Unit 7 Exam Flashcards
Who was the father of Samuel
Elkanah
Who were Elkanah’s two wives
Hannah and Peninnah
What were circumstances like for Hannah before she bore Samuel?
She was ridiculed by Peninnah because she was barren. While praying to the Lord, Eli the priest thought she was drunk. When he approached on the matter, she told him of her sorrow. After the priest’s blessing, Hannah boar Samuel. After he was weaned, Hannah took him to the temple in Shiloh and dedicated him to the lord
How were Eli’s sons wicked
When someone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fork and would thrust into the container. Whatever the fork brought up, the priest kept for himself
What did Samuel wear while serving in the presence of the Lord
A linen ephod
What were the names of Eli’s sons
Hophni and Phinehas
How did Eli die
When Eli heard that the Ark of God had been captured, he fell backwards and broke his neck
Who were the Israelites fighting
The Phillistines
Name of the son of Eli’s daughter-in-law
Ichabod
What happened when the Philistines brought the ark of God into the temple of Dagon
The statue of Dagon laid face down in front of the ark of God
Why did the Philistines want to return the ark of the covenant
It was bringing sickness upon them
Samuel’s sons
Joel and Abijah
Did Samuel’s sons follow his example
No, the perverted justice
What did Samuel warn the people a king would do
He will take away their daughters, sons, crops, slaves, livestock, and make them slaves
Who did Samuel anoint as king
Saul
Who is Saul’s father
Kish
How did Saul meet Samuel
Kish sends Saul to go get back donkeys that escaped and Kish’s servant adivises Saul to seek wisdom from a man in Jerusalem
How did Saul fall out of favor with the world
He sacrificed an offering that wasn’t supposed to be
What was Saul’s oath
Don’t take food before evening
How was Saul’s oath violated
Jonathan hadn’t heard that his father made the oath. He ate honey from a beehive
Who did Samuel replace Saul with as king of Israel
David, youngest son of Jesse, born in Bethlehem. This child was almost overlooked because he was out working in the fields
What are the two accounts of how Saul met David
David was a superior harpist that went into the service of Saul and accepted a challenge from one of the biggest men in the Philistine army, who he then killed with a rock to the forehead thrown out of a sling
What is the name of the man David faced in the Philistine army
Goliath
When Saul plots to kill David, who helps him escape
Jonathan, Saul’s son
How does Saul’s life end
He commits suicide by falling on his own sword
Why does Saul try to kill David
David is more popular than Saul
Where did Samuel go after he escaped
Ramah
How did Nathan’s prophecies of grief in David’s family come true
David’s son Absalom kills his half brother Amnon after he sleeps with his sister Tamar, Joan killer Absalom with three darts to the heart
Who is the king Nathan tells David to appoint
Solomon
Who is Solomon
The fourth son of King David and his wife Bathsheba
Who was supposed to succeed David
His oldest son Adonijah
What caused the disagreement between the two women and how did Solomon settle it
Two women that live in the same house had both born sons. However, one of the sons had died and the mother of the dead child stole the other mother’s baby and pretended it was hers. Solomon settles this dispute by telling the women to cut the baby in half so that it could be equal. The true mother thought it was better for the child to live with another mother than to not live at all.
What are some other examples of Solomon’s wisdom
A queen that made artificial flowers that were said to be indistinguishable was debunked by Solomon when he opened a window and saw which flowers the bees visited. He also uttered 3,000 proverbs
Who rules north Israel and who rules south Israel after Solomon’s death
Jeroboam took over the northern tribes and Rehoboam took over the tribes of Judah and Benjamin
What were the tribes of Judah and Benjamin now called
The Kingdom of Judah
Who is king Omri
A successful military campaigner
What city did King Omri build
Samaria
What happened at the end of Elijah’s life
Chariots and horses of fire on a whirlwind swept up Elijah and carried him into heaven
Two examples of Elijah’s miracles
He purified the waters of Jericho with salt and when a widow told him of her debt, he saw she never ran out of oil and told her to fill jars with oil and sell them in the market to pay off her debt
What does the book of Chronicles do
It sums up the long period of time between the death of Saul and the Jews being exiled by the Romans
Three wives of David
Machael, Abigail, and Bathsheba
