1. Genealogies (1:1-9:44)
a. The Patriarchs (1:1-54)
i. From Adam to Abraham (1:1-27)
ii. The Descendants of Abraham (1:28-54)
1. Sons of Abraham (1:28-42)
2. The Rulers of Edom (1:43-54)
b. The Sons of Israel (2:1-7:40)
i. The Twelve Sons of Israel (2:1-2)
ii. The Sons of Judah (2:3-4:23)
1. From Judah to David (2:3-55)
2. From David to the Babylonian Exile (3:1-24)
3. Other Descendants of Judah (4:1-23)
iii. The Sons of Simeon (4:24-43)
iv. The Descendants of the Trans-Jordan Tribes (5:1-26)
1. The Sons of Reuben (5:1-10)
2. The Sons of Gad (5:11-22)
3. The Sons of the Half-Tribe of Manasseh (5:23-26)
v. The Sons of Levi (6:1-81)
1. The Descendants of Levi (6:1-30)
2. The Temple Musicians (6:31-47)
3. The Descendants of Aaron (6:48-52)
4. The Territory of the Levites (6:53-81)
vi. The Sons of Issachar (7:1-5)
vii. The Sons of Benjamin (7:6-12)
viii. The Sons of Naphtali (7:13)
ix. The Sons of Joseph (7:14-29)
1. The Sons of Manasseh (7:14-19)
2. The Sons of Ephraim (7:20-29)
x. The Sons of Asher (7:30-40)
c. Saul the First King of Israel (8:1-40)
i. From Benjamin to Saul (8:1-32)
ii. The Family of Saul (8:33-40)
d. The People of Jerusalem (9:1-44)
2. The Reign of David (10:1-29:30)
a. The Overthrow and Death of Saul (10:1-14)
b. Transition to King David (11:1-9)
i. David Anointed King of Israel (11:1-3)
ii. David Conquers Jerusalem (11:4-9)
c. David’s Mighty Men (11:10-12:40)
i. The Mighty Men (11:10-47)
ii. The Mighty Men Join David at Ziklag (12:1-22)
iii. David’s Army Grows at Hebron (12:23-40)
d. The Ark of the Covenant (13:1-16:43)
i. David Fetches the Ark (13:1-7)
ii. Uzzah Touches the Ark (13:8-14)
iii. David’s Family Grows (14:1-7)
iv. Two Victories over the Philistines (14:8-17)
v. Transporting the Ark to Jerusalem (15:1-16:43)
1. Procedure for Moving the Ark (15:1-28)
2. Michal’s Contempt for David (15:29)
3. A Tent for the Ark (16:1-6)
4. David’s Psalm of Thanksgiving (16:7-36)
5. Worship Before the Ark (16:37-43)
e. The Davidic Covenant (17:1-27)
f. David's Military Conquests (18:1-20:8)
i. David’s Triumphs (18:1-17)
ii. David and the Ammonites (19:1-20:3)
iii. Battles Against the Philistines (20:4-8)
g. The Sin of the Census (21:1-30)
i. David Takes a Census (21:1-6)
ii. Judgement for David’s Sin (21:7-13)
iii. A Plague on Israel (21:14-17)
iv. David Purchases the Threshing Floor (21:18-30)
h. The Temple (22:1-29:20)
i. Preparations for the Temple (22:1-19)
ii. The Temple Service (23:1—26:32)
1. The Levites (23:1-32)
a. The Division of the Levites (23:1-6)
b. The Gershonites (23:7-11)
c. The Kohathites (23:12-20)
d. The Merarites (23:21-23)
e. Levites Duties Revised (23:24-32)
2. The Divisions of the Priests (24:1-31)
3. The Divisions of the Musicians (25:1-31)
4. The Division on the Gatekeepers (26:1-19)
5. The Treasurers, Officers, and Judges (26:20-32)
iii. Leadership Structure of the Kingdom (27:1-34)
iv. Solomon and the Temple (28:1-29:20)
1. David Commissions Solomon (28:1-10)
2. The Plans for the Temple (28:11-21)
3. Offerings for the Temple (29:1-9)
4. David’s Prayer of Blessing (29:10-20)
i. Solomon Succeeds David (29:21-30)
i. Solomon Anointed King (29:21-25)
ii. David’s Reign and Death (29:26-30)