THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES
These leaders were raised up by God to rescue Israel when they fell into oppression.
What are Judges?
The Israelites asked this prophet to give them a king so they could be “like other nations.”
Who is Samuel?
After Solomon’s death, the kingdom split into these two sections.
*Name the lands, not North & South
What are Israel and Judah?
This city was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
What is Nineveh?
This king of Judah rebelled against Assyrian control around 701 BC.
Who is Hezekiah?
After this leader’s death, Israel had no king and struggled to remain faithful.
Who is Joshua?
One warning God gave about kings was that they would take these family members for war and labor.
What are their sons?
The northern kingdom (Israel) made this city its capital.
What is Samaria?
This tactic helped Assyria control its empire.
What is deportation (or massive deportations)?
This Assyrian king invaded Judah and surrounded Jerusalem.
Who is Sennacherib?
This was Israel’s main problem during the era of the Judges, the reason they kept falling into trouble.
What is disobedience (or lack of unity under God)?
This form of oppression, demanded by kings, was one of God’s warnings when Israel asked for a king.
What is taxation (or taking their land and goods)?
The southern kingdom (Judah) kept this city as its capital.
What is Jerusalem?
Assyrian power rested heavily on these advanced military tools.
What are iron weapons and siege warfare?
This event struck the Assyrian army and forced them to withdraw.
What is a plague sent by God?
These three men became Israel’s first kings after the era of the Judges.
Who are Saul, David, and Solomon?
This was the deeper, spiritual reason God said Israel was wrong for wanting a king.
What rejecting God as their king?
This core issue caused unrest after Solomon’s death.
What are heavy burdens (or taxation and forced labor)?
Assyria maintained control by dividing their empire into these administrative units connected by roads.
What are provinces (Vassal states)?
Judah survived the invasion, but lived in this submissive political status afterward
What is a vassal state (paying tribute)?
This repeating cycle describes Israel’s spiritual pattern in the book of Judges.
What is Sin → Oppression → Repentance → Deliverance
This specific chapter of Scripture records Israel’s demand for a king and God’s warning about the cost of kingship.
What is 1 Samuel 8?
This son of Solomon refused to lighten the heavy burdens, triggering the split.
Who is Rehoboam?
The Neo-Assyrian Empire fell upon the northern kingdom of Israel in this year.
What is 722 BC?
This first-century Jewish historian recorded the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem
Who is Josephus?