All the Stories of the Bible - 90 Seconds Each

https://www.btstories.com/cutting-burning-the-book/Jeremiah preached in the Temple, telling the peopleit would be destroyed because of their sins. Thepriest and prophets banded him from coming backto the Temple.

https://www.btstories.com/broken-pot/God called Jeremiah to preach to the people ofJudah. “Lord, I don’t want this job.” The Lord said,“I chose you for this job before you were born. I’lltell you exactly what to say.”

https://www.btstories.com/josiahs-reforms/King Josiah went throughout the land of Judah andIsrael and oversaw the destruction of idol worshipin all the cities. He went to the altar Jeroboam hadbuilt at Bethel. He saw some tombs nearby, sohe sent men to get some human bones. He burntthem on top of the altar to desecrate it.

https://www.btstories.com/a-book-is-found/Josiah was the last great king before the peopleof Judah went into captivity. When he restored theTemple, the high priest found the Book of the Law,written by Moses. The king had it read out loud,but ripped his clothes when he heard what waswritten in the book.

https://www.btstories.com/evil-king-who-repented/Hezekiah was one of the best kings of all thedescendants of David. His son Manasseh, however,was one of the most wicked of them all. He rebuiltall the altars to false gods that his father haddestroyed. He put several inside the Temple itself.He led the whole nation to practice witchcraft, andeven sacrificed his own sons to false gods.

https://www.btstories.com/fifteen-years/King Hezekiah became extremely sick. The prophetIsaiah went to him and said, “God says this sicknesswill kill you. So prepare to die.” After the prophet left,Hezekiah called out to God and cried bitterly.

https://www.btstories.com/king-of-assyria/“Sennacherib, the great king of Assyria, sends thismessage to Hezekiah: You cannot resist my greatarmy. The Lord your God can’t help you.”

https://www.btstories.com/hezekiah/King Hezekiah followed the Lord more than anyking since David. The first thing he did was to openthe Temple his father had closed. Oh, the peoplecame and sacrificed so many burnt offerings toGod, the Levites had to help the priest until thework was done.

https://www.btstories.com/israel-in-captivity/The first king of Israel set up two golden calves forworship. None of their kings destroyed the calves.None of them followed the Lord. So God allowedthe Assyrians to invade the land. Their armiesencircled Samaria, the capital of Israel, and keptanyone from going in or out.

https://www.btstories.com/gomer/God said to the prophet, “Go find a prostitute andmarry her.” So, Hosea chose one named Gomer.She agreed to be his wife. But after the wedding,she continued seeing her many lovers. SoonGomer was expecting a child from one of thesemen.

https://www.btstories.com/Ahaz/Ahaz was 20 years old when he became king ofJudah. Unlike his father and grandfather, he didn’tfollow the Lord. He started the worship of Baal inJerusalem, and even began to practice the ritual ofchild sacrifice.

https://www.btstories.com/uzziah/Uzziah was 16 years old when he became king,and served for 52 years. God gave him greatsuccess because he followed the Lord and wantedto please him. He defeated the enemies of Judahand was known far and wide as a powerful king.

https://www.btstories.com/thistle-the-cedar/Amaziah started off as a good king, and followedthe Lord for many years. One day, he attackedEdom and brought them under the control ofJudah. Unfortunately, he brought the gods of Edomback to Jerusalem and started worshiping them.

https://www.btstories.com/jonah-the-vine/Jonah walked across the city of Nineveh shouting,“God is going to destroy this city in 40 days!” Thepeople of the city believed him.

https://www.btstories.com/jonah-the-fish/“Jonah, go to Nineveh and tell them I’m going tojudge them because of their wickedness.” Jonahknew God was merciful and would forgive Ninevehif they repented. So he went to Joppa and got on aship going in the opposite direction.

https://www.btstories.com/death-of-elisha/Elisha became sick and was about to die. KingJehoash of Israel knelt beside the prophet’s bedand cried. “My father, my father, the chariots andhorsemen of Israel!”

https://www.btstories.com/joash/Jehoiada, the high priest, taught Joash the king andhelped him live a godly life. As long as Jehoiadalived, Joash followed the ways of the Lord.

