Exam 2- 1 King

Question 1

What is special about chapter 11 in 1 Kings?

Answer 1

It is pivotal because it shows the sins of Solomon.
Before chpt. 11- we see Solomon’s glory
After chpt 11- we see his destruction and loss.

Question 2

During Solomon’s reign in what arena did Israel become a power player?

Answer 2

International power politics

Question 3

What ruined Israel’s brief period of strength and prestige?

Answer 3

Solomon’s religious apostacy

Question 4

Only time when the territory promised to Abraham was actually under Israeli control?

Answer 4

Under Solomon’s reign

Question 5

What theological principle is demonstrated in relation to God’s promises to us?

Answer 5

God’s people must walk in faith and obedience to him in order to receive all the blessings of those promises and covenants.

Question 6

Solomon’s reign was thought of as?

Answer 6

The Messianic age

Question 7

What was Solomon’s contribution to Israelite’s religion?

Answer 7

Wisdom

Question 8

What were the purpose of prophets (like Elijah and Elisha)

Answer 8

God’s instruments of warning to the king and the nation.

Question 9

what was prophecy like to Ahab?

Answer 9

A form of magic in which the prophet manipulated God. The professional prophets merely repeated the king’s desire in the form of prophecy in an attempt to ensure the desired outcome.

Question 10

What was prophecy to Jehoshaphat?

Answer 10

The prophet was a mouthpiece for God. The word of the prophet made the will of God known to humans, regardless of the kings desires.

Question 11

what did Samuel establish in regards to prophets?

Answer 11

future role of the prophet as the messenger from God who held the king in check.

Question 12

Prophetic counter parts?

Answer 12

David and Nathan
Ahab and Elijah
Hezekiah and Isaiah

Question 13

Function of Prophecy in Israel?

Answer 13

unique among nations of the ancient Near East

Others had prophets but they were clarivoyants whose purpose was to appease or manipulate deities

Question 14

what were Israel’s prophets

Answer 14

messengers of God who confronted the king and the entire society with his holy word. Nowhere else in the world could a reigning monarch be held accountable to such a prophetic voice.

Question 15

The events relating to Elisha receive a disproportionate amount of attention especially because…

Answer 15

Elisha is not a king in a book devoted to the history of Israelite kings. about 2/5ths of the whole book.

Question 16

The amount of Elisha material is due to the author’s purpose….

Answer 16

He wanted to write not just a survey of the events as they happened, but an explanation for the destruction of both kingdoms

Question 17

In the Books of Kings, the greatest single cause for the failure of Israel and Judah was…

Answer 17

the policies of their kings and their lack of obedience to the prophetic word.

Question 18

In 2 Kings, the author praises only Hezekiah and Josiah, because of …

Answer 18

their high regard for the word of God. All the other kings were neglectful at best, and evil at worst.

Question 19

The point of the Elijah-Elisha narratives, then, is…

Answer 19

that the kingdom succeeded when it followed the leadership of the prophets. Failure and destruction resulted when the kings rejected the word of God offered through the prophets.

Question 20

The nation did not fall simply because it had a smaller army but also because

Answer 20

Israel broke the Lord’s statutes and commandments (vv. 15-16). They “followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless” (v.15). Ultimately it was God who was responsible for Israel’s fall (vv. 18,20, 23).

Question 21

What did the mixtures of peoples produce?

Answer 21

The what would be called the Samaritans, who would become future enemies of Judah. The Samaritans and their religion continued into New Testament times (John 4:9, 19-20).

Question 22

Two most important themes in 1 and 2 Kings?

Answer 22

Deuteronomistic History

Role of Prophecy

Question 23

What does the book of Kings teach?

Answer 23

personal covenant faithfulness and obedience to God is the only measure of successful living.

Question 24

What is argued about 1 and 2 King?

Answer 24

that it is the earliest genuine historiography in world literature

Question 25

The Books are more than a History…

Answer 25

Israel’s past is presented here from a prophetic and theological point of view not a political one.

Question 26

It is not an exhaustive history of ancient Israel, some history is left out, what is included?

Answer 26

Only events that have universal redemptive qualities are included. Therefore we can read each historical event as having something to do with our spiritual walk with God.

Question 27

What do the books trace?

Answer 27

Consequences of Sin and the benefits of obedience

Question 28

The editor(s) when through the list of Israel’s kings carefully and systematically with the goal of?

Answer 28

of critiquing each one’s faithfulness to God’s covenant.

Question 29

What happened only during Solomons reign?

Answer 29

Israel became a major in the arena of international power politics.

Question 30

what ruined Israel’s brief period of strength and prestige

Answer 30

Solomon’s religious apostasy

Question 31

Under Solomon’s reign was the only time when …

Answer 31

the territory promised to Abraham was actually under Israeli control.

Question 32

the theological principle here is:

Answer 32

that even with God’s promise through a covenant to his people
God’s people must walk in faith and obedience to him

Question 33

what did Samuel establish

Answer 33

the future role of the prophet as the messenger from God who held the king in check.

Question 34

Prophetic counterparts like Samuel and Saul? 3 pairs

Answer 34

David and Nathan
Ahab and Elijah
Hezekiah and Isaiah.

Question 35

The Books of Kings teach us the only measure of successful living is?

Answer 35

that personal covenant faithfulness and obedience to God