Prophets
This prophet was taken up into heaven by a fiery chariot
Elijah
This king is remembered as the most wicked king of Israel because of his wife.
Ahab
This wicked queen of Israel was a Sidonian/Phoenician princess who worshiped Baal and persecuted the prophets of God, especially Elijah.
Jezebel
He was the governor of Jerusalem who restored the city walls, paying for his expenses out of his own pocket.
Nehemiah
What happened to Shadrach, Meschach, and Abednego?
They were thrown into a fiery furnace
This prophet was thrown into a well, beaten up and taken to Egypt against his will.
Solomon
He was the Persian king that conquered the Babylonians, allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem, and started rebuilding the Temple.
Cyrus
He was a priest and a scribe that was placed in charge of the Temple, interpreted the book of the Law, and had the Law read to all the Jews.
Ezra
What did Jeroboam erect in Dan and Bethel?
Statues of golden calves
This prophet foretold the coming of Jesus Christ 700 years before his birth, and was sawed in half by King Manasseh.
Isaiah
This king of Judah is known as the Great Reformer because he brought Judah back to the statutes and commandments of God.
Josiah
He was the Seleucid ruler that desecrated the Temple, rededicating it to Zeus, and killed Jews for not eating pork.
Antiochus IV
He refused to follow God's command to go to Nineveh to tell them to repent and instead threw himself into the ocean where he was swallowed by a giant fish/whale.
Jonah
What city became the capital city of the kingdom of Israel after it was divided.
Samaria
This prophet's message depicted God as a good shepherd who would restore his flock.
Ezekiel
This was the king of Judah that pulled down the pagan altars of his father and destroyed the bronze serpent.
Hezekiah
He conquered the Persian empire and expanded his rule from Greece to Egypt to India, Hellenizing the world.
Alexander the Great
He interpreted king Nebuchadnezzar's dream, and the writing on the wall for Belshazzar.
Daniel
What is the capital city of Assyria?
Nineveh
He became the successor to Elijah and received a double portion of the Spirit.
Elisha
This was the son of Solomon and the first king of the kingdom of Judah.
This was one of Solomon's advisers who broke off from Judah and became the first king of the divided kingdom of Israel.
Jeroboam
He was the most wicked king of Judah before his conversion and he also reigned the longest as king.
Manasseh
What is Hellenism?
The adoption of the Greek language and culture