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1
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Where was a land of deep valleys and rich pastures?

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Egypt and Mesopotamia

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Who tended their flocks

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The Herdsman

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The Herdsman planted what?

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Vines and cereals

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What did the Herdsman do in the evenings?

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They sang songs

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T OR F: The herdsman were country people

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True

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Who Conquered and ruled?

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Egyptians but then Babylonians

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What did the people build that wasn’t strong enough to resist the mighty armies of their neighbors

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towns and fortresses

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8
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Who made history?

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The Herdsman

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9
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How many Gods did the Herdsman pray to?

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one God

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What did the Herdsman sing around the campfire?

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Their deeds and their battles, and HIS deeds and HIS battles

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Who did the Herdsman sing about

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Their God

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What did the Herdsman insist

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That “He was the only God there was”

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The Herdsman put their faith and their pride into?

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His people and he was their God

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14
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Who were the Herdsman?

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The Jews

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15
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Where did Arbraham come from?

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Ur in the Chaldees

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What is the story of the Tower of Babel

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a great city tried to build a tower that would reach up to heaven

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16
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What did they dig up

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ancient things, harps, game-boards, weapons and jewelry

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16
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What time did Abraham live in

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The time of Hammurabi the great lawgiver (1700 BC)

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16
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What did the Hammurabi strict and laws turn up in what

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The bible

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who was the king who went to war with the Egyptains

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King Nebuchadnezzar

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What did God do to make them stop building the tower since he was mad at them

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God made them speak different languages so they couldn’t understand each other

19
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Who’s Abraham of Ur’s descendents?

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Joseph, son of Jacob.

20
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Who sold Joseph?

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His brothers, sold him in Egypt.

21
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What did Joseph become in Egypt?

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He became a counselor, and minister.

22
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How old were the pyramids when there was a famine?

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Over a thousand years old.

23
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Instead of leaving Egypt what did they do?

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They stayed, and started familes.

24
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Who led them out of Egypt?

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Moses, around 150 BC

25
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They tried to take back what land?

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The promised land.

26
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Why did they want The Promised Land?

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It’s the land from their ancestors.

27
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What happened when they won?

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They became a kingdom.

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What’s the captal of their kingdom?

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Jerusalem.

29
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Who was the first king?

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Saul.

30
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What did Saul do?

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Fought against neighboring tribes, the Philistines, and died on the battlefield.

31
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How did Saul die?

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On the battlefield.

32
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How was life for Jews after Solomon’s rule?

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It went less well for the Jews.

33
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What did the kingdom split into?

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The kingdom of Israel and kingdom of Judah.

34
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Who was the kingdom of Israel invaded by?

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Invaded by Assyrians.

35
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When was Israel invaded by Assyrians?

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722 BC

36
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Who is Messiah?

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The Savior who would restore their glory and bring unending joy.

37
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Who were the people who God spoke through?

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The Jewish survives

38
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What were their Sermon?

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“You yourself are the cause of your misforutnes. God is punishing you for your sins.”

39
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Why did the Jews suffer?

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It was God testing their faith.

40
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What did King Nebuchadnezzar do?

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He marched into the Promise land, destroying the city of Jerusalem in 586 BC

41
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When was Jerusalem destroyed?

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586BC

42
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What did King Nebuchadnezzar do to the Jews?

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He put the eyes out of King Zedekiah and led the Jews in captivity to Babylon/

43
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How long did the Jews stay in Babylon?

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Nearly 50 years.

44
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What happened to the Babylonian in 538 BC?

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It was destroyed by its Persian neighbor.

45
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What did the Jews see when they went back to their homeland?

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Saw tribes and saw them idol worshippers, who had failed to recognize the one true God.

46
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How long ago was the Old Testament written?

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2500 years ago.

47
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Why did people avoid Jews?

A

They talked about an unseeable God, with rules unflexable.

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