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Learning & Values Jewish History A Brief Biblical History

The Kingdom of Israel

The House of Jeroboam, The House of Baasha, Zimri, The House of Omri, Ahab, Elijah, Divine Revelation on Mount Carmel, Ahab's War with Benhadad, Murder of Naboth, Ahab's Last Years of Reign, Ahaziah, Elisha, King Joram (Jehoram), Elisha's Miracles, Samaria under Siege, End of the House of Omri, The House of Jehu, Jeroboam II, The Prophet Hosea, The Prophet Amos, The Prophet Jonah, End of the Kingdom of Israel

By Jacob Isaacs

Published by Kehot Publication Society

The House of Jeroboam

Jeroboam's Sin, Jeroboam and the True Prophet, The Queen Visits Prophet Ahijah, Nadab's Short Reign

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The House of Baasha

Baasha's War against Judah, Elah

Zimri

Zimri's Short Reign

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The House of Omri

New Dynasty

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Ahab

Jezebel's Influence

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Elijah

Elijah's Warning, At the Cherith Brook, The Widow of Zarephath, Elijah Revives the Widow's Son, Obadiah

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Divine Revelation on Mount Carmel

Elijah's Challenge, The Contest, Divine Revelation, End of the Famine, Elijah's Flight, G-d's Message on Mt. Horeb, Elijah's Successor

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Ahab's War with Benhadad

Benhadad's Invasion, Liberation of the City, Battle in the Plains, Ahab's Victory

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Murder of Naboth

Ahab Covets Naboth's Vineyard, Jezebel's Crime, Elijah's Admonition

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Ahab's Last Years of Reign

Alliance with Judah, Conflicting Prophecies, Ahab's Death

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Ahaziah

Ahab's Sons

Elisha

Elijah Goes Up To Heaven, Elisha Succeeds Elijah, Elisha's Miracles

King Joram (Jehoram)

Internal Policy, War Against Moab

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Elisha's Miracles

Timely Messenger, The Pot of Oil,Elisha and the Shunemmite, Elisha Sustains the Prophets, Elisha and Naaman, Naaman Cured, Gehazi's Avarice and Punishment, Further Miracles

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Samaria under Siege

Famine and War, The Tables Turned, The King's Distress, The Four Lepers, Elisha's Prophecy on Syria

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End of the House of Omri

Jehu Anointed, Joram's End, Jezebel's End

The House of Jehu

Jehu's Reign, Jehoahaz, Joash, Elisha's Death

Jeroboam II

Long, Successful Reign, Economic Boom

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The Prophet Hosea

Call to Return

The Prophet Amos

Denounces Injustice, Message in Bethel

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The Prophet Jonah

Jonah's Flight, Jonah in Nineveh

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End of the Kingdom of Israel

Zechariah-Shallum-Menahem, Assyrian Oppression, Pekahiah and Pekah, Hoshea--Last King of Israel, End of Northern Kingdom

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Our People: A History of the Jews »

By Jacob Isaacs

Our People, originally published in 1946, was the first Jewish history book for the English speaking reader. Read today, it still provides a comprehensive outline of Jewish history, and also a view of the telling of history as it evolved over the last century.

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