Session 3 Study Questions

Question 1

Traditionally, who wrote the book of Kings in its final form?

Answer 1

Jeremiah

Question 2

What 4 basic principles are taught in the book of Kings?

Answer 2

1. Man cannot rule himself without conscious dependence on the help of God.
2. The circumstances of the nation depend in large part on the faithfulness of Kings to Yahweh.
3. The Kings were illustrations of the people as a whole - they set the tone.
4. Observance of God’s law produces blessing; apostasy receives judgment.

Question 3

What queen introduced Baal worship to Israel?

Answer 3

Jezebel

Question 4

What queen had Naboth and his sons killed in order to take his vineyard for a royal garden?

Answer 4

Jezebel

Question 5

Who was the prophet whose words Ahab rejected just before his death from the Battle at Ramoth Gilead?

Answer 5

Micaiah

Question 6

Who is the main prophet in II Kings?

Answer 6

Elisha

Question 7

What key event took place in 722 BC?

Answer 7

Fall of Samaria to the Assyrians

Question 8

What key event took place in 586 BC?

Answer 8

Fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians

Question 9

In your own words, explain why Elisha is a better “type” of Christ than is Elijah.

Answer 9

• Lives among the people
• Emphasizes grace, life, hope
• Elisha had a double-portion of the Spirit, and he worked twice as many miracles.

Question 10

Give 3 of the 6 examples of contrast between First and Second Kings that evidence deterioration and destruction.

Answer 10

I Kings ||| II Kings

• Opens with David ||| Closes with Nebuchadnezzar
• Solomon’s glory ||| Jehoiachin’s shame
• The temple built and consecrated ||| Temple violated and destroyed

Question 11

True/False: Chronicles gives a religious history of the Davidic Dynasty of Judah.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

True/False: The Jewish Talmud takes Ezra the priest as the author of Chronicles.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True/False: The Davidic Covenant is recorded in I Chronicles 17 and II Samuel 7.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Give 4 of 8 differences in emphasis between Samuel and Kings vs. Chronicles.

Answer 14

Samuel and Kings ||| Chronicles

• Political history ||| Religious history
• More negative (rebellion and tragedy) ||| More positive (apostasy, but hope in spite of tragedy)
• Message of judgement ||| Message of hope
• Man’s failings ||| God’s faithfulness

Question 15

How many chapters are devoted to Saul’s reign in I Chronicles?

Answer 15

one

Question 16

List 4 of the 16 sources mentioned by Chronicles.

Answer 16

1. Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah
2. Chronicles of Samuel the Seer
3. Chronicles of Nathan the prophet
4. Chronicles of Gad the Seer

Question 17

What are 2 ways in which the 70-year captivity predicted by Jeremiah are fulfilled?

Answer 17

1. political captivity where Jerusalem is overcome (605-536 BC).
2. political captivity and the temple is destroyed and rebuilt (586-516 or 515 BC).

Question 18

Who are 5 good kings, mentioned in II Chronicles who are given considerable space?

Answer 18

1. Asa
2. Jehoshaphat
3. Joash
4. Hezekiah
5. Josiah

Question 19

True/False: Reformation efforts of Judean kings never last beyond one generation.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Be able to identify 20 kings of Judah with a major characteristic of their reign.

Answer 20

1. Rehoboam (not righteous, but humbles himself before God and adverts His wrath)
2. Abijah (short and evil reign…conquers Israel because they relied on God)
3. Asa (destroys foreign altars and idols, conquers Ethiopia against great odds through his trust in God, and restores the altar of the Lord, yet he fails to trust God when threatened by Israel)
4. Jehoshaphat (brings great revival, overthrows idols, teaches God’s Word to the people, and trusts in God before battle)
5. Jehoram (wicked king who follows the ways of Ahab and marries his daughter…leads Judah into idolatry and dies in pain to “no one’s sorrow”)

6 and 7. Ahaziah and Athaliah (Ahaziah is as wicked as his father and as his mother [Athaliah]…both are murdered)

8. Joash (repairs the temple and restores the worship of God…when Jehoiada the priest dies, Joash allows the people to abandon the temple and return to idolatry)
9. Amaziah (mixed in his relationship to God…later forsakes the Lord for the gods of Edom…defeated by Israel and later murdered)
10. Uzziah (begins well and is blessed with military victories, but when he becomes strong, he proudly and presumptuously plays the role of a priest by offering incense in the temple and therefore is struck with leprosy)
11. Jotham (rebuilds the gate of the temple and revers God…God blesses hime with prosperity and victory)
12. Ahaz (wicked king and an idolator…oppressed by enemies and forced to give tribute to the Assyrians from the temple treasures)
13. Hezekiah (repairs and reopens the temple and puts away all the altars and idols set up by his father Ahaz…Judah is spared destruction by Assyria because of his righteousness)

14 and 15. Manasseh and Amon (Manasseh is Judah’s most wicked king…repents when taken by Assyria and God brings him back and he makes a halfway reform too late…Amon is wicked like his father…both kings are murdered)

16. Josiah (leader in reforms and spiritual revival…centers worship around the temple, finds the Law and obeys it, and reinstitute the Passover)

17, 18 and 19. Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, and Jehoiachin (relentless evil brings the downfall of Judah…the temple is ravaged in each of their reigns)

20. Zedekiah (Judah’s last king…wicked…Jerusalem and the temple are destroyed and captivity begins)

Question 21

Name 3 religious or philosophical leaders whose lies overlap the events of the book of Ezra.

