Old Testament EXAM 2
458 BC
Stage 2 return under Ezra
538 BC
State 1 return under Zerubbabel
445/444 BC
State 3 return under Nehemiah
Elijah confers his ministry on Elisha before being taken up to heaven in "chariots of fire"
2 Kings
God says Israel is too far gone
2 Kings
The prophetic Ministry of Elisha
2 Kings
all of Israel gets taken into exile to Babylon
2 Kings
Absalom's revenge and rise to power
2 Samuel
David avenges Saul's treachery against the gibeonites
2 Samuel
David recognized as the psalmist of Israel
2 Samuel
David's adulterous and murderous affair
2 Samuel
David's kindness to Saul's remaining family member "Mephibosheth"
2 Samuel
David's military successes
2 Samuel
David's prideful census, its consequences, his repentant offering
2 Samuel
David's re-establishment as king
2 Samuel
God establishes a messianic covenant with David
2 Samuel
Israel is divided into two new Kingdoms for the first time - Israel in the north under Ish - bosheth son of Saul, and Judah in the south under David
2 Samuel
Israel is eventually united under David as king; Jerusalem is establish as its capital
2 Samuel
Nathan's prophetic confrontation with David; the deadly consequences of David's sins
2 Samuel
Sheba's rebellion and defeat
2 Samuel
character studies for later generations of the israelites
2 chronicles
the book ends with an incomplete sentence to show another return from exile
2 chronicles
this book ends pointing forward. the past is a hope for the future.
2 chronicles
Amnon's assault of Tamar
2 samuel
Birth of Solomon
2 samuel
How many wives did Solomon have?
1000 wives
how many judges represented?
12
Ezra is a direct descendant of...
Aaron
Solomon ascended to the throne
1 Kings
Solomon is granted wisdom by God and becomes known for his judgments
1 Kings
Solomon oversees construction of the temple
1 Kings
Solomon's enemies: external and internal
1 Kings
Solomon's failures: foreign wives, idol worship
1 Kings
The prophet Elijah is introduced
1 Kings
The queen of Sheba visits Solomon
1 Kings
The story of Ahab and Jezebel in Israel
1 Kings
The temple is dedicated, and the ark of the covenant is place there
1 Kings
they set up a god competition of baal and the god of israel and only the god of israel responded.
1 Kings
How many years of exile?
70 years
The rest of Israel goes to war against the tribe of Benjamin and almost annihilates them
Judges
The treachery of the Danites, the theft of Micah's idols and the identity of the levite - the grandson of moses
Judges
for the first time, Israel has no clear leader
Judges
this book portrays a notable spiritual deterioration of Israel
Judges
Temple was
rebuilt
role of prophets:
- speak on gods behalf - covenant watchdogs - call out idolatry and injustice - challenge israel to repent and follow the torah
the criteria for kings...
- worship the God of israel alone? - rid israel of idolatry - faithful to the covenant
good kings in northern israel?
0/20
portrays david as a moses like figure
1 Chronicles
positive stories of David
1 Chronicles
Ahab killed in battle
1 Kings
David dies
1 Kings
Death of Solomon
1 Kings
Elijahs showdown with the prophets of Baal
1 Kings
Elisha becomes Elijah's disciples
1 Kings
Introduction of Jeroboam
1 Kings
Jeroboam's spiritual error (worshipping 2 idol salves)
1 Kings
Rehoboam, Jeroboam, and the division of Israel
1 Kings
Reminder of the Davidic covenant despire the King's sinfulness
1 Kings
Samaria becomes the capital of the northern kingdom, Israel
1 Kings
Capture of the ark of the covenant by the philistines and Eli's death
1 Samuel
David defeats goliath and philistines
1 Samuel
David leads raids against Israel's enemies
1 Samuel
Eli is not as faithful as Hannah. Eli is a little more clueless. He thinks Hannah is a drunk when she is praying
1 Samuel
Hannah is a virtuous woman and desires a child more than anything. Married from a man who is a descendant from Joseph
1 Samuel
Hannah says that if she gives her a child, she will give the child to God and he will serve God
1 Samuel
Israel and the philistines go to war; Saul and his sons die in the battle
1 Samuel
Israel demands a king "like all the nations"
1 Samuel
Jonathan, Michal, and Saul's growing jealousy of David
1 Samuel
Samuel Established as judge over Israel
1 Samuel
Samuel is crowned as Israel's first king
1 Samuel
Samuel's death
1 Samuel
Samuel's farewell speech
1 Samuel
Saul consults a medium and learns of his own impending death
1 Samuel
Saul pursues David as an enemy of the state
1 Samuel
Saul's disobedience in battle
1 Samuel
Saul's disqualifying sacrifice
1 Samuel
Saul's first military victory
1 Samuel
Saul's rejection as King
1 Samuel
The calling of Samuel
1 Samuel
The return of the ask of Israel - with gold tumors and rats
1 Samuel
The sins of Eli's sons, Hophni and Phineas "worthless men"
1 Samuel
The story of Hannah and the birth of Samuel
1 Samuel
