Identification & Hebrew to Know - 1 Kings-checked

Question 1

אבישג השונמית

Answer 1

Beautiful woman. Attended King David when he was old. She never slept with him

Question 2

אדוניה בן חגית

Answer 2

Son of David after Absolom. Boasts that he will be king. he asks Solomon to marry אבישג השונמית. Solomon interprets this as meaning that he wants to be king, and kills him.

Question 3

חירם מלך צור

Answer 3

Friend of King David who establishes relations with King Solomon. Sells Solomon cedar wood to build the first Temple. Zur is in modern day Lebanon.

Question 4

אולם

Answer 4

חצר

Question 5

היכל

Answer 5

משכן

Question 6

דביר

Answer 6

קדש קדשים

Question 7

בית יער הלבנון

Answer 7

Shlomo’s Forrest Palace

Question 8

יכין ובועז

Answer 8

Bronze columns in the Temple

Question 9

עציון גבר

Answer 9

Port city near Eilat, where Shlomo built ships

Question 10

מלכת שבא

Answer 10

Travels to King Solomon and is totally impressed by his wisdom and wealth.

Question 11

רחבעם

Answer 11

Solomon’s son who inherits monarchy from Solomon, later is King of Judah.

Question 12

ירבעם

Answer 12

Head of forced labor under Solomon. Rebells against Solomon’s son Rehoboam and becomes the first king of the Northern Kingdom.

Question 13

שני עגלי זהב

Answer 13

Two golden calfs that Jeroboam placed in the Temples at Dan and BethEl, because the only “official” place of worship was in Judah

Question 14

Dan and BethEl

Answer 14

Cities where Jeroboam establishes alternative Temples.

Question 15

Heshvan 15

Answer 15

King Jeroboam, first king of the northern kingdom, establishes an immitation Sukkot. The immitation Sukkot starts on Heshvan 15, one month after the real Sukkot.

Question 16

תרצה

Answer 16

Israel Palace in the North

Question 17

Yehu

Answer 17

Prophet against Baasha because he is a bad king. (Not the King Yehu)

Question 18

Zimri

Answer 18

Commander to King Elah (son of Baasha). Kills king Elah and all the house of Baasha according to the prophecy of Yehu. He becomes king until he is killed by Omri.

Question 19

Shomron

Answer 19

Omri buys the hill of Samaria (Shomron), this is where the house of Obri rules from in Northern Israel

Question 20

Ah’av

Answer 20

Son of Omri, he is led astray by his pagan wife Jezebel. He is known as a bad king because of idolatry. Died in battle against the Assyrians when he was hit by a stray arrow.

Question 21

Izevel

Answer 21

(Jezebel) Daughter of the King of Tyre. She is the wife of Ahab and prosecutes the prophets of the God of Israel while promoting the worship of Baal

Question 22

עובדיהו

Answer 22

Steward of the palace to King Ahab. He hides prophets of the God of Israel in caves to protect them.

Question 23

Mt Carmel

Answer 23

Site of the epic “prophet ogg” between Elijah and the prophets of Baal. The prophets of Baal can’t get their sacrifice to be “accepted” (go up in fire), and Elijiah’s is even after he had the altar soaked in water. After this, the people revolt and slaughter the prophets of Baal

Question 24

כרם נבות

Answer 24

Won’t sell his family’s vineyard to King Ahab, Jezebel has him framed for profaning the Lord’s name so that he will be killed and Ahab can have the land.

Question 25

וְנָתַתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ לֵב שֹׁמֵעַ לִשְׁפֹּט אֶת עַמְּךָ לְהָבִין בֵּין טוֹב לְרָע

Answer 25

Solomon's prayer to God. He asks for wisdom.

Question 26

בְּנִי הַחַי וּבְנֵךְ הַמֵּת

Answer 26

2 mothers arguing before King Solomon, each one saying that the living baby belongs to them.

Question 27

גַּם לִי גַם לָךְ לֹא יִהְיֶה

Answer 27

2 mothers arguing before King Solomon. One mother says don't kill the child, the other mother says "it won't be mine and it won't be yours. Cut him!"

