Joshua-1 Chronicles: People Flashcards
(150 cards)
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King Saul’s eldest daughter who was promised by her father Saul to David for his victory over Goliath. Saul took back his word and gave her in marriage to Adriel.
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Merab
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An Israelite who was stoned for keeping a quantity of the gold, silver, and costly clothing after the fall of Jericho when God commanded the entire army to destroy everything. He tried to hide the possessions in his tent but was caught and stoned to death and burned along with his entire family. His name means, “One who troubles”
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Achan
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Anointed King of Israel and destroyer of the house of Ahab
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Jehu
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Disciple and successor of Elijah as a prophet and also a miracle maker. He asked Elijah to have a double portion right before he went up to heaven
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Elisha
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Who is Joshua?
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One of the twelve spies of Israel sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan. After the death of Moses, he led the Israelite tribes in the conquest of Canaan and allocated the land to the tribes and then died at the age of 110.
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Who is Abimelech?
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Son of Gideon who murdered 70 of his brothers. He was struck on the head by a millstone thrown by a woman on the wall. Realizing the wound was fatal, he told his armor-bearer to kill him so they wouldn’t say he was killed by a woman.
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Wife of Elkanah and mother of Samuel. After not being able to conceive she prayed to the Lord for a child and vowed that she would offer him in return for the service of the Shiloh priest. Her prayers were answered and she gave birth to Samuel
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Hannah
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The first Judge of Israel. He gained the hand of Achsah, daughter of Caleb, as a reward for his bravery in leading a successful expedition against the city of Debir
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Othniel
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The national god of the Philistines that has a temple in Ashdod. There the Philistines put the stolen ark of God and God humbled them with tumors and forced them to return the ark of God back to Israel
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Dagon
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Who is Asa?
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Son of Abijah. Next king after Abijah’s death. Known to purge out idolatry and even deposing his own grandmother from her queen position for making idols. The downfall to his reign was that he made a treaty with Ben-Hadad and also he did not seek help from the Lord about his foot disease
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Captain of Jabin’s army who was defeated by the Israelite army. After all was lost he fled and Jael, Heber’s wife, received him into her tent with apparent hospitality, yet drove a tent peg through his skull while he was asleep
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Sisera
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Who is Boaz?
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Ruth’s husband who redeemed the estates of her deceased husband, Mahlon
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Sisters of David
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Abigail and Zeruiah
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Who is Ahab?
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King of Northern Israel who acted very wickedly by building altars for Baal and worshipping him. First Israelite king who allied himself to heathenism through marriage
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Upon hearing about Solomon’s fame and relationship with God, she went to test him and she was so pleased with her answers that she gave him large quantities of gold, spices, and precious stones
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Queen of Sheba
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Made King of Judah by Pharaoh Necho after Pharaoh removed Jehoahaz. He reigned 11 years and did evil in the sight of the Lord
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Jehoiakim
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Who is Sennacherib?
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As King of Assyria, he waged war against Hezekiah and an angel of the Lord killed 185,000 of his soldiers while they asleep
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Who is Jotham?
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The youngest of Gideon’s seventy sons and the only one to escape the mass murdering of Abimelech
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Who is Jonathan?
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Eldest son of King Saul and the closest friend to David. He saved Israel by attacking the Philistines along with his armor-bearer
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Who is Solomon?
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Third king of Israel, builder of the first Temple in Jerusalem and known to be the wisest man on earth. His son caused the kingdom to be divided in two during the reign of his son Rehoboam
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Twice tried to make himself king and was put to death at the command of his brother Solomon
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Adonijah
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Prophet who rebuked David for his sin with Bathsheba
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Nathan
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One of the twelve spies and together with Joshua brought back a good report from Canaan. Joshua blesses him as a sign of God’s blessing and approval, giving him Hebron
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Caleb
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Who is Eli?
