“Maps and Charts,” Old Testament Student Manual Genesis-2 Samuel (1980), 1–19
“Maps and Charts,” Old Testament Student Manual, 1–19
Maps and Charts
Elevations of the Holy Land
Old Testament World
The Exodus
The Holy Land in Old Testament Times
Gospel Dispensations
The Family of Abraham
Old Testament Chronology Chart
Old Testament Coinage
Standard Measures of Volume
Weights and Measures
Linear Measures
Elevations of the Holy Land
N
W
E
S
Level of the Mediterranean Sea
The Plains of Sharon
The Shephelah
Jerusalem
Jericho
Eastern tablelands of Trans-Jordan
Level of Dead Sea -1,300
Bottom of the Dead Sea -2.600
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W
E
S
Mediterranean Sea
Mt. Zion 2,540
Mt. Moriah 2,440
Mount of Olives 2,665
Mt. Gerizim 2,848
Mt. Ebal 3,075
Mt. Gilboa 1,715
Mt. Tabor 1,843
Dan
Mt. Hermon 9,200
Dead Sea
Jericho
Jerusalem
Sea of Galilee
Lake Huleh
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Old Testament World
Scale
0
25
50
75
100
125
Miles
Kilometers
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
0
Hittites
Kittim
The Great Sea
Goshen
Egypt
Sinai
Red Sea
Midian
Edom
Canaan
Moab
Ammon
Bashan
Syria (Aram)
Padan-Aram
Assyria
Caspian Sea
Media
Babylonia
Chaldea
Elam
Persia
(Persian Gulf)
Mt. Hermon
Wilderness of Zin
Mt. Sinai
Nile River
Mt. Ararat
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Carchemish
Haran
Hamath
Kadesh
Tadmor
Sidon
Damascus
Tyre
Megiddo
Samaria
Shechem
Joppa
Jericho
Jerusalem
Rameses (Zoan)
Beersheba
Kadesh-bernea
On (Heliopolis)
Memphis (Noph)
Petra
Ezion-geber
Nineveh
Asshur
Babylon
Susa
Ur
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The Exodus
The Exodus
Approximate Route of the Exodus
Unsuccessful Invasion of Canaan
Scale
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20
40
60
80
100
Miles
Kilometers
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
The Great Sea
Egypt
Goshen
Sinai
Red Sea
Midian
Edom
Negev
Moab
Canaan
Ammon
Pithom
Heliopolis (On)
Memphis (Noph)
Rameses (Tanis)
Succoth
Kadesh-barnea
Marah?
Elim?
Dophkah?
Hazeroth
Kiboth-hattawath
Rephidim
Taberah
Ai
Jericho
Jerusalem
Lachish
Gaza
Hebron
Dibon
Hormath
Arad
Zoar
Oboth
Punon
Ezion-geber
Nile River
Wilderness of Shur
Bitter Lakes
Brook of Egypt
Wilderness of Etham
Wilderness of Paran
Mt. Sinai
Mt. Nebo
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The Holy Land in Old Testament Times
Scale
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Miles
Kilometers
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
The Great Sea
Phoenicia
Bashan
Gilead
Ammon
Moab
Midianites
Edom (Seir)
Negev
Amalekites
Philistines
Mt. Carmel
Plains of Sharon
Mt. Gilboa
Mt. Ebal
Mt. Gerizim
Jordan River
Salt Sea
Zered River
Arnon River
Mt. Nebo
Jabbok River
Yarmuk River
Sea of Chinnereth
Mt. Tabor
Tyre
Acco
Dor
Joppa
Ashdod
Ekron
Ashkelon
Gath
Gaza
Eglon
Jokneam
Endor
Megiddo
Taanach
Jazreel
Dotham
Samaria
Tirzah
Shecham
Beth-Dagon
Shiloh
Bethel
Ai
Beth Horon
Mizpah
Aijalon
Gibeon
Jericho
Kirjath-Jearim
Gibeah
Beth Shemesh
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Gath
Azekah
Lachish
Tekoa
Hebron
Debir
En-gedi
Ziklag
Beersheba
Arab
Dan
Mt. Hermon
Kedesh
Hazor
Beth-shan
Succoth
Penuel
Mizpah
Sodom and Gomorrah
Zoar
Golan
Ramoth Gilead
Rabbah
Heshbon
Medeba
Dibon
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Gospel Dispensations
First Dispensation
Second Dispensation
Third Dispensation
Jaredite Dispensation
Lost Tribes
Fourth Dispensation
Fifth Dispensation
Sixth Dispensation
Lehi—Nephite Dispensation
Seventh Dispensation
Adam (b. 4000 B.C.)1
Seth
Enos
Cainan
Mahaleleel
Jared
6 Generations
Beginning of Mortality. Adam taught children.
