Pharaoh and Moses King David King Solomon The Queen of Sheba Queen Jezebel King Belshaar Queen Ester About the Kings and Queens Introduction “The Old Testament is full of kings and queens, vivid characters who play an important part in the history of the people who came to be called the Jews. “Some were…
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The Birth of Jesus as Re-told by Lois Rock in Five Minutes
Image Credit: Amazoú The Birth of Jesus “The people of Israel believed firmly that they were God’s people. After all, God had made a promise to Abraham. Moses and Samuel had helped them to live as God’s people God’s laws helped them understand right from wrong. Great David had won battles and, he became the…
A List of the Kings of the Jews Before Jesus
Here are some kings of the Jews before Jesus: King David Playing the Harp (1622) by Gerard van Honthorst Image Credit: Wikipedia David Was the First King of the Israelites [Jews] “According to Jewish works such as the Seder Olam Rabbah, Seder Olam Zutta, and Sefer ha-Qabbalah (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as…
Five-Minute Bible Sories by Lois Rock
Image Credit: Amazon Contents The Beginning of the World The Garden of Eden Noah and the Flood The Tower of Babel Abraham and Isaac Joseph and His Dreams The Baby in the Basket Moses and the Great Escape Samuel Hears a Voice David and Goliath Jonah and the Big Fish The Birth of Jesus Jesus…
The Story of the Angel Who Visited the Virgin Mary in Nazareth, as Re-told by Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola’s Book of Bible Stories Image Credit: Tomie dePaola on Amazonp “In the sixth onth, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings,…
The Story of the Magi, as Re-told by Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola’s Book of Bible Stories Image Credit: Tomie dePaola on Amazon In his Book of Bible Stories, Tomie dePaola tells the story of the Magic who traveled to visit Jesus as follows: “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked,…
The Story of the Birth of Jesus, as Re-told by Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola’s Book of Bible Stories Image Credit: Tomie dePaola on Amazon In his Book of Bible Stories, Tomie dePaola tells the story of the birth of Jesus as follows: Jesus Is Born “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first…
The Illustrated Bible
Image Credit: Amazon Retold by Lois Rock Illustrated by Christina Balit 2005 The Old Testament The Making of the World The Story of the Garden of Eden The Tree of Knowledge Beyond the Garden The Story of the Flood The Flood Rises The Flood Falls The Promise of the Rainbow Abraham and the Covenant Abraham…
The Birth and Childhood of Jesus
“For unto us a child is born… And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 6;9 The Coming of Jesus. Luke 2: 2 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should…
Who Was Moses in the Bible?
“ABRAHAM, a descendant of Shem, one of the sons of Noah, was the father and founder of the great Israelitish, or Hebrew, nation. God chose him from all the people living on the earth at that time, for this purpose, promising that He would make his name great and that his descendants should have for…