Hurlbut’s Story of the Bible

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

ene 1966 · Ravenio Books

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This classic is organized as follows:

Introduction: The Purpose and Plan of This Book

Part First: Stories From the First Five Books in the Bible
1. The Story of a Beautiful Garden (Genesis i: 1, to iii: 24)
2. The First Baby in the World and His Brother (Genesis iv: 1 to 18)
3. The Great Ship That Saved Eight People (Genesis v: 1, to ix: 17)
4. The Tower That Was Never Finished (Genesis x: 1, to xi: 9)
5. The Story of a Long Journey (Genesis xi: 27, to xiii: 18)
6. How Lot’s Choice Brought Trouble and Abram’s Choice Brought Blessing (Genesis xiv: 1, to xv: 21)
7. The Angel by the Well (Genesis xvi: 1, to xvii: 27)
8. The Rain of Fire That Fell on a City (Genesis xviii: 1, to xix: 30)
9. The Boy Who Became an Archer (Genesis xxi: 1, to 21)
10. How an Angel’s Voice Saved a Boy’s Life (Genesis xxii: 1, to xxiii: 20)
11. The Story of a Journey After a Wife (Genesis xxiv: 1, to xxv: 18)
12. How Jacob Stole His Brother’s Blessing (Genesis xxv: 27, to xxvii: 46)
13. Jacob’s Wonderful Dream (Genesis xxvii: 46, to xxx: 24)
14. A Midnight Wrestling Match (Genesis xxx: 25, to xxxiii: 20)
15. The Rich Man’s Son Who Was Sold as a Slave (Genesis xxxvii: 1 to 36)
16. From the Prison to the Palace (Genesis xl: 1, to xli: 44)
17. How Joseph’s Dream Came True (Genesis xli: 46, to xlii: 38)
18. A Lost Brother Found (Genesis xliii: 1, to xlv: 24)
19. From the Land of Famine to the Land of Plenty (Genesis xlv: 25, to l: 26)
20. The Beautiful Baby Who Was Found in a River (Exodus i: 1, to ii: 22)
21. The Voice From the Burning Bush (Exodus iii: 1, to iv: 31)
22. The River That Ran Blood (Exodus vi: 28, to x: 29)
23. The Night When a Nation Was Born (Exodus xi: 1, to xiii: 22)
24. How the Sea Became Dry Land and the Sky Rained Bread (Exodus xiv: 1 to xvi: 36)
25. The Mountain That Smoked and Words That Were Spoken From It (Exodus xvii: 1, to xxxi: 18)
26. How Aaron Made a Golden Calf and What Became of It (Exodus xxxii: 1, to xxiv: 35)
27. The Tent Where God Lived Among His People (Exodus xxxv: 1, to xl: 38)
28. How They Worshipped God in the Tabernacle (Leviticus i: 1 to 13; viii: 1 to 13; Exodus xxvii: 20, 21)
29. What Strong Drink Brought to Aaron’s Sons (Leviticus x: 1, to 11)
30. The Scapegoat in the Wilderness (Leviticus xvi: 1 to 34)
31. The Cluster of Grapes From the Land of Canaan (Numbers xiii: 1, to xiv: 45)
32. How the Long Journey of the Israelites Came to an End (Numbers xx: 1, to xxii: 1)
33. What a Wise Man Learned From an Ass (Numbers xxii: 2, to xxv: 18; xxxi: 1 to 9)
34. How Moses Looked Upon the Promised Land (Numbers xxvi: 1 to 4, 63 to 65; xxxii: 1 to 42; Deuteronomy xxxi: 1, to xxxiv: 12)
35. The Story of Job (Job i: 1, to ii: 13; xlii: 1 to 17)

Part Second: Stories of Joshua and the Judges
1. The Story of a Scarlet Cord (Joshua i: 1, to ii: 24)
2. How the River Jordan Became Dry, and the Wall of Jericho Fell Down (Joshua iii: 1, to vi: 27)
3. The Story of a Wedge of Gold (Joshua vii: 1, to viii: 35)
4. How Joshua Conquered the Land of Canaan (Joshua ix: 1, to xi: 23)
5. The Old Man Who Fought Against the Giants (Joshua xiv: 1, to xix: 51)
6. The Avenger of Blood, and the Cities of Refuge (Joshua xx: 1, to xxi: 45)
7. The Story of an Altar Beside the River (Joshua xxii: 1, to xxiv: 33)
8. The Present That Ehud Brought to King Eglon (Judges i: 1, to iii: 31)
9. How a Woman Won a Great Victory (Judges iv: 1, to v: 31)
10. Gideon and His Brave Three Hundred (Judges vi: 1, to viii: 28)
11. Jephthah’s Rash Promise and What Came From It (Judges viii: 33, to xi: 40)
12. The Strong Man: How He Lived and How He Died (Judges xiii: 1, to xvi: 31)
13. The Idol Temple at Dan and Its Priest (Judges xvii: 1, to xviii: 31)
14. How Ruth Gleaned in the Field of Boaz (Ruth i: 1, to iv: 22)
15. The Little Boy With a Linen Coat (I Samuel i: 1, to iii: 21)
16. How the Idol Fell Down Before the Ark (1 Samuel iv: 1, to vii: 1)
17. The Last of the Judges (I Samuel vii: 2 to 17)
18. The Tall Man Who Was Chosen King (I Samuel viii: 1, to x: 27)