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The high priest of Shiloh who trained Samuel and judged Israel for 40 years after the death of Samson. After receiving word from the battlefield that Israel had lost Philistines and that his sons were killed, he fell backward from off his seat and died at 98 years old
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Ruth's husband who redeemed the estates of her deceased husband, Mahlon
Boaz
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Daughter of King Saul who fell in love with David and married him after David got 200 Philistine foreskins for David.
Michal
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A 9'9" Philistine champion from Gath who taunted the Israelites in a prideful manner and then was hit with a stone slung by David and hot his head cut off by him.
Goliath
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Wife of King Ahab who was a pagan princess and also killed the Lord's prophets
Jezebel
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Who is Manasseh?
Became King of Judah at age 12 and reigned 55 years, being the longest reign of a Hebrew king. He built altars for pagan gods and sacrificed his own children as burnt offerings but when God humbled him and had him captured by the Assyrians and taken into exile, he immediately repented and destroyed the pagan altars he built and restored the altars in the Lord's Temple
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Who is Zedekiah?
Made King of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, who changed his original name, "Mattaniah" to "Zedekiah." In an attempt to escape Nebuchadnezzar's siege on Jerusalem, Zedekiah was captured and forced to watch his sons killed, then his own eyes were taken out and he was exiled to Babylon
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Who is Rahab?
A prostitute in Jericho who received, concealed, and safely sent off Joshua's two spies who were being chased by the King of Jericho. After the Israelites attacked and marched around the walls of Jericho seven times, everything collapsed and they destroyed everyone except the house of \_\_\_\_\_
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The first king of United Israel as he was anointed by Samuel. Although he started as a great king he forsook God by doing unauthorized sacrificial offerings and also failing to eliminate all of the Amalekites and their livestock as God commanded. He was allowed to reign the rest of his life but he was tormented with an evil spirit and so he spent most of his later years trying to kill David. He died by taking his own life and falling on his sword
Saul
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Who is Caleb?
One of the twelve spies and together with Joshua brought back a good report from Canaan. Joshua blesses him as a sign of God's blessing and approval, giving him Hebron
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Didn't want to fight the army led by Sisera without Deborah and so she went and they were victorious
Barak
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Who is Hushai?
Friend of David who gave advice to Absalom to not immediately pursue the retreat of David and thus gave David time to regroup and gather his forces
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Who is Josiah?
Became King of Judah at age 8 and after Hilkiah found the book of the Law, he called everyone together and renewed the covenant with God and destroyed the altars in which they worshipped false gods. Killed by Pharaoh Necho, King of Egypt
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Son of Boaz and Ruth. Father of Jesse and grandfather of David
Obed
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Nephew of King David and commander of his army. He played a leading part in many of David's victories and led the loyal force that crushed the rebellion of David's son, Absalom
Joab
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Who are the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh?
A people who chose their inheritance on the east side of Jordan, in the Land of Gilead. They built an imposing altar near the Jordan which made the Israelites furious because they thought it was an altar for themselves and that they were forsaking the Lord but in reality, they built the altar as a replica and as a witness between them and the rest of the Israelites that God was still with them. This is why the altar was named, "A Witness Between Us"
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Who is Naboth?
Was stoned to death by the command of Jezebel for refusing to sell the vineyard to her husband, King Ahab
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Who is Gaal?
The man in which the Shechemites placed their confidence in to head their revolution against Abimelech but they were destroyed
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Two kings who were killed by Gideon after confessing that they took part in killing his brothers
Zebah and Zalmunna
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As King of Assyria, he waged war against Hezekiah and an angel of the Lord killed 185,000 of his soldiers while they asleep
Sennacherib
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Who are Abigail and Zeruiah?
Sisters of David
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Who is Abijah the King of Judah?
Son of Rebohoam. Attempted to unite Northern Israel and Southern Judah but failed
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The second judge of Israel who was a strong, left-handed warrior. He sued a two-edged dagger to put to death Eglon, a Moabite king. He thereafter captured and slaughtered 10,000 other Moabites and brought about forty years of rest
Ehud
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King of Bezek who fled in battle when his men were defeated but was captured and punished for his cruelty of mutilating the thumbs and great toes of seventy kings whom he had conquered-- his thumbs and big toes were likewise cut off.
