Chapter 47: The Assyrian Renaissance

Question 1

Aram

Answer 1

The name the Assyrians called the entire are west of the Euphrates, a blanket term for the cities governed by Aramaean chiefs, and were almost helpless against them.

Question 2

Black Obelisk

Answer 2

It has inscriptions of dozens of conquered kings that came with tribute form Shalmaneser; on the second panel of one side, Jehu of Israel touches his forehead to the ground before the Assyrian king.

Question 3

Caleh

Answer 3

The old village site across the eastern bank of the Tigris river. It was once ruled by Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, but Ashur-dan’s great-grandson Ashurnasirpal II built his own village there. It became the center of his government.

Question 4

Damascus

Answer 4

It is where the strongest of the Aramaeans settled down in a patchwork of tiny independent states. It lay in the middle of a plain that lay across the Euphrates from Assyria.

Question 5

Elijah

Answer 5

He was the chief of the rebellion against Ahab, he was a wild man in animals skins who escaped Jezebel’s attempts to assassinate him and did his best to upset the wicked monarch.

Question 6

Jehu

Answer 6

He was chosen by Elijah to be God’s choice as the next king and gave him the divine permission to assassinate Ahab, Jezebel, and the entire royal house.

Question 7

Joram

Answer 7

He is the son of Ahab, and when he tried to conquer Ramoth-Gilead, the Aramaean forces proved too strong for him. He was shot with an arrow in the chest and was killed.

Question 8

Omri

Answer 8

He was the king of Israel. In the book of i Kings it says Omri seized the throne of the north from another claimant and that he was more evil than any king who came before him. He was a great warrior and builder, and first Israelite king to be mentioned with awe in the inscriptions of another country.