People Flashcards
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Adoniram
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- In charged of forced labor under King Solomon and King Rehoboam
- The Israelites stoned him to death
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King Shishak
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- Was the King of Egypt that attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of Rehoboam
- King Shishak carried off the treasures of the Temple and the royal palace, including the gold shields that Solomon had made
- After the Israelites abandoned God, they became subjects of King Shishak so that “they may learn the difference between serving [Him] and serving the kings of others lands.” (2 Chronicles 12:8)
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King Abijah
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- Son and successor of Rehoboam
- Failed in his attempt to reunite the Northern Kingdom of Israel with the Southern Kingdom of Judah
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Zerah the Cushite
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- Marched out against the Kingdom of Judah with an enormous army
- However, after King Asa turns to God in prayer, the Lord struck down the Cushites
- Then the Israelites were able to collect a large amount of plunder
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Baasha
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-Third King of Northern Israel who began to fortify Ramah but was defeated by the unexpected alliance of Asa with Ben-Hadad
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Hanani
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- Prophet who rebuked Asa for relying on the King of Aram and not on God as he had against the Cushites, when Baasha went up against Judah
- Asa became so enraged with Hanani that he threw the seer into prison
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King Jehoshaphat
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- Son and successor of Asa
- In the early years of his reign, he fortified the Kingdom of Judah, removed the high places, and destroyed the Asherah poles
- He then sinfully allied himself with Ahab by the marriage of his son Jehoram to Ahab and Jezebel’s daughter, Athaliah
- Jehoshaphat honored this alliance at the battle of Ramoth Gilead, where Ahab tries to disguise himself but is hit by a “random” arrow and dies
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Jehu
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- Anointed King of Israel and given the charge by God to destroy the House of Ahab
- He killed Ahab and had Jezebel killed by having her thrown down from the wall of Jezreel
- Dogs devoured Jezebel as was prophesied in 2 Kings 9
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Micaiah Son of Imlah
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-Faithful and fearless prophet who was slapped and thrown into prison after prophesying the truth that King Ahab would be defeated and killed in battle
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Athaliah
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- Daughter of Ahab and Jezebel and wife of King Jehoram
- Encouraged her son Ahaziah to do evil
- When Ahaziah was killed by Jehu’s troops, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah so that she could become the Queen of Judah
- She reigned for six years and then was put to death immediately following the crowning of Joash as king
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Jehoiada
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- High priest who together with his wife Jehosheba (daughter of King Jehoram and sister of King Ahaziah), preserved the life of the baby Joash by hiding him with them in the Temple of God, while Athaliah ruled Judah for six years
- He lived for 130 years
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King Joash
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- King of Judah at seven years of age thus becoming the youngest Hebrew King to reign
- Jehoiada hid Joash in the Temple of God when he was one year old
- He secretly lived there for six years while the evil Queen Athaliah ruled the land
- As king, he called the Israelites to repent and bring their contributions so that they can restore the Temple
- However, after the death of Jehoiada, Joash turned back to worshipping idols and his own officials conspired against him and killed him
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Zechariah Son of Jehoiada
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-When the Spirit came on him; he confronted Joash and the rest of the assembly about disobeying the Lord’s commands and subsequently was stoned to death in the courtyard of the Temple
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King Uzziah
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- (Also called Azariah)
- Became King of Judah at 16 years of age after the death of his father Amaziah
- Started his reign seeking God and doing what was right as Zechariah instructed him
- He had great success but “his pride led to his downfall” (2 Chronicles 26:16)
- God afflicted him with leprosy for trying to enter the temple and burn incense, which was the task only for the priest, the descendants of Aaron
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King Jotham
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- Son and successor of Uzziah
- Administered the affairs of Judah before becoming king
- His father was struck with leprosy and therefore was excluded from public life
- He ruled in the fear of God and his reign was very prosperous as he defeated the Ammonites who paid Judah 100 talents of silver for three years
- “Jotham grew powerful because he walked steadfastly before the Lord” (2 Chronicles 27:6)
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King Ahaz
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- Son and successor of Jotham
- He worshiped idols, introduced heathen and idolatrous customs, and even sacrificed his own sons in the fire
- God handed him over to the King of Aram to discipline him, but Ahaz became even more unfaithful to God in this time of trouble
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Isaiah
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- Prophet to King Hezekiah when he received the letter from Sennacherib threatening the Israelites
- After the prayers of Hezekiah and Isaiah, the Angel of the Lord killed 185,000 Assyrians in one night
- Jewish tradition holds that Manasseh killed Isaiah by sawing him in half (Hebrews 11:37)
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King Manasseh
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- Son and successor of Hezekiah
- He was only 12 when he became king
- He sacrificed his one son in the fire
- Practiced sorcery and divination and consulted mediums and spiritists
- Taken captive by the king of Assyria who put a hook in his nose, bound him in bronze shackles and took him to Babylon
- In his distress he humbled himself and repented and was restored to his kingdom
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King Amon
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- Son and successor of Manasseh
