=YOUNG FOLKS' WALKS AND TALKS WITH JESUS.= By Mrs. M. G. KENNEDY. Eight numbers. 2 cents each; 10 cents per set. New York: HUNT & EATON. Cincinnati: CRANSTON & CURTS. [Illustration: THE EMPIRE OF DAVID AND SOLOMON.] STUDIES IN OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY BY REV. JESSE L. HURLBUT, D.D. AUTHOR OF "_A Manual of Bible Geography_," "_Outline Normal Lessons_," "_Supplemental Lessons for the Sunday-School_," and "_Studies in the Four Gospels_." NEW YORK: HUNT & EATON CINCINNATI: CRANSTON & CURTS Copyright, 1890, by HUNT & EATON, NEW YORK. CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE 5 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 9 HINTS TO STUDENTS 11 HINTS TO TEACHERS 13 THE COURSE DIVIDED INTO LESSONS 14 FIRST STUDY.--The Beginnings of Bible History 17 SECOND STUDY.--The Wandering in the Wilderness 25 THIRD STUDY.--The Conquest of Canaan 34 FOURTH STUDY.--The Age of the Heroes 41 FIFTH STUDY.--The Rise of the Israelite Empire 49 SIXTH STUDY.--The Golden Age of Israel 56 SEVENTH STUDY.--The Rival Thrones--Israel 63 EIGHTH STUDY.--The Rival Thrones--Judah 71 NINTH STUDY.--The Captivity of Judah 77 TENTH STUDY.--The Jewish Province 88 FULL-PAGE MAPS. Empire of David and Solomon _Facing title-page._ Canaan 16 Old Testament World 19 Modern Jerusalem 48 The Divisions of Solomon's Empire 62 Solomon's Dominions 76 Alexander's Empire 90 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. These dates are taken from the common chronology, and those earlier than the Exodus are probably inaccurate. (See foot-note on page 22.) The student will find that to commit this table to memory will give him command of the most important facts of Bible history.