Historical Notes for Week 3 - Poetic and Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament

Historical events associated with Psalms

Scripture	Event	Psalm
Genesis, chapter 1	The Creation of the Universe	136
Exodus	The events of the Passover, the Exodus, and 40 years in the wilderness	78, 81, 106, 114, 135, 136
Judges, chapters 4 & 5	The time of the Judges; the victory of Deborah and Barak	83
1 Samuel 19:1-121	Saul's plot to kill David	59
1 Samuel 21:10-15	David flees to Achish of Gath	34, 56
1 Samuel 22:1-2	David in the cave at Adullam	142
1 Samuel 22:6-23	Doeg the Edomite betrays the priests of Nob	52
1 Samuel 23:13-29	David in the wilderness of Ziph	54
1 Samuel chapter 24	David and Saul at Engedi	7, 57
2 Samuel 7:1	David in Jerusalem	18
2 Samuel chapter 8 1 Chronicles chapter 18	David subdues the surrounding peoples	18, 60
2 Samuel, chapter 6	David brings the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem	132
2 Samuel 12:1-15	Nathan rebukes David for his adultery with Bathsheba	6, 51
2 Samuel 15:1-18	Absalom's rebellion	3, 55, 63, 64
2 Samuel 16:2-4	Ziba helps David	63
2 Samuel 24:2, 13-17 1 Chronicles 31:11-17	David's census, and the resulting plague	30
1 Kings 2:1-4	The Accession of Solomon	72, 127
2 Kings 25:1-11 2 Chronicles 36:5-21 Jeremiah 29:1-14 Jeremiah 52:1-18	The Babylonian Exile	137
2 Chronicles 36-22-23 Ezra 1:1-8	Return from Exile	126, 148

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