Books
This biblical book explicitly portrays a relentless and ever-deepening cycle of sin and idolatry in Israel through the use of stock narration.
What is the Book of Judges?
This ANE king sacked Jerusalem in 586 BCE.
Who is King Nebuchadnezzer?
This is the name of the northern kingdom.
What is Israel?
Even though King David had everything prepared, King Solomon did not commence the work project to build the Temple for Yahweh until this year of his reign.
What is the fourth year?
This is the "refrain" that ends the Book of Judges.
What is "In those days, there was no king in Israel"?
This is the book and chapter in which God makes an everlasting covenant with King David.
What is 2 Samuel 7?
This post-exilic figure is most known for rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.
Who is Nehemiah?
This is the name of the southern kingdom.
What is Judah?
This ANE empire took the southern kingdom into exile.
What is Babylon?
According to the narrator of 1–2 Kings, this is the number of the kings of the northern kingdom that did what was "right in the eyes of Yahweh."
What is zero (0)?
This set of books retells the story of the kingdom of Judah from a post-exilic perspective.
What are 1 and 2 Chronicles?
In the book bearing their name, this biblical character sets their heart to seek the Law of Yahweh, do the Law of Yahweh, and to teach the statues and ordinances of Yahweh.
Who is Ezra?
What is Samaria?
The Temple in Jerusalem was first destroyed in this year.
What is 586 BCE?
According to 2 Kings, this is the foremost reason that Israel and Judah were sent by God into exile.
What is idolatry?
This biblical book never explicitly mentions the name of God.
According to 2 Kings, this king bears the blame for the final downfall of the southern kingdom.
Who is King Manasseh?
This stock phrase in the OT means "all of Israel," using the most northern city and the most southern city of Israel-Judah as reference points.
What is "from Dan to Beersheba"?
Israel and Judah were first permitted to return from exile in this year.
What is 539 BCE?
According to the narrator of Samuel-Kings, this is the criteria for whether or not a king did what was "right in the eyes of Yahweh."
What are covenant obedience and removing idolatry from within Israel?
These biblical books tell the story of the post-exilic community and their struggles with the new shape of the life of faith in Jerusalem.
What are Ezra and Nehemiah?
This is the name of the ANE king who allowed Israel to return from Exile and the kingdom over which he ruled.
Who is Cyrus of Persia?
This city served as the hometown of both Elijah and Elisha.
What is Samaria?
This king is most well-known for rediscovering the Book of the Law, reinstituting the Passover, and re-establishing the covenant.
Who is King Josiah?
This major theme in 1 and 2 Samuel, introduced in the language and imagery of the Song of Hannah, is seen through the overarching stories of several characters: Eli and his sons, Samuel, Saul, and, eventually, David.
What is the theme of "rising and falling" in 1 and 2 Samuel?