Important Chapters in the Old Testament

These chapters are milestones in understanding the Old Testament. There are other important chapters but a study of these will give us a broad knowledge of God’s plan for the ages. They are each linked to BibleGateway – click on the chapter.

Genesis
1. Chapter 1 – Creation
2. Chapter 3 – Fall of man
3. Chapter 6 – The flood
4. Chapter 11 -Tower of Babel
5. Chapter 12 – Call of Abraham
6. Chapter 15 – Confirmation of Abrahamic covenant

Exodus
1. Chapter 3 – Call of Moses
2. Chapter 12 – Passover
3. Chapter 14 – Red Sea crossing
4. Chapter 16 – Giving of the Sabbath
5. Chapter 20 – The giving of the law
6. Chapter 40 – Completion of the tabernacle

Leviticus
1. Chapter 8 – Anointing of Aaron
2. Chapter 23 – Feasts of Israel

Numbers
1. Chapter 14 -Rebellion at Kedash Barnea
2. Chapter 21 – Serpent of brass

Deuteronomy
1. Chapter 28 – 30:10 -Israel’s future predicted

Joshua
1. Chapter 4 – Israel entered the promised land

Ruth
1. Chapter 4 – The marriage of Boaz and Ruth

I Samual
1. Chapter 9 – Anointing of Saul
2. Chapter 16 – Anointing of David

II Samual
1. Chapter 6 – Jerusalem becomes center of worship.
2. Chapter 7 – Davidic covenant

I Kings
1. Chapter 8 – Dedication of the temple
2. Chapter 12 – Kingdom divided.

II Kings
1. Chapter 17 – Capture of the Northern Kingdom
2. Chapter 19 – Saving of Jerusalem
3. Chapter 25 – Capture of Southern Kingdom

Ezra
1. Chapter 1 – Decree of Cyrus

Job
1. Chapter 1 – God and Satan

Psalms
1. Chapter 22 – A portrait of Calvary
2. Chapter 23 – Good shepherd
3. Chapter 51 – Sin and repent
4. Chapter 119 – Word of God

Isaiah
1. Chapter 7 – Virgin birth
2. Chapter 9 – Reign of the Prince of Peace
3. Chapter 11 – Millennium Kingdom
4. Chapter 14 – Satan
5. Chapter 35 – Millennium Kingdom
6. Chapter 53 – Suffering of Christ

7. Chapter 60 – Gentiles Bless Zion

Jeremiah
1. Chapter 31 – The promise of the New Covenant

Ezekiel
1. Chapter 10 – The departure of the glory cloud
2. Chapter 28 – The pre-historical life of Satan
3. Chapter 37 – The dry bone vision
4. Chapter 38 – The future Russian invasion of Palestine
3. Chapter 40 – The future millennium temple

Daniel
1. Chapter 2 – Vision of the destruction of the Gentile Kingdoms.
2. Chapter 9 – Daniel prayer and the Seventy Weeks time table.

Jonah
1. Chapter 2 – Jonah prayer

Zechariah
1. Chapter 12 – Israel receives Jesus as their Savior
2. Chapter 14 – Second Coming of Christ