These books recount the establishment of the ministry of the prophet Samuel who anoints Saul as the first king of Israel and is witness to the rise of the United Kingdom in Israel. These books then trace Saul's demise and David's ascendance and kingship
1 and 2 samuel in a nusthsell
David prepares for the temple
1 chronicles
explains that none of the kings are the messianic king
1 chronicles
in the beginning, states all of the main key characters
1 chronicles
Another of David's son Adonijah seeks to usurp David's throne, along with the highest priest and the general of Israel's armies
1 kings
God reaffirms the davidic covenant with solomon
1 kings
Includes the division of Israel into a northern kingdom
1 kings
Includes the story of the building of Israel's first temple and transition from tabernacle worship to temple worship
1 kings
David anointed as Israel's next king; enters the service of the king as armor bearer and music therapist
1 samuel
ON EXAM
1&2 chronicles will be one book
which book covers a period of around 400 years
1&2 kings
These books tell the story of Solomon's kingship, the division of the kingdom into israel and judah, stories of the kings of the north and the south, and God's judgment of his obedient people into exile.
1&2 kings in a nutshell
focuses on the kings living in jerusalem
2nd chronicles
stories of obedient and unfaithful kings
2nd chronicles
Babylon takes southern kingdom in ...BC
587-586 BC
Seventy years of exile
607-538 BC or 587-516 BC
Good kings in southern Judah
8/12
Israel's northern kingdom is conquered by
Assyria
722 BC
Assyria defeats Israel
Who had similar ways of conquering nation and what would they do?
Assyrians and Babylonans. They would bring them out of their homeland (advantage is that they have no boundaries and don't have a place anymore and they have no country to fight for).
timelines of conquering
Assyrians, Babylonians, and then the Persians
persia defeats...
Babylon
612 BC
Babylon defeats Assyria
587 BC
Babylong defeats Judah
Book occurs after exile and between the rebuilding of the temple and the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls
Esther
Explains the origin of the feast of Purim
Esther
Haman plans to hang Mordecai
Esther
Haman schemes to exterminate the Jews
Esther
Haman's plot is revealed and he is executed
Esther
Introduction of Xerxes and his big celebration
Esther
Mordecai becomes second in command of the Persian empire
Esther
Mordecai prevents an attack on the king
Esther
One night the king cant sleep and asks for them to read him the royal chronicles to help him sleep and remembers that Mordecai saved his life and he wants to exalt mordecai
Esther
Queen Vashti's refusal and punishment
Esther
The jews are saved, and the feast of Purim is established
Esther
The only book in the OT that does not mention God
Esther
The queen agrees to help her people even if it costed her life
Esther
This book serves as a reminder of the providential care and activity of God on behalf of his people
Esther
Which book is read every year during the feast of purim?
Esther
Whos parents are both dead and had to live with her uncle?
Esther
what became the inevitable consequence for Israel's sin?
Exile
He denounces and deals with the foreign marriages that he finds among the Jewish people
Ezra
This book begins the story of Judah's return from exile under the leadership of Zerubbabel, who guides the returning exiles in rebuilding the temple in the first 6 chapters. In the remaining chapters, the man for whom the book is names leads Israel in returning to faithfulness to God's laws.
Ezra in a nutshell
607 and 597 BC
Initial deportations from Judah
Rape and murder at Gibeah in Benjamin
Judges
The angel of the Lord outlines the consequences of incomplete obedience
Judges
The israelites conquer Jerusalem
Judges
What was Esther's lineage
Jews
Areas of Canaan not yet conquered
Joshua
Cities of refuge established
Joshua
Consequences for failure to conquer
Joshua
Covers a period from the death of Moses until the death of Joshua
Joshua
Crossing the Jordan river
Joshua
Death of Joshua's son
Joshua
Focus is on the crossing of the Jordan river and the conquest of the land under Joshuas leadership
Joshua
Israel narrowly avoids civil war
Joshua
Israel's campaign against canaan
Joshua
Joshua's call to covenant faithfulness
Joshua
Joshua's challenge to Israel
Joshua
Joshua's encounter with the commander of the lord's army
Joshua
Levitical cities establishes
Joshua
The battle of Jericho
Joshua
The deception of the Gibeonites
Joshua
The destruction of Ai
Joshua
The lord commissioning Joshua
Joshua
The sin of Achan/God's punishment
Joshua
Transjordan tribes - reubenites, gradites, east half Manasseh return home
Joshua
Two spies sent into Jericho/the intriguing story of Rahab the prosititute
Joshua
coveneant renewed/passover
Joshua
Historical books
Joshua-Esther
Babylon defeated...
