Bible unit 2
The city which naomi had left with her husband and sons and to which she came back years later with only her moabite daughter in law ruth was...
Bethlehem
The law of levirate marriage said that
Brothers of dead husbands should marry the widows
Medo-persian king who re-granted permission to the Jews to rebuild their temple and who warned their enemies not to hinder them on pain of death is
Darius the great
The person who said " As for me and my household, we will serve yahweh" is
Joshua
The king who began his reign when he was eight, found the book of law in the temple and reformed the nation to worship Yahweh properly is
Josiah
The neighboring country that was the greatest threat to Isreal around the time of David, until Daivd defeated then in a battle, and who may have descended from tribes who fought in the trojan war
Philistia
The book of ruth teaches about the messiah by
genealogy of messiah, teaching about boaz and the kingsman reedemer, and showing that gentiles are welcome in Gods kingdom
By the time of Joshua's death the israelites had conquered
much but not all of Canaan
In very general terms the book of joshua teaches that
obedience brings victory
Saul was validated as king by
private anointing, public lot, and victory in war
When the israelites asked samuel for a king like the other nations, the kings generally were
the chief priest, the channel of all divine blessings and either divine or semi divine
According to the most peaceful of competing theories, Israelites emerged in Canaan through
A process of nomadic infiltration
The Persian king Cyrus..
Allowed Jews to return from the Exile
the festival of Purim commemorates Gods blessing the Jews by
Allowing them to kill their enemies
When nebuchadnezzar took hostages form jersualem into scholarship captivity in 605 BC in order to ensure that the country would be docile he took
Daniel, Shadrach, meshach, abednego, and others
A fine example of the true friendship is was that between David and
Johnathan
The latter of the two best kings after the time of David
Josiah
The sin of Jeroboam which haunted the northern kingdom from its founding to its destruction is
Using bethel and Dan as worship sites
The medo-persian king who married Esther is
Xerxes 1 or Ahasuerus
the last time Nebuchadnezzar punished the Jews for refusing to pay tribute he took captive
Zedekiah and many others
When Esther apporached King Xerxes about the Jewish problem she
invited him to dinner twice
The archaeology of jericho is important to consider in connection to the emergence of Israelites in Canaan because
its archaeology is often interpreted to contradict the bible
Who lead Israel into the promise land
joshua
the ark of the covenant
was a symbol of gods presence
Saul
was under the authority of Gods law and Samuel, offered burnt offering without waiting for Samuel, Did not utterly kill the Amalekites
According to the bible, the Israelites emerged into Canaan through
A relatively complete conquest in the early 1300s
According to the modified conquest theory the Israelites emerged in Canaan through
A relatively partial conquest in the late 1200s
The biblical text says that the leper Naaman was told to go to Elisha by
A servant
The higher priest who was banished to Anathoth for supporting the wrong person as the one to succeed David as king was
Abiathar
The son of David so ambitious to be king that, after he killed one of his brothers, he organized an armed conspiracy his father was
Absalom
The person who thought he would succeed David and has a big celebration then was pardoned by Solomon, then was killed for requesting Abishag for a wife, was
Adonijah
Jezebel was the wife of
Ahab
The king who made Baal worship in to the state sponsored religion for the first time was
Ahab
The king whom 1 kings say that he " did more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than did all the kings of Israel before him" partly because he made Baal worship into the state-sponsored religion was
Ahab
The nation that conquered the northern kingdom and led its inhabitants to exile is
Assyria
The nation that conquered the southern Kingdom and led its inhabitants to exile is
Babylonia
The last king of Babylon who was actually a regent for his father and witnessed the handwriting on the wall is
Belshazzar
During the period of the divided kingdom, the people of the southern kingdom (Judah) maintained the temple and the royal palace at Jerusalem, while Jeroboam 1 of the northern kingdom (Israel) established places of worship at
Bethel and Dan
in general terms the book of judges teaches
Disobedience brings defeat
Between the years of 900 BC and 700 BC, the Israelites were
Divided as two nations, under kings form various families
The events of Elijah's life included his flight to Horeb, the test at Mt Carmel, the drought and the anointing of Elisha in the order of?
Drought, Mt Carmel, Horeb, Elisha
The prophet who became so dismay at his lack of effectiveness that he concluded he was the only surviving faithful person to Yahweh of hosts was
Elijah
The prophet who lived for a time with a widow in Zarephath ad restored her son to life was
Elijah
The prophet who on Mt Carmel challenged 450 prophets of Baal in a confrontation to determine whether Baal or Yahweh the God of Israel would send fire to consume an offering was
Elijah
The judge who said "If you give the Ammonities int o my hands, whatever comes out my door of my house when I return in triumph will be Yahweh" is
Jephthah
The first fortified city within Canaan to be conquered by newly arrived Israelites was
Jericho
THe strongest memebr of the Jehu dynasty is
Jeroboam 2
The commander of the army who disobeyed David on several occasions and who was killed by Soloman's order even though he was claiming sanctuary by holding onto the horns of the altar was
Joab
The leader who commanded the sun to stop in order to gain more daylight and bring the battle to a successful conclusion was
Joshua
David first ruled king over
Judah
The worst king of the south who ruled for a total of 55 years, during which he was taken captive and he became repentant, who may have killed Isaiah and whose name is connected to sins that brought destruction upon the kingdom is
Manasseh
When young daivd volunteered to represent that army of his people in a duel with the philistine giant, Goliath, Saul at first
Said david could not fight then gave him armor
The prophet who followed Yahweh's direction to select David as future king of the children of Israel
Samuel
In response to his name being called out during the night, the answer, "Speak, for your servant is listening," was spoken by
Samuel at Shiloh when he was still a young lad
According to the Marxist of competing theories the israelites emerged in canaan through
a social revolt of pastoralists
At Gods command, joshua repeatedly and characteristically
annihilated many Canaanites and their cities
In addition to promoting the marriage of King Xerxes and Esther, Mordecai performed the great service of
exposing a plot against Xerxes life
Because of her role in befriending the Israelites spies sent into Jericho, one who with her family was spared during the destruction of the city was a ...
