BOOKS
12 matches1 Kings
Solomon's glory and compromise give way to a divided kingdom tested by prophetic word and rival worship.
Open pathway 02Old Testament · History · 29 chapters1 Chronicles
Genealogies and David's reign recenter postexilic Israel on identity, worship, priestly order, and preparation for the temple.
Open pathway 03Old Testament · History · 36 chapters2 Chronicles
Solomon builds the temple; Judah's kings are measured by worship, prophetic response, reform, and the road to exile and return.
Open pathway 04Old Testament · History · 10 chaptersEzra
Returning exiles rebuild the temple and renew covenant identity amid opposition, compromise, and dependence on God's hand.
Open pathway 05Old Testament · History · 13 chaptersNehemiah
Jerusalem's wall is rebuilt under pressure, but the deeper work is rebuilding a covenant community around Scripture, justice, and worship.
Open pathway 06Old Testament · Wisdom · 150 chaptersPsalms
Israel's prayer and praise book teaches the faithful to bring joy, fear, sin, grief, kingship, creation, and hope before God.
Open pathway 07Old Testament · Major Prophets · 52 chaptersJeremiah
A weeping prophet announces covenant judgment and Jerusalem's fall while promising a righteous Branch, return, and a new covenant.
Open pathway 08Old Testament · Major Prophets · 5 chaptersLamentations
Five poems grieve Jerusalem's destruction, confess judgment, protest suffering, remember mercy, and plead for restoration.
Open pathway 09Old Testament · Major Prophets · 48 chaptersEzekiel
Among the exiles, Ezekiel sees divine glory, enacts Jerusalem's judgment, announces responsibility and restoration, and beholds renewed presence.
Open pathway 10Old Testament · Minor Prophets · 3 chaptersJoel
A devastating locust crisis becomes a summons to return, a vision of the day of the LORD, and a promise of the Spirit poured upon all flesh.
Open pathway 11Old Testament · Minor Prophets · 2 chaptersHaggai
The returned community is called to reorder priorities, rebuild the temple, and trust God's presence and future shaking.
Open pathway 12Old Testament · Minor Prophets · 14 chaptersZechariah
Night visions, prophetic signs, and future oracles call returned exiles to rebuild while looking toward a cleansed priesthood, humble king, pierced figure, and universal reign.
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3 matchesSolomon
Son of David; king associated with wisdom and temple building
Open pathway 02First appearance · 2 Kings 16:20Hezekiah
King of Judah associated with reform, Assyrian crisis, prayer, deliverance, and later pride
Open pathway 03First appearance · 2 Kings 21:24Josiah
King of Judah whose reign centers covenant reform after discovery of the book of the law
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1 matchesEVENTS
5 matchesTemple Dedication
Ark, glory, prayer, sacrifice, blessing, and divine response dedicate the house built by Solomon.
Open pathway 02Exile · 2 Kings 24–25; Jeremiah 39; 52Jerusalem Falls
Babylon breaches Jerusalem, destroys temple and palace, deports the population, and leaves a wounded remnant.
Open pathway 03Return · Ezra 1–6Return and Temple Rebuilt
A Persian decree opens return; altar and foundation are laid, resistance delays work, and prophetic encouragement brings completion.
Open pathway 04Intertestamental Context · Daniel 8; 11; Malachi 4 → Luke 1Second Temple Context Bridge
Persian, Greek, and Roman rule; Jewish diaspora; temple-centered life; varied renewal movements; and intensified expectation form the historical bridge into the Gospel world. This corridor is historical context, not an additional book of Scripture.
Open pathway 05Birth of Christ · Matthew 1–2; Luke 1–2Birth of Jesus Christ
Promise, conception, songs, census, birth, shepherds, magi, temple witness, danger, and return announce the Messiah.
Open pathwayTHEMES
2 matchesPresence of God
From Eden through tabernacle, temple, incarnation, Spirit-filled church, and new creation, Scripture traces God dwelling with humanity.
Open pathway 027 passage pathways · 7 connected booksTemple
Sacred space moves from patterned dwelling to Jerusalem's house, prophetic crisis, Jesus' body, Spirit-built people, and city without a temple.
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