OLD TESTAMENT LESSON #3

Question 1

1. The books of ______ History tell Israel’s story from the conquest of ______ through the ______ and finally through the fall of the Israelite kingdoms.

Answer 1

Deuteronomistic
Canaan
monarchies

Question 2

2. These books try to explain the great _______ that has befallen God’s people in the sixth century B.C.; the overwhelming disaster is that there is no Israelite nation and that they are in exile.

Answer 2

national disaster

Question 3

3. The book of Joshua tells of the Israelites conquest of the land of _______.

Answer 3

Canaan

Question 4

4. The Israelite’s possession of the land fulfills promises made to ______.

Answer 4

Abraham

Question 5

5. Joshua 5 tells the Israelites that the men are to be _______ and all are to celebrate the _______ which are two signal elements of keeping the covenant.

Answer 5

circumcised
Passover

Question 6

6. In the story of the conquest of the city of ______, the Israelite spies ask a prostitute named _____ to hide them. She agrees but makes them promise to spare her and her family when they take the city.

Answer 6

Jericho
Rahab

Question 7

7. Since the first battle to conquer Canaan was won by God, all of the _____ of the first victory were to be given to ______ alone. ______could not resist taking a few things for himself. As a result, the next battle at Ai leads to defeat. This episode demonstrates at least two very important truths:
   - First, it shows that these texts work with ideas of corporate guilt.
   - Second, it clearly establishes the link between the necessity of obedience to God and national success. If Israel hopes to survive as a nation, it must obey God’s statutes.

Answer 7

spoils
God
Achan

Question 8

8. The book of Joshua devotes considerable attention to ______ the land among the twelve tribes (Joshua 15 – 22). _____ of the tribes settled on the west side of the Jordan and _____ on the east.

Answer 8

distributing
Ten
two

Question 9

9. As they distribute the land, they reserve some areas as “______.” They were places where people could go when they have killed someone _____ (Joshua 20). Since there was no strong national government, families or clans sought their own justice by killing the person who caused the death of their kin.

Answer 9

“cities of refuge”
accidentally

Question 10

10. The book of Judges tells Israel’s story from the death of _____ to within a few decades of the establishment of a ______. The Israelites had no national government in this period, but in times of crisis, leaders emerged who brought the tribes together to fight off common enemies. These leaders were called ______.

Answer 10

Joshua
monarchy
“judges”

Question 11

11. The book of Judges contains ______ stories of judges which tell of the problems Israel had with their neighbors because of failure to exterminate them during the conquest. This caused them not to keep the ________ by worshiping the _____ of those neighboring peoples.

Answer 11

Israel’s
covenant with God
gods

Question 12

12. The writer of Judges uses a pattern for the whole book in chapters 2:11-19. The pattern is as follows:
    
    1. The Israelites “what is evil in the sight of the Lord” by worshiping other gods
    2. God allows their neighbors to _______ them
    3. The people ________ to God
    4. God sends a leader to _______ them from oppression
       This cycle is repeated once they are delivered.

Answer 12

defeat
cry out
rescue

Question 13

13. The only woman among these judges is _____ which demonstrates that some women held important positions in Israelite culture.

Answer 13

Deborah

Question 14

14. The book of Judges by saying: “In those days there was no ______ in Israel; all the people did what was right in their ______ eyes” (21:25). This theme not only runs throughout the book but prepares us for the ______ of the story.

Answer 14

king
own
next stage

Question 15

15. The story of Ruth happened during the period of the _______ and was placed in the Bible directly after that book and established the lineage of ________, Israel’s idolized king.

Answer 15

judges
David

Question 16

16. In the _______ system, the closest relative of a man who dies with no children must marry the widow and have children in the name of the man who died. This kept the family’s wealth and property intact. _____ agrees to marry Ruth if the closer kinsman will give up his claim. The closer kinsman does surrender his right and Boaz marries Ruth. The significance of this event is shown at the end of the book when it identifies Ruth as the ______ of David.

Answer 16

levirate marriage
Boaz
great-grandmother

Question 17

17. 1 – 2 Samuel are a _______ book in the Hebrew text and picks up God’s dealings with the Israelites where Judges left off and depicts the rise and prophetic ministry of _______.

Answer 17

part of the “former prophets”
Samuel

Question 18

18. The ark of the covenant conveys the _______ and teaches that Israel’s defeats are the result of the people’s ______, not God’s lack of power.

Answer 18

presence of God
unfaithfulness

Question 19

19. Samuel anoints _____ as the first king of the tribes of Israel and, for the first time, has a standing _____ government.

Answer 19

Saul
single

Question 20

20. Saul begins his reign as God’s choice for king and after _______ mistakes is _________ by him but continue to reign without God’s ________.