Adoni-Bezek
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Who is Obed?
Son of Boaz and Ruth. Father of Jesse and grandfather of David
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Who is Elijah?
Prophet and miracle maker in Northern Israel who challenged 850 false prophets, raised the dead, brought fire down from the sky, and was taken up to heaven by a whirlwind
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Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
King of the Babylonian empire who laid siege to Jerusalem in 597 BC and destroyed her Temple in 586 BC
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Who is Jehu?
Anointed King of Israel and destroyer of the house of Ahab
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Who is Abigail?
Wife of Nabal and also became the wife of David as she saved her household from destruction by acting quickly in making up for Nabal's wickedness
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Became King of Judah at age 12 and reigned 55 years, being the longest reign of a Hebrew king. He built altars for pagan gods and sacrificed his own children as burnt offerings but when God humbled him and had him captured by the Assyrians and taken into exile, he immediately repented and destroyed the pagan altars he built and restored the altars in the Lord's Temple
Manasseh
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Who are Zebah and Zalmunna?
Two kings who were killed by Gideon after confessing that they took part in killing his brothers
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Became King of Judah at age 8 and after Hilkiah found the book of the Law, he called everyone together and renewed the covenant with God and destroyed the altars in which they worshipped false gods. Killed by Pharaoh Necho, King of Egypt
Josiah
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Became King of Ammonites following his father, Nahash. David's messengers, sent as a message of condolence to \_\_\_\_, were so grossly insulted that David proclaimed war against ____ and they gained a complete victory over the Moabites and their allies
Hanun
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Who is Nahash?
King of the Ammonites who offered an ultimatum to the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead which was to either gouge out their right eye or be subjects. In response, Saul attacked and destroyed the Ammonite forces
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Conspired to bring down David's kingdom, won the hearts of Israelites by false promises, and attacked his father's followers, and was killed instead
Absalom
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Boaz's mother was ____ \_\_ _____ who was incorporated among the Jewish people after her aid in the sacking of Jericho. Thereafter became the wife of Salmon and the mother of Boaz, Jesse's grandfather
Boaz's mother (Rahab of Jericho)
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Third king of Israel, builder of the first Temple in Jerusalem and known to be the wisest man on earth. His son caused the kingdom to be divided in two during the reign of his son Rehoboam
Solomon
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Who is Absalom?
Conspired to bring down David's kingdom, won the hearts of Israelites by false promises, and attacked his father's followers, and was killed instead
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Who is Peninnah?
Second wife of Elkanah
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Judge of Israel who was given supernatural strength by God to combat his enemies and perform feats such as killing a lion, slaying an entire army with only the jawbone of a donkey, lifting off of a city's gate, and destroying a pagan temple. Fell in love with Delilah, who brought about his demise, by cutting off his hair. His life ended in being tied up in chains with his eyes gouged out. With divine strength he knocked over two pillars in the temple he was being kept for show, killing both himself and many Philistine officials.
Samson
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Who is Josheb-Basshebeth?
Chief of David's 3 mighty men
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Who is Jehoahaz (son of Josiah)?
King of Judah who only reigned for three months because Pharaoh Necho removed him from the throne and sent him to Egypt, where he later died
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Wife of Nabal and also became the wife of David as she saved her household from destruction by acting quickly in making up for Nabal's wickedness
Abigail
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Son of Gideon who murdered 70 of his brothers. He was struck on the head by a millstone thrown by a woman on the wall. Realizing the wound was fatal, he told his armor-bearer to kill him so they wouldn't say he was killed by a woman.
Abimelech
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Second wife of Elkanah
Peninnah
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Committed an irreverent act in touching the ark of God and so God's anger burned against him and He struck him down
Uzzah
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Who is Barak?
