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Unit 2 Test Characters Flashcards

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the commander of Saul’s army; he was killed by Joab

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Abner

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a son of David who murdered his half-brother Amnon, took the throne from David, and was killed by Joab

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Absalom

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a son of David who was executed by Solomon

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Adonijah

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(869-850) King of Israel, married to Jezebel, whose Baalistic practices were opposed by the northern prophet Elijah

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Ahab

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(735-715) the king of Judah at the time when Isaiah was a prophet

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Ahaz

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an Israelite prophet who encouraged Jeroboam to rebel against Solomon’s administration

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Ahijah

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priest of Bethel loyal to Jeroboam II: opposed Amos’ preaching and presence in the northern kingdom

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Amaziah

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son of David who raped his half-sister Tamar and was killed by Absalom

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Amnon

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one of the twelve prophets; an eighth century prophet from Tekoa in Judah, he preached to the northern kingdom and emphasized social justice and the coming Day of YHWH

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Amos

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title meaning “lord, master” that was applied to the chief god of Canaan; various locations in Canaan had their patron Baal gods, for example, Baal of Peor and Baal of Hermon

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Baal

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Jeremiah’s scribe, perhaps responsible for composing and editing the latter half of the book of Jeremiah

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Baruch

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the wife of Uriah who committed adultery with David; later became David’s wife and the mother of Solomon

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Bathsheba

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(550-530) Persian monarch who founded the Medo-Persian empire in the sixth century BCE and allowed the Judean refugees to return to their homeland after the Babylonian exile

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Cyrus

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the son of Jesse, anointed by Samuel to become king in place of Saul; he killed Goliath. His sons Amnon, Absalom, Adonijah, and Solomon fought to follow him on the throne. He is associated with the biblical psalms and is credited with politically and militarily uniting the ancient Israelite confederation into a centralized kingdom with Jerusalem as its capital; he created the largest empire Israel ever knew. He’s said to have planned for the temple that his son and successor, Solomon, built

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David

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the judge of Israel who engineered victory over the Canaanites

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Deborah

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a judge of Israel from the book of Judges, noted for being left-handed

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Ehud

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the high priest at Shiloh with whom Samuel ministered in his early years

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Eli

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an Israelite prophet during the reign of Ahab; he defeated the prophets of Baal at Mount Carmel and was taken to heaven in a firestorm

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Elijah

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the prophet who succeeded Elijah in the northern kingdom of Israel

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Elisha

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the Philistine giant who David killed

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Goliath

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the wife of Hosea the prophet who turned out to be unfaithful to their marriage

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Gomer

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the Judean prophet who challenged Jeremiah over the issue of the yoke of Babylon

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Hananiah

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the wife of Elkanah and mother of Samuel; she prayed for a son; after Samuel was born, she dedicated him to God’s service at Shiloh

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Hannah

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(715-687) a king of Judah; he restored the temple, reinstituted proper worship, and received God’s help against the Assyrians

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Hezekiah

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one of the twelve prophets; an eighth-century BCE Israelite prophet who exposed the people’s lack of faith in YHWH

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Hosea

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the name or title of an otherwise unidentifiable person in Isaiah’s prophecy; means “God is with us”

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Immanuel

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(609-598) second to the last king of Judah

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Jehoiakim

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(598) king of Judah for three months, he was taken captive to Babylon in the first deportation

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Jehoiachin

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a judge of Israel from the book of Judges

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Jephthah

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an administrator in Solomon’s court who rebelled and became the first king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (922-901); he built non-Yahwistic shrines in the cities of Dan and Bethel

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Jeroboam

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the Phoenician wife of Ahab who promoted Baal worship in Israel and opposed Elijah the prophet

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Jezebel

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David’s military commander

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Joab

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a son of King Saul, he had a special relationship with David; he was killed by the Philistines on Mount Gilboa

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Jonathan

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Moses’s aide during the wilderness sojourn; after the death of Moses, he led the Hebrews into the Promised Land

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Joshua

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(640-609) king of Judah who reformed Judean religion and died in battle at Megiddo

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Josiah

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a daughter of Saul, given in marriage to David; she criticized David’s behavior, and he refused thereafter to have relations with her

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Michal

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David’s court prophet who mediated the Davidic covenant and exposed David’s transgressions

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Nathan

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one of the twelve prophets; a sixth-century BCE Judean prophet who condemned Edom for its cruel treatment of conquered Judah

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Obadiah

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the prostitute of Jericho who harbored and assisted the Israelite spies prior to the conquest of Canaan

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Rahab

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(922-915) the son of Solomon who became the first king of Judah after the division of the kingdoms

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Rehoboam

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the last judge of Israel and the first prophet, he was also a priest; the son of Hannah and Elkanah, he succeeded Eli as priest and anointed first Saul and then David to be king

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Samuel

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(1020-1000) the first king of Israel, he was anointed by Samuel but was later deposed because of disobedience

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Saul

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(704-681) monarch of the Neo-Assyrian Empire who besieged Hezekiah’s Jerusalem in 701

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Sennacherib

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(961-922) the son of David and Bathsheba who became the king of united Israel after David; he was renowned for his wisdom; he built the temple of YHWH in Jerusalem

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Solomon

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(745-727) monarch of the Neo-Assyrian empire at the time of Isaiah and the Syro-Ephraimite war

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Tiglath-Pileser III

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a descendant of Aaron, he was a priest at David’s court; he supported Solomon’s succession, so his descendants had rights to the chief priestly duties in the temple

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Zadok

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(597-587) the last king of Judah

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Zedekiah

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Baal’s female counterpart who had fertility influence

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Asherah

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supplied cedars of Lebanon and skilled craftsmen to Solomon so that he could build the temple of YHWH

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Hiram

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Bathsheba’s husband; a hittite who served in David’s army and was sent to die in battle because David slept with his wife

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Uriah

51
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judge who fought with Deborah against Canaanites; he received a command from her to organize troops to fight Sisera on Mount Tabor but requested that she join him. She agrees and receives the victory for the war.

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Barak

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son of Saul; would-be king who reigned in the north while David reigned in Judah; name means “man of shame”

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Ishbosheth

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woman who killed the Canaanite general Sisera by pounding a tent stake through his temple and on into the ground

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Jael

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