OT Final Exam
How many religious reform movements were there in the kingdom of Israel?
0
date: the exodus
1445 BC
date: Abraham's arrival in Canaan
2090 BC
3rd group returns from captivity
445 BC
date: 2nd group returns form captivity
458 BC
How may (approx.) returned in the first group from Babylon?
50,000
date: 1st group returns from captivity
538 BC
What was the date for the decree of Cyrus?
539 BC
date: 3rd stage of babylonian deportation
586 BC
date: 2nd stage of babylonian deportation
597 BC
date: 1st stage of babylonian deportation
605 BC
date: Fall of Samaria
722 BC
date: split of Solomon's Kingdom
930 BC
Which Judean kings led reform movements?
Asa, Jehoshaphat, Josiah, Menasseh, Joash, Hezekiah
Sargon ruled over _____?
Assyria
Nabonidus ruled over _____?
Babylon
Who was the Median king who conquered Babylon?
Cyrus
Where did Jeroboam put his golden calves?
Dan and Bethel
Necho ruled over _____?
Egypt
Who led the second group? the third group?
Ezra, Nehemiah
Who was Baal? (and what country primarily worshipped him?)
God of fertility/storms, Phoenicia
Philip II ruled over ______?
Greece/Macedonia
Which prophets encouraged the rebuilding of the second temple?
Haggai and Zechariah
What Jewish feast came out of the Maccabean Revolt?
Hanukah
Which Judean king foolishly boasted about Judah's wealth to the Babylonians?
Hezekiah
Which major prophet encouraged king Hezekiah?
Isaiah
Who was the priest who overthrew Athaliah?
Jehoiada
Which king cut up a scroll written by Jeremiah?
Jehoiakim
Who was Ahab's wife?
Jezebel
A scroll was found in the temple during the reforms of which Judean king?
Josiah
Which Judean king is mostly blamed for the fall of Judah?
Menasseh
Where did the Maccabean Revolt begin?
Modean
Which Babylonian king destroyed Jerusalem?
Nebechadnezzar
Who led the people to rebuild Jerusalem's walls?
Nehemiah
Darius ruled over ______?
Persia
Which Egyptian king fought against Josiah? where did their armies fight each other?
Pharaoh Necho II, Megiddo
Where was Ahab mortally wounded?
Ramoth Gilead
Who was Judah's first king? last one?
Rehoboam, Zedekiah
Which Assyrian King laid siege to Jerusalem in the time of Hezekiah?
Sennacherib
Where did Rehoboam go to be recognized as king?
Shechem
Which Egyptian king attacked Judah during the time of Rehoboam?
Shishak
What was the specific issue that split Solomon's kingdom?
Taxation
What is the name of the area framed by Carmel, Jezreel, and Mt. Tabor?
Valley of Jezreal, or Plain of Esdraelon
Who led the first group from Babylonian captivity?
Zerubbabel
What was the special significance of a burnt offering? a consecratory offering?
complete devotion, to set apart dedication
How often was a Jubilee year?
every 50th year
What is the Septuagint? where was it done?
greek version of the OT, done at alexandria, egypt
Who were the Samaritans? where did they come from?
half pagan/ half jewish, from north of judah
What was Ezra's occupation?
scribe and priest
What was "Hellenization"?
spread of greek culture, influence and control
What is the Siloam tunnel? who built it? (which king)
water/defense tunnel, Hezekiah
