Old Testament World: Geography and History (All Nations Leadership Institute)

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Old Testament
World

Let’s go behind biblical text and
learn about the people of the
Old Testament World!
In this presentation, you’ll
uncover Old Testament
geography and history according
to covenant and dispensation! .
Land Areas
History
Mountains & Other
Features
Water Bodies

covenant & dispensation Key Points
in which God reveals
His will and mind to
humankind AND…
It causes humankind
to return to God and
leads them to salvation.
RESULTS of
DISPENSATION
A covenant is a legal relationship God ordains through an oath to fulfill His specific
purpose for humankind because of their frailty. God fulfills His purpose in covenant (Gen
14:4-6). Further, God establishes us as His own people through covenant (Exod 19:5; Deut
17:6), choosing them to know Him through it (Isa 43:10). The covenant drives the
dispensation. There are eight covenants with seven dispensations
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Edenic Covenant: Dispensation of Innocence
Adamic Covenant: Dispensation of Conscience
Noahic Covenant: Dispensation of Human Gov’t
Abrahamic Covenant: Dispensation of Promise
Mosaic Covenant
Palestinian Covenant
Davidic Covenant
Dispensation of Law
New Covenant
Dispensation of Grace
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Timeline of Old Testament Events
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CONTENTS
Edenic………………………………………….Slides 7-11
Adamic…………………………………………Slides 12-16
Noahic………………………………………….Slides 17-21
Abrahamic……………………………………..Slides 22-26
Mosaic………………………………………….Slides 27-31
Palestinian…………………………………….Slides 32-36
Davidic………………………………………....Slides 37-41

Edenic Covenant (Gen 1:26-31)
Dispensation of Innocence (1:28-3:6)
←Adam in the Garden about 33 years→
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IRAQ
IRAN
Eden
Covenant God made
with Adam and Eve in
the Garden of Eden
before the entrance of
sin. It tells His purpose
in Creation.

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES
LAND AREAS
Different theories exist about the Garden of Eden’s location.
Possibly, it was in the Armenian highlands at head of the
Persian Gulf: Modern day northeastern Iraq--bordered by
Syria (west), Turkey (north), Iran (east) and Saudi Arabia
(south)
BODIES OF WATER
Pishon (or Wadi Batin system) (2:11) Gihon (or Karun) (v. 13),
Hiddekel (or Tigris (v. 14) and Euphrates (v. 14) Rivers, in
addition to the Great Sea
MOUNTAINS AND OTHER FEATURES
Kurdistan (northeast) Zagros (east), Syrian Desert (west) and
Mount Ararat to the northeast
Edenic

Geographical Characteristics
Every seed and fruit “on the face of the land” (Gen
1:29 AMP).Arable
Finished
work
God completed the heavens and earth, and all
its company (2:1 NIV) – A finished work
Eastward
And the Lord God planted a garden toward the
east (2:8)
All to be
desired
It had every tree that is pleasant to the sight or
to be desired…for food (2:9a)
Ample
water
A river with four heads watered the garden (2:10)
The TREE Two trees: Tree of life & tree of knowledge of
good and evil--Adam could not eat the latter (2:9;17a)
Edenic

Adamic
Edenic
Gen 3:16-19; 22-24
When God discovered
they ate the forbidden
fruit, He gave them
curses and expelled
them from the Garden
God created a helper
for Adam
comparable to him
Gen 2:18; 21-24
God created
man in His
image and
likeness
Gen 1:26-27
God planted a garden
eastward in Eden and put
man whom He formed to
tend and keep it; He
commanded man not eat
from the tree of knowledge
of good and evil
Gen 2:8; 15-17
Adam and Eve
were naked and
unashamed
Gen 2:25
Gen 3:6-7
Adam and Eve ate
the fruit from the
tree of knowledge of
good and
evil…Knew they
were naked
HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY

What
does it
all
mean?
THE RESULTS. God created Adam from the dust of the
earth according to His will to procreate and rule the earth (Gen
1:28). Then, He placed him in the Garden. Adam was to “tend
and keep the garden” (2:15). There, God provided food. Adam
could eat from every tree in the Garden except the tree of
knowledge of good and evil. He could neither eat, nor touch
this tree (vv. 16-17).
The Garden also had ample water reserves,
one river even holding rich resources
(Pishon: gold, Bdellium, onyx stone (2:11, 12b).
Most likely, the garden was a lush area.
Yet, despite God’s provisions, Adam and Eve
failed His test of faith and ate from the fruit of
the tree of knowledge of good and evil (3:6-7).

