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Bible 221 Final Exam > Who am I > Flashcards

Who am I Flashcards

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Ham

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son of noah. saw his fathers nakedness.

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Seth

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the 3rd son of Adam and Eve and brother to cain and abel. Eve believed he was abel’s replacement

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Japeth and shem were

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sons of noah

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father of prophetic religion; 1850 BCE; name changed from Abram when he was 99 to signify transformation of his life into one of fidelity to the promise

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Abraham

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Wife ofAbraham. They do not believe God when Abraham is told that he will be made thefather of a great nation since she is too old to bear children. She doesconceive though, and gives birth to Isaac. Gets jealous of Hagar/Ismael andtells Abraham to make them leave.

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Sarah

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he first king of Israel divinely appointed with Samuel-tragic figure begins successful military leader, God then rejects for David-even children side against-choice military leader also popular but as David’s popularity increase, Saul paranoid against danger to his ambition becomes obsessive then negative image of Saul-no natural explanation needed- God reject-fail b/c nable to deal with Philistine? died on battlefield

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Saul

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Abraham’s nephew, and a frequent ‘thorn-in-his-side.’ He is saved from the destruction of Sodom. Lot, while drunk, sleeps with his daughters.

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Lot

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Born under special circumstance
son of Abraham and father to Jacob and Esau.
Husband of rebekah.
Esau was his favorite

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Isaac

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son of Abe and Hagar, Abe’s first son

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Ismael

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Wicked city destroyed by God

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sodom

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Sarah’s maid–concubine with with Abraham had a child, Ishmael

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hagar

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  • God and Abraham set up a covenant between the two

- promised that he would circumcise himself as a symbol to God and he would have many descendants

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sign of the covenant

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The younger of Isaac and Rebekah’s twin sons. He fooled his father into giving him the first born’s blessing becoming Isaac’s heir. Through him God renewed the covenant with Abraham’s descendants

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Jacob

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-Her father made her wait 14 years to marry her true love Jacob. Second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph, died in childbirth of second son, Benjamin

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Rachel

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Brother of Moses
Made golden calf :O
Died before entering Israel
"Does the talking" for Moses on his journey
Escapee from Egypt
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aaron

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Concubine to Jacob; servant to Rachel

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Bilhah

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father of Rachel and Leah who used trickery to have his oldest daughter married

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Laban

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The older daughter of Laban, by Laban’s deception on the wedding night became Jacob’s fist wife in place of her sister, Rachel.

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Leah

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Servant of Laban
Jacob’s wife
Mother of Asher and Gad
Leah’s maidservant

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Ziplah

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City of Jacob; dreamt and heard God repeat covenant; “House of God”

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Bethel

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the name used for the southern of the two kingdoms into which israel was divided after solomon. judah kept jerusalem as its capital and remained loyal to david’s line

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Judah

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Zipporah’s father, Moses’ father in law

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Jethro

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  • Ruled the Israelites after King Saul from 1004-965
  • He ended the threat posed by the Philistines
  • He established a capital at Jerusalem
  • He created ties with the Phoenicians
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King David

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Son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, the priest. When Israel had joined in sexual immorality with Midianite women and turned to Baal worship, Phinehas drove a spear through an Israelite (Zimri) and the Midianite woman (Cozbi) he took before the whole assembly. The plague ended. The Lord told Moses that Phinehas and his family line would be a lasting priesthood (Numbers 25).

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Phineas

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25
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Went to Bethel; saw rampant social injustices

Preached about the enemies’ destruction

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Amos

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  • God has blesses David
  • Promise of a great name
  • Promise of a Land
  • Promise of a forever- King from his house
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Gods covenant with David

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Capital city of the UK during Davids reign. Davidic theology holds Jerusalem as the holy city.

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Jerusalem

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a powerful nation that invaded Canaan from the sea and became the most hated enemies of Israel

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Philistines

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29
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1st king of Northern Kingdom

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Jeraboam

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30
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Good King of Judah
- 41 year rule
- Cleanses Judah of Idolatry (even his grandma)
- 14th year, Ethiopia attacks, prays to Yahweh and Judah is spared.
- Israel attacks north of Jerusalem, Asa bargains with Syria to become allies.
- Collected money and fortified Jerusalem
- God not pleased with Asa’s turn to Syria.
Disease in foot.

