Old Testament Exam II

joshua

• one of the two good spies moses sent out from kadesh barnea

• picked moses to be successor

• sent two spies like moses did

the book of joshua literature

1. date- during monoarchy

2. title- “YHWH is savior”

3. historical narrative

who are the people of the promised land

• canaanites

• jebusites

• ammonites

• philistines

• phoenicians

rahab

• hid two of the spies that joshua sent out from the king of jericho

• lied to the king of jericho when he came and asked if the spies were there

• asked the Israelites to protect her as she protected them

• the Israelites said as long as her and her family stayed in their house during the war then they would be protected

• known for her faith

gilgal

• town next to jericho

• base of operations to take over the land in the name of the Lord

• headquarters for invasion

jericho

• first big city

• known as the “city of palm trees”

• walled city in the valley

battle of jericho

• israelites won

• everyone marched around Jericho once for six days

• on the seventh day they will march around 7 times while the priests blow their trumpets

• this was the only time God tells them to attack a city this way”

battle of ai

• men went and spied

• spies told joshua to only send 2-3 thousand men to attack because there was few people

• when the army of ai attacked the israelites they pretended to scatter

• when they scattered they turned on the enemy as the men lying in ambush moved in and burned the city

• had a double attack

• had an archaeological problem

the double attack of the battle of ai

• the israelites were originally defeated because of the sin of achan

• the second attack God allowed the Israelites to win by ambush

the archaeological problem at the battle of ai

there is no evidence of joshua’s ruins

shechem

• located between mount ebal and mount gerizium

• good gathering spot because of the mountains

• NO BATTLE

• was made to take a rest and energize

• the reading of the law happened here

gibeonites

• lived in shechem

• pretended not to live in shechem

• joshua said he wouldn’t kill them but then found out they lied so the became helpers (gathered food, water, etc.)

hazor

where the israelites succeeded in taking the land

shiloh

• located in the middle of the map

• set up the tabernacle here

• decided to divide the land here

apportionment of the land

divided by the twelve tribes

tribe of levi

• small portion of land

• 4 levitical cities in each of the tribes (48 total cities)

tribes that were not given land

• tribe of levi

• tribe of joseph

very powerful tribes

• tribe of manasseh

• tribe of ephraim

• tribe of judah

tribe of manasseh

got land on both sides of the jordan

three east of the jordan

transjordan plateau

the main group of people living where the invasion is taking place

the canaanites

the canaanites

• were the people who were living where the invasion was taking place

• God said kill them or run them out because of their wickedness, so now they are getting justice

the canaanites religion

• sensual fertility religion (gods and goddesses)

• ras shamra (ugaritic language)

main canaanite god

Ba’al

God’s decision for the canaanites

• danger of corruption for israel

• wickedness of canaanites

theology of joshua

1. covenant loyalty

2. sovereignty of God

3. corporate punishment (achan’s family)

4. obedient servitude to God

the function of the judges

• deliverer

• not ruler

bochim

weepers

angel of the Lord = the Lord

• comes up from gilgal to bochim

• people have disobeyed

• canaanites become thorns in the hebrews side

major judges

1. otheniel

2. ehud

3. deborah and barak

4. gideon

5. jephthah

6. samson

otheniel

• “the children of israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord”

• people cry out to God

• God raised up otheniel to deliver them

• land had rest for 40 years

• defeated the canaanities at debir

• delivered israel from cushan-rishathaim (king of mesopotamia) in a separate battle (location unknown)

ehud

• moab rules over israel for 18 years

• benjamin was his great-grandfather

king elon

• was very fat

• ehud made himself a double-edged dagger and fastened it under his clothes on his right thigh

• ehud went to king elon to give him a a secret message

• ehud stabbed eglon in the belly

• eglon’s fat closed over the dagger

• ehud escaped eglon’s servants

• land was at rest for 80 years after

benjamin

has numerous left handed men

deborah

prophetess

barak

troop commander

deborah and barak

• originate from ephraim

• God subdued jabin king of canaan

• israel grew stronger and stronger until they destroyed jabin

• rested for 40 years

sisera

• main general with barak

• runs away to the tent of jael

jael

• welcomes and takes care of sisera

• took a tent peg and hammer and drove the tent peg into sisera’s temple

gideon

• known as jerubbaal

• midianites

• manaseeh

• small army

• refused kingship

midianites

• caravan traders

• oppress the tribe on both sides of the river

manaseeh

midianites take their harvest every year for 7 years

gideons small army

• 300 selected warriors in defeating the midianite forces

• “anyone whose afraid go home” - 22,000 people left

• “those who lap the water like a dog will stay” - 300 people stayed

gideon refused kingship

• the judge who says he will lead, but will not rule over like a king

• the king is the Lord Jesus

jephthah

• son of harlot

• delivered israel from the ammonites

• had a vow tragedy

ammon/ammonites

• main bad guys during judge jephthah time

• located on the transjordan plateau

vow tragedy during judge jepthah

• jephthah made a vow to the Lord - “if you indeed will deliver the people of ammon into my hands, then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house”

