OT Key People Flashcards
(22 cards)
Adam
Genesis 1-5 First man, sinned against God by eating the forbidden fruit, all of us sin “in Adam” (Romans 5)
Abraham
Genesis 12 - 25 (death of Abe, Esau/Jacob): Patriarch of the people of Israel by God’s promise to make him a great nation to be a blessing to the earth
Joseph
37, 39-50 Son of Jacob and Rachel; sold into Egyptian slavery; Becomes second only to Pharaoh in Egypt, delivers and forgives his whole family.
Moses
Exodus 2-Joshua 1 Deliverer of the people of Israel from Egypt; spoke face to face with God as with a friend, received the Law from God; spoke and judged the people as a prophet; led the people to the precipice of the promised land
Deborah
Judges 4-5: Judge of the People of Israel; prophetess; advised and went into battle with Barak against Sisera; sang a song of Sisera’s death at the hands of Jael
Ruth
Ruth: Daughter in law of Naomi; a Moabite who made Israel her home and YHWH her God; married her kinsman redeemer, Boaz; great grandmother of King David
Joshua
Exodus 17-Joshua (note Number 13); Assistant to Moses while in the wilderness; leader of the Israelite army (Ex 17 - against Amalek); spied out the land of Canaan, trusted the Lord; Successor to Moses, leader of Israel in the taking of the Promised Land.
Gideon
Judges 6-8 Judge of Israel who, tore down the idols in his city, and trusting the Lord led only 300 men into battle and defeated/scared off Midian; refused to be named king (but named his son Abimelech); made an ephod that became an idol.
Samuel
1 Samuel (also 1-2 Chronicles) Prophet of the Lord who established Kingship in Israel; anointed both Saul and David to be king over Israel. Primarily spoke as a prophet into the reign of Saul.
David
1 Samuel 16 - 2 Samuel 24: 2nd kg over Israel; united the people; a man after God’s own heart; defeated the Philistines a lot; sinned against the Lord in adultery; struggled against his own family
Solomon
2 Samuel 12 (Nathan Rebukes David)- 1 Kings 12 (Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam) Third King of Israel; built the temple of the Lord; brought peace to the Land; had great wisdom; sinned against the Lord by marrying foreign women and worshiping their God, and building up his army.
Rehoboam
1 Kings 12-14: Son of Solomon; King of Israel for a few days; causes the division of the kingdom; rules over the SK; led the people into idolatry; the temple was looted by the Egyptians under his reign.
Jeroboam
1 Kings 11-14 Son of Neat. Servant of Solomon - turned rival; came back from Egypt after Solomon’s death and led a revolt against Rehoboam. Becomes first king over the Northern Kingdom, sets up new cultic system in Samaria at Dan and Bethel; becomes the paradigm for evil kings in both NK and SK.
Elijah
1 Kings 17 - 2 Kings 2: Israelite prophet who spoke against the NK during the reign of Ahab and His wife Jezebel (of Tyre) and their son Ahaziah; Brought draught on Samaria, ending with his confrontation w/ Prophets of Baal on mount Carmel; performed miracles; taken up into heaven in a chariot of fire. A paradigm for the NT - calling people to repentance before the day of the Lord.
Elisha
1 Kings 19 - 2 Kings 13: Prophet of the NK. Servant and successor to Elijah; performed miracles primarily among the people of Israel and Judah, as well as some with foreigners - a paradigm seen in Jesus. Occasionally spoke into the monarchy.
Hezekiah
2 Kings 16 - 20: A primarily good king who reigns in Judah when Samaria falls to Assyria. Withstands an Assyrian attack on Judah by praying to the Lord and seeing the Lord defeat Sennacherib’s army.
Josiah
2 Kings 22-23 A good king of Judah who rediscovers the Law and implements kingdom wide reforms as a result: repairing the temple, reinstituting proper temple worship, reinstituting the Passover. Unfortunately, his father was so evil, that God had already delivered Judah over to defeat.
Jeremiah
Jeremiah: 7th-6th century prophet to the Southern Kingdom from Josiah’s reforms through exile. He spoke warning to the Kings of Judah and was not listened to. Wrote to the exiles for how they should live in exile. Prophesied the new covenant.
Ezekiel
Ezekiel: A Jerusalemite prophet of the Southern kingdom while in exile; from a priestly line. Exiled with the second deportation in 597. Much of his prophecy was in acted sermons of warning. Urging the post-exilic people to understand how they can be faithful in their second-chance living in the land. Also prophesied the New Covenant.
Daniel
Daniel: Prophet of the Lord and deported Judahite living in Babylon during the reigns the Babylonian and Persian empires. Exemplar of faithfulness in exile, spoke of the coming of the Son of Man.
Nehemiah
Nehemiah: Jewish cupbearer to the Persian king who arranged for the return of many Jewish people to Jerusalem with supplies to rebuild it’s walls. He led the people in rebuilding the walls of the city and defending it. He charged the people to follow the Lord, then rebuked them when they ruled without mercy.
Malachi
Malachi: Prophet to the post-exilic people who’s excitement had worn off after their return to the land. He calls the people to repentance and covenant faithfulness through the use of a diatribe. Warned that God would send Elijah as the messenger of the Day of the Lord - Jesus identifies this Elijah as John the Baptist.