Didn't want to fight the army led by Sisera without Deborah and so she went and they were victorious
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Who is Hezekiah?
King of Judah who removed idol worship, undertook the desecration of the Temple, and went up against the Assyrians and overcame. ______ suffered a deathly sickness but after he had prayed, the Lord added 15 years to his life
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A Moabite king who was killed by Ehud as he drew a sword into his fat belly.
Eglon
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Who is Boaz's mother?
Boaz's mother was Rahab of Jericho who was incorporated among the Jewish people after her aid in the sacking of Jericho. Thereafter became the wife of Salmon and the mother of Boaz, Jesse's grandfather
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Who is Deborah?
The fourth Judge of Israel and a prophetess who judged Israel at the end of the 20-year Israelite oppression by Jabin, king of Hazor. She is considered a "mother in Israel" and she also wrote the "Song of Deborah" which commemorates the battle in which they defeated Jabin's army
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The fourth Judge of Israel and a prophetess who judged Israel at the end of the 20-year Israelite oppression by Jabin, king of Hazor. She is considered a "mother in Israel" and she also wrote the "Song of Deborah" which commemorates the battle in which they defeated Jabin's army
Deborah
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A widow and a Moabite who was the daughter-in-law to Elimelech and Naomi. On the death of her father-in-law and husband, she followed Naomi to Bethlehem. There Naomi had a rich relative, Boaz, to whom Ruth married. She became the mother of Obed, the grandfather of David. She uttered the famous words to Naomi, "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God."
Ruth
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Who is Abishag?
Very beautiful young woman who was chosen to be a helper and a servant to David when he got old. One of her duties was to keep David warm in bed although they never had sexual relations together
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Son of Solomon of whom became the king of United Israel and during his reign is when the united twelve tribes divided into Northern Israel and Southern Judah. He became king of Southern Judah while ______ became king of Northern Israel
Rehoboam
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A Judge of Israel who was called but God to save Israel out of the Midian's hand as he was threshing wheat in a winepress. When he doubted, God simply told him to "Go in the strength you have". God shrunk his army from 32,000 to 300 to show that it was not going to be about the size of the army that He will bring about victory. With 300 men they defeated the Midianites
Gideon (Jerub-Baal)
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Who is Nabal?
A very rich and egoistic man who was married to Abigail. God struck him because he refused to provide some necessary sustenance for David and his men after their loyal service to him and for insulting him. His name means "fool"
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Prophet and miracle maker in Northern Israel who challenged 850 false prophets, raised the dead, brought fire down from the sky, and was taken up to heaven by a whirlwind
Elijah
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Who is Gideon (Jerub-Baal)?
A Judge of Israel who was called but God to save Israel out of the Midian's hand as he was threshing wheat in a winepress. When he doubted, God simply told him to "Go in the strength you have". God shrunk his army from 32,000 to 300 to show that it was not going to be about the size of the army that He will bring about victory. With 300 men they defeated the Midianites
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Last king of Israel, refused to pay increased taxes demanded by the King of Assyria and sought help from So, the King of Egypt, and as a result \_\_\_\_\_'s army was defeated by the King of Assyria
Hoshea
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Father of Samuel the prophet and husband of Samuel's mother Hannah
Elkanah
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One of the twelve spies of Israel sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan. After the death of Moses, he led the Israelite tribes in the conquest of Canaan and allocated the land to the tribes and then died at the age of 110.
Joshua
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Made King of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, who changed his original name, "Mattaniah" to "Zedekiah." In an attempt to escape Nebuchadnezzar's siege on Jerusalem, Zedekiah was captured and forced to watch his sons killed, then his own eyes were taken out and he was exiled to Babylon
Zedekiah
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King of Northern Israel who acted very wickedly by building altars for Baal and worshipping him. First Israelite king who allied himself to heathenism through marriage
Ahab
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Husband of Bathsheba and a man very committed and loyal to Israel. When King David commits adultery and impregnates his wife, Bathsheba, he tries to cover it up and ends up having Uriah killed on the battlefield
Uriah
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Who is Manoah?
