1 & 2 Kings Flashcards
It may be argued that these books are? (what is it)
this is the earliest genuine historiography in world literature.
How is Israel’s history presented? (point of view)
from a prophetic and theological point of view not a political one.
What is special about the events that are included? (URQ)
universal redemptive qualities
Why did the editors go through the list of Israel’s kings carefully and systematically?
They had the goal of critiquing each one’s faithfulness to God’s covenant.
What does the books trace ? (sin)
consequences of sin and the benefits of obedience.
What is the Retribution Theology based on?
the Sinai covenant, especially as expressed in Deuteronomy.
What is “salvation history”?
It is the divine revelation of historical events recorded in Scripture to promote faith.
Only during Solomon’s reign did Israel?
become a major player in the arena of international power politics.
But Israel’s brief period of strength and prestige was ruined by?
Solomon’s religious apostasy.
Under Solomon’s reign was the only time when?
the territory promised to Abraham was actually under Israeli control.
The theological principle demonstrated in Solomon is?
that even with God’s promise through a covenant to his people, God’s people must walk in faith and obedience to him in order to receive all the blessings of those promises and covenants.
Solomon’s reign to be thought of as?
a symbol of the messianic age.
Wisdom was Solomon’s?
contribution to Israelite religion.
The northern Kingdom of Israel had how many dynasties?
nine
The southern Kingdom of Judah had how many dynasties?
only one dynasty; The Dynasty of King David.
Prophets were?
God’s instruments of warning to the king and the nation.
For Ahab, prophecy was a?
form of magic in which the prophet manipulated God. The professional prophets merely repeated the king’s desire in the form of prophecy in an attempt to ensure the desired outcome.
For Jehoshaphat, the prophet was?
a mouthpiece for God. The word of the prophet made the will of God known to humans, regardless of the king’s desires.
Samuel established the?
future role of the prophet as the messenger from God who held the king in check.
many Israelite kings had their prophetic counterparts, name them. (4)
1) Samuel and Saul
2) David and Nathan and Gad
3) Ahab and Elijah
4) Hezekiah and Isaiah.
The function of prophecy in Israel was what compared to other nations?
unique among nations of the ancient Near East.
Other peoples had prophets, but they?
they were clairvoyants whose purpose was to appease or manipulate the deities.
Israel’s prophets were messengers of God who?
confronted the king and the entire society with his holy word. Nowhere else in the world could a reigning monarch be held accountable to such a prophetic voice.
The amount of Elisha materials is due to?
to the author’s purpose. He wanted to write not a just a survey of the events as they happened, but an explanation for the destruction of both kingdoms.
