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II. Institution of the Sabbath, and Fall of Man.

III. History of Adam and his Descendants till the Deluge.

IV. Genealogy of the Patriarchs.

V. State of the World immediately preceding the Deluge.

VI. The Deluge.

VII. The Covenant with Noah.

VIII. Noah prophesies the Fate of his Sons.

PERIOD THE SECOND.

I. The Confusion of Tongues, and Dispersion of Mankind.

II. The Life of Job.

III. The Life of Abraham.

IV. From the Death of Abraham to the Selling of Joseph.

V. History of Joseph and his Family in Egypt.

VI. Death of Jacob and of the Patriarchs.

PERIOD THE THIRD.

FROM THE BIRTH TO THe Death of Moses.

I. The Birth and early Life of Moses.

II. Legation of Moses.

III. From the Legation of Moses to the Infliction of the Plagues of Egypt.

IV. Infliction of the first eight Plagues.

V. Institution of the Passover.

VI. Conclusion of the ten Plagues.

VII. The Exodus.

VIII. The Wandering in the Wilderness.

PERIOD THE FOURTH.

FROM THE ENTRANCE OF THE ISRAELITES INTO CANAAN, UNDER THE COM-
MAND OF JOSHua, to the Death of David.

CHAP.

I. The Conquest of Canaan.

II. General Division of the Country.

III. Last Exhortation and Death of Joshua.

IV. Interregnum after the Death of Joshua.

V. The Government of the Judges.

VI. The Reign of Saul.

VII. The Reign of David.

PERIOD THE FIFTH.

THE REIGN of Solomon.

I. Reign of Solomon before the Dedication of the Temple.

II. The Building of the Temple.

III. The Dedication of the Temple.

IV. Other Buildings and Magnificence of Solomon-The Song of Solomon.

V. Greatness of Solomon-Visit of the Queen of Sheba.

VI. Wisdom of Solomon-Book of Proverbs.

VII. Offence of Solomon-Book of Ecclesiastes.

VIII. The Death of Solomon.

PERIOD THE SIXTH.

FROM THE Elevation of REHOBOAM TO THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY.

I. Reign of Rehoboam, King of Judah, 17 years, and contemporary Events

in the Kingdom of Israel.

II. Reign of Abijam, second King of Judah, with the contemporary Events

in the Kingdom of Israel, 3 years.

III. Reign of Asa, third King, &c. &c. 41 years.

IV. Reign of Jehoshaphat, fourth King, &c. &c. 25 years.

V. Reign of Jehoram, fifth King, &c. &c. 4 years.

VI. Reign of Ahaziah, sixth King, &c. &c. 1 year.

VII. Reign of Athaliah, Queen, &c. &c. 6 years.

VIII. Reign of Joash, eighth King, &c. &c. 40 years.

IX. Reign of Amaziah, ninth king, &c. &c. 29 years.

X. Reign of Uzziah, tenth King, &c. &c. 51 years.

XI. Reign of Jotham, eleventh King, &c. &c. 16 years.

XII. Reign of Ahaz, twelfth King, &c. &c. 16 years.

XIII. Reign of Hezekiah, thirteenth King, &c. &c. 29 years.

XIV. Reign of Manasseh, fourteenth King, &c. &c. 55 years.

XV. Reign of Amon, fifteenth King, 2 years.

XVI. Reign of Josiah, sixteenth King, 31 years.

XVII. Reign of Jehoahaz, seventeenth King, 3 months.

XVIII. Reign of Jehoiakim, eighteenth King, 11 years.

In the fourth year of whose reign Daniel was taken captive; from which

event are computed the seventy years of the Babylonish Captivity.

PERIOD THE SEVENTH.

THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY.—Seventy Years.-FROM 606 To 536.

CHAP.

I. Events at Jerusalem, from the Commencement of the Captivity, to the

Burning of the Temple.

II. Contemporary Events at Babylon, during the same Period.

III. History of that Portion of the Jewish Nation, which was not carried Captive

to Babylon, after the Burning of the Temple and the Destruction of

Jerusalem.

IV. Events at Babylon, between the Destruction of the Temple, and the Return

of the Jews from their Captivity, on the Decree of Cyrus.

PERIOD THE EIGHTH.

FROM THE TERMINATION OF THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY, TO THE REFOR-

MATION OF WORSHIP by NEHEMIAH, AND THE COMPLETION of the Canon

OF THE OLD TESTAMENT BY SIMON THE JUST.-FROM 536 to about 300.

I. From the Decree of Cyrus to the Dedication of the second Temple.

II. From the Dedication of the second Temple to the Death of Haman.

III. The Reformation by Nehemiah, and the Completion of the Canon of the

Old Testament by Simon the Just.