PREFACE

This volume contains stories from the Old Testament, not included in the previous volume of this series, "Hero Tales from the Old Testament." It tells of brave women and strong men, of marvelous adventures and escapes, of gallant struggles for liberty, of good and bad kings, of national deliverance and captivity. Some of these stories are given in the form of great symbolic poems and stories like the "Pilgrim's Progress," conveying some great truth by means of poetic imagery, others are the literal recital of historic facts. All are full of the deepest interest and are of profound moral value.

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CONTENTS

TALES OF THE FAR-OFF DAYS. [13]
The Story of Creation. [15]
A Story of Disobedience and Its Consequences. [19]
The Story of the First Murder. [22]
The Story of the Flood. [24]
The Story of the Tower of Babel. [32]

TALES OF BRAVE WOMEN. [33]
Ruth. [35]
Deborah. [51]
Esther. [60]
Judith. [80]

TALES OF ELIJAH AND ELISHA. [109]

TALES OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE. [163]
Jonah. [165]
Samson. [172]
Daniel. [183]
Nehemiah. [212]

THE STORY OF A DIVIDED KINGDOM. [235]
The Kingdom of the South. [237]
1 Rehoboam. [237]
2 Abijah. [242]
3 Asa. [247]
4 Jehoshaphat. [255]
5 Jehoram. [266]
6 Ahaziah. [269]
7 Athaliah. [271]
8 Joash. [277] [{12}]
9 Amaziah. [281]
10 Uzziah. [287]
11 Jotham. [292]
12 Ahaz. [293]
13 Hezekiah. [299]
14 Manasseh. [317]
15 Amon. [322]
16 Josiah. [323]
17 Jehoahaz. [332]
18 Jehoiakim. [335]
19 Jehoiachin. [346]
20 Zedekiah. [348]

The Kingdom of the North [353]
1 Jeroboam. [353]
2 Nadab. [367]
3 Baasha. [368]
4 Elah. [370]
5 Zimri. [373]
6 Omri. [374]
7 Ahab. [377]
8 Ahaziah. [382]
9 Joram. [387]
10 Jehu. [395]
11 Jehoahaz. [399]
12 Joash. [400]
13 Jeroboam II. [401]
14 Zechariah [402]
15 Shallum. [403]
16 Menahem. [404]
17 Pekahiah. [407]
18 Pekah. [408]
19 Hoshea. [411]

TALES OF THE MACCABEES. [415]

NOTES. [485]

MEMORY VERSES [499]

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TALES OF THE FAR-OFF DAYS

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Map of Palestine in Old Testament times.