Category: Bible Stories

Ahab was the last of the six kings who ruled the ten tribes. And he made them serve Baal, and built a house for this false god. These acts did not please God, so he sent Elijah, a seer, to tell Ahab that for years and years there should be no rain in the land.…

Far back in the past, wise men had foretold that the Jews would be kept out of Jerusalem for threescore and ten years, and at the end of that time a king, Cyrus, would let them go back to the land they came from. And he did so. Not all the Jews went back to…

There was a king of Babylon whose name was Nebuchadnezzar. And he sent one of his chief men to choose some of the young Jews who had been well brought up, that they might wait on him. The chief chose four youths whose name were Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. And these were brought to…

There was a seer in Israel whose name was Jonah. And the Lord told Jonah to go to Nineveh, a large town where there was great need of good men. But Jonah did not care to go there, so he ran down to Joppa and found a ship there that would set sail for Tarshish…

As Elijah rose from the earth he let his cloak fall on Elisha. And Elisha went down to the Jordan, and took the cloak and struck the waves, and they stood up on each side, so that he went across dry shod. And it was made known to all the seers and wise men that…

Solomon gave his heart to God when he was young, and tried to lead a good life, and to do no wrong. And God spoke to him in a dream one night and said, Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Grant me, I pray thee a wise mind that I may know…

While Saul was yet king, the Philistines came forth once more to fight the children of Israel. And Saul and his men went out to meet them. There were two high hills on each side of a deep vale, and from these two hills the foemen fought. The Philistines had on their side a man…

There was a man of Israel who went up each year from the town of Ramah to a place called Shiloh to pay his vows to the Lord of hosts. And his wife, whose name was Hannah, went with him. The man’s name was Elkanah. Eli was the highpriest at that time, and as he…

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was a good man and tried to do all that was right in the sight of the Lord. And God gave him ten children: seven boys and three girls. He gave Job great wealth, too, so that there was no man…

When Eli died, Samuel was made a judge in Israel. And he went from place to place to teach men the law. And as the ark had not been brought back to Shiloh, Samuel built an altar in his own house and served God there. The children of Israel set up strange gods, and the…