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Preserved in the World English Bible (WEB), King James Version (KJV), and Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV), the eighteen Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha books bridge the intertestamental period between the return from Babylon and the New Testament era.
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 9 Chapters
1 Esdras ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 9 chapters). Key figures: Jacob/Israel , Solomon , David , Moses , Joram , Aaron . Key places: Jerusalem , Egypt , Carchemish , Euphrates , Megiddo , Judea . Opens with: "AND Josias held the passover in Jerusalem to his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month;..."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 51 Chapters
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 51 chapters). Key figures: Lot , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Adam , Aaron , Enoch . Key places: Sin , Ophir , Jerusalem , Hermon , Jericho , Pishon . Opens with: "All wisdom comes from the Lord, And is with him forever...."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 16 Chapters
The First Book of the Maccabees ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 16 chapters). Key figures: Jacob/Israel , Judah , David , Mattathias , Simeon , Simon . Key places: Greece , Rome , Jerusalem , Egypt , Zimri , Samaria . Opens with: "AND it came to pass, after that Alexander the Macedonian, the son of Philip, who came out of the land of Chittim, and struck Darius king of ..."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 19 Chapters
The Wisdom of Solomon ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 19 chapters). Key places: Sodom . Opens with: "Love righteousness, you⌃ that be judges of the earth, Think you⌃ of the Lord with a good mind, And in singleness of heart seek you⌃ him;..."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 15 Chapters
The Second Book of the Maccabees ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 15 chapters). Key figures: Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel , Judas , Jonathan , Moses . Key places: Jerusalem , Egypt , Persia , Cyrene , Asia , Phoenicia . Opens with: "THE brethren, the Jews that are in Jerusalem and they that are in the country of Judaea, send greeting to the brethren, the Jews that are th..."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 16 Chapters
Judith ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 16 chapters). Key figures: Arpachshad (or Arphaxad ), Moab , Ammon , Asshur , Lud , Ishmael . Key places: Nineveh , Ecbatana , Euphrates , Tigris , Persia , Cilicia . Opens with: "IN the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the Assyrians in Nineveh , the great city; in the days of Arphaxad, who ..."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 14 Chapters
Tobit ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 14 chapters). Key figures: Naphtali , Asher , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Aaron , Levi . Key places: Kedesh 1 , Galilee , Nineveh , Jerusalem , Baal , Media . Opens with: "THE book of the words of Tobit, the son of Tobiel, the son of Ananiel, the son of Aduel, the son of Gabael, of the seed of Asiel, of the tri..."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 5 Chapters
Baruch ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 5 chapters). Key figures: Judah , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Canaan . Key places: Babylon , Jerusalem , Egypt , Canaan , Teman . Opens with: "AND these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maaseas, the son of Sedekias, the son of Asadias, the son of..."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 7 Chapters
The Third Book of the Maccabees ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 7 chapters). Key figures: Simon , Jacob/Israel , Eleazar , Abram/Abraham , Daniel . Key places: Jerusalem , Egypt , Alexandria , Syria , Phoenicia , Hermon . Opens with: "Now Philopater, on learning from those who came back that Antiochus had made himself master of the places which belonged to himself, sent or..."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 1 Chapters
Bel and the Dragon ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 1 chapters). Key figures: Daniel . Key places: Babylon . Opens with: "AND king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom...."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 16 Chapters
2 Esdras ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 16 chapters). Key figures: Eleazar , Aaron , Levi , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Judah . Key places: Egypt , Tyre , Sidon , Sodom , Gomorrah , Jerusalem . Opens with: "THE second book of the prophet Esdras, Saraias, the son of Azaraias, the son of Helkias, the son of Salemas, the son of Sadoc, the son of Ah..."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 18 Chapters
The Fourth Book of the Maccabees ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 18 chapters). Key figures: Eleazar , Joseph , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Simeon , Levi . Key places: Asia , Syria , Phoenicia , Cilicia , Jerusalem , Egypt . Opens with: "As I am going to demonstrate a most philosophical proposition, namely, that religious reasoning is absolute master of the passions, I would ..."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 0 Chapters
The Rest of the Chapters of the Book of Esther, which are found neiither in the Hebrew, nor in the Chaldee ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 0 chapters).
Interactive 3D Cliffside Stronghold • 1 Samuel 22:4–5 & 24:22
3D terrain and architectural model of the isolated rhomboid rock plateau of Masada (Hebrew Metzada, 'the stronghold') rising 400 meters above the Dead Sea south of En-Gedi—associated with David 's wilderness stronghold ( 1 Samuel 22:4–5 ; 24:22 ) and later fortified with casemate walls, storehouses, and a hanging northern palace by Herod the Great.
Interactive 3D Archaeological Complex • Isaiah 40:3
3D photogrammetry reconstruction of the Khirbet Qumran settlement plateau overlooking the Dead Sea in the Judean Wilderness, featuring the watchtower, scriptorium, communal dining hall, aqueduct-fed ritual immersion pools (miqva'ot), and adjacent marl scroll caves.
Interactive 3D Manuscript & Jar Reconstruction • Isaiah 40 & Psalms
Second Temple period biblical manuscripts written on parchment and papyrus and sealed inside cylindrical terracotta storage jars in the eleven caves above Khirbet Qumran on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea—including the complete Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaᵃ).
Interactive 3D Judean Coin • Mark 12:41–44 & Luke 21:1–4
Small bronze Hasmonean prutah/lepton minted in Jerusalem under King Alexander Jannaeus that remained the smallest denomination bronze coin in daily circulation during the first century AD—universalized in the Gospels as the 'widow's mite' cast into the Temple treasury ( Mark 12:42 ; Luke 21:2 ).
Zerubbabel
Connected via Apocrypha & Deuterocanonical Literature 75%
Messianic Line
Generation 53 • Messianic Line • Child of Shealtiel
Zerubbabel is a biblical figure in Generation 53 of the Messianic Line , child of Shealtiel , parent of Abihud . ( Matthew 1:12 )
Ezra
Connected via Apocrypha & Deuterocanonical Literature 75%
Gen 48
Generation 48 • Child of Seraiah
( Ezra 7:1 )Ezra was the priest who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity and recorded the events in the book of the Bible named Ezra.
Judith 1
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Judith • Chapter 1 (16 verses)
IN the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the Assyrians in Nineveh , the great city; in the days of Arphaxad , who reigned over the Medes in Ecbatana , and built at Ecbatana and round about it walls of hewn stones three cubits broad and six cubits long, an... Mentions: Arpachshad (or Arphaxad), Moab , Ammon , Nineveh , Ecbatana, Euphrates , Tigris , Persia .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 1 (27 verses)
All wisdom comes from the Lord, And is with him forever. The sand of the seas, and the drops of rain, And the days of eternity, who shall count? The height of the heaven, and the breadth of the earth, And the deep, and wisdom, who shall search them out?
Mattathias
Connected via Apocrypha & Deuterocanonical Literature 69%
Messianic Line
Generation 61 • Messianic Line • Child of Semein
Mattathias is a biblical figure in Generation 61 of the Messianic Line , child of Semein , parent of Maath . ( Luke 3:26 )
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 19 (27 verses)
A workman that is a drunkard shall not become rich: He that despises small things shall fall by little and little. Wine and women will make men of understanding to fall away: And he that cleaves to harlots will be the more reckless. Moths and worms shall have him to heritage; And...
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 15 (20 verses)
He that fears the Lord will do this; And he that has possession of the law shall obtain her. And as a mother shall she meet him, And receive him as a wife married in her virginity. With bread of understanding shall she feed him, And give him water of wisdom to drink.