Question 28

אִישׁ תַּחַת גַּפְנוֹ וְתַחַת תְּאֵנָתוֹ מִדָּן וְעַד בְּאֵר שָׁבַע

Answer 28

Describing the conditions in Israel under the reign of King Solomon. Everyone lives in safety & all was peaceful.

Question 29

וַיְדַבֵּר שְׁלשֶׁת אֲלָפִים מָשָׁל וַיְהִי שִׁירוֹ חֲמִשָּׁה וָאָלֶף: וַיְדַבֵּר עַל הָעֵצִים מִן הָאֶרֶז אֲשֶׁר בַּלְּבָנוֹן וְעַד הָאֵזוֹב אֲשֶׁר יֹצֵא בַּקִּיר וַיְדַבֵּר עַל הַבְּהֵמָה וְעַל הָעוֹף וְעַל הָרֶמֶשׂ וְעַל הַדָּגִים: וַיָּבֹאוּ מִכָּל הָעַמִּים לִשְׁמֹעַ אֵת חָכְמַת שְׁלֹמֹה מֵאֵת כָּל מַלְכֵי הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר שָׁמְעוּ אֶת חָכְמָתוֹ:

Answer 29

Examples of how great and wise Shlomo is

Question 30

וּמַקָּבוֹת וְהַגַּרְזֶן כָּל-כְּלִי בַרְזֶל, לֹא-נִשְׁמַע בַּבַּיִת בְּהִבָּנֹתוֹ.

Answer 30

Miricle of building the Temple without using any iron tools

Question 31

יְהוָה אָמַר, לִשְׁכֹּן בָּעֲרָפֶל. בָּנֹה בָנִיתִי בֵּית זְבֻל, לָךְ--מָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ, עוֹלָמִים.

Answer 31

Shlomo welcoming God to dwell in the Temple he just built

Question 32

לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶל-הָרִנָּה וְאֶל-הַתְּפִלָּה

Answer 32

Listen to the cry and to the prayer... Shlomo asking God to listen to the prayers of those in the Temple

Question 33

וְהִנֵּה לֹא-הֻגַּד-לִי, הַחֵצִי

Answer 33

The Queen of Sheba says this when she sees Shomo's great kingdom. "...behold the half was not told to me"

Question 34

שֶׁנְהַבִּים וְקֹפִים, וְתֻכִּיִּים

Answer 34

"Ivory, Apes, and peacocks" All the exotic gifts Shlomo recieved

Question 35

וַיַּטּוּ נָשָׁיו, אֶת-לִבּוֹ

Answer 35

Solomons wives "turned his heart" ie caused him to sin

Question 36

וַיִּתְפֹּשׂ אֲחִיָּה, בַּשַּׂלְמָה הַחֲדָשָׁה אֲשֶׁר עָלָיו; וַיִּקְרָעֶהָ--שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר, קְרָעִים

Answer 36

Prophecy of Ahijah to Jeroboam that he will take ten of the tribes from Shlomo's kingdom to his own in the North

Question 37

אִם-הַיּוֹם תִּהְיֶה-עֶבֶד לָעָם הַזֶּה וַעֲבַדְתָּם, וַעֲנִיתָם, וְדִבַּרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם דְּבָרִים טוֹבִים--וְהָיוּ לְךָ עֲבָדִים, כָּל-הַיָּמִים

Answer 37

Advise of the elders to Rehoboam to lighten the burden on the people so that they will stay loyal...He doesn't listen to them.

Question 38

קָטָנִּי עָבָה מִמָּתְנֵי אָבִי

Answer 38

Advice of the young men to tell the people that "my little finger is thicker than my father's loins" and to increace rather than decrease their burden

Question 39

אָבִי, יִסַּר אֶתְכֶם בַּשּׁוֹטִים, וַאֲנִי, אֲיַסֵּר אֶתְכֶם בָּעַקְרַבִּים

Answer 39

Rehoboams response to the people that he will increase their burden "...my father chastosed you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpians"

Question 40

מַה-לָּנוּ חֵלֶק בְּדָוִד וְלֹא-נַחֲלָה בְּבֶן-יִשַׁי לְאֹהָלֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל

Answer 40

People reject Rehoboam and the House of David and decide to split the Kingdom "What portion have we in David...?"

