Joshua
How many kings did Joshua defeat in total?
31 kings
What was the Israelites mission when they came to the land of Canaan? Did they succeed or fail?
conquer the land and destroy everything and everyone, failed
What is Samson gift and where is it from?
Extreme strength, from his hair
Why did Elimelech’s family move to Moab?
Famine
Who was the first and second king of Israel?
Saul and David
How many spies were sent to see the land of Canaan? How many came back with good news, how many with bad news?
12 spies were sent, 10 came back with bad news, 2 came back with good news (Joshua and Caleb)
What does the angel of God call Gideon? What was Gideon’s occupation?
“mighty man of valor”, farmer boy
What is the main teaching from Samson?
Obey God and make good choices
Who died in the family? What did that leave the three women?
Elimelech and Naomi’s two sons (Chilion and Mahlon), widows
Who is Samuel’s mother and what did she promise to God?
Hannah, promised God to offer up her child to serve God if she bore a child
Who helped the spies when they went into the land of Jericho? What did the spies promise her?
Rahab, if she saved the spies she would be saved
Name the lsraelites’ cycle of sin.
Forgot God and worshiped idols, God punished them, cried out to God, God sent judge to deliver them, went back to sinning
Delilah, find out the secret of Samson’s strength for money
Why did Ruth not leave Naomi?
She loved Naomi and since she knew Naomi was old she needed someone to take care of her.
What can we learn when Samuel was finding the new king?
God doesn’t look at outward appearance, but our hearts
How did God tell Israelites to destroy Jericho? What did God tell them to do after Jericho was destroyed?
First six days march around one time, seventh day march around seven times, last time shout, destroy everything in Jericho
Name the first five judges.
Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon
Name the three restrictions of a Nazarite.
Cannot drink wine, cannot cut hair, cannot touch dead body
What were widows allowed to do back then to survive? Where did Ruth do it?
Glean, in Boaz’s field
How many times did God call Samuel and what did Samuel answer God?
4 times, “Speak, for your servant hears”
Name a characteristic you can learn from Joshua?
Trusted in God, had faith in God, humility (had heart of a servant)
God didn’t want the Israelites to think they won because of themselves. Anyone who wanted to go can go, and whoever drank water with their hands.
How did Samson lose his strength and die?
He told Delilah the secret to his strength is from his hair and he pushed the temple with the strength God gave him again. Killed himself and 3000 Philistines.
What happened to Ruth in the end? How is this a blessing from God?
Boaz redeemed the land and married Ruth and bore Obed. Ruth became ancestor of Jesus Christ.
2 times, made a sacrifice without waiting for Samuel and didn’t kill the Amalekites’ best animals and king of Amalekites