Test 3 - People

Question 1

Ahab

Answer 1

Northern Israelite king, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel, who desired but was denied Naboth’s vineyard; Jezebel takes things into her own hands to acquire the land for Ahab

Question 2

Jezebel

Answer 2

Phoenician Princess; married Ahab son of Omri; killed off the prophets of Yahweh, worships Baal; had Naboth stoned when he would not give up the land that Ahab wanted. “Mrs. King” very violent women. Killed by being thrown out the window.

Question 3

Omri

Answer 3

father of Ahab; founder of dynasty in northern Israel (House of Omri)

Question 4

Athaliah

Answer 4

queen of Judah
from the House of Omri
(lived in south; came from north)
killed all grandchildren, except for Joash, so that she would be the ruler because Jehu killed her son

Question 5

Judah and Tamar

Answer 5

after the death of his two sons he sends Tamar back to her father to wait for his youngest son to become old enough to marry because he 1) does not have the means to take care of her and or 2) no longer wishes to provide for her. It seems as though Judah is not going to marry her to his youngest son because he has become of age and they are not married, so she tricks Judah into sleeping with her and becomes pregnant with twins. She uses his seal, cord, and staff to prove that he is the father

Question 6

Orpah

Answer 6

“back of the neck”; Naomi’s daughter-in-law; goes back home to Bethlehem

Question 7

Baal

Answer 7

Worshiped by Phoenicians and other Palestinian peoples; Jezebel worships this God

Question 8

Mara

Answer 8

“bitter”

what Naomi says to call her after saying the Yahweh has been bitter to her

Question 9

Phoenicians

Answer 9

Jezebel was a Phoenician princess who kills all of Yahweh’s prophets, except for Elisha, and sets up “temples?”

Question 10

Boaz

Answer 10

relative of Elimelech, a redeemer; has a child with Ruth named Obed

Question 11

Menelik

Answer 11

child of Solomon and Queen of Sheba

became first king of Ethiopia

Question 12

Queen of Sheba

Answer 12

“ruling queen”
involved in spice trade
visited Solomon because the had a child together

Question 13

Elijiah

Answer 13

a prophet in the north who was disliked by Jezebel

Question 14

Naboth

Answer 14

owned the vineyard next to King Ahab’s castle; refused to give it up so he was killed when Jezebel sent out letters in Ahab’s name petitioning for a trial of his death

Question 15

Ruth

Answer 15

“friend, companion”; daughter-in-law of Naomi; refuses to leave Naomi’s side; has a son with Boaz

Question 16

Elimelekh

Answer 16

“my god is king”; died before his sons married

Question 17

Naomi

Answer 17

“pleasant”; wife of Elimelekh; returns home after her husband and sons die; sends Ruth to Boaz in the middle of the night when he was drunk

Question 18

Shadday

Answer 18

Yahweh

used to mean “Almighty”

Question 19

Jehu

Answer 19

usurper of the throne, killed the northern and southern king

has Jezebel thrown out the window and eaten by dogs

Question 20

Obed

Answer 20

“servant (of Yahweh)”
son of Ruth; grandfather of David
supposed to be birthed from Boaz as a son for Makhlon