Adamic Covenant (Gen 3:14-19) ←Adam to Noah about 1,600 years→
Dispensation of Conscience (3:7-6:7)
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God expelled them from the garden “to till the ground from which he was taken”
(3:23) He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden (3:24a).
←Adam to Noah about 1,600 years→
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God made this
covenant with Adam
and Eve in the Garden
of Eden after the
entrance of sin. It told
of His purpose in
redemption.

LAND AREAS
Pastures, plains, valleys, farmland, land of Nod
BODIES OF WATER
Pishon (or Wadi Batin system) (Gen 2:11) Gihon (or Karun) (2:13),
Hiddekel (or Tigris) (v. 14) and Euphrates (v. 14) Rivers, in addition
to the Great Sea
Kurdistan (northeast) Zagros (east), Syrian Desert (west)
Mount Ararat to the northeast
Adamic

Now Abel was a keeper of sheep” (4:2 AMP). Sheep
need plains and valleys to graze.
Adam and Eve lived east of the Garden (Gen 3:24),
which was Mesopotamia.
East of
Eden
Contained
pastures
Cursed
land
Cain (tiller of the ground) brought the Lord a fruit
offering”(4:3b), which displeased God who had
cursed the ground (3:17b))
Land of
exile
“Cain dwelled in Nod (east of Eden) after
murdering Abel (4:10) in a nomadic lifestyle
migrating to a far country.
City
Builder
“And Cain built a city while in Nod” (4:17a) Noah
did not descend from Cain’s lineage, rather that
of Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve.
Adamic

Adamic
Adamic
Gen 4:16
Cain married; his
wife bore Enoch;
Cain built a city &
named it after his
son.
Cain left the
Lord’s presence
and dwelled in
Nod east of
Eden
Eve bore a 3rd
son, Seth (His
son’s name was
Enosh). Noah
came from the
lineage of Seth
Gen 4:25; 5:30
Gen 4:16-17
Eve bore Abel
Gen 4:2
Adam & Eve
expelled from
the Garden
Gen 3:23
Eve bore Cain
Gen 4:1
Cain murdered Abel
Gen 4:8
Gen 4:11-12
God cursed the
earth for Cain &
made him a
vagabond

What
does it
all
mean?
THE RESULTS. Unlike when Adam and Eve were in the
Garden of Eden, they lost their close fellowship with God
upon expulsion from the Garden. During the dispensation of
conscience, Adam and Eve’s descendants scattered across
the Mesopotamian region. They tilled the land, tended
livestock and developed other trades.
God gave humankind the promise of
redemption to restore them back to
covenantal relationship with Him. He saw
great wickedness and evil across the land.
Humankind did not walk with Him, except for
Enoch.-- (6:5). Later, Noah found grace with
God (6:8).
Note: Jesus, the second Adam, fulfilled
God’s promise at the cross reversing Adam’s
disobedience (Rom 5:12-21; 1 Cor 15:45)

Caspian Sea
Euphrates
River
Lake Van
Lake Urmia
Araxes River
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Sea
Tigris River
Euphrates
River
Caspian Sea
Noahic Covenant (Gen 8:20-9:6)
Dispensation of Human Gov’t (Gen 9-11)
And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the
toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed (Gen 5:29).
←Noah to Abraham about 430 years→
God made this covenant
with Noah in the Garden
of Eden after the Flood. It
involved all creatures and
future generations of
humankind to confirm and
add to His purpose of
redemption.
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LAND AREAS
Armenian plain in Turkey
BODIES OF WATER
The Flood, Tigris, Euphrates, Aras (Araxes), Choruk rivers
(that flow from Mt. Ararat) and Lake Van (southwest of the
mountain).
Mount Ararat (Gen 8:4), one of the world’s largest mountain
tablelands that stands 16,945 feet high (Corbin, B. J. & Geissler, R, n.d.).
Noahic

The Lord destroyed the world and its
inhabitants, not just Mesopotamia. It rained 40
days and 40 nights in downpour conditions (Gen
The Flood
Mt. Ararat
To gauge how high the flood waters rose,
consider that Mt. Ararat stands 16,945 feet high
(noahsarksearch.com).
First plant Noah saw a plucked olive leaf as the sign the
waters had decreased from the Flood (Gen 8:11)
when a dove returned with it in his mouth (Gen 8:8-
11).
Noahic
7:12, 18-19). The ark itself measured 450 feet long, 75 feet wide
and 45 feet high (6:16). It had three stories and could hold an
estimated 43,000 tons (Thomas Nelson, 1993, p. 11).