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Asa

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  • princess of Sidon who married Ahab
  • led northern nation of Israel into practicing Baal worship
  • tried to kill of faithful prophets of the Lord like Elijah
  • ordered murder of Naboth to seize his vineyard
  • killed by Jehu
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Jezebel

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32
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-Elijah and the prophets of Baal faced off

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Mount Carmel

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the great prophet who challenged the pagan rulers of Israel. He was taken up to heaven in a fiery chariot

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Elijah

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34
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name means salvation

  • northern prophet
  • commanded to marry a wife of whoredom and have children
  • his life is parable of gods love and faithfulness towards faithless isael
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Hosea

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prophet who reassured the people of Judah that a Davidic king and possession of the Temple would protect them from harm

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Isaiah

36
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Multiplying widow’s oil (2 Kings 4)
- Raising Shunammite’s son from the dead
- Purification of poison of food
- Multiplies food
- Cleansing Naaman from leprosy
- Axe head floats
- Blinding Aramian Army
Elisha’s ministry foreshadows jesus
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Elisha

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trusted God
-Yahweh gave victory, recapitulation of Israel’s captivity by Shalmanesar, Yahweh delivered Jeruselem, Yahweh granted him 15 years of life, received the prophecy of Judah’s exile

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hezekiah

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shrines or platforms where the people worshipped and made sacrifices. They were in place before the construction of the First Temple. The “high places” were significant, because after the construction of the temple, they were considered illegitimate, but were still in use in Judah, and many times to worship deities other than Yahweh. King Hezekiah destroyed the high places during his reign. (more significance??)

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high place

39
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King of Persia, sent exiles home

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Cyrus

40
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640-609 BCE, reforms to old times, “Deuteronomic Reform”
doesn’t return to old practices, just returns to old methods of power & politics
elimination of foreign culture
installed as kind at 8 yrs old by “the people of the land” (grandson of Manasseh, son of murdered Amon)
Josiah’s book orthodoxy becomes the “blueprint” for Judaism

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Josiah

41
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was cupbearer to the king, sent to be governor of Judah and rebuild the wall

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Nehemiah

42
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It represents the promise of restoration of Israel, the bringing back to life of the exilic community.

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vision of the valley of dry bones

43
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wife of Issac and mother to Esau and Jacob. Helped Jacob steal Esau’s inheritance

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Rebekah

44
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Moses’ wife, from Midian. Father is the Midianite priest, Jethro (adds to the idea that Moses is so foreign from the Israelites)

· Saves Moses’ life by tricking God when God attacks him in the night for not being circumcised. She takes their son’s bloody skin and makes it look like Moses was circumcised – woman saves the day! (popular in the story of Moses w/ midwives, mother, sister, and wife)

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Zipporah

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Tribe in the Northern kingdom of Israel took this name after Israel was divided in two. Named after the youngest son of Joseph.

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Ephraim

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The High Priest, high priest Eli was in charge of worship and sacrifice in the tabernacle at Shiloh. It was to him that the Israelites looked for guidance and leadership in religious and civil affairs.

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Eli

47
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last judge
prophet
anointer of kings
warns israelites that their king will only take from them

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Samuel

48
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Eli’s evil son; took ark into battle; killed in battle with Philistines;

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Hophni

49
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Son & heir of King Saul & famous for his unselfish devotion to young David. Along w/ his father, Jonathon was killed by the Philistines at the Battle of Gilboa, a loss David lamented in 1 of his most moving psalms.

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Jonathan

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the wicked king of Israel. Led by his Phoenician wife Jezebel, he established the cult of Baal and persecuted the worshipers of the True God

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Ahab

51
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  • represented by a wooden pole

- Mother of Baal and wife of El

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Asherah

52
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Babylonian god used in a wide variety of lit, translated as Lord
storm god that lives on Mt Sephon/Zaphon, “rides on clouds”
often pictured as a bull
many parallels between Baal and El

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Baal

53
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syrian commander with leprosy, got help from Elisha

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namaan

54
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He succeeded Pekah, whom he slew in a successful conspiracy, thereby fulfilling a prophecy of Isaiah.

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hoshea

55
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___ and Jacob were the sons of Isaac and Rebekah, and the grandsons of Abraham and Sarah. Of the twins, he was the first to be born with Jacob following, holding his heel

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Esau

56
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Brother of moses and went with him to egypt to talk for him.

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aaron

57
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became the leader of the Israelite tribes after the death of Moses.