Father of Samson
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Who is Uriah?
Husband of Bathsheba and a man very committed and loyal to Israel. When King David commits adultery and impregnates his wife, Bathsheba, he tries to cover it up and ends up having Uriah killed on the battlefield
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Who is Ehud?
The second judge of Israel who was a strong, left-handed warrior. He sued a two-edged dagger to put to death Eglon, a Moabite king. He thereafter captured and slaughtered 10,000 other Moabites and brought about forty years of rest
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Who is Achan?
An Israelite who was stoned for keeping a quantity of the gold, silver, and costly clothing after the fall of Jericho when God commanded the entire army to destroy everything. He tried to hide the possessions in his tent but was caught and stoned to death and burned along with his entire family. His name means, "One who troubles"
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Who is Samuel?
Dedicated by his mother, Hannah, as a part of a Nazirite vow she made before he was born. Was trained by Eli and he successfully defeated the Philistines. Similar to Eli's two sons, his two sons acted wickedly, and therefore he couldn't pass down his judgeship and so the people demanded a king. He anointed the first two kings, Saul and David
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Who is Merab?
King Saul's eldest daughter who was promised by her father Saul to David for his victory over Goliath. Saul took back his work and gave her in marriage to Adriel.
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Who is Nathan?
Prophet who rebuked David for his sin with Bathsheba
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Who is Araunah?
Owned the threshing floor that he sold to David so that he can build an altar to the Lord. He wanted to give it away but David insisted on making a sacrifice that will cost him
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The high priest of Shiloh who trained Samuel and judged Israel for 40 years after the death of Samson. After receiving word from the battlefield that Israel had lost Philistines and that his sons were killed, he fell backward from off his seat and died at 98 years old
Eli
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Judge of Israel who after leading the Israelites victoriously into battle against the Ammonites, fulfilled a rash vow to sacrifice his daughter
Jephthah
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Son of Rebohoam. Attempted to unite Northern Israel and Southern Judah but failed
Abijah the King of Judah
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Wife of Uriah who later becomes the wife of David after committing adultery with him. As a consequence for their sin, their child dies and later she becomes the mother of Solomon
Bathsheba
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Eldest son of King Saul and the closest friend to David. He saved Israel by attacking the Philistines along with his armor-bearer
Jonathan
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Who is Hoshea?
Last king of Israel, refused to pay increased taxes demanded by the King of Assyria and sought help from So, the King of Egypt, and as a result \_\_\_\_\_'s army was defeated by the King of Assyria
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King of Judah who only reigned for three months because Pharaoh Necho removed him from the throne and sent him to Egypt, where he later died
Jehoahaz (son of Josiah)
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Who is Adonijah?
Twice tried to make himself king and was put to death at the command of his brother Solomon
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Who is Jeroboam?
First king of the Divided Northern Israel who in the middle of dedicating an altar was approached by a prophet from Judah who denounced his altar. As ______ was going to arrest him his hand withered and was paralyzed and only at the prophet's prayer was his hand restored
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Who is Amnon?
Oldest son of David who raped his half-sister, Tamar, and because of it was murdered by her brother, Absalom
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A people who chose their inheritance on the east side of Jordan, in the Land of Gilead. They built an imposing altar near the Jordan which made the Israelites furious because they thought it was an altar for themselves and that they were forsaking the Lord but in reality, they built the altar as a replica and as a witness between them and the rest of the Israelites that God was still with them. This is why the altar was named, "A Witness Between Us"
The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
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Who is Uzzah?
Committed an irreverent act in touching the ark of God and so God's anger burned against him and He struck him down
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Who is Rehoboam?
Son of Solomon of whom became the king of United Israel and during his reign is when the united twelve tribes divided into Northern Israel and Southern Judah. He became king of Southern Judah while ______ became king of Northern Israel
110
Owned the threshing floor that he sold to David so that he can build an altar to the Lord. He wanted to give it away but David insisted on making a sacrifice that will cost him
Araunah
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Who is Michal?
