Kingdoms, Prophets, Exile, and Beyond

Question 1

Surface meaning of Song of Songs

Answer 1

Love between a couple

Question 2

Deeper meaning of Song of Songs

Answer 2

Love between God and His people

Question 3

Two results from the fall of Israel

Answer 3

Idolatry, Religious Formalism/Oppresion of the poor

Question 4

Jobs of a prophet

Answer 4

Console and Confront

Question 5

For whom?

Answer 5

King and people

Question 6

To whom to Israel falls, and why?

Answer 6

Assyrians, because of inefficient leaders, internal stresses, and idolatry

Question 7

People of Israel are divided into..?

Answer 7

“lost tribes” people taken away & Samaritans (Assyrians and Jews inter-marry)

Question 8

To whom do Judah falls, and why?

Answer 8

Babylon, because did not reform and fell into idolatry

Question 9

People of Judah are divided into…?

Answer 9

Poor farmers; get left behind, escapees; fled to Egypt, and elite, soldiers, and craftspeople are shipped to Babylon

Question 10

2 unexpected blessings that came from exile

Answer 10

1) The synagogue is a place for learning

2) Stories of the Jew are written down and compiled into the Hebrew bible

Question 11

What are Ezekiel’s 3 prophecies?

Answer 11

King, Nation & Temple

Question 12

What did Ezekiel’s prophecies mean?

Answer 12

King; Jesus. Nation; People of God. Temple; Church triumphant

Question 13

How long were the Israelites in captivity?

Answer 13

50 years/ 5 decades

Question 14

Who freed the Israelites?

Answer 14

Cyrus II

Question 15

3 empires that capture Judea.

Answer 15

Greeks/Ptolemic Empire, Syrians, Romans

Question 16

Dynasty established by the Maccabees

Answer 16

Hasmonean dynasty