• jepthah daughter was the one he had to sacrifice

• jepthah sacrificed his daughter, but was forbidden from doing human sacrifices

what religion do human sacrifices come from

canaanites

only judge who delivered by themself

samson

samson

• philistines

• dan

• girl problems

philistines

• bad guys, giants, tough, military experts

• 40 years

• mom and dad were barren and God gave them a son named …

dan

• one of the 12 tribes

• got land right next to the philistines

• had tons of troubles because of the philistines

nazirite vow

did something externally to prove the vow (no razor shall come upon his head)

every wife/women that samson messes with is a …

philistine

samsons girl problems root from

delilah

samsons girl problems

• philistines told delilah to find samson’s strength and how he gets it

• samson keeps telling delilah lies about where he gets his strength

• philistines keep trying the lies to break his strength

• after nagging daily by delilah, samson tells her the truth

• philistines shave samsons head

• the Lord leaves samson once his head is shave

• philistines take out samson’s eyes, bound him with bronze fetters and became a grinder to prison

• samson died with the philistines and he killed more at his death than he ever had in his life (let the pillars fall down)

transitional figures

• abimelech

• eli

• samuel

abimelech

king

eli

priest

samuel

prophet

the hebrew life consisted of

1. culture

2. religion

hebrew culture was …

dissapointing

hebrew religion was…

• the israelites worshipping other gods

• the israelites doing wrong in the eyes of the Lord

theology of judges

1. cycle of history

2. moral and religious retrogression

cycle of history

1. apostasy

2. oppression

3. repentance

4. deliverance

   repeat

apostasy

doing wrong in the eyes of the Lord

first and second samuel opens with ____ and closes with ____

samuel; david

poetry in the book of samuel

hannah’s song

samuel; the king maker

will anoint the first and second kings

elkanah

• samuel’s father

• married to hannah

• married to peninnah

hannah

• samuel’s mother

• wasn’t known for being very smart

• was given the double portion because elkanah loved her more than peninnah

peninnah

provoked hannah

what does samuel mean

asked from God

samuel is a student of ____

eli

who are eli’s sons

hophni and phineas

what are the two big sins of eli’s sons

1. made light of the Lord’s offering

2. laid with the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting

why was eli done being a priest?

because of his sons sins

who told eli that he was done being a priest

samuel

samuel becomes both a ____ and ____

judge and prophet

philistine problem

• battle of aphek

• lost ark

• return of the ark

battle of aphek

• israel lost to the philistines

• israelites thought they were defeated because they didn’t have the ark of the covenant

• israelites went to shiloh to get the ark of the covenant

• hopni and phinehas were tehre with the covenant

where is the ark located

shiloh

loss of the ark

• hophni and phineas have it

• ark placed in the temple of dagon at ashdod until the idol collapsed

return of the ark

• hophni and phineas die

• the ark never makes it back to shiloh, it ends up at kirjath jearim

when the ark is removed from shiloh where does it end up

kirjath jeriam

who wants to move the ark from kirjath jeriam to jerusalem

king david

where does king david want to move the ark too

jerusalem

who demanded for a king

the israelites

who are samuel’s sons

1. joel

2. abijah

who did samuel make judges over israel

joel and abjah (his sons)

who are judges in beersheba that are lousy, and do not follow in their father samuel’s footsteps

joel and abijah

why do the israelites want a king

1. to fight their battles for them

2. so they can be like all the other nations

what are the problems with having a king

1. drafting young men into the army

2. having the young men “run before his chariots”

3. making slave laborers

4. taking the best of others fields and vineyards

5. using others property for the kings personal gain

6. demanding a tenth of others harvest and flocks

who is the first king

saul

how did the people of israel see king saul

a mighty man of power, tall, he had a choice and was handsome

saul’s election

• a guy lost a donkey so he went to look for them

• the guy went to the city where a man of God was and approaches the seer

• the seer was samuel

who tried to kill david

saul

who anoints saul as commander

samuel

who grains saul to be the king God wants him to be

samuel

who are the military figures in sauls time

1. ammonites

2. philistines

3. moab/edom coalition

4. amalekites

5. david