Daughter of King Saul who fell in love with David and married him after David got 200 Philistine foreskins for David.
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First king of the Divided Northern Israel who in the middle of dedicating an altar was approached by a prophet from Judah who denounced his altar. As ______ was going to arrest him his hand withered and was paralyzed and only at the prophet's prayer was his hand restored
Jeroboam
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Who is Hannah?
Wife of Elkanah and mother of Samuel. After not being able to conceive she prayed to the Lord for a child and vowed that she would offer him in return for the service of the Shiloh priest. Her prayers were answered and she gave birth to Samuel
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King of the Ammonites who offered an ultimatum to the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead which was to either gouge out their right eye or be subjects. In response, Saul attacked and destroyed the Ammonite forces
Nahash
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The youngest of Gideon's seventy sons and the only one to escape the mass murdering of Abimelech
Jotham
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Who is Bathsheba?
Wife of Uriah who later becomes the wife of David after committing adultery with him. As a consequence for their sin, their child dies and later she becomes the mother of Solomon
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Who is the Queen of Sheba?
Upon hearing about Solomon's fame and relationship with God, she went to test him and she was so pleased with her answers that she gave him large quantities of gold, spices, and precious stones
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Very beautiful young woman who was chosen to be a helper and a servant to David when he got old. One of her duties was to keep David warm in bed although they never had sexual relations together
Abishag
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Friend of David who gave advice to Absalom to not immediately pursue the retreat of David and thus gave David time to regroup and gather his forces
Hushai
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King of Judah who removed idol worship, undertook the desecration of the Temple, and went up against the Assyrians and overcame. ______ suffered a deathly sickness but after he had prayed, the Lord added 15 years to his life
Hezekiah
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Who is Jephthah?
Judge of Israel who after leading the Israelites victoriously into battle against the Ammonites, fulfilled a rash vow to sacrifice his daughter
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The man in which the Shechemites placed their confidence in to head their revolution against Abimelech but they were destroyed
Gaal
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Who is Othniel?
The first Judge of Israel. He gained the hand of Achsah, daughter of Caleb, as a reward for his bravery in leading a successful expedition against the city of Debir
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Dedicated by his mother, Hannah, as a part of a Nazirite vow she made before he was born. Was trained by Eli and he successfully defeated the Philistines. Similar to Eli's two sons, his two sons acted wickedly, and therefore he couldn't pass down his judgeship and so the people demanded a king. He anointed the first two kings, Saul and David
Samuel
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Who is Jezebel?
Wife of King Ahab who was a pagan princess and also killed the Lord's prophets
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Who is Hanun?
Became King of Ammonites following his father, Nahash. David's messengers, sent as a message of condolence to \_\_\_\_, were so grossly insulted that David proclaimed war against ____ and they gained a complete victory over the Moabites and their allies
127
Who is Adoni-Bezek?
King of Bezek who fled in battle when his men were defeated but was captured and punished for his cruelty of mutilating the thumbs and great toes of seventy kings whom he had conquered-- his thumbs and big toes were likewise cut off.
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Who is Eglon?
A Moabite king who was killed by Ehud as he drew a sword into his fat belly.
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Who is Saul?
The first king of United Israel as he was anointed by Samuel. Although he started as a great king he forsook God by doing unauthorized sacrificial offerings and also failing to eliminate all of the Amalekites and their livestock as God commanded. He was allowed to reign the rest of his life but he was tormented with an evil spirit and so he spent most of his later years trying to kill David. He died by taking his own life and falling on his sword
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Who is Jehoiakim?
Made King of Judah by Pharaoh Necho after Pharaoh removed Jehoahaz. He reigned 11 years and did evil in the sight of the Lord
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King of the Babylonian empire who laid siege to Jerusalem in 597 BC and destroyed her Temple in 586 BC
Nebuchadnezzar
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A very rich and egoistic man who was married to Abigail. God struck him because he refused to provide some necessary sustenance for David and his men after their loyal service to him and for insulting him. His name means "fool"
Nabal
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Who is Goliath?