prostitute named Rahab
Following the return from the Babylonian exile, Nehemiah assumed leadership in Jerusalem for
rebuilding the walls and gates of the city
What add drama to the widow ruths persistent loyalty to her widowed mother in law is that
ruth was a maobite and naomi was a Israelite
The judge who married a Philistine and yet fought against the Philistines is
samson
In the books of Deuteronomy and Samuel, kings are...
sometimes spoken of evil and sometimes as good
Samuel the prophet did not
steadfastly support saul
Absalom
stole the hearts of Israelites
The kingsmen redeemer was Not charged with the specific duty of
teaching a relative about Messiah
After king saul had fallen away from God , he turned for help to
the medium of Endor
When the Israelites crossed the Jordan river to enter the promised land...
the water stopped flowing making dry ground
Before the israelites became a monarchy, they had the organization of a
tribal confederacy
The David covenant as it is recorded in 2 samuel 7 was
unconditional
The aftermath of defeat and captivity for the people of the northern kingdom (Israel) was that they
were scattered and never able to establish their nation again
King Xerxes advisors urged him to depose Queen Vashti to uphold the principle that
wives should respect their husbands
The prophet who told Josiah that Yahweh would bring disaster upon the land and would bless Josiah for his faithfulness is
Huldah
Death of Saul was followed immediately by
Warfare between supporters of David and Saul
The highest priest who was faithful to David and Solomon and from whom future high priest were descended from
Zadok
The story of ruth falls historically
during the period of judges
Gideon put god to the test when
asking god to manipulate dews
The women who served as a judge, disputes and leading troops to warfare was the prophetess
Deborah
The bible does not have laws that explicitly require
All NT Christians to avoid polygamy
The neighboring country that has a long history of enmity against the Israelites, including wars at the time of Jephthah and Saul and that was descended from one of Lot's two children of incest is
Ammon
The Medo-Persian king who authorized Ezra ad Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem is
Artaxerxes 1
The country noted for its cruelty in war, whose soldiers cut off their hands, feet noses ears and put out eyes and raised mounds of human heads
Assyria
The medo-persian king who first allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem and gave them permission to rebuild the temple is
Cyrus the Great
when the philistines placed the captured ark of god in the house of Dagon
Dagon fell over
The king who was not allowed to build the temple, but did secure Jerusalem as the place for it to be built, was
David
the giant Philistine defeated by David is
Goliath
In the context of Elijah's ascension into heaven, what did not happen?
He told Elisha to stay close to him
The Kingdom of Judah, who unlike those who immediately preceded and followed him, was faithful to Yahweh and during whose reign God rescued his people from Sennacherib's Assyrian army was..
Hezekiah
The earlier of the two best kings after the time of David is
Hezekiah
The king of Jerusalem who rebelled against Sennacherib with the encouragement of Isaiah and was preserved by God is
Hezekiah
The neighboring country that has a long history of enmity against the Israelites, including war at the time of Elisha, and which had opposed the israelites at the time of the Exodus by hiring Balaam against them is
Moab
The prophet of Yahweh who confronted David for having Uriah killed and claiming Bathsheba as his wife (both murderer and adultery) was
Nathan
The king who made Babylon into the greatest city o his day, complete with hanging gardens and powerful fortification is
Nebuchadnezzar
Two major dynasties of the northern kingdom are
Omri and Jehu
The people who occupied the coast land south and west of the children of Israel and who challenged them in battle again and again throughout the reign of Saul and period of judges was
Philistines
The strong maritime nation with whom Omri developed close relations is
Phoenicia
David was not
Spared from great suffering
The neighboring country that was the greatest threat to the northern kingdom for most of its existence is
Syria
Davids daughter who was raped by her half brother Amnon was
Tamar
When King Josiah ordered that the temple be repaired what was found in the temple walls?
The book of laws
When Elijah called Elisha to follow him he
Threw his cloak around him
The founder of the Neo- Assyrian empire who defeated Syro-Ephraimite coalition is
Tiglath- Pileser 3; TP3
David secured Bathsheba as one of his several wives
after arranging the killing of her former husband
During the reign of Solomon, he was famous for all but one of the following
carrying out many military campaigns
David endangered his kingship by
committing adultery with Bathsheba, neglecting to punish Amnon for raping Tamar, and forgiving Absalom for murdering Amnon
When Nehemiah inspected the walls of Jerusalem upon his arrival he
did so at night in secret on horseback
