Harmony of Books of Kings and Chronicles

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OUTLINE The Life Application Study Bible has a new, custom-made outline that was designed specifically from an application point of view. Several unique features should be noted: 1. To avoid confusion and to aid memory work, each book outline has only three levels for headings. Main outline heads are marked with a capital letter. Subheads are marked by a number. Minor explanatory heads have no letter or number.

2. Each main outline head marked by a letter also has a brief paragraph below it summarizing the content of the following Bible text and offering a general application.

3, Parallel passages are listed where they apply in the Gospels.

HARMONY OF BOOKS OF KINGS AND CHRONICLES

Aramaic

begins

Nehemiah to replace

Ezra builds Malachi Hebrew

i eS A Jerusalem becomes as Jewish

wa a prophet janguage

458 445 430 (?) 390

460 438 399 384

a SN 148 Greek sculptor B Socrates Arstotle

Democritus, 4 457 The Phidias makes 10 ans condemned born 370

an atomic han Golden Age Parthenon? 60-foot-high agree to to death by Plato writ

'Y in Athens pbuilton S'atue of Zeus— Athenian jury lato Wes

by arguing that’ Greece top of one of the concept of his most

all bodies are begins Athens’ seven wonders 4 dictator famous book,

made of indivisible ‘cropolis Orthe ancient = times The Republic

and unchangeable p world of military

atoms emergency

A harmony of the books of 1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles was developed to help you understand the interplay between these books. The chart is set up like a timeline, providing you with the names of the kings listed chronologically, a brief overview of each king’s reign, and where you can read about each king. It also includes the names of all the prophets—as well as when and to whom they prophesied—so you can put their prophecies into context as well. The harmony feature is located between the books of 1 and 2 Kings.

HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS A harmony of the Gospels was developed specifically for this Bible. It is the first harmony that has ever been incorporated into the Bible text. Through a unique and simple numbering system (found both in the harmony feature and parenthesized in the subheads throughout the Gospels), you can read any Gospel account and see just where you are in relation to other events in the life of Christ. The harmony feature is located after the Gospel of John and explained in detail there.

PERSONALITY PROFILES Another unique feature of this Bible is the profiles of many Bible people, including their strengths and weaknesses, greatest accomplishments and mistakes, and key lessons from their lives. The profiles of these people are found in the Bible books where their stories occur.

MAPS The Life Application Study Bible has more maps than any other Bible. A thorough and comprehensive Bible atlas is built right into each Bible book. There are two kinds of maps: (1) A book introduction map, telling the story of that Bible book. (2) Thumbnail maps in the notes, plotting most geographic movements in the Bible. In addition to these

Judas

Temple of Maccabeus

Jerusalem begins

plundered by a revolt

Antiochus IV against

169 Antiochus lV

165

a;

241 215 139

Romans build Romans Great Wall Jews and 100 57

first paved road, conquer of China astrologers Julius C Cleopatra

the “Appian Way,”I — Sicily and built banished ‘ist omeonwe becomes last

from Rome add their first from Rome Hist emperor independent

to Capua non-italian of Rome, born Egyptian

territory to the 102 ruler of the

330 Roman Empire First ancient world

Alexander 255 pike “ ach Pans

defeats the Old Testament east coast and make pane

j i of India;

Persian Empire vransiated ball bearings part of Roman

and called the used in 1

Septuagint Danish AD. 442

epiuagi cart wheels

numerous black-and-white maps, there is an entirely new and comprehensive set of color maps and diagrams at the back of this Bible.

CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS Hundreds of charts and diagrams are included to help the reader better visualize difficult concepts or relationships. Most charts not only present the needed information but show the significance of the information as well.

CROSS-REFERENCES A carefully organized cross-reference system in the margins of the Bible text helps the reader find related passages quickly. A cross-reference marked by two slashes H indicates that the cross-reference is a parallel passage, largely identical to the identified text in content and wording. A cross-reference marked by a dagger + indicates that the identified text either quotes from the cross-reference or the cross-referenced text quotes the identified text.

