When David died, his son Solomon became the new king. Solomon was very young when he began to rule Israel. The nation was at peace
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Samuel grew old and wise and guided the people of Israel. Then the people decided they wanted a king, like the other nations around them. God chose a man named Saul to become
David became a strong warrior who won every battle for Israel. Because he made the people proud of their country, the people loved
The Israelites settled in the land of Canaan, the land that God had promised them. Every year the faithful Israelites traveled to the city of Shiloh to visit the tabernacle where they
Over time, a great famine came to the land of Israel. Naomi, her husband, and their two sons moved to the land of Moab. There the boys grew up and married two women from
In the new land, the Promised Land, the Israelites made a home. But from time to time, they worshiped idols made of wood and stone, forgetting the great love God had for them.
For the next forty years, God’s people wandered around in the wilderness. They needed this time to learn to trust God for
God’s rules and laws were perfect, but God’s people were not. They wanted to obey the laws, they wanted to live holy lives, but still they made bad choices and did the wrong things.
The miraculous opening and closing of the Red Sea was only the beginning of God’s powerful way of providing for his people. As
When Jacob moved his family from Canaan to live with Joseph in Egypt, they were a clan of 70 people. For hundreds of years, God’s people lived peacefully and
Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac’s son Jacob all listened to God and followed him. They were not perfect people, but they were God’s
The earth recovered from the great flood. Noah’s family grew and grew and grew. Once again people were scattered over the face