Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers

by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

1. On the Seacoast Plain were:

1.) Ga´za, on the south, the scene of Sam´son's exploits and death (Judg. 16. 21).

2.) Jop´pa, principal seaport of Pal´es-tine (2 Chron. 2. 16; Jonah 1. 3).

3.) Tyre, just beyond the northern boundary of Pa´les-tine, a great commercial city of the Phœ-ni´cians (Josh. 19. 29).

2. In the Mountain Region were:

1.) Be´er-she´ba, in the southern limit of the land (Gen. 21. 31, 33; 1 Sam. 3. 20; 1 Kings 19. 3).

2.) He´bron, burial place of the patriarchs (Gen. 23. 19; 49. 29-31).

3.) Beth´le-hem, the birthplace of Da´vid (1 Sam. 17. 12).

4.) Je-ru´sa-lem, "the city of the great king," which stands due west of the northern point of the Dead Sea (2 Sam. 5. 6-9).

5.) Beth´el, nine miles north of Je-ru´sa-lem, the place of Ja´cob's vision (Gen. 28. 19).