Question 41

הִנֵּה אֱלֹהֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלוּךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם

Answer 41

Jeroboam says this to the people of the Northern Kingdom after he sets up the altars with the Golden calves in Beth El and Dan. "Behold thy gods..."

Question 42

מִזְבֵּחַ מִזְבֵּחַ

Answer 42

Prophecy after Jeroboam builds the northern altars, in Beth El and Dan, that they will be destroyed

Question 43

הַמִּזְבֵּחַ נִקְרָע, וַיִּשָּׁפֵךְ הַדֶּשֶׁן מִן-הַמִּזְבֵּחַ: כַּמּוֹפֵת, אֲשֶׁר נָתַן אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים--בִּדְבַר יְהוָה

Answer 43

The destruction of the Northern kingdom's altars in Beth El and Dan

Question 44

לֹא-אָכַל הָאַרְיֵה אֶת-הַנְּבֵלָה, וְלֹא שָׁבַר אֶת-הַחֲמוֹר

Answer 44

prophet who doesn't listen to God and accepts food and drink. Heis punished with death but his carcass is not eaten. "and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass, the lion had not eaten the carcass nor torn the ass."

Question 45

הַאַתָּה זֶה עֹכֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל

Answer 45

King Ahab calls Elijah the "trouble of Israel"

Question 46

עַד-מָתַי אַתֶּם פֹּסְחִים עַל-שְׁתֵּי הַסְּעִפִּים

Answer 46

Elijah chastises the people to pick a side, are they for God or Baal. "How long will you wait between two opinions?"

Question 47

קִרְאוּ בְקוֹל-גָּדוֹל כִּי-אֱלֹהִים הוּא--כִּי שִׂיחַ וְכִי-שִׂיג לוֹ, וְכִי-דֶרֶךְ לוֹ; אוּלַי יָשֵׁן הוּא, וְיִקָץ

Answer 47

Elijah says this, during the "prophet-off" at Mt. Carmel, to mock the prohets of Baal... Maybe your god is on a trip or taking a nap?

Question 48

יְהוָה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים, יְהוָה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים

Answer 48

People proclaim that the Lord is God after they see Elijah's sacrafice accepted and the prophets of Baal's was not.

Question 49

קַנֹּא קִנֵּאתִי לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת, כִּי-עָזְבוּ בְרִיתְךָ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל--אֶת-מִזְבְּחֹתֶיךָ הָרָסוּ, וְאֶת-נְבִיאֶיךָ הָרְגוּ בֶחָרֶב; וָאִוָּתֵר אֲנִי לְבַדִּי, וַיְבַקְשׁוּ אֶת-נַפְשִׁי לְקַחְתָּהּ

Answer 49

Elijah after he runs into the desert because he is angry that the people will not follow God. "...the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets..."

Question 50

קוֹל דְּמָמָה דַקָּה

Answer 50

God speaks to Elijah in the desert in a "still small voice"

Question 51

הֲרָצַחְתָּ, וְגַם-יָרָשְׁתָּ

Answer 51

Elijah is commanded by God to say this to King Ahab for what he and Jezebel did to Naboth in order to gain possesion of his vineyard. "you killed and now you're gonna take his stuff?!?!?"

Question 52

רָאִיתִי אֶת-כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל נְפֹצִים אֶל-הֶהָרִים, כַּצֹּאן, אֲשֶׁר אֵין-לָהֶם רֹעֶה

Answer 52

Micaiah's prophecy to King Ahab that, even with the help of Jehosaphat of Judah, they will be defeated in the war against Aram. "I saw all of Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd."