Old testament characters
His mother committed incest with her own father in order to preserve her father's seed
Moab
They ruthlessly destroyed the 10 tribes of israel
The assyrians
This event is placed either in the 14th or 12th century bc
The exodus
They are texts that were written by jews during the biblical periods but are not part of the official canon
The apocrypha
where is the land of shinar where babel was built
sumer
He married a foreigner, but he was not punished for it. Rather, one who murmured against him was punished
Moses
David plotted the death of a man from this people group
the hittites
This empire fell in 539 bc
babylon
Behemoth
The twin cities which pharoah forced the israelites to build
pithom and rameses
She posed as a harlot in order to sleep with her own father-in-law
Tamar
adoni zedek was the king of which people group
jebusites
sennacherib fought against this king of judah.
hezekiah
Name of the old testament in hebrew
tanakh
The city where esther became queen of persia
susa
This judge of israel had 30 sons and 30 daughters
ibzan
They were the mixed descendants of the israelites who remained after babylonian captivity
samaritans
It is said in tradition that upon entering israel to conquer it he bowed to the high priest
Alexander the great
What kind of tree did absalom hung himself on
terebinth
Outside the promised land, where the israelites waited for the report of the 12 spies
kadesh
His profession was cupbearer to the persian king
nehemiah
The israelites were forbidden to hate and abhour them
the edomites
A statue of this fish-god fell before the ark of the covenant
Dagon
How many veils were in the temple
2
the sin of achan caused israel to lose to what city
Ai