People of Old Testament

Canaanites

7 Nations that Israel drove out to inherit their “promised land”

Canaanites

Included Hittites, Jebusites, Horites, Amorites, Amalekites, Kenites, and Philistines

Canaanites

Chief god was Baal and his wife/sister Asherah

Philistines

Pirate-like group of mercenaries often called “Sea Peoples”

Philistines

Settled 5 cities on the Mediterranean coast

Philistines

Word “Palestine” is derived from them

Philistines

Best known man was Goliath, best known god was Dagon

Phoenicians

Gypsies and traders of wares

Phoenicians

Craftsmen known for pottery, cedar, cyprus, bronze, purple dye, ships, and expert carpentry

Phoenicians

Jezebel was daughter of their king

Phoenicians

Chief deity was Baal and Ashtoreth

Aramaeans

Also known as Syrians, Damascus as their capitol

Aramaeans

Common language was Aramaic

Aramaeans

Israel’s ancestor was a wanderer from here

Aramaeans

Main god was Hadad

Ammonites, Moabites

Descendants of Lot

Ammonites, Moabites

Often opposed Israel

Ammonites

Chief gods were El and Milcom

Moabites

Ruth was one of these

Moabites

Chief god was Chemosh

Edomites

Descendants of Esau

Edomites

Allied with and opposed Israel

Edomites

Plundered Israel during Babylonian Exile

Edomites

Job possibly one of them

Israelites

Descendants of Jacob

Israelites

Composed of 12 tribes

Israelites

Spoke Hebrew then Aramaic

Israelites

Lived under monarchu ruled by their own people for 500 years before being subjugated to other nations thereafter