Part Third: Stories of the Three Great Kings of Israel
1. How Saul Saved the Eyes of the Men of Jabesh (I Samuel xi: 1, to xii: 25)
2. The Brave Young Prince (I Samuel xiii: 1, to xiv: 46)
3. Saul’s Great Sin and His Great Loss (I Samuel xv: 1 to 35)
4. The Shepherd Boy of Bethlehem (I Samuel xvi: 1 to 23)
5. The Shepherd Boy’s Fight With the Giant (I Samuel xvii: 1 to 54)
6. The Little Boy Looking for the Arrows (I Samuel xvii: 55, to xx: 42)
7. Where David Found the Giant’s Sword (I Samuel xxi: 1, to xxii: 23)
8. How David Spared Saul’s Life (I Samuel xxiii: 1, to xxvii: 12)
9. The Last Days of King Saul (I Samuel xxviii: 1, to xxxi: 13)
10. The Shepherd Boy Becomes a King (Ii Samuel i: 1, to iv: 12)
11. The Sound in the Treetops (Ii Samuel v: 1, to vii: 29)
12. The Cripple at the King’s Table (Ii Samuel viii: 1, to ix: 13)
13. The Prophet’s Story of the Little Lamb (Ii Samuel xi: 1 to 25; Psalm 51)
14. David’s Handsome Son, and How He Stole the Kingdom (Ii Samuel xiii: 1, to xvii: 23)
15. Absalom in the Wood; David on the Throne (Ii Samuel xvii: 24, to xx: 26)
16. The Angel With the Drawn Sword on Mount Moriah (Ii Samuel xxiv: 1 to 25; I Chronicles xxi: 1 to 27)
17. Solomon on David’s Throne (I Kings i: 1 to 53)
18. The Wise Young King (I Kings iii: 1, to iv: 34; Ii Chronicles i: 1 to 13)
19. The House of God on Mount Moriah (I Kings v: 1, to ix: 9; Ii Chronicles iii: 1, to vii: 22)
20. The Last Days of Solomon’s Reign (I Kings x: 1, to xi: 43)

Part Fourth: Stories of the Kingdom of Israel
1. The Breaking Up of a Great Kingdom (I Kings xii: 1 to 24; Ii Chronicles x: 1 to 19)
2. The King Who Led Israel to Sin, and the Prophet Who Was Slain by a Lion (I Kings xii: 25 , to xiv: 20; xv: 25 to 32)
3. The Prophet Who Raised a Boy to Life (I Kings xv: 33, to xvii: 24)
4. The Prayer That Was Answered in Fire (I Kings xviii: 1 to 46)
5. The Voice That Spoke to Elijah in the Mount (I Kings xix: 1 to 21)
6. The Wounded Prophet and His Story (I Kings xx: 1 to 43)
7. What Ahab Paid for His Vineyard (I Kings xxi: 1, to 29)
8. The Arrow That Killed a King (I Kings xxii: 1 to 40)
9. Elijah’s Chariot of Fire (Kings i: 1, to ii: 15)
10. A Spring Sweetened by Salt, and Water That Looked Like Blood (Ii Kings ii: 19, to iii: 27)
11. The Pot of Oil and the Pot of Poison (Ii Kings iv: 1 to 7; iv: 38 to 44; vi: 1 to 7)
12. The Little Boy at Shunem (Ii Kings iv: 8 to 37)
13. How a Little Girl Helped to Cure a Leper (Ii Kings v: 1 to 27)
14. The Chariots of Fire Around Elisha (Ii Kings vi: 8 to 23)
15. What the Lepers Found in the Camp (Ii Kings vi: 24, to vii: 20)
16. Jehu, the Furious Driver of His Chariot (Ii Kings viii: 7 to 15; ix: 1, to x: 36)
17. Elisha and the Bow; Jonah and Nineveh (Ii Kings xiii: 1 to 25; Jonah i: 1, to iv: 11)
18. How the Ten Tribes Were Lost (Ii Kings xv: 8, to xvii: 41)

