Judges, Kings, and Prophets

Joshua after Moses Death

Takes control of Israel, and crosses Jordan River taking control of the Promised Land

Joshua attacks this city

City of Jericho to take full possession of the Promised Land

Shofar

Ceremonial ram's horn

The Bans

Ritual style of killing; Joshua orders for the death of all the citizens except Rahab

Pattern in Judges

1 - Israel sins 2 - God corrects 3 - Israel Repents 4 - God forgives

Debora

4th and most famous Judge

The other Judges

Gideon, Jephthah, Samson; led Israel from Joshua's death to Kings

Judge/Priest Samuel

Appoints Saul as King

Saul

From Tribe of Benjamin, good King then became awful.

Ishbosheth

Appointed king by Abner (captain of sauls army)

David

Appointed King after 2 years of Ishbosheth rule

David is famous for

Killing Goliath

3 things David did as King

1. Centralized worship and government 2. Brought Ark to Jerusalem 3. Wrote book of Psalms

He adulterated

Bathesheba, wife of his friend Uriah - kills Uriah because Bathsheba got pregnant

David will not build the temple

His son Soloman will

David family tree

father - Jesse, great-grandmother - Ruth, great-great-grandmother - Rahab

King after David

Prophet Nathan appoints Soloman as King

Soloman is considered

Very wise (Baby splitting incident)

3 books Soloman wrote

Proverbs, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes

King after Soloman

Rehoboam (son of Soloman)

Spliting of Unified Israel

10 tribes in the North (Israel - King Jeroboam); 2 tribes in the South (Judah - King Rehoboam)

2 rival temples

Bethel and Dan

Fall of Israel

Falls into Idoltary; King Ahab marries princess Jezebel, who worships Baal

Most famous prophet

Elijah, who raised the dead

Putting Baal priest to the test

makes two alters on Mt. Carmel, each makes sacrifices and sees who's God accepts the offering

Successor of Elijah

Elisha; Elijah is taken in a chariot of fire

Two types of prophets

Writing - Isaiah, Non-writing - Elijah or Elisha; two types of writing prophets Major and minor

4 major prophets

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel

2 minor prophets

Amos and Jonah

Prophetic Books

Lamentations and Baruch written by Isaiah

Amos

Addresses the bad treatment of the poor (angry at the rich) and religious formalism

Jonah

Called to go to Ninevah, tries to escape - fails, and preaches to non-jews

Conquer of the North

200 years of idolatry and Israel is conquered by Assyrians 722bc

Samaritans

Intermarry of Jews and Assyrians

Conquer of the South

After being disgusted with the Samritans, the Babylonians sack Jerusalem 597bc - this is a warning

Conquer of the South pt.2

After Jerusalem doesn't repent the Babylons attack again and destroy the temple 587bc

Babylonian Captivity

1. Poor are left in Jerusalem 2. Some escaped to Egypt 3. Artisans and soldiers taken to Babylon

The Remnant

Those faithful to YHWH, the temple is destroyed, and the Synagogue system is born

50 years in Babylon

King Cyrus of Persia invaded Babylon to help the Jews

Syrians

They invade in 175bc and start the hellenization of Israel (Greek Culture Introduced)

Maccabean Revolt

Judas, Simon, and Jonathan Maccabean revolted (celebrated with Hanukkah)

Rule of Rome

Pompey of Rome invades in 63bc and appoints Herod as King in 37bc