9th Grade Old Testament Final

Samuel's mother who prayed and trusted God for a child, and got one, or more!

Hannah

In the old days the book of Samuel was just ____ ______, but on two scrolls.

one story

Israel moves towards _____under Samuel from being 12 kind of separated tribes.

unification

Hannah's prayer shows us that there is a belief in a ______ King that will come!

Messianic

The _____ captured the ark at the beginning of 1 Saumel.

Phillistines

The Israelites didn't regard the ark as something holy, but rather a ____ or a secret weapon. That was bad.

trophy

This god was found broken in front of the ark of our God after the ark was captured.

Dagon

Five ____ were made of gold, one for each of the rulers of the Phillistine cities.

rats

The words means to listen and obey!

heed

As a little boy he heard the voice of the Lord and responded to it by saying "Speak Lord for your servant is listening."

Samuel

These boys were really not nice. They caused God's curse to come down upon their faimly, and were killed in battle on the same day.

Hophni and Phineas

Samuel was a judge, _____ and ____ at the temple. He was probably too busy!

prophet, priest

___ ____ pull the ark of God straight back to Israel.

Two cows

The king is just a boy during book of 1 Samuel, but he is an example of trust in God.

David

1 Samuel is about how Israel needs wise and _______ leadership.

faithful

King Saul should have killed ____ the king of the Amalekites, but he did not!

Agag

For ________ is like the sin of divination and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.

rebellion

Samuel 15:30 seems to show that Saul had a problem with _____ and that he did not understand having a relationship with God.

pride

What instrument was David good at playing?

harp

What city was David from?

Bethlehem

Which daughter of Saul married David?

Michal

Who was David's best friend in the house of Saul?

Jonathan

Doeg the ______ killed the priests at Nob for helping David get away from Saul.

Edomite

The name of the priest of God who was killed because he helped David get away from Saul.

Ahimelech

David is in the desert of _____ where Sauel had to go to the bathroom in a cave.

engedi

David was unwilling to be rebellious against Saul because Saul was _______ by God as king.

annointed

This foolish man would not help David or his men, even though they had protected his territory and not stoeln anything from him, even when hungry. He died from heart failure.

Nabal

Her name means "wisdom" and by showing great respect for a good man she was able to save her entire household. She was also able to talk David out of avenging himself, which would have gone against Deuteronomy 32:35.

Abigal

Who did Saul talk to when he was with the witch?

Samuel

Who killed Saul when he was wounded in battle?

himself

Despite evil, God is ___ ____. One of the themes of 1 and 2 Samuel.

at work

God _____ ____ _______ but gives grace to the humble. A theme of 1 and 2 Samuel.

opposes the proud

God will one day raise up a ___ ____. One of the themes of 1 and 2 Samuel.

Messianic King

David's first headquarters as king

Nebron

Jebusites lived here and were captured by David who renamed this city "Zion". Even to this day it is known as the "City of David".

Jerusalem

Read your _____! While moving the ark the wrong way a good man was killed because he did not know what God had commanded.

Bible

The man who said he wanted to build a splendid house for God, but God said that He would build one for this man instead!

David

Solomon's mother

Bathsheba

A great example of an upright and moral man that David had executed for evil motives.

Uriah

The prophet with the sheep story.

Nathan

David repents of his sexual sin and his baby _____.

dies

This brother raped his sister Tamar. The sins of the father are passed on to the children! (The apple does not fall far from the tree!)

Amnom

David's child that has his brother murdered, then chases David out of the palace as well!

Absalom

King that saw Israel split from judah permanently because of his arrogant ways and taking advice from the wrong friends.

Rehoboam

David's son that sets himself up as king instead of Solomon because he is older, and because David never corrected him while he was growing up.

Abijah

Solomon was known as a king with great ____.

wisdom

Who told Solomon- "Ask for whatever you want me to give you?"

God

When Solomon could choose whatever he wanted to have- what did he ask for?

wisdom

Two women were fighting over a ____ and Solomon showed great wisdom by saying "Cut it in half!" People were impressed!

baby

_____ 17 says what a king should and should not do, yet reading 1 Kings Chapter 4 we see Solomon becoming more like Pharaoh and less like David.

