OT History Flashcards
(73 cards)
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8500-4500 BCE
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Neolithic Period
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4500-3500 BCE
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Chalcolithic Period
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3500-2250 BCE
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Early Bronze Period
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3500-3100 BCE
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Early Bronze I
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3100-2650 BCE
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Early Bronze II
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2650-2250 BCE
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Early Bronze III
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2250-1925 BCE
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Early Bronze IV/Middle Bronze I
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1925-1550 BCE
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Middle Bronze II Period
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1925-1700 BCE
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Middle Bronze IIA
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1700-1600 BCE
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Middle Bronze IIB
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1600-1550 BCE
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Middle Bronze IIC
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1550-1200 BCE
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Late Bronze Period
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1550-1400 BCE
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Late Bronze I
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1400-1300 BCE
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Late Bronze IIA
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1300-1200 BCE
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Late Bronze IIB
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1200-586 BCE
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Iron Age
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1200-1000 BCE
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Iron I
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1000-900 BCE
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Iron IIA
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900-700 BCE
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Iron IIB
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700-586 BCE
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Iron IIC
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586-539 BCE
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Neo-Babylonian Period
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539-332 BCE
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Persian Period
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332-53 BCE
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Hellenistic Period
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Ishbaal’s reign (son of Saul)
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c. 1006-1004 BCE
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David's reign
c. 1010-970 BCE
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Solomon's reign
c. 970-930 BCE
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What is the 'accession' system of dating and who used it?
An accession year is the year when one king dies and his successor is enthroned. The official first year of the new king began on the next new years day. The Mesopotamians used the accession system.
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What is the 'nonaccession' system of dating and who used it?
A nonaccession year is the year when one king dies and his successor is enthroned, and this year marks the official first year of the new king. The next new years day marks the new king's second year. The Egyptians used the nonaccession system.
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Who was Rehoboam?
Son of Solomon, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 930-914 BCE
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Who was Abija[m/h]?
Son of Rehoboam, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 914-911 BCE
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Who was Asa?
Son of Abija[m/h], King of Judah (good), reigned c. 911-870 BCE
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Who was Jehoshaphat?
Son of Asa, King of Judah (good), credited with making peace with Israel, reigned c. 870-847 BCE (co-regency 871; period of vassalage to Israel)
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Who was J(eh)oram I?
Son of Jehoshaphat, King of Judah (bad), married Athalia the daughter of Ahab, reigned c. 847-842 BCE (co-regency 853; period of vassalage to Israel)
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Who was Ahaziah II?
Son of J(eh)oram I, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 842-841 BCE (period of vassalage to Israel)
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Who was Athalia?
Wife of J(eh)oram I, mother of Ahaziah II and J(eh)oash I, queen of Judah (bad) for J(eh)oash's first six years, reigned c. 841-835 BCE (interregnum; non-Davidic dynasty)
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Who was J(eh)oash I?
Son of J(eh)oram I, King of Judah (good), reigned c. 841/835-796 BCE (his mother Athalia reigned c. 841-835 BCE; independence, then vassalage to Damascus)
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Who was Jehoiada?
The high priest in Judah who deposed the cruel mother queen Athalia and setup the young J(eh)oash I as king
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Who was Amaziah?
Son of J(eh)oash I, King of Judah (good), reigned c. 796-767 BCE (independence, then vassalage to Israel)
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Who was Azariah/Uzziah?
Son of Amaziah, King of Judah (good), reigned c. 767-735 BCE (co-regency 787-767; not active/ill 750ff.; resurgence and zenith)
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Who was J(eh)otham?
Son of Azariah/Uzziah, King of Judah (good), reigned c. 751-731 BCE (co-regency 751-735; resurgence and zenith)
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Who was (Jeho)Ahaz?
Son of J(eh)otham, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 731-716 BCE (co-regency 735-731, 729-716; vassalage to Assyria)
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Who was Hezekiah?
Son of (Jeho)Ahaz, King of Judah (good), reigned c. 716-686 BCE (co-regency 729-716, 697-686; vassalge to Assyria)
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Who was Manasseh?
Son of Hezekiah, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 686-643 BCE (co-regency 697-686; vassalage to Assyria)
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Who was Amon?
