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The patriarch who was called from his home into a land that God would show him.
Who is Abram / Abraham?
(Genesis 12:1-3)
This city's walls fell after Israel marched around it for seven days.
What is Jericho?
(Joshua 6)
This poetic book celebrates covenant love between a husband and wife.
What is Song of Songs?
(Song of Songs 1:1–4)
This prophet saw the LORD "high and lifted up" in the Temple.
Who is Isaiah?
(Isaiah 6:1–8)
God told this prophet to marry an unfaithful woman as a living picture of Israel's unfaithfulness.
Who is Hosea?
(Hosea 1:2–3)
This mountain was where God established His covenant with Israel and gave the Ten Commandments.
What is Mount Sinai (or Mount Horeb)?
(Exodus 19–20)
After Solomon died, Israel split into these two kingdoms.
What are the Northern Kingdom of Israel, and the Southern kingdom of Judah?
(1 Kings 12)
This man remained faithful to God in hard times, despite his wife suggesting that he "curse God and die."
Who is Job?
(Job 2:9)
The book of Daniel is written in these two languages, showing that the content was for Jews and Gentiles.
What are Hebrew and Aramaic?
This prophet's single-chapter book announces God's judgment on the nation of Edom.
Who is Obadiah?
This annual feast commemorated God sparing the homes marked by the blood of the lamb during the final plague in Egypt.
What is Passover?
(Exodus 12)
She became an unlikely hero by risking her life before the Persian king Ahasuerus.
Who is Esther?
These two characters lead us through the first nine chapters of the book of Proverbs; one through his speeches, the other as a personification of the book's theme.
Who are 'The Father' and 'Lady Wisdom'?
Ezekiel had a vision of resurrection when he saw this in a valley.
What are dry bones becoming an army of living men?
(Ezekiel 37)
This prophet, along with Zechariah, encouraged the returned exiles to rebuild the Temple.
Who is Haggai?
(Haggai 1:1; Ezra 5:1–2)
The name of this book means "Second Law" or "Second Giving of the Law."
What is Deuteronomy?
This empire with Nineveh as a major city, conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel in 722 BC.
What is Assyria?
(2 Kings 17)
This chapter of poetry acts as an acrostic with each stanza starting with the next letter in the Hebrew alphabet.
What is Psalm 119?
Isaiah's "Servant Songs" ultimately point to this person.
Who is Jesus the Messiah?
(Isaiah 52–53)
These four themes were discussed throughout the Minor Prophets, referring to Jesus, how we treat each other, God's judgement, and having a pure heart posture before God.
What are the themes of Messiah, Social Justice, the Day of the LORD, and True Worship?
The first five books of the Bible are collectively known by this Hebrew word meaning "Instruction."
What is Torah?
Throughout the books of History, Israel's greatest enemy proved to be this, rather than any foreign nation.
What is idolatry / unfaithfulness in their covenant with God?
Ecclesiastes concludes that the whole duty of mankind is summed up in these two commands.
What are "Fear God and keep His commandments"?
(Ecclesiastes 12:13)
This covenant, promised in Jeremiah 31, would be written on people's hearts rather than on stone tablets.
What is the New Covenant?
(Jeremiah 31:31–34)
These twelve books make up the Minor Prophets.
What are the books of Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi?