Chapter 6-10 Flashcards
What was the most important symbols of Israel’s unique national identity
Ten Commandments along with the Ark of the Covenant
What was David wearing and doing while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the LORD
David was wearing a linen ephod and dancing before the LORD with all his might.
What did David give to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites while bringing the Ark to Jerusalem
A loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins
What did David notice when he got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace and looked out over the city?
David noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.
Who was the woman that David noticed when he was walking on the roof of the palace?
Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite
How did David react when Bathsheba sent a message to David telling him that she was pregnant
David panicked
Describe what did David and Uriah do after David found out that Bathsheba was pregnant
David sent word to Joab telling him to send Uriah the Hittite and David asked him how Joab and the army was getting along and how the war was progressing.
He told Uriah to go home and relax and even sent a gift to Uriah after he left the palace.But Uriah did not go home and slept that night at the palace entrance
The next night David tried to get Uriah drunk and make him go back to his wife but even then he refused and slept at the palace entrance again.
NExt morning David wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah to Deliver. The letter instructed Joab to station Uriah on the front lines where battle is fiercest. Then pull back so he will be killed.
What did Uriah reply when David asked him about why he did not go home
Uriah replied:’ The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents, and Joab and my master’s men are camping in the open fields. How could I go home to win and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I would never do such thing.’
What was David’s reply when Nathan told him about the story of a rich man taking the poor man’s lamb and killed it and prepared it for his guest
David was furious and said as surely as the LORD lives, he vowed any man who would do such thing deserves to die, he says that the man must repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole and for having no pity
What did Nathan prophesize about Bathsheba’s child?
Bathsheba gave birth to developed a serious illness. Even though David fasted and prayed for the child, the child died not long after.
David and Bathsheba had another son, what was the name of that son?
Solomon
Who was David’s beautiful daughter
Tamar
What forbidden Amnon from having any sexual relationships with his half-sister, Tamar
The Law of Moses, because she was a half-sister
What was Amnon’s plan for playing with Tamar
Amnon pretended to be sicked and asked his father David to send Tamar to cook and take care of him and then he raped her when she refused to lie in bed with him.
When did Absalom murdered his half-brother Amnon
Two years later after the Tamar and Amnon incident during a sheep shearing celebration.
Where did Absalom fled to after murdering Amnon.
Geshur
After how many years did Absalom went back to Jerusalem
3 years
After how many years did David received him back into the palace
2 years
State the reasons why people sided with Absalom
Absalom told people that he would make sure that everyone received a fair judgement if he was a judge
People admired Absalom for his good looks and he would make a good ruler
What did David do when he realised that he was in a great danger from his son Absalom
David fled to Jerusalem and left behind ten concubines to care for the palace.
David left Hushai the Arkite to be a spy and to pretend to be a deserter to give Absalom bad battle advice.
Where did Absalom slept with David’s concubines
on the tent on the roof
Where did the battle between David and Absalom’s army take place?
in the forest of Ephraim
Describe how did Absalom die
Absalom happeend to come upon some of David’s men on battle and tried to escape on his mule, he rode beneath thick branches of a tree and his hair got caught in the tree
His mule left him dangling in the air and kept going. Joab ordered a soldier to kill Absalom but the soldier did not want to, so Joab kills Absalom.
What happened When David found out about Absalom’s death?
David mourned and wept bitterly