Answer 20

numerous
rejected
authorization

Question 21

21. Samuel goes to Bethlehem and anoints _____, youngest of eight sons of Jesse, whose responsibility in the family was a _______.

Answer 21

David
shepherd boy

Question 22

22. The relationship between Saul and David is reflected in the story that tells us that he served as a _________ and as a mighty warrior. The people know him as a powerful ______ leader who kills the Philistine giant _______. As a result, Saul sees David as a _______ for the throne. The book of 1 Samuel ends with the death of Saul and most of his sons, including David’s closest friend _______.

Answer 22

court musician
military
Goliath
rival
Jonathan

Question 23

23. The stories of the reign of David fills 2 Samuel and spans _____ years (1 Kings 2:11). It begins in Hebron and he reigns there for ______ years while one of Saul’s sons reigns over the rest of the kingdom. After Ishbaal is assassinated, David become the king over all the tribes and moves the capital from Hebron to _______.

Answer 23

forty
seven and a half
Jerusalem

Question 24

24. The books of Kings tell the story of Israel’s rulers from the death of _____ through the fall of the _______.

Answer 24

David
nation of Judah

Question 25

25. 1 Kings opens with the death of David the ensuing struggle for succession. The struggle ends with ______ becoming the next king of Israel and he asks God for _____ to rule well (1 Kings 3).

Answer 25

Solomon
the wisdom

Question 26

26. Solomon builds the _______ to God that his warrior father, David, had been forbidden to build. He also builds temples to other gods as well. So even the wise Solomon fails to maintain _______ to God. That failure leads to the kingdom being taken from his ______.

Answer 26

temple
faithfulness
descendants

Question 27

27. When Solomon dies, _____ of the twelve tribes secede to become Israel, the _____ Kingdom, and Jeroboam becomes their king. It survived until about 722 B.C. when the ______conquered it.

Answer 27

ten
larger
Assyrians

Question 28

28. The _________ Kingdom is made up of remaining two tribes and becomes known as Judah. It fell to the ______ in 587/586 B.C.

Answer 28

smaller
Babylonians

Question 29

29. The prophet ________ represents the most outstanding opponent of Ahab’s administration and challenges the 450 priests of _______ and 400 prophets of ________ to a contest to determine which god is real. The Lord clearly wins the contest.

Answer 29

Elijah
Baal
Asherah

Question 30

30. ______ was one of the three highest goddesses of the Canaanite pantheon. She was commonly represented by a ______ pole or a _______.

Answer 30

Asherah
wooden
tree

Question 31

31. 2 Kings opens with the end of Elijah’s ministry. He does not just simply die, but ascends to _______ in a fiery chariot as his cloak falls behind for _____ the next leader of the school of prophets.

Answer 31

heaven
Elisha

Question 32

32. 1-2 Chronicles _____ much that is found in 1-2 Kings though from a ______ perspective.

Answer 32

repeat
bit different

Question 33

33. The nation of Israel (Northern Kingdom) falls to the ______ Empire in 722 B.C. The _____ tribes who are a part of that kingdom are assimilated into other populations and never return as an identifiable people. They are now sometimes called the ______.

Answer 33

Assyrian
ten
ten lost tribes

Question 34

34. Josiah comes to the throne and undertakes the _____ of the temple in Jerusalem and finds the “______” and introduces sweeping reforms. He destroys the images of Baal and Asherah and reinstitutes the _____ which had not been celebrated since the time of the ______.

Answer 34

renovation
book of the law
Passover
judges

Question 35

35. The reforms of Josiah did not last very long and the people immediately returned to the worship of other gods. ______ becomes a servant of the ______ Empire taking into exile an initial group of leading citizens. By 587/586 more and more of the leaders of Jerusalem found themselves in Babylonian hands ending an era of ______ Israelite political entities.

Answer 35

Judah
Babylonian
independent

Question 36

36. 1-2 Chronicles come from the ______ period (after the exile) period. The Persian Empire has instituted a policy of ________ for many peoples, including those of Judah.

Answer 36

postexilic
repatriation

Question 37

37. Chronicles only recounts the monarchy of _______; it leaves out the Northern Kingdom of Israel. It also is concerned with ______ worship as a part of faithfulness to God. The narrative of Chronicles supports the drive to _______the temple.

Answer 37

Judah
proper
rebuild

Question 38

38. The Books of ______ and ______ tells of the return of a group of Israelites from exile to Jerusalem and their continued struggle to establish themselves politically and economically.

Answer 38

Ezra
Nehemiah

Question 39

39. The fall of Jerusalem signaled the end of Jewish self rule for ______ years.

Answer 39

four hundred