Joshua
Explain who was Rahab and why was she important?
A canaanite woman, she hide the Israelites and made an agreement to save her family.
List as many Judges as you can remember
Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Abimelech, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, Samson
Who was Naomi's daughter in laws? Who stayed loyal?
Ruth and Orpah. Ruth stayed loyal.
tell the story of Hannah
Hannah was the mother of Samuel. She was barren. She was very sad and every year she went to the temple to pray.
Elkanah had 2 wives. Hannah and Peninnah. He loved Hannah more but Peninnah had many children. One day at the temple she prayed with her lips to God. Eli the priest was watching her and thought she was drunk. She said she was not but was praying to God for a child. He said to go and that may the Lord give her what she asked. She did have a baby and his name was Samuel. She dedicated him to the Lord and brough him to Eli at the temple when he was @5 years old.
Tell a story of a Greek hero
So many options :)
Give at least 3 character traits of Rahab?
Courage, brave, selfless, etc
obedient to God
Foubd new identity with God's people when she married Salmon in the tribe of Judah
Tell the story of Gideon
Angel of the Lord cam to Gideon, told him he was going to fight the midianites. Asked the Lord for signs of the fleece, put a fleece on the floor (make the fleece wet and floor dry) then he asked for the opposite.
Gideon led 300 (started with thousands and paired down to 300 to show that the battle belonged to the Lord). Gideon overheard the midianites talking about him at their camp and knew the Lord would go before him.
Defeated the midianites.
Who comes from the line of Boaz?
King David and Jesus
Describe Saul
Handsome, tall, strong, brave but lacked a heart after God.
Give the sphinx riddle
Story of baby to man to elderly
Describe what happened when Joshua lead the Israelites across the Jordan
The River parted for them
They set up the twelve memorial stones
Tell the story of Ehud?
Ehud got a dagger, hide it under his clothes, brought a gift to the King, and had the King send away the servants, (because Ehud had a secret message), Ehud thrust the dagger into the King's belly and then snuck out of the King's chamber, where the King died.
Why did Naomi change her name to Mara?
Mara means bitter and she was bitter over the death of her husband and the death of her two sons. She was bitter against God and the bitterness was crippling to her spirit.
Tell how David defeated Goliath
Describe the stones, the battle, that david was brave and trusted in the Lord.
Tell one of the stories from The little Spartan Cousin?
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Described where the tribes settled?
East of the Jordan: 1/ Manasseh, GAD, Rueben
What were the positive and negative Character traits of Samuel?
Strong, defended Israel from the Philistines,
What does Kinsman Redeemer mean
The closest relative by blood who is able to pay the price to redeem or rescue another person.
If a woman's husband died and need protection than she would want her husbands closest relative to redeem her and provide protection for her
Describe the friendship of David and Jonathan
David and Jonanthan loved each other liked brothers. They had mutual respect for each other and Jonathan helped to save David's life.
What does it mean to have an Achilles' heal?
The mother dipped him in waters to protect him, all but his heal and so that was the one area of his body that had a weakness
Describe the story of the Fall of Jericho
Took up the arc of the covenant, Armed men went before the priests, rear guard after the arc. There were 7 priests and 7 trumpets. They marched and blew the horns for 6 days. On the 7th day they march around the city 7 times. And Joshua said shout.. They all shouted and the city fell. However, they saved Rahab.
Tell the story of Deborah and her character traits
She summoned Barak to go up against Sisera and the Canaanites. She went with Barak to fight and said then God would give the victory to the hand of a woman.
Deborah had courage and wisdom, Trust in the Lord
She did something Brave for all of Israel
Describe the character traits of Ruth
Ruth was a Moabite woman. SHe was married to Naomi's son, Mahlon. Her husband died before they had children. She stayed LOYAL to Naomi, She was BRAVE and left her homeland, she was LOVING and clung to her mother in law. She was a hard worker and gleamed from the fields all day. She was GENEROUS and gave of her food to Naomi. She was Obedient and went to Boaz and became his wife.
Describe the story of Abigail
Abigail was the wife of Nabal. Daivd's men were protecting Nabal's shepards in the field and sent a messanger to ask Nabal for food and provisions. Nabal was a rude and greedy man and refused to give David's men anything. David got MAD. Another messanger told Abigail what happened and she was brave and kind and had the servants prepare all the food for David and then hurried to meet David. Her bravery and sensibility helped to persuade David not to kill Nabal and she feed his men. He was greatful for her kindness and married her.
Tell the story of the Trojan Horse
The Trojan Horse is a Greek myth about how the Greeks tricked the Trojans into letting them into their city during the Trojan War: