Did you ever dip into the Bible, read a bit of it, and wonder how it all fit together: who was with whom and when and how
it related to history chronicled or discovered elsewhere? Then these are the books for you.
In particular, this volume covers the time from the death of Moses to the death of Elisha, Elijah's great disciple and God's great prophet. It covers the time of the Judges of Israel, several of the great pre-Babylonian
prophets, the establishment of the great kingship, David's reign, Solomon and the building of the First Temple, the rise and extension of oral prophecy, and an age of miracles, including raising people from the dead, multiple healings, and miraculous feedings from small amounts of food, fire from heaven to confound the prophets of Baal, and many other wonders.
This book paints a sequential portrait of one of the most important times for the country and people of Israel. Anyone interested in the Bible for religious, political, and/or historical reasons will find this series fascinating and full of information that is often buried or obscured in readings and material that are solely devotional. The author also includes maps of the inheritances of the tribes of Israel (and Judah). A
discussion of the sources of the history and an interesting discussion in the introduction prepares one well for this TREAT of a book. It makes the Bible come alive, and seem real, in way that few other books even attempt.