Saul
Three descriptions of Saul & his tribe
Handsome, Young, Tall, Wealthy
Benjamin
David's first act as King
Bring the ark to Jerusalem
The four things God gave Solomon
Wisdom, Honor, Riches, Long Life
The two tribes necessary for Israelite society to function
Judah & Levi
Prescriptive or Descriptive (and why)?
David strikes Goliath dead because he spoke evil of Yahweh
(300)
Descriptive
We can certainly learn about David's faith, but we are also told to "turn the other cheek" and "rebuke those who teach these things" not kill them
The son of Saul who rivaled David for the throne
How many tribes supported him
Ish-Bosheth
11
The general who often acts against David's own orders and one example of him doing that
Joab
Killed Abner & Absalom
The South's capital, name(s), tribes & first king
------------- Double or Nothing------------------------
The North's capital, name(s), & first king
South: Jerusalem, Judah, Judah/Benjamin, Rehoboam
North: Samaria, Israel/Ephraim, Jeroboam
Some shouted for joy
Some wept b/c of comparing it to Solomon's Temple
List the OT Era's in order with Scripture References.
+100 for each correct.
Creation (Gen. 1-2)
Fall (Gen. 3-11)
Patriarchs (Gen. 12-50)
Slavery )Ex. 1-12)
Wandering (Ex, Lev, Num, Deut)
Conquest (Jos, Jud, Ruth)
Kingdom (1-2 Sam, 1 Chr.)
Division (1-2 Kings, 2 Chr.)
Exile & Destruction (2 Kings, 2 Chr.)
The two given reasons why Israel desired a king
The wickedness of Samuel's sons
To be like the other nations
The amount David said the man in Nathan's story would have to pay
How David paid this
Fourfold
Four Sons died (Bathsheba's, Amnon, Absalom, Adonijah)
The greatest achievement and greatest failure of Solomon's reign
Building the Temple
Building the High Places
Identify the leader & building goal for each of the three waves of returning exiles.
Zerubbabel - Temple
Ezra - Religion
Nehemiah - Walls
The kingdom with exclusively bad kings (100)
Northern
The final judge of Israel
How Eli's sons died
How Eli died
Samuel
in battle
falling out of a chair and breaking his neck
Explain the three promises of the Davidic Covenant and how it relates to Jesus Christ.
David will always have a son on the throne
David's son will build the temple
God will treat David's sons as His own Son
Jesus: The Son of David on the throne forever
What Solomon sinfully loved:
What he did to satisfy it:
Why God forbid it:
How it led him astray:
Foreign Women
Married 1,000 foreign women
They would lead him to worship their gods
He worshipped their gods and built altars & high places for them
The setting of Esther
The person not mentioned Esther
The literary device used in Esther a lot
The feast day that celebrates Esther
The reason for its name
Susa, Persia
God
Irony
Purim
Dice
The three purposes of the Temple (400)
A House of Sacrifice
A House of Prayer
A House of God's Glory
The three failures of Saul in order
The one who rebuked him all three times
The consequences
Unlawful Sacrifice, Sparing Amalekites, Consulting a Medium
Samuel
Kingdom torn away, given to David, he would die by the Philistines
The four consequences given to David by God after his sin with Bathsheba.
How each of these is fulfilled in his life
Conflict in David's House (Amnon assaults Tamar)
Evil from within House (Absalom's Rebellion)
Wives taken in public (Absalom & concubines)
Loss of Bathsheba's child (he dies)
The context of the writing of the book of Chronicles
Explain how this context affects the book
Two examples of the Chronicler adding or subtracting content
Context: After the Exile
How: More positive to encourage since sin has recently been punished
Addition: Exile, Manasseh's repentance
Subtraction: Bathsheba, Solomon's idolatry, Northern Kingdom
The date of the Fall of Jerusalem & who attacked
The date of the Fall of Israel & who attacked
The date of the Decree of Cyrus & what nation he was king of
Babylon, 587 BC
Assyria, 722 BC
Persia, 539 BC
"To be formally chosen by God for a role (signified by pouring oil on the head)" (200)
Anointed