Events and Commands: Joshua - 1 Chronicles

Question 1

God’s charge to Joshua “Be strong and courageous”

Answer 1

After the death of Moses, Joshua son of Nun was charged by God to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land. God assured Joshua of his success only if he would be strong and courageous.

Question 2

Two spies entering Jericho

Answer 2

Joshua son of Nun sent two spies to secretly assess the city of Jericho. The spies are spotted by men of Jericho and pursued, however they are hidden by a woman named Rahab. Because of this courageous act these men make an oath to her to spare her and her family’s lives when they attack Jericho.

Question 3

Joshua & Israelites crossing the Jordan

Answer 3

Joshua prepares the Israelites to cross the Jordan by sending priests with the Ark of the Covenant to go ahead of them. God promises Joshua that He will make his leadership clear to the Israelites by performing a great miracle through him and that he does as the streams of the river stopped as soon as their feet touched the water.

Question 4

The Angel of the Lord giving Joshua the Jericho Battle Plan

Answer 4

After the Israelites crossed the Jordan River Joshua confronts an angel reffered to as a commander of the army of the Lord. This angel instructs Joshua to have his soldiers and priests march around the wall seven times so that the walls can collapse.

Question 5

The defeat at Ai

Answer 5

When the Israelites attacked Ai the first time, they were defeated due to Achan’s hidden sin. After dealing with Achan by stoning him and burning the stolen possessions they attacked Ai again and defeated them!

Question 6

The Covenant renewed at Mount Ebal

Answer 6

Joshua dedicates an altar to the Lord as Moses instructed him to and he burns sacrifices on it. With stone tablets Joshua writes a copy of the law of the Lord and reads the blessings and curses to the Israelites.

Question 7

The sun standing still

Answer 7

Upon Joshua’s prayers, God stilled the sun for about a full day until Israel’s enemies, the Amorites, were defeated.

Question 8

Joshua charge “as for me and my house…”

Answer 8

Joshua summons the leaders of all Israel after settling in the Promised Land and calls them to throw away the foreign gods and to be totally committed to the Lord. Joshua’s heart was that whether they choose to worship God or not him and his household would remain faithful!

Question 9

Gideon’s calling and victory

Answer 9

Gideon belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, the weakest of all the tribes of Israel and the weakest of his family. However, God chose him to deliver the Israelites from the oppression of the Midianites and after doubting and receiving signs from God he fought and defeated the Midianites.

Question 10

The test: Shibboleth or Sibboleth?

Answer 10

The Ephraimites attempted to lie about being from Ephraim so Japhthah established a test in which the Ephramites would have to say “Shibboleth” since they could not pronounce it if they would say “Sibboleth” that would reveal their nationality and they would be killed.

Question 11

Samson’s vengeance on the Philistines

Answer 11

When Samson returned from his father’s house to visit his Philistine wife her father refused to let him see her because he had given her away to Samson’s companion. Samson burned with anger and used foxes to set fire to the Philistine grain fields. The Philistines learned that Samson’s father-in-law and wife were the center of the conflict so they burned both of them. Samson was captured and tied up with ropes but he broke free and killed a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey.

Question 12

How the city of Dan came to be

Answer 12

The Danites were seeking a place of their own where they might settle because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. Five men who were sent out as spies went inside Micah’s house and took the idol he made and his priest. The Danites then attacked and burned down their city and then changed the name from Laish to the city of Dan.

Question 13

The Levite and his concubine

Answer 13

A Levite’s concubine was raped in the city of Gibeah by the Benjamites and the Levite cuts up his concubine into twelve pieces and sends each of the tribes a piece and in return the Israelites punish the Benjamites.

Question 14

Wives for the Benjamites

Answer 14

The Israelite tribes made an oath not to marry any of their daughters to a Benjamite but later this grieved the Israelites as this meant one tribe would be cut off from Israel. They attacked their own people of Jabesh Gilead for their refusal to assemble with the rest of Israel and captured 400 of their virgins to be wives for the Benjamites so the tribe won’t be wiped out.

Question 15

The Philistines capture the ark

Answer 15

When the Israelites were defeated by the Philistines the elders respond with a superstitious trust in the Ark of the Covenant. They gathered the Ark and brought it into their next battle against the Philistines. The Lord was displeased with the Israelites, so again he gave them into the hands of the Philistines and this time the Ark was captured.

Question 16

Israel asks for a king

Answer 16

The elders of Israel asked Samuel to appoint a king since his two sons were wicked but Samuel warned them about the consequences and yet they insisted so the Lord told Samuel to give them a king.

Question 17

Saul’s rescue of Jabash Gilead

Answer 17

Saul gathered the Israelites and defeated the Ammonites who were attacking Jabesh Gilead. The people were fired up and made Saul king at Gilgal.

Question 18

The anointing of David

Answer 18

After Saul’s rejection, the prophet Samuel visits Jesse to select the new King for Israel. Samuel surveys the eldest sons of Jesse and presumes God has chosen one of them because of their impressive physique, but God rejects them. God explains to Samuel that He is looking for a man with a righteous heart and that was the youngest son, a shepherd boy named David.

Question 19

Saul’s jealousy over a song

Answer 19

Saul gave David a high rank over the army but became jealous when the women sang how David had killed tens of thousands while Saul killed only thousands. From then on Saul set out to kill David.