https://www.btstories.com/athaliah/After her husband, the king of Judah died, Athaliahdecided to become king herself. To do that, sheknew she would have to kill all of her grandchildrenbecause they were descendants of David.

https://www.btstories.com/jezebel/After Jehu killed the king, he went on into Jezreelto find Jezebel. She knew he was coming, so sheput on makeup, brushed her hair, and sat next toher second floor window.

https://www.btstories.com/jehu/Jehu was the commander of the army of Israel.Elisha sent a young prophet to anoint him king,with instructions that he was to kill the entirehousehold of Ahab.

https://www.btstories.com/elisha-crying/Elisha went to the capital of Syria. The Syrian kingwas sick. So when he heard that Elisha was intown, he sent his servant Hazael to the prophet.“Take some gifts to the man of God and ask him ifI’ll recover from this illness.”

https://www.btstories.com/four-lepers/The army of Syria surrounded Samaria cutting offall supplies going into the city. In time, the peoplestarted to starve. The king yelled at Elisha. “Yousaid all this trouble is from God. So why should Iserve him?”

https://www.btstories.com/blind-soldiers/Every time the king of Syria gave his battle plansto his commanders, Elisha told the king of Israelexactly what they were about to do. This happenedseveral times until the king of Syria questioned hiscommanders about it.

https://www.btstories.com/gehazi/After Naaman was healed, he stood before Elisha.“Today I’ve learned that there’s no god on earthexcept the God of Israel. Please accept my humblegift.”

https://www.btstories.com/naaman/Naaman was the commander of the Syrian army.When he got leprosy, the slave girl from Israel said,“I wish my master could go to Israel. They have aprophet who’s able to heal people with leprosy.”

https://www.btstories.com/shunammite-woman/A prominent woman in the town of Shunemasked her husband to prepared a place where theprophet Elisha could stay when he was in town.In appreciation, the prophet said to her, “This timenext year, you’ll have a son.” The couple had nochildren.

https://www.btstories.com/oil-stew-bread-and-an-ax/When one of the prophets died, his wife said toElisha, “My husband owed a man some money.Now he is coming to take my two sons and sellthem as slaves.”

https://www.btstories.com/ditches-of-water/King Joram of Israel marched against Moab. Heinvited Jehoshaphat to join him. So the two armiesmarched south of the Dead Sea and into Edom.There, the Edomite army joined them and all threecontinued their march toward Moab.

https://www.btstories.com/elijah-in-the-whirlwind/Elijah and Elisha went to the Jordan River. Whenthey got there, Elijah rolled up his cloak, and struckthe water. Immediately, the waters parted and thetwo men walked across the river on dry ground.Once on the other side, Elijah said, “What do youwant me to do for you before I’m taken away?”

https://www.btstories.com/captain-of-50/King Ahaziah of Israel broke through a woodenrail and fell to the ground from the second floorof his house. He sent a servants to ask his idol ifhe would recover from his injuries. Elijah stoppedthe servants and sent a message back to the kingsaying he would die from his accident.

https://www.btstories.com/jehoshaphats-victory/Three nations united together to fight againstJudah and sent a massive army into the land. KingJehoshaphat was afraid, so he told the people ofJudah to fast and seek God’s favor. The peopleresponded. Many of them went to Jerusalem to bewith their king and pray with him.

https://www.btstories.com/jehoshaphat-ahab/Ahab asked his 400 prophets if he would havevictory in an upcoming battle. They all said hewould. Jehoshaphat was going with him into battle,and he wanted to hear from a prophet of the Lord.So Ahab sent for Micaiah, who said, “Oh, youshould definitely go. You’ll be successful.”

https://www.btstories.com/naboths-vineyard/In the town of Jezreel, a man named Nabothowned a vineyard next to the palace of King Ahab.The king tried to buy the vineyard so he couldmake it into a vegetable garden.

