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Traditional illustrations and easy to read text take 7-11s through the stories of the Bible including the Old and the New Testament in this paperback edition of a Lion classic.

Table of Contents

Contents:

Old Testament:
In the Beginning … 6
- Adam and Eve
Noah’s Boat …. 9
The Tower of Babel …. 13
Abraham and Lot … 15
Isaac: the test … 18
A wife for Isaac … 20
The Story of Jacob … 23
Joseph and his brothers … 29
Moses hears God’s call … 37
Pharaoh says no … 40
- The Story of the plagues
- The Escape from Egypt
‘Manna’ in the desert … 44
The ten laws of God … 47
God’s special tent … 50
Rebellion! … 55
- The twelve spies
Rehab and the spies … 58
The fortress-city of Jericho … 60
Israel in the promised land … 63
Gideon’s three hundred … 66
Samson the strong … 69
Ruth leaves home … 70
Hannah’s baby … 73
Samuel, the king-maker … 80
The shepherd-boy and the giant … 83
- David and Goliath
David and the king’s son … 87
- The story of David and Jonathan
Long live King David! … 91
- David and Bathsheba
- Nathan the prophet
- Absalom’s rebellion
Salomon the wise … 97
- The queen of Sheba
Solomon builds a house for God … 101
Elijah and the prophets of Baal … 105
King Ahab ad the vineyard … 111
Stories of Elisha … 113
- The house at Shunem
- Naaman’s story
Joash – the boy king … 119
Invasion from the north … 123
- King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah
Josiah’s discovery … 129
Jeremiah and the fall of Jerusalem … 132
Ezekiel and the exiles … 138
The Story of Daniel … 141
- The golden statue
- Belshazzar’s feast
- Daniel in the lion-pit
Back home in Jerusalem! … 148
- Ezra and Governor Nehemiah
The plot that failed … 154
- The story of Queen Esther
The Runaway … 158
- Jonah’s story

New Testament
A girl named Mary … 162
‘His name is John’ … 164
- John the Baptism
The King born in a stable … 167
Strangers – and a star … 171
- The story of the wise men
The boy in the Temple … 175
The King’s herald … 177
Jesus goes to a wedding … 181
The twelve friends … 182
Lessons out of the doors … 184
- The ‘sermon on the mount
The paralysed man … 189
The Storm … 191
Visit to Jerusalem … 192
Trouble about the Sabbath … 195
King Herod’s birthday … 197
Believing – and forgiving … 198
The good shepherd … 200
Alive and well! … 202
God’s Kingdom … 204
The hungry crowd … 207
- Jesus feeds 5000 people
On the mountain … 208
The two sons … 210
The Pharisees and their questions … 212
Martha, Mary, and Lazarus … 215
On the way to Jerusalem … 218
- Bartimaeus and Zacchaeus
The King rides in … 221
The last meal – and betrayal! … 225
Sentenced to death … 227
Alive from the dead! … 232
Wind and fire! … 238
The lame man – and a warning … 240
Stephen … 242
Paul joins the Christians … 244
Peter and Cornelius … 246
The travels of Paul … 249
Prison – and shipwreck … 254

About the Author

Pat Alexander is a former editorial director of Lion Publishing and compiler and author of many books ranging from the best-selling Lion Handbook to the Bible to The Lion First Bible. She lives in Oxford. Carolyn Cox has illustrated several other books for Lion. These include My Book of Bible Stories, My Book of Prayers and the First Look series.

Reviews

`No wonder that this book has been used in schools for many years. The stories are told clearly and briefly without losing anything in the re-telling, and are enhanced by the illustrations that bring the stories to life, action pictures that tell their own story by the wonderful expressions on the characters faces.’
*The Good Book Stall*

`All the main stories of the Old and New Testaments are attractively presented... like a series of rich, short stories.’
*The Good Book Guide*