The Old Testament is filled with characters whose lives have great lessons to teach us.

You will enjoy reading the Old Testament like you never have before.

In this newest edition in the best-selling Great Lives Series, Charles Swindoll gives us portraits of 12 such figures. Within these stories you will find lessons of leadership, trials and tribulations. You will hear of those who experienced God's anointing and also those who felt His displeasure but most of all you will find stories of His infinite patience with those He created.

Charles Swindoll, in his trademark warm and insightful style, illuminates the lives of such characters as: Cain, Esau, Daniel, Elisha, Jonah, Saul, Abigail, and Jabez.