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Test 2 Flashcards

1
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The text mentions 3 Nazarite vow conditions:

A
  1. Forbidden to cut hair or shave the beard
  2. No wine or strong drink should touch his lips
  3. Not allowed to touch or go near a dead person
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2
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_____ was a lifetime Nazarite because his parents had made this promise to God

A

Samson

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3
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Samson carried the city gates of Gaza _____

A

over 30 miles

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4
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Ruth and Boaz married and had a son named Obed. Their grandson’s name was ____ who was the father of ____

A

Jesse/King David

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5
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Samuel’s parents were ____ and ____

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Elkanah and Hannah

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6
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Samuel’s parents traveled to the Tabernacle in Shiloah each year to worship. This time of celebration was called the Feast of ____

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Unleavened Bread/Passover

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7
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Samuel was dedicated to a lifetime of service at the tabernacle at Shiloh under the mentorship of _____

A

Eli-high priest

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8
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The golden candlestick was also known as the ____

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menorah

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9
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The ____ branch of the golden candlestick could only be relit from the altar where the burnt offerings took place

A

center

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10
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The most common plague in the Bible times was the _____ plague, which was carried by swarms of rats

A

bubonic

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11
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God killed many of the people of Beth Shemesh for _____

A

looking inside the ark

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12
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The ark stayed in the house of _____ until the days of David

A

Abinidab

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13
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The _____ were also called the Sea Peoples because they came from across the Mediterranean Sea

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Philistines

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14
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The ingredients for the holy oil receipe were kept secret and known only to ____

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a few priests

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15
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According to the textbook Goliath’s armor may have weighted _____

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200 lbs

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16
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One of the reasons the Philistines were such a formidable enemy to the Israelites is that they alone knew the secret of

A

forging the strong metal (iron)

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17
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shewbread which was baked every ___ symbolized that God was the ____ for the nation of Israel

A

Friday/Bread of Life

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18
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Although Saul fell on his own sword it was actually the ____ who killed him on the slopes of Mt Gilboa

A

Philistine

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19
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A slave’s life was usually miserable but in _____ a slave could own property and run his own business

A

Babylon

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20
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During the period of the judges and until David’s time, the city of Jerusalem was called ____

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Jebus

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21
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The ____ were a mixed Canaanites people

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Jebusites

22
Q

Bathsheba became David’s ____ wife

A

8th

23
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When David learned of his son’s (Absalom) plot to take over the kingdom, he left Jerusalem by way of _____ which is significant because he looked over his shoulder and cried as he gazed down on his city. 1,000 years later Jesus probably stood near or on the same spot and wept for the sins of Jerusalem

A

Mount of Olives

24
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To test Abraham’s faith, God asked him to sacrifice his only son on ____

A

Mount Moriah

25
Q

Years later, from the same site, David bought ARaunah’s threshing floor, and Solomon built ____ on it

A

God’s holy temple

26
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Today a Muslim mosque named _____ rests on the same spot

A

The Dome of the Rock

27
Q

David wanted to build the temple but the Lord refused to let him because David was ____

A

a warrior

28
Q

King Solomon had ____ and ___ concubines

A

700 wives/300 concubines

29
Q

The kingdom of Israel split dividing the tribes of Judah and Benjamin from the rest of the 10 northern tribes in ___ BC

A

931

30
Q

When the kingdom divided after Solomon’s death, the 10 northern tribes chose ____ to rule their tribes

A

Jeroboam

31
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The defecting two tribes to the south were named _____

A

Judah

32
Q

When the country was struck with hard times, usually the ____ were the first to suffer the effects

A

widows

33
Q

____ was probably one of the worst and most evil kings of Israel

A

Ahab

34
Q

The evil king married the wicked ____ who worshipped Baal and tried to force this god on the rest of Israel

A

Jezebel

35
Q

During Ahab and Elijah’s day, the good king of the southern kingdom of Judah was ____

A

Jehoshaphat

36
Q

The Syrian general with the milder form of leprosy was named ____

A

Naaman

37
Q

It takes from _____ years for leprosy to heal

A

1-3 years

38
Q

A scribe, who is a professional ____, might inscribe a message in papyrus or in _____ with a _____ used instead of a pen

A

writer/clay pottery/stylus

39
Q

In Bible times, the basic unit of money was called a ____

A

shekel

40
Q

A talent was worth about ____ shekels

A

3,000

41
Q

One talent was usually the price of a good ___

A

ox

42
Q

The Assyrians populated the Israelite cities with captured foreigners from other lands and called them ____

A

Samaritans

43
Q

East of the Tigris River is modern day Iraq lie the ruins of _____

A

Ninevah

44
Q

It was the capital of the ____ empire, which explains why Jonah may have been afraid to go there

A

Assyrian

45
Q

____ was a prophet of Judah during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah

A

Isaiah

46
Q

The Northern Kingdom of Israel ended as a nation in _____ when the ____ carried the people into captivity

A

722 BC/Assyrians

47
Q

But Judah survived another ___ years until the ____ captured them in ___ BC

A

136 yrs/Babylonians, 586 BC

48
Q

_____ was the last of Judah’s godly kings

A

Josiah

49
Q

The ancient Babylon was a rectangularly shaped city with about ____ miles of double walls

A

50 miles

50
Q

The inner core of walls was ___ feet thick

A

21

51
Q

The outer core of wall which surrounded the city was ___ feet thick

A

11

52
Q

Egyptians paid a ___ of their crop to the Pharaoh

A

tithe (1/5th)

Old Testament Survey (2 decks)

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