JOSHUA





Chapter 1


	The Lord appoints Joshua to succeed Moses (1:1-2)
	The borders of the promised land (1:3-4)
	God promises to assist Joshua (1:5-6)
	God gives Joshua instructions (1:7-9)
	Joshua prepares the people to pass over Jordan (1:10-11)
	Joshua reminds the two and a half tribes of their promise to 
		Moses (1:12-15)
	The tribes pledge allegiance (1:16-18)




Chapter 2


	Two spies are sent from Shittim and Rahab aids them (2:1-7)
	They make a covenant with Rahab (2:8-22)
	They return to Joshua and relate their experience (2:23-24)




Chapter 3


	Joshua comes to Jordan (3:1-2)
	The officers instruct the people (3:3-6)
	The Lord encourages Joshua (3:7-8)
	Joshua encourages the people (3:9-13)
	The waters of Jordan are divided (3:14-17)




Chapter 4


	Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones out of Jordan 
		for a memorial (4:1-8)
	Twelve stones are set up in the midst of Jordan (4:9)
	The people pass over the Ark (4:10-13)
	God magnifies Joshua (4:14-18)
	The twelve stones are set up in Gilgal (4:19-24)




Chapter 5


	The Canaanites are afraid (5:1)
	Joshua renews circumcision (5:2-9)
	The passover is kept at Gilgal (5:10-11)
	Manna ceases (5:12)
	An angel appears to Joshua (5:13-15)




Chapter 6


	Jericho is surrounded (6:1)
	God instructs Joshua how to besiege it (6:2-11)
	The people march around the city (6:12-16)
	What shall be kept and who will die in Jericho's destruction 
		(6:17-19)
	The walls fall down (6:20-22)
	Rahab is saved according to the spies' promise (6:23-25)
	The rebuilder of Jericho is cursed (6:26-27)




Chapter 7


	The Israelites are defeated at Ai (7:1-5)
	Joshua's complaint (7:6-9)
	God instructs Joshua (7:10-15)
	Achan is taken by lot (7:16-18)
	Achan's confession (7:19-21)
	Achan and all his possessions are destroyed in the valley of 
		Achor (7:22-26)




Chapter 8


	God encourages Joshua (8:1-2)
	The strataged whereby Ai was taken (8:3-28)
	The king of Ai is hanged (8:29)
	Joshua builds an altar (8:30-31)
	Joshua writes the law on stones (8:32)
	Joshua reads the laws and blessings and cursings (8:33-35)




Chapter 9


	The kings combine against Israel (9:1-2)
	The Gibeonites obtain a treaty through deception (9:3-21)
	They are condemned to perpetual bondage (9:22-27)




Chapter 10


	Five kings war against Gibeon (10:1-5)
	Joshua goes to the rescue (10:6-9)
	God fights against the Amorites with hailstones (10:10-11)
	The sun and moon stand still at the word of Joshua (10:12-14)
	The five kings hide in a cave (10:15-21)
	They are brought forth, and humbled before the people 
		(10:22-25)
	And hanged (10:26-27)
	Seven kings more are conquered (10:28-42)
	Joshua returns to Gilgal (10:43)




Chapter 11


	The enemy kings are overcome at the waters of Merom (11:1-9)
	Hazor is taken and burned (11:10-15)
	All the country taken by Joshua (11:16-20)
	The Anakims are slain (11:21-23)




Chapter 12


	The kingdoms of Sihon and Og beyond Jordan (12:1-6)
	Thirty-one kings beyond Jordan defeated by Joshua (12:7-24)




Chapter 13


	The bounds of the land not yet conquered (13:1-6)
	The inheritance beyond Jordan of the two tribes and a half 
		(13:7-13)
	The Lord's sacrifices are the inheritance of Levi (13:14)
	The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben (13:15-21)
	Balaam slain (13:22-23)
	The bounds of the inheritance of Gad (13:24-28)
	And of the half tribe of Manasseh (13:29-33)




Chapter 14


	The nine tribes and a half are to have their inheritance by lot 
		(14:1-5)
	Caleb obtains Hebron (14:6-15)




Chapter 15


	The borders of Judah's portion (15:1-15)
	Othniel takes Kirjath-sepher and marries Achsah, Caleb's 
		daughter (15:16-17)
	She obtains a blessing from her father (15:18-19)
	The cities of Judah (15:20-62)
	The Jebusites not conquered (15:63)




Chapter 16


	The general borders of the sons of Joseph (16:1-4)
	The border of the inheritance of Ephraim (16:5-9)
	The Canaanites not conquered (16:10)




Chapter 17


	The lot of Manasseh (17:1-6)
	Manasseh's boundaries (17:7-11)
	The Canaanites not driven out (17:12-13)
	The children of Joseph obtain another portion (17:14-18)




Chapter 18


	The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh (18:1)
	The remainder of the land is described, and divided into seven 
		parts (18:2-9)
	Joshua divides it by lot (18:10)
	The lot and border of Benjamin (18:11-20)
	Benjamin's cities (18:21-28)