- Restored idolatry and set up images that his father had cast down
- Instead of humbling himself and repenting like his father did, he “increased his guilt” (2 Chronicles 33:23) and thus his own officials conspired against him and killed him in his own palace
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Huldah
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- Prophetess during the reign of Josiah who was consulted after the Book of the Law was found in the Temple
- She greatly influenced the reforms carried out by Josiah
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Jeremiah
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- Prophesied from the 13th year of Josiah to shortly after the destruction of Jerusalem
- He composed laments for Josiah; preached to Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin and Zedekiah; and spoke the 70-year prophecy about the Israelites becoming exiles in Babylon
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King Cyrus
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- King of Persia whose heart God moved to make a proclamation that would allow God’s people to go back to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple
- This proclamation came in 536BC- 70 years after the destruction of Jerusalem in fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prophecy
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Zerubbabel
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- Head of the tribe of Judah at the time of the return from the Babylonian captivity in the first year of Cyrus
- In the second year after the return, he laid the foundation of the temple
- Finally, Zerubbabel rebuilt the Temple about twenty years after the Israelites returned to Jerusalem
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Haggai
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- Older prophet who accompanied Zerubbabel in the first return of the Jews from Babylon
- Haggai and Zechariah were contemporaries and their preaching inspired the Jews to return to rebuilding the Temple after a 14-year standstill because of persecution
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Zechariah the Grandson of Iddo
- Young prophet who was contemporary of Haggai
| - Zechariah's preaching eventually stirred the Jews to complete the rebuilding of the Temple in 516 BC
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Ezra
-Priest, leader and scribe of the Jewish nation who returned to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel
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King Artaxerxes (Books of Ezra & Nehemiah) is King Xerxes (Book of Esther)
-The powerful king who married Esther and granted Nehemiah's request to return to Jerusalem and help rebuild the wall
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Nehemiah
- Sustained the office of cupbearer to King Artaxerxes
- When he was told the condition of Jerusalem, his heart was full of sadness
- After Nehemiah wept, prayed and fasted, he received permission from Artaxerxes to go to Jerusalem to help his fellow Jews
- He was sent with supplies and letters from the king with permission to rebuild
- Though the Temple was rebuilt in 516 BC, the walls remained in disrepair until Nehemiah came in 466 BC and led the rebuilding of the walls in just 52 days
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Sanballet
- The Horonite strongly opposed Nehemiah when he was rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
- Tobiah the Ammonite and Geshem the Arab joined Sanballet in this opposition
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Eliashib
- The high priest in Jerusalem who helped with rebuilding the wall and was put in charge of the storerooms of the house of God
- Going against the Book of Moses, which states no Ammonite should be in the Assembly of God, Eliashib provided Tobiah the Ammonite a room in the Temple for him to stay in; however when Nehemiah found this out, Nehemiah threw out Tobiah and all of his belongings
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Queen Vashti
- Ordered by King Xerxes to appear before him "in order to display her beauty to the people and nobles" but she refused to come
- The Jewish tradition holds that Xerxes had asked her to come before his banquet "only" wearing her crown
- She was deposed as queen and Esther replaced her
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Esther (Hadassah)
- Jewish orphan chosen by King Xerxes to be queen after Vashti was deposed
- Her cousin Mordecai raised her and when Cyrus gave permission for the exiles to return to Jerusalem she stayed with Mordecai
- She saved the Jewish people by having the courage to tell the King she was a Jew and plead to the King to save her people
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Mordecai
- He was the cousin of Esther and raised her as his own
- King Xerxes promoted Haman to a high position but Mordecai refused to bow down or pay him honor
- So Haman set out to have all the Jews annihilated
- Mordecai found out about Haman's plot and he informs estehr
- The Jews were saved and Haman was executed
- Mordecai became "second in rank to King Xerxes" (Esther 10:3)
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Hegai
-Eunuch who was in charge of King Xerxes' harem before each girl was taken to the King
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Bigthana and Teresh
- Two of the King's officers that guarded the doorway
- They plotted to kill King Xewrxes but Mordecai found out and told Esther, who in turn told the King
- These two traitors were then impaled
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Job
- A God fearing man from the land of Uz
- He is noted by God as "blameless and upright" three times in the first two chapter of Job (Job 1:1, 1:8, 2:3)
- God allowed him to be tempted by Satan and go through trials that tested his faith
- After losing his family, friends, property, wealth and health, he still did not curse God
- However, when his friends- Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar- were unable to comfort him, then Job cursed God (Job 3:1)
- Afterwards, "The Lord blessed the latter of Job's life more than the former part..." (Job 42:12)
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Satan
- After roaming the earth, Satan presents himself before God and accuses Job of serving Him simply for the blessings
- God granted him the authority to bring troubles on Job
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Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar
- Job's three friends who came to visit him after they heard of his afflictions
- God was angry with them for not speaking what is right and falsely accusing Job
- Job prays in order that God will not deal with them according to their folly
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Elihu
- Another of Job's friend who enters the conversation with Job and his three friends
- The youngest and only righteous friend of Job
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King Hiram of Tyre
- Politically allied himself with King David
- King Hiram helped him by sending workers and supplies to take part in building David's palace
- Later King Hiram helped Solomon build the Temple by sending the skilled engraver and designer Huram-Abi, as well as cedar logs