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Noahic
Mountains made
visible 2 1/2
months later
Gen 8:5
Rain
began
Gen 7:11
Ark rests on
Ararat 5 months
later
Gen 8:4
Noah took off the
ark’s cover after
another 3 months
Gen 8:13
Gen 8:14-19
Noah, his family
and animals left
the ark
371 Days
Chronological Study Bible, 2008, p. 10

What
does it
all
mean?
THE RESULTS. God revealed His judgment and mercy with
the Flood. He destroyed wickedness and evil, but preserved
righteousness through Noah and his family for the sake of
future generations of humankind. However, Noah failed the
test of faith and obedience despite the Flood when he laid
bare in a drunken state after tending his vineyard (Gen 9:21).
Then, Ham, the son of Noah, brought a curse upon his
own son Canaan because Ham dishonored
his father and looked at Noah’s nakedness
(Gen 9:25; 7:5; Heb 11:7; 1 Pet 3:20; 2 Pet 2:5).
Later, people wanted to make a name for
themselves and built a structure (Tower of
Babel) to reach heaven (Gen 11:4). God
intervened and confused their language and
scattered them to all nations (11:7-8).

←Abraham to Moses about 430 years→Abrahamic Covenant (Gen 12:1-4)
Dispensation of Promise (Gen 12-19)
Lake Van
Lake Urmia
Araxes River
Black Sea
“An he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as
in a foreign country,…for he waited for the city which has foundations, who builder and maker
is God” (Heb 11:8-10)
Abraham’s Journey
of Faith
Syrian Desert
God made this
unconditional covenant
with Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob following the
events of the Tower of
Babel and scattering of
Noah’s descendants. It
concerns the nation of
Israel, the seed Messiah
& believers of all nations.
or the Great Sea
←Noah to Moses about 1,600 years→
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LAND AREAS
Mesopotamia (Gen 11:31-12:3); Egypt (12:10-13:1) -- both fertile and well
watered by the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers -- as compared to
Canaan -- a barren land (24:10), Haran (an urban center) and Ur
BODIES OF WATER
Mediterranean Sea, Euphrates River, Tigris River
Zagros Mountains, Assyrian Desert, (Arid to hyper-arid desert
climate: Annual rainfall is 4 to 8 inches)
Abrahamic

Land
promises
Land plays a prominent role in this covenant.
God’s land promises:
*To Abraham and his seed a land from the
; 15:7-21; 17:7,8)
Abrahamic
Euphrates to Egypt; land of Canaan would be an everlasting
possession (Gen 12:1; 15:7-21; 17:7,8).
*To Isaac that He would give “all these countries” to him and
his seed (26:2-4).
*To Jacob that his seed would spread abroad to the north,
south, east and west (36:11, 12); the nation and company of
nations (36:11-12) and Canaan to his seed for an everlasting
covenant (48:3,4).
Note: Canaan is an earthly shadow for the heavenly country
(Heb 11:8-16). The geography of Canaan holds both natural and
physical fulfillment of the land promises.

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Abrahamic
God would bless all
nations through
covenant made with
Abraham. He confirms
its oath with Isaac,
Jacob and to Israel
Gen 11:10; 12:1-3
God promises to
show Abraham
a land that he
and his
descendants
would have
forever
Gen 11:10-32;
12:1-3
God chose the
next patriarch
from the lineage
of Shem with
Abraham
Abraham
journeys from
Ur of Chaldees
to Haran
Gen 12:1
Gen 11:32 to 12:8
Gen 12:1-18
He then goes
from Haran to
Canaan
Again, Abraham traveled
from Canaan to Egypt
because of famine—
Deceived king &
expelled—Traveled to
Hebron
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Abraham to
sacrifice Isaac
22:1-12
Birth of Isaac
21:1
Gen 12:9 to 23:1-20
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Birth of Ismael
16:3-4