Enoch
Methuselah
Lamech
3 Generations
(Moses 6:25–39; 8:1; D&C 107:49)
Enoch apparently called by the Lord at age 65. Dispensation probably commenced in 3313 B.C., 687 years after the first dispensation began (see D&C 107:47–49.)
Noah (b. 2944 B.C.)
Shem
Arphaxad
Salah
Eber
Peleg
Reu
Serug
Nahor
Terah
10 Generations
(Genesis 6:8–9, 13; 7:6; Moses 8:19)
Noah walked with God. Noah entered ark at age 600. Flood commenced at approx. 2344 B.C.; beginning of third dispensation with 8 people, 969 years after the second dispensation began.
Approx. 2234 B.C.
Tower of Babel.
Confusion of Tongues and scattering
Carried away 721–717 B.C. (? Dispensations among lost tribes)
Abraham (b. 1992 B.C., if born when Terah was 130 years of age)
Isaac
6 Generations
Jacob (Israel)
(Abraham 1:16–19; 2:14; Genesis 12:1–4; 17:1)
Abraham called by the Lord at approx. age 75 (Genesis 12:4) or 62 (Abraham 2:14). The Fourth dispensation commenced approx. 1917 B.C., 427 years after the third dispensation began.
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Kohath
Amram
Judah
Zebulon
Issachar
14 generations from Abraham to David (Matthew 1:17)
Gad
Asher
Dan
Naphtali
Joseph
Benjamin
Ephraim
Manasseh
Several Generations
Ishmael
Lehi
David
14 generations
Jechonias (carried to Babylon)
14 generations
Jesus Christ (b. A.D. 1)
Moses (b. approx. 1567 B.C.)
Age 80 when children of Israel delivered. Fifth dispensation commenced approx. 1487 B.C., 430 years after the fourth dispensation (See Exodus 3:7–12).
Twelve Apostles
(Dispensation of the meridian of time)
Commenced about A.D. 30, approx. 1517 years after the fifth dispensation began.
Joseph Smith (b. A.D. 1805)
(Dispensation of the fullness of times)
(Acts 3:19–21; Ephesians 1:9–10; D&C 27:13)
Joseph Smith, age 24 years and 3 months when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized in 1830. Commencement of last dispensation 1800 years after the sixth dispensation began.
(600 B.C.)
Nephi and Lehi (20 B.C.)
(Helaman 10:3–17; 11:19–23; 3 Nephi 7:15–19; 9:15–22; 11:7–40)
Commencement of 200 years of peace—A.D. 34
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The Family of Abraham
Abraham: “Father of Many Nations”
Noah
Shem
Terah
Abraham (Abram)
Nahor
Haran
Milcah
Lot
Iscah
Sarai
Isaac
Bethuel
Rebekah
Laban
Esau
Jacob
Leah
Rachel
(seventh great-grandson of Noah)
Married Sarah (Sarai)
(daughter of Haran)
Married Milcah (daughter of Haran)
(Genesis 11:27–29; Times and Seasons, 1 Mar. 1842, 705)
Married Rebekah
(daughter of Bethuel)
(sold his birthright to Jacob)
Through Hagar, Sarah’s handmaiden, Abraham fathered Ishmael (see Genesis 17:20). After Sarah’s death, Abraham married Keturah, through whom he had six children, named in Genesis 25:1–2.
Jacob: Father of the Twelve Tribes of Israel
Leah
Rachel
Bilhah
Zilpah
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulon
Dinah (a daughter)
Joseph
Benjamin
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Lehi’s Lineage
Manasseh
Ephraim
(Adapted from Burl Shephard, comp., “The Family of Abraham,” Instructor, Jan. 1964, inside back cover.)