Chapter 19


	The land of Simeon (19:1-9)
	The land of Zebulun (19:10-16)
	The land of Issachar (19:17-23)
	The land of Asher (19:24-31)
	The land of Naphtali (19:32-39)
	The land of Dan (19:40-48)
	Joshua's inheritance given him by the children of Israel 
		(19:49-51)




Chapter 20


	God commands (20:1-6)
	And the children of Israel appoint the six cities of refuge 
		(20:7-9)




Chapter 21


	Levite families to be assigned cities (21:1-7)
	Cities for the Kohathites (21:8-26)
	Cities for the Gershonites (21:27-33)
	Cities for the Merarites (21:34-42)
	God gives the land to the Israelites, and they rest according to 
		His promise (21:43-45)




Chapter 22


	The two tribes and a half are sent home with a blessing (22:1-9)
	They build the altar of testimony, in their journey (22:10)
	Thus offending their brethren (22:11-14)
	The Israelites send Eleazar to protest their defection (22:15-20)
	Their act is satisfactorily explained (22:21-29)
	Celebration by the Western Tribes (22:30-34)




Chapter 23


	Joshua's exhortation before his death (23:1-2)
	He cites God's benefits (23:3-4)
	And promises (23:5-10)
	And warns against forsaking God (23:11-16)




Chapter 24


	Joshua assembles the tribes at Shechem (24:1)
	A brief history of God's benefits (24:2-13)
	He renews their covenant with God (24:14-28)
	Joshua's age, death and burial (24:29-31)
	Joseph's bones are buried (24:32)
	Eleazar dies (24:33)


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JUDGES





Chapter 1


	The acts of Judah and Simeon (1:1-3)
	Adoni-bezek justly punished (1:4-7)
	Jerusalem taken (1:8-9)
	Hebron taken (1:10)
	Othniel is given Achsah as his wife for taking Debir (1:11-15)
	The Kenites dwell in Judah (1:16)
	Hormah, Gaza, Askelon and Ekron taken (1:17-20)
	The acts of Benjamin (1:21)
	Of the house of Joseph, who take Beth-el (1:22-29)
	Of Zebulun (1:30)
	Of Asher (1:31-32)
	Of Naphtali and of Dan (1:33-36)




Chapter 2


	An angel rebukes the people of Bochim (2:1-5)
	The death of judgea (2:6-10)
	The wickedness of the new generation after judgea (2:11-13)
	God's anger and pity towards them (2:14-15)
	The Lord raises up judges (2:16-23)




Chapter 3


	The nations which were left to test Israel (3:1-5)
	By intermarriage the Israelites commit idolatry (3:6-7)
	Othniel delivers them from Chushan-rishathaim (3:8-11)
	Ehud frees the Israelites from Eglon (3:12-30)
	Shamgar delivers them from the Philistines (3:31)




Chapter 4


	Deborah and Barak save them from Jabin and Sisera (4:1-16)
	Death of Sisera (4:17-24)




Chapter 5


	The song of Deborah and Barak (5:1-31)




Chapter 6


	The Israelites are oppressed by Midian (6:1-7)
	A prophet rebukes them (6:8-10)
	An angel sends Gideon for their deliverance (6:11-16)
	Gideon's present is consumed with fire (6:17-23)
	Gideon destroys Baal's altar, and offers a sacrifice upon an 
		altar to God (6:24-27)
	Joash defends his son, and calls him Jerubbaal (6:28-32)
	Gideon's army (6:33-35)
	Gideon's signs (6:36-40)




Chapter 7


	Gideon's army of thirty-two thousand is reduced to three 
		hundred (7:1-8)
	He is encouraged by the dream and the interpretation of the 
		barley cake (7:9-15)
	His stratagem of trumpets and lamps in pitchers (7:16-23)
	The Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb (7:24-25)




Chapter 8


	Gideon pacifies the Ephraimites (8:1-4)
	Succoth and Penuel refuse to relieve Gideon's army (8:5-9)
	Zebah and Zalmunna are taken (8:10-12)
	Succoth and Penuel are destroyed (8:13-17)
	Gideon avenges his brothers' death on Zebah and Zalmunna 
		(8:18-21)
	He declines to be their ruler (8:22-23)
	His ephod is the cause of idolatry (8:24-27)
	Midian subdued (8:28)
	Gideon's children, and death (8:29-32)
	The Israelites' idolatry and ingratitude (8:33-35)




Chapter 9


	Ablimelech, by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder 
		of his brothers, is made king. (9:1-6)
	Jotham rebukes them and foretells their ruin (9:7-21)
	Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against Abimelech (9:22-29)
	Zebul reveals the conspiracy (9:30-33)
	Abimelech overcomes them and sows the city with salt (9:34-45)
	He burns the stronghold of the god Berith (9:46-49)
	At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone (9:50-55)
	Jotham's curse is fulfilled (9:56-57)