Part Fifth: Stories of the People and Kingdom of Judah
1. The First Four Kings of Judah (Ii Chronicles xii: 1, to xx: 37)
2. The Little Boy Who Was Crowned King (Ii Chronicles xxi: 1, to xxiv: 27)
3. Three Kings and a Great Prophet (Ii Chronicles xxv: 1, to xxviii: 27; Isaiah vi)
4. The Good King Hezekiah (Ii Kings xviii: 1, to xx: 21; Ii Chronicles xxix: 1, to xxxii: 33; Isaiah xxxvi: 1, to xxxviii: 22)
5. The Lost Book Found in the Temple (Ii Kings xxi: 1, to xxiii: 25; Ii Chronicles xxxiii: 1, to xxxv: 27)
6. The Last Four Kings of Judah and the Weeping Prophet (Ii Kings xxiii: 31, to xxv: 22; Ii Chronicles xxxvi: 1 to 21; Jeremiah xxii: 10 to 12; xxiv: 1 to 10; xxix: 1 to 29; xxxvi: 1, to xliii: 13)
7. What Ezekiel Saw in the Valley (Ezekiel xxxvii)
8. The Jewish Captives in the Court of the King (Daniel i: 1, to ii: 49)
9. The Golden Image and the Fiery Furnace (Daniel iii: 1 to 30)
10. The Tree That Was Cut Down and Grew Again (Daniel iv: 1 to 37)
11. The Writing Upon the Wall (Daniel v: 1 to 31)
12. Daniel in the Den of Lions (Daniel vi: 1 to 28)
13. The Story of a Joyous Journey (Ezra i: 1, to iii: 7)
14. The New Temple on Mount Moriah (Ezra iii: 8, to vi: 22; Haggai i: 1, to ii: 23; Zechariah iv: 6 to 10)
15. The Beautiful Queen of Persia (Esther i: 1, to x: 3)
16. The Scribe Who Wrote the Old Testament (Ezra vii: 1, to x: 44)
17. The Nobleman Who Built the Wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah i: 1, to vii: 73)
18. Ezra’s Great Bible Class in Jerusalem (Nehemiah viii: 1, to xiii: 31; Malachi i: 1, to iv: 6)

