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Originally known as Abram, Abraham was born in Ur of the Chaldees
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God calls Abraham and Sarah to go to Canaan. They listen and obey His call and travel to Canaan. God promises Abraham a Great Nation.
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Even at her very old age, God promised Sarah a son, whom she soon gave birth to. They named him Isaac, which means "God's laughter." They named him this because Sarah laughed at the idea of having a child at her age.
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For 20 years, Isaac and Rebekah have trouble getting pregnant. Isaac decides to prey to God and ask him for the blessing of children, and God answers his prayer.
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When there is a famine in Canaan, Jacob leads the Israelites into the land of Egypt to escape. There, they prosper and multiply to hundreds.
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God gives moses instructions to lead his people from slavery in Egypt to the promise land and assists them with plagues
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Joshua assembles a team of skilled commanders to invade the land promised to Jews by God known as Canaan
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After Joshua dies, the citizens of Cannan fall into a desperate pattern of unholy activites such as praising multiple gods and putting objects in their lives above the Lord. God raises up a group of leaders known as the Judges to lead the Israelites out of sin.
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As Philistinian threats began to overwhelm the Israelites, they elected Saul as their first king to protect them from outside forces.
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David takes the throne of Israel and defeats the Philistines and reclaims the capital of Jerusalem.
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God promised that if Solomon built a temple and kept is word that He would not abandon them and ensure safety among his people.
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After much unrest and rebellion, the king of Israel mounted a calf worship in the south which resulted in the northern tribes not remaining in contact with the southern tribes and the north was known as Israel and the south was known as Judah.
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The prophet Amos began preaching and admonishing the leaders of the tribes for their failure of leading in God's name.
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After a 3 year siege, the capital of Israel was captured by the Assyrians and the rest of Israel followed.
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Even after their sister society, Israel, had fallen to the Assyrians, Judah did not heed warnings. They fell into idolatry and wickedness, and in their vulnerable state, they were captured by the Babylonians.
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The first group of returning exiles arrived in Judea sometime after 536 B.C. under the leadership of Zerubbabel. It consisted of forty to fifty thousand people. Small groups of exiles continued to come for the next century from Babylonia, but the majority of Jews did not return, and for centuries there was a greater number of Jews in Babylon than in the Holy Land.
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In response to inner unrest in Israel, the Greeks capture the holy land and outlaw the Jewish religion, killing all who circumcised their sons
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After the death of the Greek ruler, the kingdom is divided into four empires, the Jews under the Ptolemaics, which gave them the rights to express their religion. The Seleucids then conquered the empire and began persecuting the Jewish people, which began a rebellion, known as the Maccabean Revolt, which set them free from Seleucid rule
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After a civil war had broken out in the land of Israel between Pharisees and Sadducees, a Roman general named Pompey arrived and helped the Pharisees defeat the Sadducees in Jerusalem. Then, Rome helped itself to the land of Israel, incorporating it into the Roman Empire.
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While they were in Bethlehem, the time came for the baby to be born, and Mary gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
