Religion Chapter 12 Test

how long did Jonah stay in the belly of the whale?

3 days

How long did it take for the Assyrian king to take over the city of Samaria

3 years

The Ninevites were given how many days to repent?

40 days -in scripture, the number 40 is symbolic of repentance

who showed Jeroboam he would be king of 10 of the 12 tribes

Abijah

how did Abijah show jeroboam he would be king of 10 of the 12 tribes

Abijah took off the new garment he was wearing and ripped it into 12 pieces, and told Jeroboam to take 10 of them

the worst king

Ahab

What did Rehoboam say he was going to chastise Jeroboams people with?

"My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions"

Ahab did move to provoke God's anger than all the kings of Israel who had gone before him

1 Kings

How are Jeroboam and Aaron alike?

1 This was similar to the golden calf Aaron made at Mt. Sinai 2 when Aaron dedicated the golden calf in the wilderness he said "Behold your god O Israel who brought you out of the land of Egypt." Jeroboam used these same words

What did the prophets Abijah tell Jeroboam he would be given

10 of the 12 trives

What is the point of the book of the prophet jonah

Gives us a good idea of how impossible it is to avoid gods call

Why was Rehoboam such a miserable king

He grew up in Solomons magnificent court: he never knew any other way of life than luxury and idleness

What did Elijah first do to show God's displeasure with ahab and Jezebel

He stopped the rain

Last king of israel

Hoshea

The last King of Israel that paid tribute to the Assyrian Syrian king, Shalamaneser

Hoshea

What favor did the ppl ask of Rehoboam when he succeeded his father Solomon

To take some of the weight off their shoulders

Major threat to Israel

assyrians -quite brutal and delighted in massacring their enemies

Jonah came to be in the ____ of a whale. He said it was like being in ______

belly Sheol

Golden calves were not as bad as the canaanites _____

false gods -the golden calves were at least supposed to represent the one true God but the Cannanites gods required human sacrifice and employed male and female cult prostitution

lived easy lives, gaining their living from telling rulers what they wanted to hear

false prophets

because of the ____ the widow Zarephath and her son were about to eat their last meal and die of starvation. Elijah promised her the food and oil she had would last her throughout the drought. Later when the son sickened and died, Elijah _______

famine raised him from the dead

God said that the Ninevites didn't know ____ from ____ and they needed a chance to repent

good from bad

how did Jeroboam discourage Temple worship?

he made 2 golden calves for the people to worship within Israel

why was Jeroboam fearful of?

he was afraid, if his subjects in Israel went to Jerusalem in Judah to offer sacrafices in the temple, they would turn their hearts to the true worship of the Lord and their allegiance to Rehoboam and would want to kill Jeroboam

how did rehoboam grow up

in a luxury and idleness and was spoiled

what did bad kings in Israel do?

introduced foreign gods (sometimes) persecuted worshippers of the one true God

the kingdom of Israel had both good and bad _____

kings

the ____ of the one true God faced challenges

prophets

would have to set aside his own opinions and desires to go where God sent him and say what God wanted him to say

prophets

Many prophets of the one true God were ____

put to death they denounced the worship of false gods, even before kings and other potentates

what did good kings in Israel do?

reformed worship led the people back to God

who was Solomon's son

rehoboam

Solomon's wise counselors advised Rehoboam to do what two things?

serve the delegation speak good words to them

God stopped Jonah by sending a mighty ____ that threatened to sink the ships. Jonah admitted he was the cause of the troubles so his shipmates ________

tempest tossed him into the sea

where did Elijah flee?

the desert

Elijah convinced the people to follow ______ instead of _____. -He staged a contest. A huge crowd saw 450 _____ of Baal sacrifice to the Lord. Whichever deity sent fire to consume his sacrifice would prove himself true.

the one true God instead of Baal prophets

what did Jeroboam and the elders ask Rehoboam?

to ease their heavy labor and, in exchange, they would be his good subjects

God ordered Jonah to Nineveh but, instead of going east by land to Nineveh, he sailed ___

west

God told Elijah to anoint a new prophet:

Elisha

____ had some bad kings but ___ had far more bad ones than good

Judah Israel

the realm of the dead

Sheol

Where was Tarshish located

Soain

who was king during Israel's peak of glory as a kingdom

Solomon

Why did Jeroboam bring back the golden calf

To keep the loyalty of his subjects

What groups of ppl did Jonah hate

Assyrians

powerful enemies of the Israelites

Assyrians

Despite all the attempts, nothing happened to the sacrifice to _____. When Elijah prayed, God sent ____ to consume his sacrifice

Baal fire -They said "The Lord is God" and all the people turned on the 450 false gods and, lead by Elijah, killed them all

The southern of the two centers of worship in the northern Kingdom of Israel where Jeroboam set up golden calves for the people to worship

Bethel

What two areas did jeroboam set up idols?

