Study unit 11 - Judah's exile + return Flashcards
With whom were the last kings of Judah compared?
Josiah
Name the three armies involved when Josiah died.
- Egyptian
- Assyrian
- Babylonian
What happened at Carchemish in 605 B.C.?
Egypt defeated
Judah forced to transfer allegiance to Babylonia
Describe the onset of the Babylonian exile briefly.
Death of Josiah - Judah degenerates quickly
Few remaining kings - all did evil
Babylonians - overrun Judah + destroy Jerusalem
King Zedekiah - escape - capture near Jericho
Babylonian army - return to Babylonia - most of defeated Israelites
Name the exact date Jerusalem finally fell.
586
Give the date when the return of the exiles started?
538
Quote a prophet’s prophecy that the people of God will return.
Jeremiah 31:7-9
What was Cyrus’s motivation for allowing the exiles to return?
Assert Lord God of Israel - chosen to rule over Jews
AT - whoever rebuilt - claiming chosen by god of temple to rule over people
What were the first two actions the returned exiles undertook? And what was
the meaning of this?
- Rebuilt temple
- Intermarried
Temple - God’s presence not return
Intermarrying - wives lead away from Lord into worship of idols
Briefly describe the Samaritans.
Assyrian colonists
Occupy land of Israel
Hybrid religion
In which year was the temple completed?
515
What is conspicuously wanting at the completion of the second temple
compared to the temple built by Solomon?
Dedication serviced held + Passover
God - work in hearts of pagan Persian monarchs - allow Jews to finish
No mention of God’s presence returning
Which king commissioned Ezra to lead a movement back to Judah?
Artaxerxes
Discuss Ezra’s actions when he learned about the Israelite’s marriages, and
give a reason for this.
- Tears tunic
- Pulls hair from head + beard
- Sit down appalled
- Prays long prayer - intercessory confession
- Divorce foreign, unbelieving wives + confess sins
Knows:
Judgement on Jerusalem + exile to Babylonia = worshipping idols, intermarriage
