The History of Susanna • Chapter 1 (64 verses)
THERE lived a man in Babylon , and his name was Joakim: and he took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Helkias, a very fair woman, and one that feared the Lord. Her parents also were righteous, and taught their daughter according to the law of Moses . Mentions: Moses , Daniel , Jacob/Israel , Canaan , Judah , Babylon .
Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom
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.
Wiki Article • History & Monarchy
After the death of Solomon , the monarchy split under Rehoboam and Jeroboam ( 1 Kings 12 ) into the northern Kingdom of Israel (centered at Samaria ) and the southern Kingdom of Judah (ruled by the Davidic line in Jerusalem ).
The Structural Backbone of Redemptive History from Eden to the New Covenant
Covenants form the primary structural framework of redemptive history explicitly narrated across the Old and New Testaments: Adamic ( Gen 2 -3), Noahic ( Gen 9 ), Abrahamic ( Gen 12 /15/17), Mosaic ( Exod 19 -24), Davidic ( 2 Sam 7 ), and New Covenant ( Jer 31 , Luke 22 , Heb 8 ).
word, matter, event, divine decree
Word, speech, matter, historic event; the Word of the LORD (Dǝḇar YHWH) as dynamic creative and prophetic power executing God's sovereign will in history.
Derivation: From דָּבַר (H1696) to speak.
Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant
The biblical account of Creation opens in Genesis 1:1 as God brings order, light, and life out of chaos over six days, culminating in the creation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Interactive 3D Cuneiform Tablet • Genesis 11:28–31
Mesopotamian clay administrative tablet from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100–2000 BC) recording offerings of barley-fed sheep and goats, illustrating the scribal culture and urban economy of southern Mesopotamia around the patriarchal era of Ur of the Chaldeans ( Genesis 11:28–31 ).
a space of time, an age, eternity, forever
Primary meaning: a space of time, an age, eternity, forever, never. Strong's: properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future). Lexical nuances: in cl., like Lat. aevum (LS, MM, VGT , s.v.), a space of time , as, a lifetime, generation, period of history, an indefinitely long period; in NT of an indefinitely long period, an age, eternity , usually c. prep. (MM, VGT ); of the past: ἀπ’ αἰ. (cf. Heb. מֵעוֹלָם ), Lk 1:70 ; of the future: εἰς τ. αἰ. (cf. לְעוֹלָם ), forever , Mt 21:19 ; id., c. neg., never , Jo 4:14 ; more strongly, εἰς τὸν...
Derivation: from the same as G104 (ἀεί);
Interactive 3D Vessel Reconstruction • Genesis 6:14–16
Scale 3D reconstruction of Noah's Ark built to the exact 6:1 length-to-beam ratio specified in Genesis 6:14–16 (300 × 50 × 30 cubits), featuring three internal decks, a side door, and an elevated roof skylight (tzohar) finished one cubit from the top.
Interactive 3D Mesopotamian Ziggurat • Genesis 11:1–9 & 11:31
Three-tiered stepped mudbrick and baked-brick ziggurat erected by King Ur-Nammu at Ur in southern Mesopotamia , featuring three converging monumental staircases ascending toward a summit shrine—illustrating the monumental Mesopotamian temple-tower architecture behind Genesis 11 .
Luke • Chapter 8 (56 verses)
And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom ... Mentions: Mary , Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Galilee .
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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 ..."
Generation 75 • Child of Mary
see Mark 6:3
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..."
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?
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...
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..."
Generation 24 • Child of Joseph
Manasseh is a biblical figure in Generation 24, child of Joseph . ( Genesis 41:51 )