A 9'9" Philistine champion from Gath who taunted the Israelites in a prideful manner and then was hit with a stone slung by David and hot his head cut off by him.
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Who is Sisera?
Captain of Jabin's army who was defeated by the Israelite army. After all was lost he fled and Jael, Heber's wife, received him into her tent with apparent hospitality, yet drove a tent peg through his skull while he was asleep
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The second king of United Israel and Judah. Shepherd at a young age and then called to be King and Shepherd over all of God's people, Israel. He wrote most of the Psalms, defeated Goliath, overcame Saul's attacks, and even though he committed adultery and murder he was still known to be a man after God's own heart
David
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Who is Samson?
Judge of Israel who was given supernatural strength by God to combat his enemies and perform feats such as killing a lion, slaying an entire army with only the jawbone of a donkey, lifting off of a city's gate, and destroying a pagan temple. Fell in love with Delilah, who brought about his demise, by cutting off his hair. His life ended in being tied up in chains with his eyes gouged out. With divine strength he knocked over two pillars in the temple he was being kept for show, killing both himself and many Philistine officials.
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Who is Ruth?
A widow and a Moabite who was the daughter-in-law to Elimelech and Naomi. On the death of her father-in-law and husband, she followed Naomi to Bethlehem. There Naomi had a rich relative, Boaz, to whom which Ruth married. She became the mother of Obed, the grandfather of David. She uttered the famous words to Naomi, "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God."
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Who is David?
The second king of United Israel and Judah. Shepherd at a young age and then called to be King and Shepherd over all of God's people, Israel. He wrote most of the Psalms, defeated Goliath, overcame Saul's attacks, and even though he committed adultery and murder he was still known to be a man after God's own heart
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Oldest son of David who raped his half-sister, Tamar, and because of it was murdered by her brother, Absalom
Amnon
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A prostitute in Jericho who received, concealed, and safely sent off Joshua's two spies who were being chased by the King of Jericho. After the Israelites attacked and marched around the walls of Jericho seven times, everything collapsed and they destroyed everyone except the house of \_\_\_\_\_
Rahab
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Who is Joab?
Nephew of King David and commander of his army. He played a leading part in many of David's victories and led the loyal force that crushed the rebellion of David's son, Absalom
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Who is Naomi?
Ruth's mother-in-law and wife of Elimelech. Naomi left Judea with her husband and two sons in a time of famine and went to the land of Moab. Her husband and sons died and on her return to Bethlehem she wished to be known as Mara, which mean "bitterness" instead of Naomi, which means "sweetness"
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Son of Abijah. Next king after Abijah's death. Known to purge out idolatry and even deposing his own grandmother from her queen position for making idols. The downfall to his reign was that he made a treaty with Ben-Hadad and also he did not seek help from the Lord about his foot disease
Asa
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Father of Samson
Manoah
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Who is Dagon?
The national god of the Philistines that has a temple in Ashod. There the Philistines put the stolen ark of God and God humbled them with tumors and forced them to return the ark of God back to Israel
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Ruth's mother-in-law and wife of Elimelech. Naomi left Judea with her husband and two sons in a time of famine and went to the land of Moab. Her husband and sons died and on her return to Bethlehem she wished to be known as Mara, which mean "bitterness" instead of Naomi, which means "sweetness"
Naomi
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Who is Elkanah?
Father of Samuel the prophet and husband of Samuel's mother Hannah
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Chief of David's 3 mighty men
Josheb-Basshebeth
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Was stoned to death by the command of Jezebel for refusing to sell the vineyard to her husband, King Ahab
Naboth
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Who is Elisha?
Disciple and successor of Elijah as a prophet and also a miracle maker. He asked Elijah to have a double portion right before he went up to heaven
