EVENT AND COMMANDS Flashcards
God assured Joshua of his succeed, after the death of Moses, Joshua son of nun was charged by God to lead the Israelites into the Promise Land?
God’s charge to Joshua: “ Be strong and courageous”
What event where Joshua sent 2 spies to “ spy out” the city of Jericho. The spies were spotted by the men of Jericho
Two spies entering JERICHO
Joshua prepares the Israelites to cross the Jordan by sending priest with the ark of the covenant?
JOSHUA AND THE ISRAELITES CROSSING THE JORDAN RIVER
After the Israelites crossed the River,Joshua is confronted by an angel referred to as the commander of the army of the Lord, this angels instructs Joshua to have his soldiers and priests.. which they did..
The angel of the Lord gives Joshua the Jericho battle plan
When the Israelites attacked Ai at the first tome, they were defeated due to Achan’s hidden sin? After stoning Achan and his family, as well as burning the stolen possessions
THE DEFEAT AT AI
When Joshua dedicates an altar to the Lord as Moses instructed and Joshua burns sacrifices on it?
The covenant renewed at Mount ebal
Upon Joshua’s prayers, God stilled the sun for about a full day until Israel’s enemies, the Amorites were defeated.
The sun standing still
This is when Joshua summons the leaders of all Israel after settling in the promised land and calls them to throw away their foreign gods and to be totally committed to the Lord
Joshua ‘s charge” As for me and my house…”
Gideon belonged to the tribe of Manasseh , the weakest of all the tribes of Israel, and he was the weakest of his family.
Gideon’s calling and victory
The ephraimites attempted to lie about being from Ephraim so Jephath established a test in which the Ephraimites were asked to sat , since they could not pronounce it correctly.
The test: shibboleth or sibboleth?
Samson is tricked by the Philistines on his wedding day and leaves his wife. However, when Samson returned to visit his Philistines wife, he killed 3,000 Philistines by sacrifficing himself
SAMSON’S VENGEANCE ON THE PHILISTINES
When the Danites were seeking a place of their own where they might settle. Because they had not been able to over come the Canaanites in their designated land allotment.
How the city of Dan came to be
In judges 19-20 is the account of the Levite’s concubine thaat was raped and killed in the Benjamite city of Gibeah?
THE LEVITE AND HIS CONCUBINE
Before defeating and almost wiping out the Benjamite tribe, the other Israelite tribes made an oath not to marryy any of their daughters to a Benjamite.
Wives for the Benjamites
When the Israelites were defeated by the Philistines in 1 Samuel 4, the Israelite elders respond with a trust in the ark of the Covenant to deliver them not realizing God had left them.
The Philistines capture the Ark
When the elders of Israel asked Samuel to appoint a king since his 2 sons were wicked and were not fit to succeed him.
ISRAEL ASKS FOR A KING
When Saul gathered the Israelites and defeated the Ammonites who were attacking Jabesh Gilead.
SAUL’S RESCUE OF JABESH GILEAD
After Saul’s rejetion by God, the prophet Samuel visits Jesse to select a new king of Israel— a man after God’s own heart?
THE ANOINTING OF DAVID
When Saul gave David a high rank in the army but became jealous when the women sang how David had killed tens thousands while Saul killed only thousands.
SAUL’S JEALOUSY OVER A SONG
When David had opportunity to kill Saul on multiple occasions but spared his life believing that no man should harm the “ Lord’s Annointed”.
SAUL’S PURSUIT OF DAVID
When an Amalekite man came and told David that he had killed Saul upon his request and that Jonathan was dead. David wrote a lament concerning Saul and Johnathan— How the Mighty have fallen
David hears of Saul’s death
The Commander of the Israelite Army under Ish= bosheth, son of Saul— killed by Joab as vengeance for killing his brother Asahel?
JOAB MURDERS ABNER
When Nathan shares a story with David about a rich man stealing the only precious lanmb of a poor man to feed hungry dinner guest.
NATHAN’S REBUKE
When absalom eventually marched out against his father in battle. David’s army under the command if Joab, routed Absalom and his troops. Absaloms long hair was caught in the branches of tree leaving him suspended
ABSALOM’S DEATH
When there was a famine in Israel as a punishment for Saul’s genocide of the Gebonites, demanded they be given seven male descendants to be killed and David did as they requested
How the Gibeonites were avenged by David
When David voiced his homesick desire to drink water from the wells of his childhood in Bethlehem, David immortalized the courage and loyalty of these 3 men by pouring out the water
The 3 mighty men get water for David
David measures his humanistic and worldly powere by sinfully taking census. Even “ unspiritual Joab” tried to stop him , but David insisted and in turn a plague was sent from God that killed 70,000 of the people.
David’s sinfully takes a census of Israel
David calls Solomon to settle all the accounts of his reign so that he can begin to reign with clean slate..
David’s charge to Solomon about Joab, Barzillai, and Shimei
The first prominent scene in Solomon’s reign is when God offers Solomon whatever he wishes. He chose wisdom in preference to riches, honor or long life.
SOLOMON ASKS FOR WISDOM
When two prostituetes who were mothers lived in the same house, In the middle of the night , one of their babies died
The two prostitutes and one baby
When solomon builds the Temple that David wanted to build but was denied by God because he was “ a man of blood”— it took Solomon 7 years to build the Temple and 13 years to build his palace.
ThE Building of the temple
When Solomon married foreign women even after God had told the Israelites that they should not intermarry with Pagan people
The influence of Solomon’s 700 wives and 300 concubines
Rehoboam was told by the elders to listen to the people and lighten the harsh labor, yet he rejects the elders advice to do so. And listens to the advice of his childhood friends to make labor even harsher
The elder and young men’s advice to Rehoboam
Elijah and elisha were on their way to Gilgal when Elisha found out that God was about to take Elijah to heaven, elisha asks for a double portions of elijah’s spirit.
Elijah taken to heaven
When was going up to Bethel and as he was walking some boys jeered him , after the boys called him” baldy” Elisha called down curses in the name of God and 2 bears came out of the woods and mauled 42 of the boys
ELISHA IS JEERED
Naaman, the gentile commander of the Army of the king of Aram , goes to Elisha to be healed in leprosy
NAAMAN AND HIS LEPROSY
The Arameans surround Elisha and his servant to tray and capture them, but lisha calls on God to blind them
Elisha binds the Arameans
After removing the altars that caused Israel to sin and slaughtering all the priests of those high places , King Josiah ordered Judah to celebrate the Passover.
JOSIAH PASSOVER
In 586 BC, God had the Babylonian army set fire to the temple of Jerusalem, breakdown the walls of the city , carry off the valuables, and then force into exile in Babylon the people who remained alive in city.
The destruction of Jerusalem
