Israel
What river did Israel have to cross to walk into the promised land?
The river Jordan.
What was the name of the leader of Israel, who lead the people into the promised land?
Joshua
How many judges did Israel have total?
12
What material did Gideon use to test if God would help him?
Wool
Where did God hide Samson's strength?
In his long hair.
How long did the Israelites wonder in the desert?
40 years
When Moses was on the mountain, what did Aaron help the people of Israel make?
A golden calf (cow)
What was special about Ehud?
He was a left-handed judge.
When Gideon was the judge, the Midianites would attack Israel. The Midianites would destroy all of the crops of the Israelites, that is why the Bible compared them to this insect:
Locusts
married a Philistine woman.
What did the Israelites carry in the Ark of the Covenant?
The two tablets (rocks) with the 10 commandments.
In the desert, Moses prayed to God and God provided Israel with 3 things. Please, name all 3:
1.
2.
3.
1. Water
2. Quail (meat)
3. Manna (bread from heaven)
When Deborah lead Israel to fight, the Moabites had a strong army, because they had...
Chariots
The army of Gideon fought the Midianites with two unusual weapons. What were they?
Torches and trumpets
Samson was often impulsive. When Samson couldn't marry a Philistine woman that he wanted to, he tied _______ to the ________ of ________ and sent them into the fields, so the fire destroyed the crops of the Philistines.
He tied torches to the tails of foxes.
The land of Israel had several names: the promised land, the land of _______ and _______, as well as the land of _________. Fill in the blanks.
1. The land of milk and honey, the land of Canaan.
When Israel crossed the river to enter the promised land, Joshua told the people to build an altar made of 12 stones. Why did he ask for 12 stones?
1 stone for each tribe of Israel (God named Jacob Israel and his 12 sons became tribes of Israel)
Why did the guards allow Ehud to come in with his sword to see the king of Moab?
Ehud was left-handed, so he wore his sword on the right hip. The guards only checked the left side of his hip.
First, God told Gideon to send away everyone, who was _____.
The, God told Gideon to send away everyone, who _______ _______ ________.
1. afraid
2. lapped (drank) like dogs
Samson married Delilah, even though she was a Philistine. Delilah kept asking Samson, where his strength came from. What two lies did Samson tell Delilah?
1. If you tie me with new strings of a bow, my strength will disappear.
2. If your braid my hair, my strength will disappear.
When Israel entered the promised land, God told them not to do these two things with the nations that had already been living there:
1.
2.
1. do not make treaties
2. do not marry people of those nations
When Joshua was the leader of Israel, God told him this phrase 365 times to help him not be afraid. What was the phrase?
God called the judges to help Israel, because they would often go through the same cycle:
1. Israel would ____;
2. God would allow a nation to _______ Israel;
3. God would send a _______ to save Israel;
4. Israel would _______ God for some time.
1. Israel would sin;
2. God would allow a nation to conquer (attack) Israel;
3. God would send a judge to save Israel;
4. Israel would worship (obey) God for some time.
Gideon knew that God would be with him and his army, because he heard a Midianite describe a dream that he saw. What was the dream?
A big loaf of bread rolled down the hill and destroyed the camp of the Midianites.
When the Philistines captured Samson, he finally did the one thing that he should have done all the time as a judge of Israel. What helped Samson defeat the Philistines in the end?
He asked God for help.