the door and knocks.
Revelation 4: The Thrones and Elders in
Heaven: Worthy are you, our Lord and God
1. John sees the throne of God in heaven.
4. The twenty-four elders.
6. The four beasts full of eyes before and
behind.
10. The elders lay down their crowns, and
worship him who sat on the throne.
Revelation 5: The Scroll with Seven Seals;
Worthy is the Lamb
1. The book sealed with seven seals,
9. which only the Lamb that was slain is
worthy to open.
12. Therefore the elders praise him, and
confess that he redeemed them with his blood.
Revelation 6: The First Six Seals
1. The First Seal: Rider on White Horse
3. The Second Seal: War
5. The Third Seal: Famine
7. The Fourth Seal: Death
9. The Fifth Seal: Martyrs
12. The Sixth Seal: Terror
Revelation 7: The 144,000 Sealed; the
Multitude in White Robes
1. An angel seals the servants of God in
their foreheads.
4. The number of those who were sealed of
the tribes of Israel: 144,000.
9. Of all the other nations an innumerable
multitude, which stand before the throne.
14. Their robes were washed in the blood of
the Lamb.
Revelation 8: The Seventh Seal: Seven
Angels with Seven Trumpets
1. At the opening of the seventh seal,
2. Seven angels have seven trumpets given
them.
6. Four of them sound their trumpets and
great plagues follow.
9. Another angel puts incense to the
prayers of the saints on the golden altar.
Revelation 9: The Bottomless Pit and the
Army from the East
1. At the sounding of the fifth angel, a
star falls from heaven, to whom is given the key to the bottomless pit.
2. He opens the pit, and there come forth
locusts like scorpions.
12. The first woe past.
13. The sixth trumpet sounds.
14. Four angels who were bound are let
loose.
Revelation 10: The Angel and the Small
Scroll
1. A mighty strong angel appears with a
book open in his hand.
6. He swears by him who lives forever, that
there shall be no more time.
9. John is commanded to take and eat the
book.
Revelation 11: Two Witnesses Prophesy; The
Seventh Trumpet
1. The two witnesses prophesy.
6. They have power to shut heaven so that
it rain not.
7. The beast shall fight against them, and
kill them.
8. They lie unburied;
11. and after three and a half days rise
again.
14. The second woe is past.
15. The seventh trumpet sounds.
Revelation 12: The Woman, The Dragon, The
Male Child, The Angel
1. A woman clothed with the sun travails.
4. The great red dragon stands before her,
ready to devour her child;
6. when she is delivered she flees into the
desert.
7. Michael and his angels fight with the
dragon, and prevail.
13. The dragon, being cast down into the
earth, persecutes the woman.
Revelation 13: The Beasts from the Sea and
from the Earth
1. A beast rises out of the sea with seven
heads and ten horns, to whom the dragon gives his power.
11. Another beast comes out of the earth,
14. causes an image to be made of the
former beast,
15. and that men should worship it,
16. and receive his mark.
Revelation 14: The Lamb and the 144,000;
The Three Angels; The Reapers
1. The Lamb standing on
6. An angel preaches the gospel.
8. The fall of
15. The harvest of the world.
20. The winepress of the wrath of God.
Revelation 15: The Seven Angels with the
Seven Last Plagues
1. The seven angels with the seven last
plagues.
3. The song of those who overcame the
beast.
7. The seven bowls full of the wrath of
God.
Revelation 16: The Seven Bowls of God's
Wrath; Armageddon
1. The angels pour out their bowls of
wrath.
6. The plagues that follow.
16. Armageddon.
Revelation 17: The Woman on the Beast;
1. A woman arrayed in purple and scarlet,
with a golden cup in her hand sits upon the beast;
5. which is great
9. The interpretation of the seven heads;
12. and the ten horns.
14. The victory of the Lamb.
16. The punishment of the harlot.
Revelation 18:
1.
4. People commanded to depart out of her.
9. The kings of the earth, with the
merchants and mariners, lament over her.
20. The saints rejoice for the judgments of
God upon her.
Revelation 19: The Four Hallelujah's;
Christ the Rider on the White Horse
1. God is praised in heaven for judging the
great harlot, and avenging the blood of his saints.
7. The marriage of the Lamb.
10. The angel will not be worshipped.
17. The birds called to the great
slaughter.
Revelation 20: Satan Bound for a Thousand
Years; The Judgment
1. Satan bound for a thousand years.
6. The first resurrection;
7. Satan let loose again.
8. Gog and Magog.
10. The demons cast into the lake of fire
and brimstone.
11. The last and general resurrection.
Revelation 21: The New Heaven and Earth;
The New Jerusalem
1. A new heaven and a new earth.
10. The heavenly Jerusalem, with a full
description thereof.
23. She needs no sun, the glory of God
being her light.
24. The kings of the earth bring their
riches unto her.
Revelation 22: The River and Tree of Life;
Christ Is Coming; Nothing may be added to the word of God
1. The river of the water of life.
2. The tree of life.
5. The light of the city of God is himself.
7. Jesus Is Coming.
9. The angel will not be worshipped.
18. Nothing may be added to the word of God, nor taken away.