Chapter 10


	Tola judges Israel in Shamir (10:1-2)
	Jair, whose thirty sons had thirty cities (10:3-5)
	The Philistines and Ammonites oppress Israel (10:6-9)
	In their misery, God chides them for their false gods (10:10-15)
	Upon their repentance, He pities them (10:15-18)




Chapter 11


	The covenant between Jephthah and Gilead (11:1-11)
	The Ammonites reject Jephthah's plea for peace (11:12-28)
	His vow and his conquest of the Ammonites (11:29-40)




Chapter 12


	The Ephraimites, quarreling with Jephthah, are slain by the 
		Gileadites (12:1-6)
	Jephthah dies (12:7)
	Ibzan, who had thirty sons and thirty daughters (12:8-10)
	And Elon (12:11-12)
	And Abdon who had forty sons, and thirty nephews, judge 
		Israel (12:13-15)




Chapter 13


	Israel conquered by the Philistines (13:1)
	An angel appears to Manoah's wife, and to Manoah (13:2-14)
	Manoah's sacrifice, whereby the angel is identified (13:15-23)
	Samson is born (13:24-25)




Chapter 14


	Samson desires a wife of the Philistines (14:1-4)
	In his journey he kills a lion (14:5-7)
	In a second journey he finds honey in the carcass (14:8-9)
	Samson's marriage feast (14:10-11)
	His riddle is made known (14:12-18)
	He spoils thirty Philistines (14:19)
	His wife is married to another (14:20)




Chapter 15


	Samson is denied his wife (15:1-2)
	He burns the Philistines' corn (15:3-5)
	His wife and her father are burned by the Philistines (15:6)
	Samson smites them hip and thigh (15:7-8)
	He is bound by the men of Judah and delivered to the Philistines 
		(15:9-13)
	He kills one thousand of them with a jawbone (15:14-17)
	God makes the fountain En-hakkore for him (15:18-20)




Chapter 16


	Samson at Gaza escapes and carries away the gates of the 
		city (16:1-3)
	Delilah, bribed by the Philistines entices Samson (16:4-5)
	She is deceived three times but at last overcomes him (16:6-20)
	The Philistines take him, and put out his eyes (16:21)
	His strength renewed, he pulls down the house upon the 
		Philistines, and dies (16:22-31)




Chapter 17


	An example of Personal Idolatry - Of the money that Micah 
		at first stole, then restored, his mother makes images 
		(17:1-4)
	And the ornaments for them (17:5-6)
	He hires a Levite to be his priest (17:7-13)




Chapter 18


	An example of Tribal Idolatry - The Danites send five men to 
		seek out an inheritance (18:1-2)
	They consult with Jonathan at the house of Micah (18:3-6)
	They search Laish, and bring back news of hope (18:7-10)
	Six hundred men are sent to surprise it (18:11-13)
	On the way they rob Micah of his priest and his consecrated 
		things (18:14-26)
	They win Laish and call it Dan (18:27-29)
	They set up idolatry (18:30-31)




Chapter 19


	An example of Personal Immorality - A Levite goes to Beth-lehem 
		to fetch home his wife (19:1-10)
	An example of Tribal Immorality - An old man entertains him at 
		Gibeah (19:11-21)
	The Gibeathites cause his concubine's death (19:22-28)
	He divides her into twelve pieces to send them to the twelve 
		tribes (19:29-30)




Chapter 20


	The Levite in a general assembly declares his wrong (20:1-7)
	The decree of the assembly (20:8-17)
	The Israelites in two battles with the Benjamites lose forty 
		thousand (20:18-25)
	By a stratagem they destroy all the Benjamites except six 
		hundred (20:26-48)




Chapter 21


	Israel's Foolish Vow (21:1-7)
	Men of Jabesh-gilead Murdered (21:8-15)
	Women of Shiloh Kidnapped (21:16-25)


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RUTH





Chapter 1


	Elimelech dies in Moab (1:1-3)
	Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also (1:4-5)
	Naomi, returning homeward (1:6-7)
	Tries to persuade her two daughters-in-law against going with 
		her (1:8-13)
	Orpah leaves her, but Ruth accompanies her (1:14-18)
	They come to Beth-lehem, where they are gladly received (1:19-22)




Chapter 2


	Ruth gleans in the fields of Boaz (2:1-3)
	Boaz, taking knowledge of her, shows her great favor (2:4-17)
	That which she got, she carries to Naomi (2:18-23)




Chapter 3


	By Naomi's instruction (3:1-4)
	Ruth lies at the feet of Boaz (3:5-7)
	Boaz acknowledges the right of a kinsman (3:8-13)
	He sends her away with six measures of barley (3:14-18)




Chapter 4


	Boaz calls into judgment the next kinsman (4:1-5)
	Who refuses the redemption according to the custom in Israel 
		(4:6-8)
	Boaz buys the inheritance, and marries Ruth (4:9-12)
	She bears Obed, the grandfather of David (4:13-17)
	The generations of Pharez (4:18-22)

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