Bethel and dan

Northern of the 2 centers of worship in the northern kingdom of Israel where Jeroboam set up golden calves for the people to worship

Dan

Elijah didn't _____. He was taken into heaven in a _____

Die Chariot of fire driven by horses of fire

Elisha requested a _____ share of Elijah's power

Double

King Shalamanser learned Hoshea had tried to forge a military alliance with ____ so he invaded Israel. After a 3 year siege, he destroyed the capital ______

Egypt Samaria

When Elijah fled for his life from Jezebel how did he encounter God?

In a small whisper

Throughout the Old Testament a double share of the fathers property referred to the first born sons ______. Elisha was asking to be Elijah's _____+______-his son, to be in the 'image and likeness' of Elijah

Inheritance Heir+secessor -we are created in the "image and likeness" of God

What did bad kings do?

Introduced foreign gods and sometimes even persecuted true believers

Hoshea had lost a battle against him and had to pay tribute or face ____

Invasion

What kingdom had more bad kings than good

Israel

From God's perspective, why was Israel destroyed?

Israel would not listen to gods prophets to believe in the Lord their God

Jonah is a type for

Jesus

Even after the ministry of the prophets, idolatry was still prevalent among the _____, especially in ______.

Jews Israel

Wicked queen of Israel

Jezebel

the pagan princess Ahab married

Jezebel

why did Elijah flee to the desert?

Jezebel had threatened him with death because he had led a slaughter of her prophets (he was in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights)

______ set off for Tarshish instead of going to ______

Jonah Nineveh

Elijah called Elisha when he tossed his ____ over Elishas shoulders. 1 this meant Elisha would continue the _____ line 2 taking or giving up ones mantle means taking/giving up a _____

Mantle Prophetic line Task/role

What signs indicated Elisha had inherited Elijah's spirit?

Miracles: dividing the Jordon, making oil indefinitely, and raising a young man from the dead

Nation Leader/King Conquered By (the thing on Mrs Meyer's board)

Nation Leader/King Conquered By North: Israel -> Jeroboam -> Assyrians South: Judah -> Rehoboam -> Babylonians

Capital of the Assyrian empire

Nineveh

what did Jonah want destroyed?

Nineveh

what was the capital city of the Assyrians

Nineveh

Jonah disliked God's request be he knew God would forgive the ______ if they would have repented, but he wanted them _____.

Ninevites destroyed -he expressed it so: "Thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding In steadfast love, and repentant of evil."

God gave the Israelites the ________ and the Assyrians would either kill or resettle them somewhere and inhabit their land, destroying _____

Promise Land Israel

Who did God send to give his people guidance

Prophet

What did the good kings do?

Reformed worship and led the people back to god

who was David's grandson?

Rehoboam

how did Rehoboam respond to the request of Jeroboam and the elders?

Rehoboam responded arrogantly He told Jeroboam and the elders he would work them even harder than his father and punish them even more severely -In this regard Rehoboam parallels Pharoah who increased the Hebrews workload in response to Moses' demands

Jezebel was a worshipper of the phoecian god Baal and convinced her husband to erect a temple for Baal in _______; she launched a ______ of God's prophets

Semaria persecution

what made God decide to divide the kingdom

Solomon's idolatry

What two things do Elijah do that we're similar to Moses actions

Spent 40 days/nights in the desert Ate the heavenly food (manna)

What made Solomon unpopular with his subjects

Taxes and forced labor

Name some things that the Assyrians did that made the kingdom of Judah and Israel fear them

The city was richer than anyone could imagine, swollen with loot pillaged from all over the known world. People of Israel and Judah loved in constant fear

What were the seeds of the Israelites empires undoing

The pride and idolatry of Solomon

helped the poor widow of Zarephath and her son

The prophet Elijah

who told Rehoboam that the division was God's doing? What does Rehobaom allow?

The prophet Shemaiah Rehoboam allows the kingdom to be divided without a fight (perhaps Rehoboam did not want to risk a war he would not win)