ESSENTIALS for OT Survey (People)

Question 1

Adam and Eve (Early Period)

Answer 1

The first human beings God created

Question 2

Abraham (Patriarchs)

Answer 2

The father of the Israelites; given a covenant by God, promising him a name and a family and that through him all nations would be blessed

Question 3

Sarah (Patriarchs)

Answer 3

Wife of Abraham who had been barren but gave birth to Isaac when she was 90

Question 4

Jacob (Patriarchs)

Answer 4

Son of Isaac, younger twin of Esau, and father of twelve sons from whom came the twelve tribes of Israel

Question 5

Joseph (Patriarchs)

Answer 5

Jacob’s favorite son, sold into slavery by his brothers, from where he rose to a position of power in Egypt

Question 6

Aaron (Slavery, Exodus, and Wilderness)

Answer 6

Brother of Moses and first high priest of Israel

Question 7

Moses (Slavery, Exodus, and Wilderness)

Answer 7

God’s chosen leader to bring the Israelites out of Egypt to the border of the Promised Land; received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai

Question 8

Joshua (Conquest and Judges)

Answer 8

Successor to Moses, commissioned by God to secure and apportion the land of Canaan to the Israelites

Question 9

Deborah (Conquest and Judges)

Answer 9

Prophetess & judge who accompanied the army in the defeat of the Canaanites

Question 10

Gideon (Conquest and Judges)

Answer 10

Judge of Israel who delivered Israel from the hands of the Midianites; known for lack of confidence that led him to use a fleece oracle to get God to affirm his plan

Question 11

Ruth (Conquest and Judges)

Answer 11

Moabitess during the judges period, who through her faithfulness to Naomi eventually became the wife of Boaz and ancestor of David

Question 12

Samuel (Conquest and Judges)

Answer 12

Hannah’s son, who became the last judge of Israel as well as the prophet and priest who anointed both Saul and David as king

Question 13

Saul (United Monarchy)

Answer 13

First king of Israel’s monarchy, whose direct acts of disobedience led God to later reject his kingship

Question 14

David (United Monarchy)

Answer 14

Israel’s greatest king, with whom God made a covenant to secure his throne and from whose lines Jesus eventually came

Question 15

Solomon (United Monarchy)

Answer 15

Son and successor of David as king of Israel, known for his wisdom, wealth, and many wives

Question 16

Ahab (Divided Monarchy)

Answer 16

Son of Omri, king of the Northern Kingdom; influenced to worship Baal by his
Phoenician wife, Jezebel; opposed by Elijah

Question 17

Elijah (Divided Monarchy)

Answer 17

Prophet to Israel during the reigns of Ahab and Ahaziah, whose mission was to
demonstrate that Baal was impotent and Yahweh is king

Question 18

Elisha (Divided Monarchy)

Answer 18

Elijah’s successor; prophet to Israel; advisor to kings; led Sons of the Prophets

Question 19

Hezekiah (Divided Monarchy)

Answer 19

Son of Ahaz; one of the greatest kings of the Southern Kingdom

Question 20

Josiah (Divided Monarchy)

Answer 20

Son of Amon; king of Judah known for extensive religious reforms

Question 21

Daniel (Exile and Post-Exilic Period)

Answer 21

Israelite exile trained as a royal adviser, serving Babylonian and Persian kings in
Babylon; noted for his ability to interpret dreams

Question 22

Zerubbabel (Exile and Post-Exilic Period)

Answer 22

Leader of a remnant of Israelites returning to Jerusalem from Exile in Babylon; helped rebuild the temple

Question 23

Esther (Exile and Post-Exilic Period)

Answer 23

Jewish queen of Persia who with her uncle, Mordecai, protected her people from
Haman’s annihilation plot

Question 24

Ezra (Exile and Post-Exilic Period)

Answer 24

Priest and scribe after the return from the exile who played a vital role in reestablishing the law among the Jews

Question 25

Nehemiah (Exile and Post-Exilic Period)

Answer 25

Governor over the returned exiles who led in rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls

Question 26

Sennacherib (704-681 BC) (Significant Foreign Kings)

Answer 26

Assyrian king who invaded Judah during Hezekiah’s reign

Question 27

Nebuchadnezzar (605-562 BC) (Significant Foreign Kings)

Answer 27

King of Babylon who invaded Judah and destroyed

Jerusalem and the temple and took the people of Judah into exile

Question 28

Belshazzar (550?-539) (Significant Foreign Kings)

Answer 28

Babylonian king who called for Daniel to interpret the cryptic
handwriting on the wall

Question 29

Cyrus (559/539-530) (Significant Foreign Kings)

Answer 29

King of Persia who conquered Babylon twenty years later and

allowed the Jews to return to their land and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem

Question 30

Ahasueras/Xerxes (486-464) (Significant Foreign Kings)

Answer 30

Son of Darius the Great and the Persian king in the book

of Esther; known for his wars with the Greeks