Bible Flashcards
Well-Known OT Books
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers (Moses’ journey in the desert)
- Deuteronomy
- Judges
- Ruth
9-10. Samuel
11-12. Kings
13-14. Chronicles - Esther
- Job
- Psalms (religous hymns/songs)
- Proverbs (sayings of wisdom)
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon)
Well-Known NT Books
- Matthew
- Mark
- Luke
- John
- Acts (of the Apostles)
- Romans
7-8. Corinthians - Galatians
- Ephesians
- Philippians
- Colossians
13-14. Thessalonians - Hebrews
- Revelation
Armageddon
Final battle between good and evil. In Book of Revelation.
Noah’s Ark
In Genesis / dove returns with olive leaf / wife and 3 sons + 3 wives = 8 people on ark. / “be fruitful and multiply”
Samson and Delilah
Man of great strength / D paid by Philistines to cut his hair / Samson’s eyes were gouged out / hair grew back and he brought down the pillars of their temple
Joseph
Jacob’s favourite son, hated by brothers / They stole his colored robe, sold him to Ishmaelities / taken to Egypt and sold to Pharoah’s official Popithar / Popithar’s wife wanted to have sex and he wouldn’t so she had him imprisoned / Joseph becane an interpreter of dreams / he analyzed Pharoa’s dreams of 7 years of plenty, 7 of famine / brothers came asking for grain and he revealed himself after they gave him their youngest bro Benjamin
David and Goliath
Philistines vs Israelites / Goliath killed with a sling by lowly shepherd David
Bathsheba
Wife of David and mother of Solomon. David led her husband Uriah into a doomed battle because he lusted for her.
Joab
David’s nephew and main general. Joab made war on Abner after Abner killed his brother, leading to an avoidable war. After David’s son Absalom rebelled, Joab had him killed while David was in hiding. Eventually he went against David and was killed in exile.
Parable of Two Builders
Build house of sand or rock? If you follow God and do his will, you are wise and rock.
Cain and Abel
Adam and Eve’s first 2 kids. Cain is a farmer, Abel a shepherd. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” / Mark of Cain / Cain went to live in “land of Nod”
Jacob and Esau
Sons of Isaac and Rebecca / Esau was elder twin brother / Jacob bought Esau’s birthright for some soup / Jacob and Rebecca tricked blind Isaac out of Esau getting Isaac’s blessing
Rebecca
Isaac’s Wife
Basic Lineage
Abraham + Sarah -> Isaac + Rebecca -> Jacob + Rachel (+ Esau) -> Joseph (+ Benjamin and 10 others)
12 Tribes of Israel
Descendants of Jacob’s sons
Sarah
Abraham’s wife, gave birth very old
Daniel
Raised in Persia / jealous advisor convinces Darius to issue pray ban / Daniel breaks it and is thrown into lion pit / God closes the lions jaws / Darius says the traitors are to be thrown in instead
Moses / Exodus
12 plagues / first passover / Brother Aaron, sister Miriam, stepbrother pharaoh / 10 commandments -> had ark of covenant carried / ate manna / Aaron worshipped golden calf
Jezebel and Ahab
Jezebel convinced Ahab (king of Israel) to worship false good Baal
Eshter
Married persian king and saved the jews from jealous vizier
Ruth
Moabite woman who married an Israelite / all males die and she moves with her MiL Naomi to Judah / marries a wealthy relative Boaz / represents converts to Judaism
Jonah and the Whale
Jonah commanded to travel to Nineveh and tell people to repent / he instead goes across Mediterranean / storms at sea / Jonah gets swallowed by big fish before repenting / spit out and returns to Nineveh
Lazarus
Dead guy Jesus raises alive
Thomas
Disciple who doubts resurrection
Simon Peter
First pope / head disciple / pretends not to know Jesus
Nebuchadnezzar
Evil Babylonian king / Daniel interprets his dream and he throws other wise men into furnace / father of Belshazzar
Maccabees
Jewish rebel warriors who fought the greeks / “Judah the hammer” / Hannukah: Oil in Temple burned for 8 days instead of just 1
Samuel
Prophet / Transitioned Israel from united kingdom to Saul, Saul to David
Isaiah
Prophet / predicted coming of Jesus
Jeremiah
Prophet (weeping prophet) / foretold destruction of Jerusalem due to Baal
Ezekiel
Prophet / showed fall of Jerusalem and deportation to Babylon
