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The land of Canaan was later know as
Palestine
Students of Hebrew history have an advantage over those of some other cultures because Israel had a strong sense of history and tried to
record her national events
The earliest event in Israel’s special history, was the ,ca, 1800 BC
The calling of Abraham
Famine forced the Hebrews to enter
Egypt
Israel was led out of Egypt by Moses soon after
1300 B.C
Once the Israelites were out of Egypt, they renewed their covenant with Jehovah at
Mt Sinai
The Jews decided to establish a monarchy partly to obtain leadership in their struggle with the
Philistines
The last vestiges of disunity and tribal warfare were ended under
King David
At the death of Solomon in 922 B.C, the Jewish kingdom divided into two parts..
Israel in the North and Judah in the South
Eventually both kingdoms were destroyed by enemies, Israel in 721 B.C by the ……………………
And Judah in 586 B.C by the ……………..
Assyrians ………………. Chaldeans
The last major event in the history of ancient Israelite history was the
diaspora
Elijah was chief spokesman against the ninth century practice of
Baal- worship
The prophetic themes were always the same:
Israel’s sins, God’s punishment, Israel’s repentance, and God’s forgiveness
The Jews believed their own history was a enactment of the entire human story of
sin, punishment, and forgiveness
One of the Mesopotamian cultures was
Sumerian