https://www.btstories.com/the-wounded-prophet/The king of Syria invaded Israel with superiormilitary might. A prophet went to King Ahab with amessage that God would give him the victory. Afterthe Syrians were defeated, their officials said totheir king, “Their god is the god of the mountains.You’ll win if you fight them on flat land.”

https://www.btstories.com/elijah-on-mt-horeb/Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah. “I am going tokill you!” Elijah ran away and went into a wildernessin the southern part of Judah. Finally he lay downunder a juniper tree and fell asleep.

https://www.btstories.com/elijah-on-mount-carmel/Elijah said to king Ahab, “Tell Israel to meet me onMount Carmel and bring the prophets of Baal.”Once everyone was there, Elijah said to the people,“Why do you go back and forth? If the Lord is God,follow Him. If Baal, follow him.”

https://www.btstories.com/elijah-and-the-widow/The Lord said to Elijah, “Go to Zarephath. I haveselected a widow to provide for you there.” Elijahentered the village and saw a woman gatheringsticks. “Please bring me a little water and somebread.”

https://www.btstories.com/abijah-asa/Asa ruled Judah for 41 years. The Lord gave himyears of peace because he returned the nation to theways of David. He destroyed the idols Solomon hadset up and told the people to seek the Lord God.

https://www.btstories.com/rehoboam-jeroboam/King Jeroboam said to his wife, “Take the propheta gift and ask him what will happen to our son whois sick. Put on a disguise, so he won’t know you’remy wife.”

https://www.btstories.com/the-old-prophet/An old prophet, living at Bethel, heard about theyoung man of God from Judah, and what he haddone at Jeroboam’s altar. So he rode down theroad until he found the young prophet. “Comehome with me and I’ll serve you a meal.”

https://www.btstories.com/jeroboams-sin/Jeroboam made two golden calves. He put one inthe south at Bethel and the other in the north atDan. He said to the people, “It’s too hard to travelto Jerusalem several times a year. Here’s your godwho brought you out of Egypt.”

https://www.btstories.com/the-kingdom-divided/A prophet wearing a new coat walked up toJeroboam. He took off the coat and ripped it intotwelve pieces. He handed Jeroboam ten of them.

https://www.btstories.com/queen-of-sheba/The queen of Sheba heard about the great wisdomof King Solomon, and couldn’t believe it was true.So she decided to go and test him with a list ofhard questions.

https://www.btstories.com/building-the-temple/Solomon knew it was his responsibility to buildthe Temple of the Lord. The entire constructiontook seven years to complete. During that time,there wasn’t the sound of tools at the Temple sitebecause everything was assembled elsewhere.

https://www.btstories.com/solomon/God appeared to Solomon in a dream. He said,“What do you want me to give you?”Without hesitation, he said, “Lord, my fatherwas a great king, but I feel like a child who doesn’tknow anything. Please, give me the wisdom andunderstanding to rule over your people.”

https://www.btstories.com/death-of-david-joab/Before David died, he gave Solomon instructionson how he should rule as king. “Walk in the waysof God’s commandments and you’ll be successful.Kill Joab when the time is right. He murdered twocommanders of Israel—Abner, Saul’s commander,and Amasa, his cousin. Both of these men trustedhim because it was a time of peace.

https://www.btstories.com/transfer-of-power/Since David was old and bedridden, his fourth sonAdonijah decided to make himself the next king. Heasked Joab and the high priest to help him. Othersrefused to help, including Nathan the prophet.Adonijah hosted a great banquet of all his supporters.

https://www.btstories.com/numbering-the-people/King David took a census so he could see howlarge an army he could build, even though he knewGod didn’t want him to do it. After he heard thereport, he realized the Lord wasn’t pleased withwhat he had done. He prayed, “Oh God, I’ve actedfoolishly. Forgive my sin.”

https://www.btstories.com/ethnic-cleansing/A famine hit the land of Israel. At first, Davidthought it was a natural event until it lasted forthree years. At last he realized it was from God.The Lord said, “It is because of what Saul did tothe Gibeonites.”

https://www.btstories.com/wise-woman-of-abel/David replaced Joab with Amasa as commanderof the army. He said to him, “Gather my troops inthree days so you can hunt down Sheba.”