Exam 1 Flashcards
Nabal is the Hebrew word for
fool
The Fall of Samaria date
722/721 BCE
Judah Alone Date
722/21-587/6
Fall of Jerusalem Date
587/586
The Fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Second Temple Date
70 CE
The ___ are able to capture the Arc of the Covenant and it brought them bad luck instead of good luck so they brought it back
The Philistines
___ was destroyed by the Philistines
Shiloh
Chief Priest at Shiloh is named
Eli
Samuel’s mother who was childless and prayed for a baby
Hannah
The Four Evils of Kingship
- Draft: the king will impose a draft (think of the Vietnam draft) but in this case, everyone will be up for the draft men and women for both war and something else
- Confiscation of Property: if its of value the king will take it
- Tax of 10% → this doesn’t mean 10% because that’s how much people owed God and the King will want at least as much as God
- Slavery: if you are under a king you will think you are back in Egypt and this time when they call out to God to free them he won’t do it
Saul
the first monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel
From Benjamin: this is good cause its the least powerful tribe so no tribe is overpowered
ruled for 20 years but he was a failure
Unable to defeat the Philistines
as soon as he becomes king he alienates Samuel and forfeits his religious backing
Selection of (name of person) ___ as Saul’s Successor
David (David and Goliath)
-Privately anointed by Samuel
David in Saul’s Court
- Personal Musician: Saul had migraines or something so David would play him music to sort of help with the demons
- Armor bearer
David in Saul’s Family
- Jonathan is Saul’s son and he and David are best friends
- Michal is Saul’s daughter and he wants David to marry her
- Saul asked him what do you want as a marriage gift and David said 100 philistine foreskins
Jonathan
Saul’s son and he and David are best friends
Michal
Michal is Saul’s daughter and he wants David to marry her
When Saul tries to kill David where does David go?
Nob: Village of Priests
Abiathar
After David goes to Nob: Village of Priests, Saul sees these Priests who helped David as traitors and has someone in his army slaughter 85 priests → only one survivor called Abiathar
After Saul kills the priests David takes his family and his men where
David gets his family out and takes them to Moab
David and his men go into Philistine territory
Why Saul was afraid of David
because Yaweh was with him and not with Saul
Saul commits suicide when he is defeated in battle and doesn’t want to be captured by ___
Philistines
David’s Philistine connection:
- Although he works for a Philistine king, he doesn’t attack fellow Israelites → he attacks other people (Canaanites) and lies to the king that he’s killing Israelites
- the only way he can get away with this is by wiping out entire cities so there are no survivors to contradict his story
The Story of Nabal
Nabal refuses to pay for protection and when David hears this he tells him, men, to grab their swords to kill him
-Abigail (Nabal’s wife) gets a huge bribe and goes to David and says my husband is a fool. Blame me if you must and please accept this gift as a token of our gratitude
–When Abigail tells Nabal what she has done and how much money she gave him, Nabal has a stroke and dies
-David marries Abigail a wealthy, newly widowed woman
Abigail
First is Nabal’s wife, saves her husband, he dies
David marries Abigail a wealthy, newly widowed woman
2 people to know in the Civil War in the North
Ishbosheth is the second monarch of the Kingdom of Israel who succeeded his father Saul
General: Abner
Ishbosheth
is the second monarch of the Kingdom of Israel who succeeded his father Saul (North)
Abner
General for the north during the Civil war and the cousin of King Saul
2 people to know in South during the civil war
David is the king of Judah
General: Joab
Joab
General in the south during the civil war and nephew of King David
Solomon
wealthy and wise monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel who succeeded his father, David
In Ethiopia, their kings leading down from the Queen of Sheba were known as
the lion of Jerusalem
Harem
domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family. A harem may house a man’s wife or wives, their pre-pubescent male children, unmarried daughters, female domestic servants, and other unmarried females
David had how many kids
19 sons and 1 daughter
David did not build the temple for the ark of the covenant for two reasons
- Deuteronomic History: David was too busy fighting to build (military campaigns)
- Chronicler: agrees that he fought a lot but their reason is that David had too much blood on his hands to build this temple
Solomon has 2 problems before he begins building the temple
Lack of lumbar: Israel doesn’t have any lumber
Lack of skilled craftsman
Hiram of ___
Tyre
Solomon’s 2 Hirams
Hiram the (Phoenician) architect Hiram the King: the one he made a deal with
4 Major Developments that make Solomon a tyrant
- taxes+administration: despite all the money coming in Solomon couldn’t pay Hiram so he (I think the prof said something about giving him a river or something as payment so google that)
- Priesthood: Zadok’s reward for having backed Solomon is that people need to be in Zadok’s lineage in order to be a priest
- Zion (Jerusalemite) Theology: Zion is a hill in Jerusalem but can be used as a synonym for Jerusalem as a whole
-Joint Elections
1 Zion is God’s City
2 House of David - Religious and Cultural Policy: lots of immigrants come into his city a side effect of all of Solomon’s marriages–> Toleration: Solomon makes a policy similar to America. He allows everyone to practice what they want but he also builds religious structures for their own religion and sometimes joins them there
-Verdict: Apostate
-Zion theology decides that he has abandoned the true faith