What
does it
all
mean?
THE RESULTS. Abram was the son of a wealthy patriarch.
He could have inherited wealth and prestige through land in
Haran; but, God called him to “the land that I will show you”
(Gen 12:1). Although older, childless and without a home base (a
semi-nomad), he and Sarai, with Lot, journeyed to the
unknown. He followed a regular route that
took him through Mesopotamia to Egypt and into Canaan
from the northeast. They camped on the
peripheries of Shechem and Bethel (12:4-8).
From there, Abram went to southern Canaan
to Negev in Sinai. A famine forced Abram to
the Nile Delta in Lower Egypt (Lied to the
pharaoh and had to leave; 12:10-31:1). He
returned to Canaan and split his family. Lot
chose Sodom and Gomorrah and farther east
away from the land of promise, which was
Canaan (36:1-43) (Conner & Malmin, 1995).

←Moses to Christ about 1500 years→
God made this conditional
covenant with first-
generation children of
Israel at Mt. Sinai after He
delivered them from
Egypt. If they obeyed His
laws they would become
a special treasure to God
above all nations and
kingdom of priests and a
holy nation. This covenant
shadows better things to
come.
Mosaic Covenant (Exod 19-31)
Dispensation of Law (Exod 19:1-8)
“Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, ‘All that the
LORD has said we will do, and be obedient.’ And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said,
‘This is the blood of the covenant which the LORD has made with you according to all these words’” (Exod
24:7-8).
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←Moses to Joshua about 430 years→
Abraham’s
Journey
of FaithIsraelites’ Exodus
from Egypt

LAND AREAS
Egypt, Mt. Sinai (“Mountain of God;” Exod 18:5), Raphidim
(possibly Wadi Feiran)
BODIES OF WATER
Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Nile river, Sinai peninsula
(located in Israel and sandwiched in between modern day
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan), Marah (In the Sinai peninsula)
Wilderness of Sinai Peninsula (Deuteronomy 1:19 describes
it as great and terrible)
Mosaic

The Israelites faced a stark contrast between
two land types: Egypt was fertile with an ample
Egypt vs.
wilderness
Plagues of
Egypt
“You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and
how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought
you to Myself” (19:4). Six of the ten plagues God
Inflicted on the Egyptians involved land or water such as
turning water into blood (7:14-25), setting frogs loose across the
land (7:25-8:11), changing the dust of the land into lice (8:16-19), raining
hail on the land of Egypt (9:13-35), covering the face of the earth
with locusts (10:1-20), darkening the sky (10:21-29). Note: An eagle carried its young on
its wings when they were weary. (Walton Matthews, Chavalas, 2000, p. 94
Mosaic
water supply, while the wilderness surrounding Sinai had
desert conditions (Exod 19:1-2). If they camped at Jebel Serbal
(6,791’), the Israelites could access an oasis (Walton, Matthews &
Chavalas, 2000, p. 93).

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Mosaic
NEW BEGINNINGS: Moses
led the children of Israel
out of captivity from
Egypt. When he raised his
staff, the sea parted for
the Israelites to cross.
Exod 2:1-22
God reminded the
children of Israel that
they MUST be
obedient to His law
Exod 14:15-21; 19:1-2
Moses born in
Egypt, from the
house of Levi.
Raised in
Pharaoh's
household, and
fled to Midian
after killing a
man
Num 13-14
First
generation
wandered in
the desert
until their
death because
they did not
have an
obedient heart
Exod 19:1-2, 5
The people agreed
that, “All that the LORD
has spoken we will
do.”
The Lord made the Israelites wander in the desert 40 years
(Deut 8:2; Josh 5:6; Num 32:13)
GOD GAVE
MOSES THE LAW,
including the Ten
Commandments
Exod 19; 20
ISRAELITES FAILED
FOUR TESTS:
1) Red Sea
2) Waters at Marah
3) Wilderness of Sin
4) Test of Rephidim
1) Exod 14:10-21; 2) 15:23-
26; 3) 16:1-12; 4) 17:1-7
ISRAELITES
PROVOKED
the Lord ten
times
Num 14:22

What
does it
all
mean?
THE RESULTS. “You have seen what I did to the Egyptians,
and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to
Myself” (Exod 19:4b). "Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My
voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special
treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And
you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.
These are the words which you shall speak
to the children of Israel” (vv.5-6). Having seen
God demonstrate that He is God to the
Egyptians, God gives them the promise of
being a special treasure (a royal seal) and kingdom
of priests (They would serve a priestly role among the nations, giving
them a highly sacred status.) Since the children of Israel
did not keep this covenant, they wandered
the wilderness for 40 years (and died in unbelief, without
entering the promised land; Num 13, 14). Note: Only Jesus
Christ kept all the law’s requirements.