Part Sixth: The Story of Jesus
1. The Angel by the Altar (Luke i: 1 to 80)
2. The Manger of Bethlehem (Matthew i: 18 to 25; Luke ii: 1 to 39)
3. The Star and the Wise Men (Matthew ii: 1 to 23)
4. The Boy in His Father’s House (Luke ii: 40 to 52)
5. The Prophet in the Wilderness (Matthew iii: 1 to 17; Mark i: 1 to 11, Luke iii: 1 to 22)
6. Jesus in the Desert, and Beside the River (Matthew iv: 1 to 11; Mark i: 12, 13; Luke iv: 1 to 13; John i: 29 to 51)
7. The Water Jars at the Wedding Feast (John ii: 1, to iii: 21)
8. The Stranger at the Well (Matthew xiv: 3 to 5; Mark vi: 17 to 20; Luke iii: 19, 20; John iii: 22, to iv: 42)
9. The Story of a Boy in Capernaum, and of a Riot in Nazareth (John iv: 46 to 54; Luke iv: 16 to 31)
10. A Net Full of Fishes (Matthew iv: 18 to 22; Mark i: 16 to 34; Luke iv: 33, to v: 11)
11. The Leper, and the Man Let Down Through the Roof (Matthew viii: 2 to 4; ix: 2 to 8; Mark i: 40 to 45; ii: 1 to 12; Luke v: 12 to 26)
12. The Cripple at the Pool, and the Withered Hand in the Synagogue (Matthew xii: 1 to 14; Mark ii: 23, to iii: 6; Luke vi: 1, to 11; John v: 1 to 18)
13. The Twelve Disciples and the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew ix: 9 to 13; v to viii; Mark ii: 13 to 17; Luke v: 27 to 32; vi: 12 to 49)
14. The Captain’s Servant, the Widow’s Son, and the Woman Who Was a Sinner (Matthew viii: 5 to 13; Luke vii: 1 to 17; 36 to 50)
15. Some Stories Jesus Told by the Sea (Matthew xiii: 1 to 53; Mark iv: 1 to 34; Luke viii: 4 to 18)
16. “Peace, Be Still” (Matthew viii: 18 to 34; Mark iv: 35, to v: 21; Luke viii: 22 to 40)
17. The Little Girl Who Was Raised to Life (Matthew ix: 18 to 38; x: 1 to 42; Mark v: 22 to 43; Luke viii: 41 to 56; ix: 1 to 5)
18. A Dancing Girl, and What Was Given Her (Matthew xi: 2 to 19; xiv: 1 to 12; Mark vi: 14 to 29; Luke vii: 18 to 35)
19. The Feast Beside the Sea and What Followed It (Matthew xiv: 13 to 36; Mark vi: 30 to 56; Luke ix: 10 to 17; John vi: 1 to 71)
20. The Answer to a Mother’s Prayer (Matthew xv: 21 to 39; Mark vii: 24, to viii: 26)
21. The Glory of Jesus on the Mountain (Matthew xvi: 13, to xvii: 23; Mark viii: 27, to ix: 32; Luke ix: 18 to 45)
22. The Little Child in the Arms of Jesus (Matthew xvii: 24, to xviii: 35; Mark ix: 33 to 48; Luke ix: 46 to 50)
23. At the Feast of Tabernacles (Matthew viii: 19 to 22; Luke ix: 57 to 62; x: 38 to 42; xvii: 11 to 19; John vii: 2 to 52)
24. The Man With Clay on His Face (John ix: 1 to 41)
25. The Good Shepherd and the Good Samaritan (John x: 1 to 41; Luke x: 1 to 37)
26. Lazarus Raised to Life (John xi: 1 to 55)
27. Some Parables in Perea (Luke xii: 1, to xv: 32)
28. The Poor Rich Man and the Rich Poor Man (Luke xvi: 1 to 31, to xviii: 1 to 34; Matthew xix: 13 to 30; xx: 17 to 19; Mark x: 13 to 34)
29. Jesus at Jericho (Matthew xx: 20 to 34; Mark x: 35 to 52; Luke xviii: 35, to xix: 28)
30. Palm Sunday (Matthew xxi: 1 to 11; xxvi: 6 to 16; Mark ii: 1 to 11; xiv: 3 to 11; Luke xix: 29 to 41; xxii: 3 to 6; John xii: 1 to 19)
31. The Last Visits of Jesus to the Temple (Matthew xxi: 18, to xxiii: 39; Mark xi: 12, to xii: 44; Luke xix: 45, to xxi: 4)
32. The Parables on the Mount of Olives (Matthew xxiv: 1, to xxv: 46; Mark xiii: 1 to 37, Luke xxi: 5 to 38)
33. The Last Supper (Matthew xxvi: 17 to 35; Mark xiv: 12 to 31; Luke xxii: 7 to 38; John xiii: 1, to xvii: 26)
34. The Olive Orchard and the High Priests Hall (Matthew xxvi: 36 to 75; Mark xiv: 32 to 72; Luke xxii: 40 to 62; John xviii: 1 to 27)
35. The Crown of Thorns (Matthew xxvi: 57, to xxvii: 26; Mark xv: 1 to 15; Luke xxii: 66, to xxiii: 25; John xviii: 19, to xix: 16)
36. The Darkest Day of All the World (Matthew xxvii: 31 to 66; Mark xv: 20 to 47; Luke xxiii: 26 to 56; John xix: 16 to 42)
37. The Brightest Day of All the World (Matthew xxviii: 1 to 10; Mark xvi: 1 to 13; Luke xxiv: 1 to 49; John xx: 1 to 23)
38. The Stranger on the Shore (Matthew xxviii: 16 to 20; Mark xvi: 14 to 20; Luke xxiv: 50 to 53; John xx: 26, to xxi: 25; Acts i: 1 to 11; I Corinthians xv: 3 to 8)

Part Seventh: Stories of the Early Church
1. The Church of the First Days (Acts i: 12, to ii: 47)
2. The Man at the Beautiful Gate (Acts iii: 1 to 31)
3. The Right Way to Give, and the Wrong Way (Acts iv: 32, to v: 42)
4. Stephen With the Shining Face (Acts vi: 1, to viii: 3)
5. The Man Reading in the Chariot (Acts viii: 4 to 40)
6. The Voice That Spoke to Saul (Acts ix: 1 to 31; xxii: 1 to 21; Galatians i: 11 to 24)
7. What Peter Saw by the Sea (Acts ix: 32, to xi: 18)
8. How the Iron Gate Was Opened (Acts xii: 1 to 24)
9. The Earliest Missionaries (Acts xi: 19 to 30; xiii: 1, to xiv: 28)
10. The Song in the Prison (Acts xv: 1, to xvi: 40)
11. Paul’s Speech on the Hill (Acts xvii: 1 to 34)
12. Paul at Corinth (Acts xviii: 1 to 22)
13. Paul at Ephesus (Acts xviii: 23, to xx: 1)
14. Paul’s Last Journey to Jerusalem (Acts xx: 2, to xxi: 16)
15. The Speech on the Stairs (Acts xxi: 17 to xxii: 29)
16. Two Years in Prison (Acts xxii: 30, to xxiv: 27)
17. The Story That Paul Told to the King (Acts xxv: 1, to xxvi: 32)
18. Paul in the Storm (Acts xxvii: 1, to xxviii: 1)
19. How Paul Came to Rome and How He Lived There (Acts xxviii: 2 to 31)
20. The Throne of God (Revelation i: 9 to 20; iv: 1, to v: 14)
21. The City of God (Revelations vii: 9 to 17; xxi: 1 to 27; xxii: 1 to 17)