Question 20

Saul’s pursuit of David

Answer 20

David had the opportunity to kill Saul several times but spares his life. Jonathan warned David about Saul and so he escaped and fled to Samuel.

Question 21

David hears of Saul’s death

Answer 21

An Amalekite man came and told David that he had killed Saul upon his request and that Jonathan was dead. David called one of his men to strike him down and then he took up a lament concerning Saul and Jonathan.

Question 22

Joab murders Abner

Answer 22

Abner is killed by Joab as vengeance for killing his brother Asahel.

Question 23

Nathan’s rebuke

Answer 23

Nathan speaks a parable to David about a rich man stealing the only precious lamb of a poor man to feed his hungry dinner guest. David, upon hearing this parable, condemns the rich man for his greedy treachery and Nathan then reveals that he represented the rich man by taking Uriah’s one wife when he had many.

Question 24

Absalom’s death

Answer 24

Absalom eventually marched out against his father in battle. David’s army, under the command of Joab, routed Absalom and his troops. During retreat through the forest Absalom’s long hair was caught in the branches of a tree leaving him there suspended till Joab came and killed him, against the order of David to keep the young man, his son, alive. When the tidings of Absalom’s death were brought to David he mourned and in turn the whole army mourned.

Question 25

How the Gibeonites were avenged by David

Answer 25

Soon after the death of Absalom Israel was visited by a famine as a punishment for Saul’s genocide of the Gibeonites. The Gibeonites demanded they be given seven male descendants to be killed and David did as they requested.

Question 26

The three mighty men get water for David

Answer 26

David voiced his home-sick desire to drink water from the wells of his nativity in Bethlehem. Three of David’s mighty men snuck through the lines of the Philistines and brought him the water from Bethlehem for which he longed for. In honor of their heroism David refused to drink the water and instead, David immortalized the courage and loyalty of these three men by pouring out the water.

Question 27

David sinfully counts Israel

Answer 27

David measures his humanistic and worldly power by sinfully taking a census. Joab tried to stop him but David insisted and in turn a plague was sent from God that killed 70,000 of the people.

Question 28

David charge to Solomon about Joab, Barzillai and Shimei

Answer 28

David calls Solomon to settle all the accounts of the previous reign so that he can begin to reign with a clean slate. Joab and Shimei were put to death and Barzillai’s children were added to his courts and cared for in repayment.

Question 29

Solomon asks for wisdom

Answer 29

The first prominent scene in Solomon’s reign where God offers Solomon whatever he wishes. He chose wisdom in preference to riches, honor, or long life and therefore God made him the wisest man on the earth.

Question 30

The two prostitutes and one baby

Answer 30

Two prostitutes that live in the same house had one of their kids die in the middle of the night and they were arguing whose baby died and whose is still alive. Solomon using his wisdom orders that the baby be cut in two and that is how he finds out that the baby belongs to the mother that wanted to keep him alive versus the one that agreed to cut him in half.

Question 31

The building of the Temple

Answer 31

Solomon finished building the temple that God had promised to David. It took him seven years to build the temple and 13 years to build his palace.

Question 32

The influence of Solomon’s 700 wives & 300 concubines

Answer 32

Solomon married foreign women even after God had told the Israelites that they should not intermarry. His 700 wives and 300 concubines led him astray to worship and even build altars for false gods. God became angry with Solomon and punishes him with the promise of tearing the kingdom away from him.

Question 33

The elders and young men’s advice to Rehoboam

Answer 33

Rehoboam was told by the people to lighten the harsh labor and after rejecting the elder’s advice to do so he listened to the advice of his childhood friends to make the labor even harsher. In return the people stoned Adoniram who was in charge of the forced labor and rebelled against Rehoboam.

Question 34

Elijah taken to heaven

Answer 34

Elijah and Elisha were on their way to Gilgal when Elisha finds out from Elijah that God was about to take him to heaven. Elisha asks for a double portion of his spirit and Elijah gives it to him and immediately afterwards chariots and horses of fire come and he is taken up to heaven in a whirlwind.

Question 35

Elisha is jeered

Answer 35

Elisha was going up to Bethel and as he was walking some boys jeered at him to love. After the boys called him “baldy” he called down curses in the name of God and 2 bears came out of the words and mauled forty-two of the boys.

Question 36

Naaman and his leprosy

Answer 36

Naaman, a gentile commander of the king Aram, goes to Elisha to be healed of his leprosy. He becomes angry after Elisha tells him to dip himself seven times in the Jordan River but his servants advise him to do so and so he does and he is healed of his leprosy.

Question 37

Elisha blinds the Arameans

Answer 37

The Arameans surround Elisha and his servant to try and capture them but Elisha calls on God to blind them. After being struck with blindness, Elisha leads them to the city and has their eyes opened, throws them a great feast, and then sends them back home.

Question 38

Josiah’s Passover

Answer 38

After removing the altars that caused Israel to sin and slaughtering all the priest of those high places King Josiah ordered to celebrate the Passover like one never seen before.

Question 39

The destruction of Jerusalem

Answer 39

The Babylonian army set fire to the temple of Jerusalem, broke down the walls, carried off the valuables, and then carried into exile the people who remained in the city.