Palestinian Covenant (Deut 28-30)
Dispensation of Law (Exod 19:1-8)
←Joshua to David about 390 years→
God made this covenant
with second-generation
children of Israel at Moab.
This generation still was
under the Mosaic
covenant, but received an
expanded covenant with
the Second Law (moral
and civil codes) giving
them conditions for living
in His promised land from
the Abrahamic covenant.
“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His
commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the
earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord
your God:” (Deut 28: 1,2).
1st Generation
Wilderness
Wanderings
under Moses
2nd Generation
Preparing to enter
the Promised Land
under Joshua
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LAND AREAS
Plains of Moab, Mt. Nebo, Jericho, Gilgal
BODIES OF WATER
Jordan River, Dead Sea (Sea of the Arabah)
The Egyptian empire bounded the promised land to the south
and Mesopotamia to the north.
Palestinian

Deuteronomy mentions the word land 180
times, which emphasizes that the primary focus
Focus on
the land
Vision of
the land
God promised the Israelites (Deut 8:8) "a good
land…, a land of wheat and barley, of vines, figs,
Manna
ceased
After crossing Jordan, the Lord commanded
Joshua to circumcise the 2nd generation males
Palestinian
of the Palestinian Covenant is the promised land. To be
noted, this covenant also is called the Land Covenant.
at Gilgal (Josh 5:7) --The manna ceased and the Israelites ate
from the food of the land from Canaan (Josh 5:10-12).
and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey” (cf. Num 14:8)

of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you
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Palestinian
2 Kings; 2 Chron
2 Kings 17:1-18;
24:1-25-25:11
God cast out the
children of Israel from
Canaan
Josh 1; 3:9-17
God showed Moses the “whole
land”--Gilead to Dan, Naphtali,
Ephraim and Manasseh, Judah
to the Mediterranean Sea,
Negev, Valley of Jericho, City of
Palms to Zoar—but He wouldn’t
t let Moses cross over to it
Deut 28:1-30:9
The second generation
Israelites prepare to
enter and conquer
Canaan under Joshua
NEW BEGINNINGS:
Ark of the covenant
goes ahead into
Jordan—Israelites
cross to Canaan on dry
ground
Deut 34:1-4
God gives the 2nd
generation
children of Israel
the Palestinian
covenant
God allowed two
houses to be taken
captive: Israel (by
the Assyrians) and
Judah (by the
Babylonians).
Moses dies
in Moab
(Deut 34:5)
Joshua takes
over for
Moses (Deut
31; 1-8; 34:9)
Joshua battles
Jericho to Hazar
to conquest
Canaan
Israelites suffered
the curses of the
Palestinian
Covenant after
turning from God to
idols, beginning in
Judges
Ultimate fulfillment
of the curse!

What
does it
all
mean?
THE RESULTS. Palestinian Covenant amplifies the
Abrahamic Covenant, emphasizing obedience. God stated
the “land is Mine” (Lev 25:23-24). The children of Israel did not keep
to the conditions of His land covenant – Land vastly
contrasting the wilderness: the good land, the land of milk
and honey. God expelled them from the land and dispensed
the curses from this covenant: sicknesses, plagues of the
land, overthrown from the land, rooted out of
the land and cast to a different land (Deut
29:16-29; Lev 18:24-28). The curses from
the Palestinian Covenant (Deut 28:15-68) were
fulfilled beginning during the time of the
Judges.