Deuteronomy

Solomon described plant life from the cedar of _____ to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also taught about animals and birds, reptiles and fish.

Lebanon

This man led the successful rebellion against Rehoboam and set up golden calves in Dan and Bethel.

Jeraboam

The ______ counselors gave Rehoboam the better advice, he did not listen to it.

older

When David finds out that Sauel died, he composes a _____, which is found at the beginning of 2 Samuel.

lament

My little finger is thicker than my father's _____!

waist

Elisha was walking along when some boys began taunting him about his baldness. God took care of that by sending _____.

bears

The northern tribes formed a country called _____.

Israel

The southern tribes disobeyed God, but God wanted a remnant so they went into ____ but were not obliterated

exile

God showed up in mighty power when Elijah needed Him, but was actually only in the ______ ______.

gentle whisper

The king of Jerusalem was about do die but was saved by God. He asked for a sign and the _______ moved up stairs instead of down!

shadow

The most wicked king of the southern kingdom, would not have been born if his father had died as predicted earlier.

Manessah

This Egyptian king may have been the one to take the ark of the covenant out of Jerusalem.

Shishak.

This god was worshipped by the Israelites instead of the One True God we serve. It is also a generic name for god(s).

Bael

This is the goddess statue that was for fertility, and evil in the sight of our God.

Ashtoreh

This king was evil, and wanted to kill Elijah.

Ahab

This kingdom spies out the southern kingdom, and then is predicted to invade it , and does!

Babylon

This man fought 850 prophets of false gods and goddesses in a spectacular display of God's power, that still didn't convince the king to follow God whole-heartedly.

Elijah

This man was chosen by God to be the next prophet, and did twice as many miracles as his mentor.

Elisha

This nation totally destroyed the northern ten tribes and those tribes have never been heard from since then.

Assyria

This prophet predicted the destruction of the Assyrian general and his incredibile army.

Isiah

This queen was the most wicked lady recorded in the Bible, even sacrficing her husband's first son, and wanting to kill Elijah.

Jezebel

This was the capital of the Assyrian kingdom.

Ninevah

This was the name of the southern tribe's kingdom.

Judah

When Elijah was finished on the earth he went into Heaven on a _____ of fire!

chariot

Who helped Ezra make all the laws from the Book of the Law of clear to everyone?

Levites

Who brought the Law before the assembly of Israelites and read it to them?

Ezra

When the people realized they had been sinning, they did not cover it up. Instead for a quarter of the day they would read from the law, and a quarter of the day they would stand and _____! Are you that serious?

confess

What did Nehmiah do before answering the king?

pray

This guy did not allow the people living in the land to help the Israelites rebuild the temple, and it caused lasting problems!

Zerubabbel

The prophet ____ was alive during Ezra and Nehemiah's time and emphasized that God hates divorce.

Malachi

The leaders told everyone not to _____ as they listened to the Law being read.

weep

The _____ surrounding Nehemiah lost their confidence and became convinced that it was a miracle of God that allowed the walls to be rebuilt.

nations

Sanballat had the support of the army from ______.

Samaria

People doing work carried materials in one hand and a _____ in the other.

weapen

Nehemiah's job was to return and rebuild the _______.

walls

Nehemiah was in _____ and was given permission to return to his land again.

exile

Nehemiah was cup bearer to king ______

Artaxerxes

Nehemiah was appointed to what position by Artaxerxes?

governor

Nehemiah found out the nobles were collecting interest on debts and driving their fellow Israrelites into poverty. "Interest" is also called ______.

ursury

How many days did it take to complete the walls?

52 days

How did Hanniah get a promotion? He _____ _____ more than most men do!

feared God

God says, "but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest ______, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling from my Name."

horizon

For the first time in over 300 years this feast was again celebrated. The feast of ______.

booths

Ezra and Nehmiah show us that believers in God should always have _____!

hope

The king of Persia that married Hadassah

King Xerxes

The uncle of Esther that later became second in command of Persia!

Mordecai

The queen that became famous for saving the Jewish people of Persia.

Esther

Who is never mentioned in the book of Esther?

God

The bad guy that built a gallows in his yard for Mordecai to be killed on.

Haman

A person that cannot have children, and takes care of the queen and princesses.

eunich