Judah
Although israelites are initially successful, Israel fails to defeat all the caannanite people groups
Judges
Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon
Judges
Israel restores the tribe of Benjamin through further treachery
Judges
Jephthah (his vow)
Judges
List of unconquered Caananite nations
Judges
Micah's idols and the levite for hire
Judges
Presentation of the judges cycle
Judges
After Joshua's death, the people of God begin a continuing cycle which includes sin, oppression, repentance and deliverance (through God's raising of a judge), followed by a time of peace. Everyone does what is right in their own eyes, and there is no clear spiritual authority. The book of Judges concludes with two stories that illustrate the depths of depravity to which Israel has descended.
Judges in a nutshell
ON TEST
Know the dates they they are defeated and taken to Israel
ON TEST
Know the flow of what is happening externally of Israel
Ruth finds a protector and benefactor, Elimelech's kindsman Boaz - son of Rahab
Ruth
Ruth gives birth to a son, Obed
Ruth
Ruth pursues a Husband - Boaz
Ruth
What is the name of Esther's uncle?
Mordecai
The family of Elimelech moves from Bethlehem to moab due to famine; two sons marry moabite women; the father and sons die during their 10 year stay in Moab
Ruth
Dedication of Jerusalem's wall
Nehemiah
Ezrah's torah based revival
Nehemiah
Restoration of temple integrity, worship practices, sabbath observance, and reformation of the people.
Nehemiah
This book continues the story was started in Ezra, but in this book the man for whom the book is named leads the turned exiles of Judah in the rebuilding of Jerusalem's curt wall. The book also includes the story of a torah-based revival, as the people gather to hear Gods word.
Nehemiah in a nuthsell
six major judges
Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, Giden, Jephthah, Samson
539 BC
Persia defeats Babylon
who acted just like their father
Rehoboam like Solomon
Boaz officially takes the role of kinsman redeemer
Ruth
Family line from perez to David
Ruth
Occurring during the time of the judges, this is the story of one family—really one woman, a widow who is not even of Jewish heritage, but nonetheless trusts God's provision for her, even after tragedy, and through that provision becomes a part of the lineage of the Messiah, the great-grandmother of King David.
Ruth
Samson
Strong judge due to his Nazarite vow and long hair; wife Delilah betrays him judges
516 BC
Temple rebuilt
Who was thought to write Joshua
authorship is unclear but Joshua is thought to be the author during the Babylonian exile.
The first group of exiles to return consist of about 50,000 people
ezra
The prophetic ministries of Haggai and Zechariah are mentioned as the motivators for the rebuilding of the temple
ezra
The temple is eventually rebuilt, and the passover is celebrated
ezra
The word was stopped for a period of time by the decree of king Artaxerxes, but it was later restarted and given approval during the reign of king Darrius.
ezra
Worship is reestablished in the first year
ezra
the rebuilders face opposition from relocated peoples "the people of the land."
ezra
the rebuilding of the temple is started in the second year
ezra
Why does God allow them to continue on? SHORT ANSWER
go into more depth (he allows them to continue on for the sake of his promise to David)
why doesnt chronicles show Davids negative parts?
it is portraying him as the ideal king. Portrays an image of the future messianic king.
Stories of the judges
judges
On test
know the timeline
In Ezra and Nehemiah, the power has shifted to
persia
Naomi, a widow, along with her daughter in law Ruth return to bethelehem
ruth
Judges cycle
sin --> oppression--> repentance----> deliverance--> peace
Ezra's professional status was a ....
teacher, well verses in the law of Moses
which book summarizes all of the Jewish scriptures?
the Chronicles
- Nehemias calling - Nehemiah's sending - Nehemiah's observation - Nehemiah's organization and workforce - Nehemias opposition - Samaria, Ammon, Arabs, and others - Nehemias accomplishment - Nehemias genealogical census
uhhh...Nehemiah
does 2 kings have any hope?
yes it ends w a slight glimpse of hope.
