Kings

Question 1

Deborah

Answer 1

tells Barak to lead his army against Sisera at Mount Tabor

Question 2

Gideon

Answer 2

• called by an angel to save Israel after Midian has conquered
• destroys his father’s altar to Baal
• tests God - woolen fleece
• army too big, he makes it smaller, 32000 - 300
• jars, torches, trumpets = victory

Question 3

Samson

Answer 3

• leads Israel after Israel has been conquered by the Philistines
• nazirite = consecrated to God from the womb, superhuman strength
• weakness is women
• childlike temper
• not too bright

Question 4

Delilah

Answer 4

• Lords of Philistines bribe her to betray Samson
• gets the secret of Samson’s strength: his hair
• because of her, Samson is blinded and captured by the Philistines and taken into the temple of their god, Dagon

Question 5

Hannah

Answer 5

mother of Samuel

Question 6

Samuel

Answer 6

• priest, prophet, and judge
• called by YHWH
• calls Israel back to YHWH

Question 7

Eli

Answer 7

a judge of Israel who had wicked sons

Question 8

Saul

Answer 8

• the first king of Israel
• God eventually wants to tear the kingdom from him
• helped by David, wants David dead
• dies on his own sword

Question 9

Jonathan

Answer 9

son of King Saul, friend of David

Question 10

Ishbaal

Answer 10

One of Saul’s sons

Question 11

Jesse

Answer 11

father of King David

Question 12

David

Answer 12

• king of Israel
• united Israel
• plays harp
• makes Jerusalem the capital of Israel
• eventually sins against God: adultery, murder
• dies more bitter than when he was king

Question 13

Goliath

Answer 13

• giant Philistine warrior defeated by David

Question 14

Nathan

Answer 14

a prophet who exposes David’s guilt with a parable

Question 15

Bathsheba

Answer 15

• wife of Uriah
• David used her to commit adultery
• David killed her husband
• became wife of David

Question 16

Uriah

Answer 16

• husband of Bathsheba

- ordered killed by David

Question 17

Solomon

Answer 17

• king of Israel after David
• asks God for wisdom, not power, riches, or revenge
• build the Temple
• sinned against God: idolatry, forced slave labor, extravagant wealth, many wives

Question 18

Adonijah

Answer 18

• tries to make himself king

- is executed for treason

Question 19

Rehoboam

Answer 19

son of Solomon, king of Judah

Question 20

Jeroboam

Answer 20

King of Israel (separated)

Question 21

What is the theme of the Deuteronomic History?

Answer 21

How well Israel keeps the Covenant of GOD’S LAW

Question 22

What is the Cycle of Apostasy?

Answer 22

1. Israel sins by worshipping false gods
2. God delivers them into the hands of their enemies
3. Israel prays to God for help and deliverance
4. God sends a judge to deliver them from their enemies
5. The judge dies and the cycle starts all over again

Question 23

Why were the gods of the Canaanites such a temptation to the Israelites?

Answer 23

• worshipping their gods is what they believed made the land fertile
• worshippers would engage in ritual orgies and prostitution to bring fertility to the earth

Question 24

What are the rules for being a king?

Answer 24

• can’t be foreign
• no large number of horses, wives, or wealth
• must have a copy of the law and study it day and night
• no pride (must be humble)

Question 25

Why does David spare Saul’s life twice?

Answer 25

• he will not harm “God’s anointed”

- merciful

Question 26

Davidic Covenant

Answer 26

establishes David and his sons as the kings of the united monarchy of Israel(included Judah)

Question 27

Who were nazirites?

Answer 27

Samuel and Samson

Question 28

nazirite

Answer 28

• consecrated to God from the womb

- superhuman strength

Question 29

Miracle Warfare

Answer 29

• God fights “with”and “for” Israel
• because of Israel’s obedience
• victory - not possible without God
• war - not glorified, God is
• example - Red Sea crossing

Question 30

Joshua

Answer 30

• led Israel
• the walls of Jericho fell down
• 7 days marching