HOI Exam
Neco II
(610-595 BCE)
Meggido
(Armageddon) -A major city guarding/connecting the narrow pass between Egypt & Assyria (symbolic countries in the Hebrew past) -Many great wars have been fought there for control over the pass -The site inspired the 'End Times' battle - the cosmic crossroads
Omri
6th King, in the north, builds a capital city, Samaria- he does "evil in the sight of the Lord."
Nebuchadnezzar
A Babylonian king who conquered Jerusalem,and built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Purim
A joyous festival in early spring that recalls the Jews' being saved from destruction, as told in the Book of Esther
Manasseh
A king of Judah who destroyed all his father Hezekiah's reforms and persecuted the worshipers of the True God. After many disasters, he repented and turned back to God.
Northern Kingdom
A kingdom formed by the ten northernmost Tribes of Israel.
Ezra
A priest who led the returned exiles in Jerusalem and gathered together the books of the Old Testament.
Josiah
A reforming king of Judah who returned the people to the worship of God. During his reign the Book of the Law was found in the Temple, where it might have been hidden during Manasseh's persecutions.
Asherah pole
A tree with carvings to mark her presence
Ashurbanipal
An Assyrian king who told people to bring back writings and collected about 20,000 cuniform tablets were now found form him. Made a huge library in Nineveh
Pogrom
An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group.
Sargon II (722-705 BC)
Assyrian King dispersed israelites
Tiglath-Pileser III
Assyrian leader who reestablihed control over Mesopatamia; led Assyria to height of power; deported Isreal in 722bc.
Samaria
Capital of Northern Kingdom
Alexandria
City on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt founded by Alexander. It became the capital of the Hellenistic kingdom of Ptolemy. It contained the famous Library and the Museum and was a center for leading scientific and literary figures in the classical and postclassical eras.
Samaritans
Descendants of a mixed population of Israelites who survived the Assyrian deportations and various pagan settlers imported after the northern kingdom fell.
Robert Estienne
Divided chapters into verses
Shishak
Egyptian king and supporter of Jeroboam. Captured Jerusalem, where he pillaged the temple and royal palace, and carried away Solomon's "shields of gold."
Elisha
Elijah's devoted disciple, who continued his mentor's mission in Israel
Mordecai
Esther's relative who refused to bow to Haman; helped Esther save the Jews
The Golden Calf Cult
False worship
Nahum
God will judge the sinful and spare the righteous
Obadiah
God will utterly humble those who proudly oppose His people
Israelites
God's chosen people
Zechariah
Hebrew prophet mentions 12 minor prophets
Hilkiah
High priest who discovered the Book of the Law in the Temple during its renovation under King Josiah
Jezreel
Hosea's son: "God scatters," referring to coming judgment
Babylonian Exile
In 587 BC, the Babylonians pillaged Judah, destroyed the Temple and the city of Jerusalem, and banished the people in chains to serve as slaves in Babylon. The Exile lasted until 539 BC.
Johann Gutenberg
Invented the printing press
Baruch
Jeremiah's scribe
Synagogue
Jewish house of worship
Zerubbabel
Jewish leader who led the people home
Jehu
King of Israel appointed to destroy Ahab's family; had Jezebel thrown down to death
Alexander the Great
King of Macedonia who conquered Greece, Egypt, and Persia
Zedekiah
Last king of Judah before Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 586 BC
Jehoiachin
Nebuchadnezzar takes him to Babylon, Jehoiakim's son
Sennarcherib
One of the four great assyrian kings, destroyed Babylon and built Ninevah
Amos
Prophet of social justice
Ezekiel
Prophetic
Esther
Queen of Persia
Haggai
Rebuilding the temple
Stephen Langton
Responsible for CHAPTER DIVISIONS in the OT and NT Archbishop of Canterbury
Pericles
Ruler of Athens who zealously sought to spread Athenian democracy through imperial force
Judah
Southern Kingdom
King's Highway
The ancient road running along the Transjordan plateau from the Gulf of Aqabah to Damascus.
Talmud
The collection of Jewish rabbinic discussion pertaining to law, ethics, and tradition consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara.
apostasy
The denial of God and the repudiation of faith
Elijah
The great prophet who challenged the pagan rulers of Israel. He was taken up to Heaven in a fiery chariot.
Isaiah
The great prophet who guided the reforms of Hezekiah. His prophecies often refer to the coming of the Messiah.
Jews
The term for people who lived or were born in ancient Judea.
Jeremiah
The weeping prophet
Ahab
The wicked king of Israel. Led by his Phoenician wife Jezebel, he established the cult of Baal and persecuted the worshipers of the True God.
Tobiah
Threatened Nehemiah's Life, opposed the building of walls.
The Bronze Snake
When God punished the murmurs of the Israelites in the wilderness by sending among them venomous snakes who bit the people and many died. Moses, upon their repentance, was commanded to make a serpent of brass, whose polished surface shone like fire, and to set it up on the banner-pole in the midst of the people; and whoever was bitten by a serpent had but to look up at it and live.
Huldah
Woman recognized as a prophet who confirmed that the book found in the temple by workers during Josiah's reform was God's word
Syncretism
a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith
Arameans
a semi-nomadic and pastoralism people who originated in what is now modern Syria during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Large groups migrated to Mesopotamia where they intermingled with the native Akkadian (Assyrian and Babylonian) population.
Hezekiah's Tunnel
a water tunnel in Jerusalem, that provides a conduit for water from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam
Assyrian Empire
ancient Mesopotamian empire 934-609
School of the Prophets
assembled to worship, pray and ask God for wisdom
Carchemish
battle for supremacy between Egypt / Babylon 605
the fate of the ark of the covenant
captured by the philistines
Shalmaneser V
deported the tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel
Greece
in power with alex the great
Hoshea
last king of the northern kingdom
Jereboam II
longest reigning king of Israel (786-746 BCE), who brought the northern kingdom to the peak of power.
Malachi
means "my messenger"
Medes and Persians
migrated from central Asia to Persian before 1000 BCE were Indo-European speakers and shared cultural traits with Aryans challenged the Assyrian and Babylonian empires
Daniel
one known for wisdom and accurate judgment; from a wise leader in the Old Testament who was able to read the handwriting on the wall
Jonah
one who brings bad luck; an OT prophet who ran from God and sailed to sea. When a storm arose, he admitted that he was the cause, and the sailors threw him overboard, where he was swallowed by a large fish.
Joel
prophet
Nehemiah
prophet while rebuilding jerusalem, building of walls
Hosea
salvation
High Place
site (often elevated) of a sacred shrine. Called bamah in Hebrew.
Leprosy
skin disease,Nehman
Xerxes
son of Darius; became Persian king. He vowed revenge on the Athenians. He invaded Greece with 180,000 troops in 480 B.C.
Hebrews
the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob)
Corvee
unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes
Shechem
where the Israelites renew the Covenant, and where Joshua dies
Bethel and Dan
where the two golden calves were, Dan in north