Books of Old Testament Summary

Deuteronomy

The book of Deuteronomy is a book of law. The key themes that are mentioned in Deuteronomy are the retelling of what God has done for all of the Israelites through Moses. He gives the historical accounts of Moses as a leader. Moses ultimately rebels against and distrusts the journey to the Promised Land. The telling of the Ten Commandments is told by Moses in the book of Deuteronomy. The Israelites are told how to love God and how they should not worship any other gods but the Lord God. God gives Moses specific instruction on food, whether it was clean or unclean, speaking of tithes and of feasts. It also states the retelling of how the Israelites have relationships built within each other and with the Lord God, and by retelling this, Moses is addressing future generations. Moses’ successor, Joshua was named in this book as well. In this book it also talks about how Moses recited a song to assemble the Israelites. Ultimately at the end of Deuteronomy we learn of Moses’ death.

1 Kings

The book of 1 Kings is considered to be a historical narrative. Some of the key themes and purposes that were identified in 1 Kings were of how David’s fourth son was trying to set himself up as king. The prophet Nathan warned Bathshelba who ultimately warned David of this news. David chose Solomon to become the king rather than his fourth son. After Solomon was made king, he was given an understanding and receives wisdom from God and with that he built the temple and a palace. After the temple was completed, the Ark was brought to the temple and Solomon dedicated the Ark with many prayers and offerings. God had given Solomon very strict warnings that if his sons turned away from Him that there would be consequences. After Solomon’s ...

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...e days of Judah and Jerusalem, that God’s judgement is upon them. It mentions how he sang about the song mentioning the vineyard. God tells Isaiah to speak to His people and how he records His warnings when people are not following God’s laws and ultimately led into sin. In Isaiah, the coming of the Messiah is prophesied. He also tells the foretelling of Jerusalem’s deliverance and how King Hezekiah had prayed for it to happen. It tells how Isaiah told the Jews that they were the chosen people of God and how after the deliverance from Babylon they would rebuild their nation Israel. This book has said to be considered a reminder of how God is our one and only and that we shall have no other idols that we worship.

Works Cited

Holy Bible. (1997). Wheaton: Tyndall.

Fee, D. G., & Stuart, D. (2003). How to read the Bible for all its worth. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.