Davidic Covenant (2 Sam 7:11-15)
Dispensation of Law (Exod 19:1-8; Eph 1:10)
←David to Christ about 680 years→
David hid from Saul
(1 Sam 20-26)
David ruled in Hebron for
7 ½ years before moving
the capital to Jerusalem
(2 Sam 5:1-5)
David killed
Goliath in the
Valley of Elah
(1 Sam 17:19,
45-50)
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“When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you,
who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My
name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever” (2 Sam 7:12-13 NKJV).
God extends the land
covenant from the
Abrahamic and Mosaic
Covenants. He also
promised David and Israel
kingship through the seed
from the lineage of David
and house of Judah that
would lead to Messiah, the
Lord Jesus Christ. It had
no conditions, rather rests
on God’s faithfulness to
fulfill His promises.
Among David’s conquest’s
were Edom, Moab, the
Ammonites, Amalekites,
and Philistines (2 Sam 8:11-
12)

LAND AREAS:
Jerusalem (Capital of Israel, 2 Sam 5:1-5), Palestine (Land of Emmanuel, Is 8:7-8; cf. God’s
sanctuary, Exod 15:17-18), Edom, Moab, Philistia, Ammon and Negeb
BODIES OF WATER:
Great Sea, Dead Sea, Jordan River, Sea of Galilee
MOUNTAINS AND OTHER FEATURES:
Kidron Valley, Hinnon Valley
Davidic

NOTE: These geographical features are spiritual provisions for this covenant, as
opposed to its physical characteristics.
A royal dynasty from the lineage of David (biological
descendants who will rule the throne through eternity)House
Kingdom
People of whom the king governs.
Throne
Authority of the king’s rule over the kingdom
designated by the land promise (geographical positioning)
from the Abrahamic Covenant (2 Sam 7:13,16; Ps.
89:4;29;36). The throne of Christ will be established
forever.
Seed Seed refers to the male descendant heirs,
beginning with Solomon and ending with Jesus
Christ (2 Sam. 7:12; Ps 89:4,29,36). David’s seed will build a
house to the name of God.
Davidic

Davidic
of the Lord of all the earth will go Jordan ahead of you
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David: King of
all Israel
2 Sam 5:1–3;
1 Chron 11:1–3
Famine in
Israel
2 Sam 21:1
David dies
1 Kings 2
Solomon had 700
wives and 300
concubines from the
Moabites, Ammonites,
Sidonites and
Hittites—Led away
from God
1 Kings 10:10-11
David,
Bathsheba
and Uriah
2 Sam 11
2 Sam 5:6–8
1 Chron 11:4–5
2 Kings 25:8
Jer 52:12
Nebuchadnezzar II
destroys the
Temple of
Solomon after the
Siege of
Jerusalem
1 Kings 9:1
God promises that through
the lineage of David and
House of Judah (his “seed”)
will come the King of Israel
(Christ Jesus) and that God
will establish throne of
Christ’s Kingdom forever
2 Sam 7:10
Solomon built
the temple on
the Temple
Mount in Mt.
Zion
2 Sam 7:12-13
God confirms the
land promise with
Israel from the
Abrahamic and
Mosaic Covenants
David captures
Jerusalem and makes it
capital of Israel
God gives the Davidic
Covenant to David
through a vision to
Nathan
Davidic
Solomon
king of Israel
1 Kings 1:28
Israel split into two
nations: Northern
Kingdom (ten tribes
called Israel) &
Southern Kingdom
(two tribes called
Judah)
(1 Kings 16:21)
Assyrian &
Babylonian
Captivities
2 Kings, 2
Chron

What
does it
all
mean?
THE RESULTS. God used King David for many feats.
Humankind’s frailty and inability to be faithful to obedience
recurs in this covenant. David committed adultery with
Bathsheba and murdered her husband Uriah. Within David’s
own family, his son Amnon raped his sister Tamar. In turn,
Absalom murdered his brother Amnon. This resulted in
God’s judgment upon which Absalom usurped control of
the kingdom from David and took his wives and concubines
(Note: God’s divine ordinances never sanctioned polygamy). Israel also
went through a plague (1 Sam 24:15). God met
David’s disobedience with chastisement, but
His mercy did not depart from him and his
descendants.

Summary
The geographical and historical backgrounds of the
covenants and dispensations not only uncover the Old
Testament World, but more importantly, progressively
reveal Who God is and tell about His desire for
relationship with humankind.

References
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mankind. Portland, OR: City Bible Publishing.
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Publishers.
• Corbin, B. J. & Geissler, R. (n.d.) “Mount Ararat.” Noah’s Ark Search. Cited March
31, 2014, from http://www.noahsarksearch.com/ararat.htm
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Christian. Cincinnati, OH: Standard Publishing.
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Books.
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ANL Institute Publishing.
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