What are the summaries of all the chapters in The Bronze Bow?

Here are the main events of each chapter of The Bronze Bow.

1: Daniel meets the young twins, Joel and Malthace, on the mountain and they discuss the Messiah.

2. Rosh’s band ambushes a passing caravan and steals the slave Samson. Daniel removes the slave’s shackles and Samson bows to him.

3. Simon comes to the mountain camp to tell Daniel Amalek is dead. Daniel returns to the village to visit his grandmother and sister.

4. Daniel goes to synagogue with Simon and sees and hears Jesus. After having a close call with a Roman soldier, he returns to the mountain.

5. Daniel visits Joel at his home in Capernaum; he stays to dinner and gets in an argument with Joel’s father, Hezron, who asks him to leave.

6. Daniel gets into an altercation with a Roman soldier and is wounded by a spear. He escapes to Joel’s house where Thacia lets him in. He passes out from the trauma of his wound.

7. Joel and Thacia hide Daniel in a secret chamber and nurse his wound. They become friends and take a vow to fight together “for God’s Victory.” They take the bronze bow as their symbol.

8. Rosh charges Daniel with repairing a knife, so Daniel must find Simon. He and Joel go to look for him in Bethsaida where Jesus is preaching. They witness healings by Jesus and hear him speak. Simon tells Daniel he is joining Jesus but sends him to someone to help with the knife.

9. Rosh gives Daniel a solo assignment to rob an old man. He does so, but regrets it when the man reminds him of his grandfather. Rosh and Daniel argue, and Daniel begins to doubt Josh as a leader as the words of Jesus echo in his mind.

10. Daniel’s grandmother is dying; Daniel is at her house when she passes away.

11. Simon offers to let Daniel work and live in his blacksmith shop so he can support his sister.

12. Daniel and a young man named Nathan start a group of young men in the city who will be a satellite band for Rosh with the goal of defeating the Romans.

13. Joel and Thacia visit Daniel at his home. Thacia befriends Leah.

14. Leah divulges to Daniel that she is interested in a Roman soldier, and Daniel is furious. He goes back to the mountain and Samson is glad to see him.

15. Daniel spends time listening to Jesus preach. He makes a tiny bronze cloak pin in the shape of a bow to remind him of his purpose.

16. Daniel recruits Joel to spy for Rosh. Daniel gives Thacia the bronze bow pin as a thank-you for how she has befriended Leah. Thacia suggests taking Leah to Jesus for healing. Daniel seems to be developing romantic feelings towards Thacia.

17. Daniel and his band of young men destroy a Roman watchtower.

18. Joel is captured by Romans for spying for Rosh and will be taken to the galleys. Daniel goes to Rosh for help rescuing Joel, but Rosh refuses. Daniel says his band will carry out the rescue themselves.

19. During the attack, Samson joins in. Joel is rescued, but Samson and Nathan are killed.

20. Joel comes to Daniel’s home secretly and tells him he is being sent to Jerusalem by his father to go to school and their father is arranging a marriage for Thacia. He invites Daniel to a festival in Capernaum in four days.

21. Daniel goes to warn Jesus of danger, and they speak of his becoming a follower. Jesus tells Daniel he doesn’t want him to fight for him, but to do something much harder: to love for him.

22. Daniel goes to see Thacia dance at the festival, and he lets her know how he feels about her but that he knows they can never have a relationship. He returns home to find out from Leah that she has befriended a Roman soldier. He is furious and says unkind things; she retreats to her corner.

23. All Leah’s progress has been lost; Leah appears demon possessed. Daniel decides to seek out Jesus to heal her. Daniel meets Simon, and he explains that Jesus is the Messiah but will never lead them against Rome. Daniel decides to forget about Jesus.

24. Leah becomes very ill. Daniel gets word to Thacia, and she brings Jesus. Daniel realizes that only love can bend a bow of bronze and knowing Jesus is more important than anything else. Jesus heals Leah, and he heals Daniel of his hatred of the Romans.