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joshua

58
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was the elder sister of Moses and Aaron, and the only daughter of Amram and Jochebed. She was a prophet and first appears in the Book of Exodus. Looked over moses in the basket.

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Miriam

59
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is the mountain at which the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God.

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Mount sinai

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(“hear”) is the Hebrew word that begins the most important prayer in Judaism. It is found in Deuteronomy 6:4, which begins with the command to “Hear.”

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Shema

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hebrew word translated into “the ban”, used to command total destruction in a battle.

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Harem

62
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was, according to the Books of Samuel, the husband of Hannah, and the father of her children including her first, Samuel.

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Elhanah

63
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king of israel and son of David

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solomon

64
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was the wife of the prophet Hosea,

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gomer

65
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a short speech unit prophets use to convey the lords word to people

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oracle

66
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often, a person who conveys messages from God to select persons

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prophet

67
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retained its dignity as the capital of the ten tribes (northern israel), and the name is given to the northern kingdom as well as to the city. Ahab built a temple to Baal there.

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samaria

68
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exhibits blending of two or more religious belief systems

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syncretism

69
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A kingdom in southern mesopotamia that became a mighty empire for a brief time near the middle of the first millenium bce, conquering south judah and sending the people into exile; fell to persia

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babylon

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A kingdom in northern mesopotamia that became a mighty empire for a brief time near the middle of the first millenium bce, conquering north Israel and sending the people into exile; fell to Babylon

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Assyria

71
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was a king of Judah, and the sole surviving son of Ahaziah after the massacre of the royal family ordered by his grandmother, Athaliah. Did what was right in the eyes of the lord and restored the temple.

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Joash

72
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daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, married Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah and introduced into that kingdom the worship of Baal

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athaliah

73
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prophesied the future destruction of Jerusalem and Samaria, the destruction and then future restoration of the Judean state, and he rebuked the people of Judah for dishonesty and idolatry.

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micah

74
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The last king of Judah and Jerusalem. When Nebuchadnezzar took Jerusalem, he carried Jeconiah to Babylon, with his wives, children, officers, and the best artificers in Judea, and put in his place his uncle Mattaniah, whose name he changed to_____, and made him promise with an oath that he would maintain fidelity to him. He was twenty-one years old when he began to reign at Jerusalem, and he reigned there eleven years. He did evil in the sight of the Lord, committing the same crimes as Jehoiakim,

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Zedekiah

75
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he second king of Babylon of that name, is best known as the king who conquered Judah, destroyed Jerusalem, and carried the people of the Jews captive to Babylon.

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Nebuchanezzer

76
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He was a priest and was carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar. Prophesy of the two sticks, valley of dry bones

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Ezekiel

77
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is a character in the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Job. According to the Book of Job, ___is one of Job’s friends,

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Elihu

78
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in his first reply to Job’s complaints, he argues that those who are truly good are never entirely forsaken by Providence, but that punishment may justly be inflicted for secret sins. He denies that any man is innocent and censures Job for asserting his freedom from guilt. Eliphaz exhorts Job to confess any concealed iniquities to alleviate his punishment.

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Eliphaz

79
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a form of prayer in which the person appeals to god regarding their troubles and asks for God’s help

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lament

80
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the scattering of the jewish population outside its homeland in canaan

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diaspora

81
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Cyrus sends him to erusalem to teach the laws of God to any who did not know them. He teaches the Law, but has problems with intermarriage and addresses the pagan women who brought their religious practices with them.

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Ezra

82
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a term for the religion and culture of israelites after the babylonian exile; a movement of people who are devoted to following the teachings of Yahweh in the hebrew bible.

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judaism

83
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A kingdom east of babylon that established a cast empire stretching from modern day iran to western turkey and into parts of greece and egypt.

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persia

84
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persian province roughly equivalent to the land of the former nation of judah

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province of yehud

85
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the head of the tribe of Judah at the time of the return from the Babylonish captivity in the first year of Cyrus. His great work, which he set about immediately, was the rebuilding of the temple. In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, he led the first band of Jews, numbering 42,360 (Ezra 2:64), exclusive of a large number of servants, who returned from captivity at the close of the seventy years. In the second year after the Return, he erected an altar and laid the foundation of the temple on the ruins of that which had been destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar

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zerubbabel

Bible 221 Final Exam (4 decks)

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