Unit 2 Test Terms

Question 1

the hometown of Jeremiah in the tribe of Benjamin

Answer 1

Anathoth

Question 2

a gold-overlaid wooden chest with two cherubim on the lid that stored the tablets of the covenant; it was housed first in the tabernacle, then in the Most Holy Place room of the Jerusalem temple; it was the location of God’s presence within Israel

Answer 2

ark of the covenant

Question 3

an account found in some historical and prophetic books that record the prophet’s experience of being called into prophetic ministry; the call was usually issued in the presence of God

Answer 3

call narrative

Question 4

a woman who belonged to a man but did not have the full rights of a wife; she was frequently acquired as spoils in war, and her main function was to bear sons for the man

Answer 4

concubine

Question 5

the day that God of Israel battles his enemies; derives from the holy war tradition and was cited by Amos, Joel, Obadiah, and Zephaniah

Answer 5

day of the Lord

Question 6

a village north of Jerusalem that tricked Joshua and the Israelites into making a treaty with them

Answer 6

Gibeon

Question 7

a village near Jericho where the Israelites first stopped after they entered the Promised Land

Answer 7

Gilgal

Question 8

war authorized by God and led by him; in the Old Testament, this called for the complete slaughter of the enemy and the dedication of all spoils to God

Answer 8

holy war

Question 9

the first city in Canaan conquered by Joshua and the Israelites

Answer 9

Jericho

Question 10

a person who held off Israel’s enemies–for example, Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson

Answer 10

judge

Question 11

inhabitants of Philistia; the most significant external threat to the Israelites during the time of the Judges and the early monarchy

Answer 11

Philistines

Question 12

a type of covenant employed by monarchs that essentially consisted of a grant or gift to a faithful underling

Answer 12

royal grant covenant

Question 13

city in central Israel that was the capital of the tribal confederacy during the time of Joshua and the Judges

Answer 13

Shechem

Question 14

the city in central Israel that contained a sanctuary during the time of eli and Samuel where the ark of the covenant was housed

Answer 14

Shiloh

Question 15

the otherwise anonymous figure of the book of Isaiah who delivered God’s people through suffering variously identified by interpreters as Jeremiah, Zerubbabel, Israel, and Jesus of Nazareth

Answer 15

servant of Yahweh

Question 16

a collection of four passages in Second Isaiah that refer to an anonymous figure, the Servant of YHWH, who suffers at the hands of people yet has a redemptive role

Answer 16

servant poems or songs

Question 17

the hill on which the city of Jerusalem first stood; David’s royal palace and the temple of YHWH were both located here; later used to refer to the entire city of Jerusalem; began to symbolize the national homeland

Answer 17

Zion

Question 18

they oppressed Israel in the time of Jephthah and were defeated by him with great slaughter; the prophets threatened them with divine judgments for troubling the Israelites

Answer 18

Ammonites

Question 19

unconditional covenant to David that says there will always be a son of David on the throne and Jerusalem will never be conquered

Answer 19

royal theology

Question 20

a conditional covenant that says if the people are loyal to the covenant, then they can keep the land

Answer 20

deuteronomic theology