Judah's Good Kings
What was the good King Asa known for doing?
Removing the places where people worshiped false gods and rebuilt the altar in front of the temple.
The prophet Micah warned that God would send a foreign nation to do what?
To destroy Judah
Who was Jeremiah?
A prophet to Judah during their last 5 kings.
Who was the last good king of Judah?
Josiah, a child king.
Who was Ezekiel?
He was a priest and a prophet during the exile to Babylon
Why was young Joash hidden from his grandmother, Queen Athaliah?
She made herself queen by force and would have killed Joash, the rightful king.
What was the message of hope from Micah?
That God would one day send a new king, born in Bethlehem, and rule over the people restored.
What was Jeremiah's primary message?
That God would send the nation of Babylon to destroy Judah and take them captive.
What happened to Judah during Jehoiakim's reign?
Babylon's first attack when the king was taken to Babylon along with many temple treasures.
In a vision, God brought Ezekiel to a valley full of dry bones and told Ezekiel to say what to the bones?
Hear the word of the Lord! / will cause breath to enter you, and you will live."
Who was the priest that overthrew the queen and placed a crown on Joash's head?
Jehoiada
What was Nahum's main message?
That God is slow to anger and great in power and that he will not let the wicked go free.
Through Jeremiah, what did God say about our hearts?
God said that our hearts are deceitful and can lead us away from God.
Who was the king of Babylon?
King Nebuchadnezzar
God explained to Ezekiel this was a picture of what?
The people of Israel who were like the dry bones, dead in their sin and without hope, but God would put His spirit in them.
King Hezekiah had the temple cleaned so they could worship in the temple and invited the people to celebrate what festival?
The feast of the Passover.
Zephaniah begged the people to turn away from their sin to be spared from what?
To be spared from God's righteous anger against sin.
What was the old covenant of God?
The law He gave to the people coming out of Egypt.
What happened to Judah and the people who survived the attack of Babylon?
The people were taken to Babylon to be servants, the treasures of the temple and kings were taken, and the temple was destroyed.
What happened after Ezekiel spoke to the dry bones?
He began to hear a rattling sound, and the bones took shape with muscle and skin.
Was Joash a good king all his life?
Joash did what was right in the Lord's sight only as long as Jehoiada was priest.
Habakkuk spoke directly to God asking what?
Why He didn't stop the violence and sin of the people of Judah.
What did God say about His New Covenant?
That people would not be able to break it because He would write His teaching on their hearts. All my people will Know me.
What message of hope did Jeremiah give the people?
They would return after 70 years.
Why were the bones who first looked like people not alive?
They were not breathing.