The "Discovering the Bible" series provides an informative and accessible means of finding out why the Bible remains so important. Each story is accompanied by an information panel, illustrations and maps of where these events took place. This title retells the stories of the troubled years after Solomon's kingdom was divided. The people of Israel are punished with a series of godless rulers who lead the country ever further from God. Fighting this spiritual downfall, inspirational prophets, such as Elijah and Isiah, revive true worship. The Israelites struggle through the difficult years of the Exile, but survive these hard times and pull together as one nation before God.
This book is part of a book series called Discovering the Bible .
There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Anness Publishing .
Victoria Parker has worked with children's books, many of which have been shortlisted for literary awards. Janet Dyson is an educational consultant whose specialist area is Religious Education.
This book contains the following story:
Jonah and the Whale
Long ago there lived a man called Jonah. One day God spoke to him: 'Jonah you must go to Nineveh. The people there do bad things. You must tell them to mend their ways.' But Jonah didnt want to go to Nineveh, so he ran away and boarded a ship. God then raised a great storm as a sign of his anger with Jonah. The sailors, realizing that Jonah's disobedience had caused the storm, threw him overboard in an attempt to save their ship. God sent a whale to swallow Jonah and he lived for three days and three nights in the belly of the whale. Jonah was so grateful to God that he had saved him that he promised to do whatever God asked. God heard him and told the fish to spit Jonah out onto dry land. Then Jonah went to Ninenveh and preached to the people Gods message. The people believed the message and changed their ways and Nineveh was saved.
