Deck 16: The Divided Kingdoms of Israel and Judah From the Late Tenth to the Early Eighth Centuries BCE

Question 1

Describe the relationship between the southern kingdom of Judah and the northern kingdom of Israel in the late tenth to early eighth centuries bce. How did each of these kingdoms evolve and change after they separated?

Answer 1

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Question 2

Explain the importance of nonbiblical sources for the study of 1 Kings 12-2 Kings 14. What are these sources, and how can they be correlated or synthesized with the biblical sources to create a more stable chronology? Why does this period of biblical history see an increase in corroborating evidence from outside the Bible?

Answer 2

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Question 3

Describe the relationship between prophets and kings in 1 Kings 12-2 Kings 14. How did the prophets influence the monarchs? How could prophets make or break a king?

Answer 3

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Question 4

What role did queens and queen mothers play in Israel and Judah? Does the Deuteronomistic History present a balanced picture of the role of these women in both the northern and southern kingdoms?

Question 5

The northern kingdom of Israel was larger than the southern kingdom of Judah.

Question 6

The dynastic principle of succession was well established in the southern kingdom of Judah.

Question 7

Elijah and Elisha are both prophets from the northern kingdom of Israel.

Question 8

The tenth century bce marks the first time that biblical events are corroborated by nonbiblical sources.

Question 9

Jeroboam I was Solomon's oldest son.

Question 10

A prophet's ecstatic state can be contagious.

Question 11

Northern Israel probably broke away because of Solomon's taxation.

Question 12

None of Israel's battles with Moab is recorded in Kings.

Question 13

The Urim and Thummim were used for divination.

Question 14

Tirzah was the first capital of the northern kingdom.

Question 15

The first king of the northern kingdom was:

A) Jeroboam
B) Rehoboam
C) Asa
D) Ahab

Question 16

Rehoboam engaged in a systematic defensive buildup that included fortifying major cities on his border because of:

A) the impending campaign of Shishak
B) repeated conflict with Jeroboam
C) all of the above
D) none of the above

Question 17

Jezebel was a(n):

A) Egyptian
B) Moabite
C) Assyrian
D) Tyrian

Question 18

The northern king ________________ formed political alliances with Phoenicia through his own marriage and with Judah through the marriage of his daughter:

A) Ahab
B) Asa
C) Omri
D) Abijam

Question 19

All are mentioned as women prophets except:

A) Miriam
B) Huldah
C) Leah
D) Noadiah

Question 20

All are themes in the Elijah/Elisha cycle except:

A) monotheism
B) the reunification of the kingdoms
C) exclusive worship of Yahweh
D) social justice

Question 21

The only female monarch of either Israel or Judah was:

A) Jezebel
B) Noadiah
C) Athaliah
D) Nehushta

Question 22

The northern dynasty of Omri had ___________ kings.

A) three
B) four
C) five
D) six

Question 23

What leader erected the Black Obelisk?

A) Jereboam
B) Shishak
C) Mesha
D) Shalmaneser

Question 24

In the ninth century bce, Israel and Judah were allied against this king of Aram-Damascus:

A) Hazael
B) Shishak
C) Mesha
D) Shalmaneser

Question 25

__________ is the divinely appointed successor to Elijah.

A) Ahijah
B) Shemiah
C) Athaliah
D) Elisha

Question 26

All were forms of divination except:

A) throwing dice
B) reading animal organs
C) practicing necromancy
D) performing human sacrifice

Question 27

All were capitals of the northern kingdom of Israel except:

A) Bethel
B) Penuel
C) Samaria
D) Tirzah

Question 28

Each term refers to someone who delivers divinely sent messages except:

A) messiah
B) man of God
C) prophet
D) seer

Question 29

The book of Kings states that Mesha of Moab defeated the Israelites because of:

A) human sacrifice
B) sacrifice to Yahweh
C) superior numbers
D) Assyrian intervention

Question 30

This king of Israel is depicted on the Black Obelisk bowing in submission:

A) Ahab
B) Jehu
C) Jehoash
D) Amaziah

Question 31

The book of Malachi ends with an apocalyptic prediction of the return of ____________?

A) Moses
B) David
C) Elijah
D) Samuel

Question 32

Who was not a "professional" prophet?

A) Malachi
B) Amos
C) Jeremiah
D) Isaiah

Question 33

______________ saw the vision of "all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd."

A) Zedekiah
B) Huldah
C) Micaiah
D) Elisha

Question 34

Both Elijah and Elisha perform all the following feats except:

A) raising a widow's son to life
B) multiplying food
C) parting the waters of the Jordan
D) prophesying the death of Ahab

Question 35

Jeroboam established two shrines, one at _______________ and the other at ______________.

Question 36

Omri moved the capital to ________________.

Question 37

Ahab's son ____________ joined forces with Jehoshaphat against Moab.

Question 38

The Hebrew word gebira means "________________."

Question 39

Jezebel presided over prophets of the deities _____________ and ____________.

Question 40

________________, like Micaiah, are interpreters of divine will known from the Bible and the ancient Near East.

Question 41

The northern kingdom of Israel fell to Assyrian in _____________ and the southern kingdom of Judah fell to Babylonia in _______________.

Question 42

A fragment of a stela with the name of the Egyptian pharaoh __________ on it was found at the Israelite city of Megiddo.

Question 43

________________ claims to have been a witness of the deliberations of the divine council, in which Yahweh decided to send his prophets a false communication.

Question 44

The prophet ____________________ predicts the end of Baasha's dynasty.