Unit 2 Test Characters

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Abner

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Absalom

Question 3

a son of David who was executed by Solomon

Answer 3

Adonijah

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Ahab

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Ahaz

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Ahijah

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Amaziah

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Amnon

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Amos

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Baal

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Baruch

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Bathsheba

Question 13

(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

Answer 13

Cyrus

Question 14

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

Answer 14

David

Question 15

the judge of Israel who engineered victory over the Canaanites

Answer 15

Deborah

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Ehud

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Eli

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Elijah

Question 19

the prophet who succeeded Elijah in the northern kingdom of Israel

Answer 19

Elisha

Question 20

the Philistine giant who David killed

Answer 20

Goliath

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Gomer

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Hananiah

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Hannah

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Hezekiah

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Hosea

Question 26

the name or title of an otherwise unidentifiable person in Isaiah's prophecy; means "God is with us"

Answer 26

Immanuel

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Jehoiakim

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Jehoiachin

Question 29

a judge of Israel from the book of Judges

Answer 29

Jephthah

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Jeroboam

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Jezebel

Question 32

David's military commander

Answer 32

Joab

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Jonathan

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Joshua

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Josiah

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Michal

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Nathan

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Obadiah

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Rahab

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Rehoboam

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Samuel

Question 42

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

Answer 42

Saul

Question 43

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

Answer 43

Sennacherib

Question 44

(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

Answer 44

Solomon

Question 45

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

Answer 45

Tiglath-Pileser III

Question 46

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

Answer 46

Zadok

Question 47

(597-587) the last king of Judah

Answer 47

Zedekiah

Question 48

Baal's female counterpart who had fertility influence

Answer 48

Asherah

Question 49

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

Answer 49

Hiram

Question 50

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

Answer 50

Uriah

Question 51

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.

Answer 51

Barak

Question 52

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

Answer 52

Ishbosheth

Question 53

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

Answer 53

Jael