Son of Manasseh, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 643-641 BCE (vassalage to Assyria)
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Who was Josiah?
Son of Manasseh, King of Judah (good), reigned c. 641-609 BCE (independence: renaissance)
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Who was Jehoahaz II?
Son of Josaiah, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 609 BCE (vassalage to Egypt)
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Who was Jehoiakim/Eliakim?
Son of Josiah and brother of Jehoahaz II, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 609-598 BCE (vassalage to Egypt then Babylon)
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Who was Jehoiachin?
Son of Jehoiakim, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 598/587 BCE (vassalage to Babylon)
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Who was Zedekiah/Mattaniah?
Uncle of Jehoiachin, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 597-586 BCE, reign ends with the fall of Jerusalem (vassalage to Babylon)
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Who was Jeroboam I?
Son of Nebat, King of Israel (bad), led the coup against Rehoboam that divided the monarchy, reigned c. 930-909 BCE
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Who was Nadab?
Son of Jeroboam I, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 909-908 BCE
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Who was Baasha?
Son of Abijah of the tribe of Issachar, King of Israel (bad), assassinated Nadab, reigned c. 908-885 BCE
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Who was Elah?
Son of Baasha, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 885-884 BCE
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Who was Zimri?
Elah's 'commander of half the chariots', King of Israel (bad), assassinated Elah, reigned for seven days
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Who was Tibni?
Son of Ginath, King of half of (northern) Israel in the wake of Zimri's death/suicide, rival to Omri, reigned c. 884-880 BCE
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Who was Omri?
Elah's 'commander of the army', King of Israel (bad) in the wake of Elah's assassination, overthrew Zimri and was rival to Tibni during the first five years of his reign, reigned c. 884-873 BCE
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What is the historical significance of the Mesha stele to Israelite history?
A commemorative stele by King Mesha of Moab, the Mesha stele (mid-9th c. BCE) mentions how Omri had 'humbled' Moab.
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Who was Ahab?
Son of Omri, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 873-852 BCE
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Who was Ahaziah I?
First son of Ahab, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 852-851 BCE
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Who was J(eh)oram II?
Second son of Ahab, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 851-841 BCE
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Who was Jehu?
Son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi, King of Israel (bad), deposed J(eh)oram II of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah, reigned c. 841-813 BCE
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What is the historical significance of Shalmaneser III's Black Obelisk to Israelite history?
The Assyrian annalistic fragment tells us that during the campaign of Shalmaneser's 21st year (838 BCE) the Assyrian king collected tribute from 'Jehu son of Omri.'
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Who was Jehoahaz I?
Son of Jehu, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 813-797 BCE
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Who was J(eh)oash II?
Son of Jehoahaz I, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 797-781 BCE (co-regency 792-781)
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Who was Jeroboam II?
Son of J(eh)oash (II), King of Israel (bad), extended the northern kingdom to nearly Solomonic proportions, reigned c. 781-749 BCE (co-regency 792-781)
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Who was Zechariah?
Son of Jeroboam II, King of Israel (bad), assassinated by Shallum, reigned for six months c. 748 BCE
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Who was Shallum?
Son of Jabesh, King of Israel, assassinated by Menachem, reigned on month c. 748 BCE
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Who was Menachem?
Son of Gadi, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 747-737 BCE
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Who was Pekahiah?
Son of Menachem, King of Israel (bad), assassinated by Pekah, reigned c. 737-735 BCE
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Who was Pekah?
Son of Remaliah, Pekahiah's captain and assassin, King of Israel (bad), assassinated by Hoshea son of Elah, reigned c. 735-731 BCE in Samaria, c. 752-735 BCE as a rival ruler in northern Transjordania (?)
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Who was Hoshea?
Son of Elah, King of Israel (bad), appointed by Tiglath-Pileser III according to a fragmented Assyrian source, reigned c. 731-722 BCE
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What happened in 722 BCE?
The fall of Samaria at the hands of Shalmaneser V; the Babylonian Chronicle attributes a capture of Samaria to Shalmaneser V sometime prior to the year 722 BCE.
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What happened in 720 BCE?
Inscriptions of Sargon II record a capture of Samaria as part of his 720 BCE campaign.
