Exile
The kingdom conquered by the Assyrians in 732 BC.
What is Israel?
The name of the Jewish girl who became queen of Persia.
Who is Esther?
The number of poems found in Lamentations.
What is 5?
Name one prophet from the Bible.
Who is Nathan, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Jonah, Ezekiel, Micah, Malachi, Hosea?
The city God called Jonah to go to.
What is Nineveh?
The kingdom conquered by the Babylonians in 605 BC.
What is Judah?
For how many years was their a jewish population in Persia
What is 2500?
The name of the holiday for Jewish mourning.
What is Tisha B'av?
Name one role of a prophet.
What is a covenant prosecutor, truth teller to power, and hope-bringer?
The city Jonah fled to.
What is Tarshish?
The name of the prophet who told the Israelites to create gardens and start families in Babylon.
Who is Jeremiah?
The year when the Jewish people left Persia.
What is 1948?
The historical context for lamentations (what is happening at this time for Israel.)
What is the exile?
Name one category for prophets.
What is pre-exile, exile, or post-exile?
What is a big fish?
Name one of the psalms written during the exile.
What is Psalm 79 and 137?
The name of Esther's cousin.
Who is Mordecai?
Name one reason why lamenting is important.
What is emotional rightness, keeping hope alive, remembering the past?
Ezekiel's famous prophecy about the dry bones is called..
The citizens of Nineveh responded to Jonah's sermon in what way.
What is repent?
The amount of people who returned after the Babylonian exile.
What is 46,000?
The king who marries Esther.
Who is Xerxes?
(Difficult) The most famous line from Lamentations.
What is "Great is your faithfulness."
The name of the prophet who married the prostitute.
Who is Hosea?
Jonah's response to God's forgiveness for Nineveh.
What is anger or resentment?