Test 3 Flashcards
1020
saul becomes king
1000
david becomes king
960
solomon becomes king
922
the kingdoms divide
875
assyria presses to the mediterranean and sees the potential of the land
869
beginning of the aramean wars
796
adad-nirari III of assyria overruns damascus and syria
735-732
syro-ephraimitic crisis
722
fall of samaria to sargon II of assyria, north kingdom destroyed
714-711
ashood rebellion
701
sennacherib of assyria besieges jerusalem
621
deuteronomic reform
611
fall of nineveh
609
josiah killed trying to stop neco of egypt from helping assyria, judah now paying tribute to egypt
605
battle of carchemish, babylon defeats egypt
601
babylon repulsed by egypt
597
babylonian exile begins, 1st deportation, Neb. attacks jerusalem
587
fall of jerusalem, temple destroyed, 2nd deportation
539
cyrus conquers babylon
538
cyrus issues edict so captives can return, building temple begins again
520
haggai and zechariah, building temple resumes
515
temple completed
444
walls of jerusalem rebuilt, nehemiah
333
conquest of palestine by alexander the great
301
ptolemies of egypt had control over palestine
198
antiochus defeated ptolemies and gets control of palestine
168
antiochus sent troops to collect tribute, outlawed judaism and enforced paganism
167
climax of opposition movement came
164
jews won jerusalem and cleansed temple/rededicated it to yahweh
142
israel gains political independence
63
two maccabes struggle for the throne
who is joab
joab is a helper of david of did his dirty work and was loyal to a fault
why is david upset with joab when he is on his death bed
joab killed unjustly abner and amsa in a time of peace
david makes a covenant with______ and breaks it on his death bed
shimei (threw stones at david)
who does david tell solomon to kill and who does he say to deal loyally with on his death bed
tells him to kill shimei and joab but deal loyally with barzalli because he helped david when he was on the run from saul
solomon is the _____ and last king over ______ _______
3rd, united kingdom
name at least four transgressions against solomon
overworked people/overtaxed, had pagean wives, worshipped foreign gods, gave away the promised land
what is the consequence of solomons fall out with god
he loses 10 tribes
who is king after solomon
rehoboam
in comparison to his father what is rehoboam like
he is much harsher
when kingdom splits in 922, _______ is king over the northern kingdom of israel or ephraim and ______ is king over the southern kingdom of judah
jeroboam 1, rehoboam
which kingdom is stronger and why
israel is stronger because they controlled roads, taxes could be levied, and better land
what gave judah some stability
the leaders were a continuation of the davidic dynasty
what is the importance of knowing there were several sources that create kings
the material was arranged and things were included or not included based on what deuteronomist was trying to convey
what are the 5 messages kings is trying to get across to the audience
hope, reason for the downfall of judah/israel, what they need to do- repent and covenant, man is not able to wield the power associated with being a king, kings evaluated by worship and foreign policy
the deuteronomist ______ each king in terms of _____ and _____ ______
worship and foreign policy
what is important about omri
he moved capital of israel to samaria giving stability to northern kingdom
how is jeroboam evaluated in terms of worship and foreign policy
he builds temples in bethel and dan and put golden calfs in both of them so he and every king after him receives a negative evaluation because they never destroyed the temples
what is tribute
to pay someone to not hurt you, one nation paying another
amos translated means
to carry a load
who does amos prophesize against
neighboring nations, israel, judah
in amos why are the israelites condemned
they sell righteous people for silver, stomp dust on heads of the poor, push the afflicted, father and son go into same girl, lay down beside altar on garments talen in pledge
true or false uzziah was struck because he touched the ark
true
true or false absalom attempted to usurp davids throne
true
true or false abner worked for ishbosheth
false
true or false abner was loyal to a fault to david
false, it was joab
true or false in davids final instructions he wanted joab and abner killed
false he wanted joab and shimei killed
true or false solomon was the last king over united israel
true
true or false david overworked and overtaxed the israelites
false it was solomon
true or false solomon worshipped foreign gods
true
true or false david worshipped foreign gods
false
true or false rehoboam is solomons successor even though he is not his son
false
true or false rehoboam ruled over the northern kingdom of israel
false
true or false jeroboam creates two temples with golden calves in them
true
true or false assyria and israel are neighbors that constantly fight each other for more land
false its syria
true or false amos translated means prophet of doom
false it means to carry a load
true or false amos was wealthy
true