TEXTUAL NOTES AND SECTIONAL HEADINGS Directly related to the New Living Translation text, the textual notes examine such things as alternate translations, meaning of Hebrew and Greek terms, Old Testament quotations, and variant readings in the ancient biblical manuscripts. The NLT text also contains sectional headings in order to help you more easily understand the subject and content of each section. These headings appear as the third level of the three-level header system. The headings throughout the Gospels also include a parenthesized number, relating each passage to the “Harmony of the Gospels” feature.

Jesus crucified;

Herod

Jesus ascends

the Great on rier into heaven;

made king Judea heving his Pentecost;

of Judea becomes gins i early church

bythe = Mary, werag Paul a Roman ministry, beginnings

Romans Jesus’ the Great born province; Pontius Pilate

a7 mother, begins Jesus 5? ~— Jesus visits appointed — Jesus Paul’s

born ron odeling Christ Herod Temple governor —_ begins his conversion

N Temple in born — the Great asa boy 2 ministry on amascus

Va ON {oad

Jerusalem *® dies

A.D. 1

Simo Saddles Tiberius

wrestling first used succeeds

f in Japan in Europe Caesar Augustus

Cleopatra ver y as Roman emperor

Marc Antony, Zealots in

both die Judea rebel

%G by suicide against Rome

Julius Caesar

became dictator

for life, then was

assassinated

two years later

A CHRISTIAN WORKER’S RESOURCE The Christian Worker’s Resource is a special supplement written with you in mind. It includes five articles that you will find useful in your ministry: (1) “How to Become a Christian” includes the basic steps of becoming a believer, along with Bible verses you can use to guide someone to faith. (2) “How to Follow up with a New Believer” gives you fourteen discussion points to walk through with a new believer over the course of several weeks. These will help him or her to understand the basics of the Christian faith. (3) “Mining the Treasures of the Life Application Study Bible” gives you a taste of the depth of the study notes by offering often-asked questions in twenty-five categories (that you probably have been asked from time to time) and sends you to life application notes that help to answer those questions. (4) “So You've Been Asked to Speak” walks you through the process of preparing a talk or Bible study using the many features of the Life Application Study Bible. (5) Finally, “ Taking the Step to Application” teaches you how to make application a natural part of your personal study, as well as a part of Bible studies you lead or talks you give.

MASTER INDEX This Bible contains a complete master index to all the notes, charts, maps, and personality profiles, as well as separate indexes for charts (listed canonically), maps (listed canonically), and personality profiles (listed alphabetically).

DICTIONARY/CONCORDANCE A concise concordance identifies terms and proper names of special interest and points to the important occurrences in context. Each word is followed by a brief definition or description.

Paul writes

Romans;

ra, ea sr

imprisoned writes Paul mass

in Caesarea PrsOn released suicide

57 fetters” trom

Paul's 60 at Masada

Herod Paul voyage prison ~~ Romans —_ while under

Agrippa begins to. Rome 62 destroy Roman Apostle

appointed first Jerusalem attack John

_ king of missionary Paul 70 73 writes

sudea Journey martyred / Revelation

va 95

tondon Pomans Pmperor / a

founded, begin Claudius 79,

first definite using poisoned \ 74 Mount Vesuvius

reference soap by order Painting China opens in Italy erupts,

to diamonds of his wife; on canvas silk trade killing 30,000 people

Nero with the west and burying cities

becomes 64 68 of Pompeii and

emperor Fire burns Romans destroy "5 Herculaneum

much of Rome. a Jewish religious Rome begins

Nero blames commune at Qumran. construction of

Christians Before the Qumran famous Colosseum

for setting it community was

captured, they hid

their library of Bible

manuscripts in a cave

by the Dead Sea

(discovered in 1948)