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Old Testament Chronology Chart
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The Old Testament
Chronology Chart
Prepared by the Church Educational System
Books of the Old Testament
Adam 930
Seth 912
Enos 905
Cainan 910
Mahalaleel 895
Jared 962
Enoch 430
Methuselah 969
Lamech 777
Noah 950
Japheth
Shem 610
Ham
Canaan
Mizraim
Arphaxad 438
Salah 433
Eber 464
Peleg 239
Reu 239
Serug 230
Nahor 148
Terah 205
Abraham
Abraham 175
Abraham leaves Ur
Abraham settles in Canaan
Isaac born
Brother of Jared
Gentiles
Mesopotamia
Land of Canaan
Egypt
Western Hemisphere
(Jaredites)
Age of the Patriarchs
Age of the Patriarchs
Age of Abraham
Cain and Able
City of Enoch translated
The Flood
Tower of Babel
Jaredites leave for New World
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1600
1500
1400
1300
1200
1100
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
A.D.1
100
Mesopotamia
Land of Canaan
Egypt
Western Hemisphere
(Jaredites)
Minor Kingdoms
Assyria
Persia
Seleucids
Rome
Ptolemies
Seleucids
Rome
Ptolemies
Seleucids
Rome
Persia
Ptolemies
Rome
Book of Mormon
(Nephites and Lamanites)
Kingdom of Israel
Kingdom of Judah
Age of Abraham
Israel in Egypt
Return to Canaan
Reign of the Judges
United Kingdom
Divided Kingdom
Divided Kingdom
Exile
Return of Jews
Greek Domination
Maccabeans
Roman Domination
Babylon
Samaritans
Babylon
Persia
Maccabeans
Maccabeans
Abraham 175
Isaac born
Esau and Jacob born
Joseph born
Manasseh and Ehpraim
Israel and family in Egypt
Moses
Exodus
Israel enters Canaan
Joshua
Gideon
Samson
Ruth
Samuel
Nathan
Temple built
Elijah
Elisha
Jonah
Assyrian Captivity
Ten tribes
Daniel
Ezekiel
Esther
First Babylonian captivity
Second Babylonian captivity
First return
Second return
Third return
Isaiah
Lehi leaves Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Jerusalem destroyed
Third Babylonian captivity
Mulek leaves Jerusalem
Haggai
Zechariah
Temple rebuilt
Ezra
Malachi
Jesus Christ
Nephi
Jacob
Mosiah
Alma
Helaman
Jesus Christ
Saul
David
Solomon
Asa
Jehoshaphat
Rehoboam
Jeroboam
Ahab
Omri
Jehoram
Uzziah
Hezekiah
Josiah
Deuteronomy
Numbers
Joshua
Ruth
2 Samuel
1 Chronicles
Job?
Jonah?
Joel?
Amos
Zephaniah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Jeremiah & Lamentations
Ezekiel
Obadiah?
Zechariah
Haggai
Esther
Malachi
Nehemiah
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Judges
1 Samuel
1 Kings
Poetry and Wisdom Literature
2 Kings
2 Chronicles
Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes
Hosea
Isaiah
Micah
Daniel
Ezra
Standard Measures of Volume
Liquid Measures
Bath (22 liters or 5.8 gallons)
Hin (3.66 liters or 3.9 quarts)
Kab (1.2 liters or 2.5 pints)
Log (.3 liters or 1.3 cups)
10 baths = 1 homer (or kor) “a donkey load” (220 liters or 58 gallons)
Dry Measures
Ephah (22 liters or .62 bushel)
Seah (7.3 liters or 6.6 quarts)
Omer (2.2 liters or 2 quarts)
Kab (1.2 liters or 1 quart)
Log (.3 liters or .5 pint)
5 ephahs = 1 lathech (half-homer) (110 liters or 3.1 bushels)
10 ephahs = 1 homer (220 liters or 6.2 bushels)
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Linear Measures
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Cubit (elbow to finger-tip) 18 in. or 45 cm. The long cubit was a handbreadth longer 20.4 in. or 52 cm. 6 cubits = 1 reed.
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Span (outstretched hand from thumb to little finger): three handbreadths or half a cubit 9 in. or 23 cm.
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Palm or handbreadth (width of the hand at the base of the fingers) 3 in. or 76 mm.
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Finger or digit (1/4 handbreadth) 3/4 in. or 19 mm.
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