Answer 21

Gautama Buddah
Confucius
Socrates

Question 22

Be able to arrange these four individuals in chronological order: Ester, Ezra, Nehemiah, Zerubbabel.

Answer 22

Zerubbabel, Ester, Ezra, Nehemiah

Question 23

True/False: Out of perhaps 2-3 million Jewish people in Babylon/Persia, only about 50,000 left a life of relative comfort to return to the Promised Land.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Once the work started, how many days did it take Nehemiah to complete Jerusalem’s wall?

Answer 24

52 days

Question 25

True/False: Elephantine papyri confirm the historical reliability of Nehemiah.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

What was Mordecai's relation to Ester?

Answer 26

He was her cousin.

Question 27

In what ways is Ester like Christ?

Answer 27

Put herself in place of death for her people, but receives approval of the king. Portrays Christ's work as Advocate on our behalf.

Question 28

How much advance warning did the Jewish people have of their coming "extermination"?

Answer 28

11 months

Question 29

On what feast day is the book of Ester read?

Answer 29

Feast of Purim

Question 30

What son of David tried to keep Solomon from becoming King?

Answer 30

Adonijah

Question 31

What was special about Gibeon as a "high place" rather than Mount Zion?

Answer 31

The great bronze altar at Gibeon was the Mosaic original.

Question 32

How did Hadad come to be an enemy of Solomon?

Answer 32

* Escaped to Egypt following Joab/s harshness against Edom. * Married sis-in-law to Pharaoh Siamun * Returned to Edom when he heard of David and Joab's deaths.

Question 33

How did Rezon of Damascus become an adversary against Solomon and the Davidic dynasty?

Answer 33

After David defeated Hadadezer, king of Zorba, Rezon was able to break from Hadadezer and establishes own seat of power at Damascus.

Question 34

What prophet promised Jeroboam I that the Lord would give him kingship over 10 tribes?

Answer 34

Ahijah the Shilonite

Question 35

How many administrative districts were under Solomon's government?

Answer 35

12

Question 36

What were the 3 great international powers in the 10th century BC in the Ancient Near East?

Answer 36

Assyria, Egypt, and Israel (Solomon)

Question 37

True/False: Jeroboam led Israel into rebellion because they had tired from the high taxes of Solomon.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

True/False: Jeroboam made Bethel and Dan into religious cult centers for the Golden Calves.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

True/False: Bash founded the 2nd dynasty in northern Israel, and he tried to fortify himself against Asa, the king of Judah.

Answer 39

True

Question 40

What king moved the capital of Israel from Tirzah to Samaria, which he purchased from Shemer?

Answer 40

Omri

Question 41

Jehoshaphat of Judah was a basically good king, but for what reason did he receive a star prophetic rebuke?

Answer 41

For his friendship with Ahab and that he married his son Jehoram to the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel.

Question 42

The prophet Elijah confronted Ahab with the threat of drought, and the drought lasted for how many years?

Answer 42

3.5 years or 3+ years

Question 43

What were the 3 commissions that God gave to Elijah? Whom was he to amount or anointed?

Answer 43

Elisha (his prophetic successor) Jehu (as king of Israel to terminate Omri's dynasty) Hazael (king of Damascus)

Question 44

How did Ahab die?

Answer 44

At Ramoth Gilead, as predicted by Michaiah, the prophet.

Question 45

Who and what was involved in the Battle of Qarqar in 853 BC?

Answer 45

Assyria met a coalition of Ben-Hadad, Ahab, and others. Assyrian inroads was temporarily stopped.

Question 46

On what 3 occasions did the prophet Elisha assist Joram of Israel?

Answer 46

1. Red sun rays of water give victory to Joram, Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom. 2. Naaman came to Elisha to be healed of Leprosy, 3. Elisha reported Syrian troop movements to Joram; Syrian king came down to Dothan, but were blinded and taken to Samaria for a hot lunch.

Question 47

True/False: Hazel of Damascus become king of Syria after visiting Elisha regarding Beh-Hadad's hope for recovery from illness.

Answer 47

True

Question 48

True/False: Jehoram of Judah was a very wicked king because of the influence of his wife Athaliah.

Answer 48

True

Question 49

Jehu destroyed the house of Omri (killing both Joram, king of Israel, and Ahaziah, king of Judah), and thus he provides a "sychronism" point for both the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah in the year...

Answer 49

841 BC

Question 50

The name of the daughter of Jehoram who rescued her nephew Joash as an infant, to deliver him from death at the hand of Queen Ataliah who usurped the throne was...

Answer 50

Jehosheba

Question 51

What was the significance of the Battle of Qarqar?

Answer 51

A coalition of western kings led by Syria and including Ahab, king of Israel, fought Assyria to a standstill in 853 BC.

Question 52

Who was high priest in Jerusalem that protected Joash from Queen Athaliah, and guided Joash during his early rightous years, until he died and young princes diverted a

Answer 52

Jehoiada

Question 53

What Assyrian king was the "deliverer" for Jehoahaz of Israel, who freed him from the distress from Hazel of Syria?

Answer 53

Adad-nirari III

Question 54

True/False: King Jehoash of Israel visited the dying prophet Elisha and Elisha predicted three notable victories that Jehoash would have over Syria.

Answer 54

True

Question 55

What King of Judah was smitten with leprosy because he attempted to burn incense in the holy place of the Temple?

Answer 55

Uzziah

Question 56

In what 3 ways were the prophets of Israel unique in the Ancient World?

Answer 56

1. Conscious of the call of God 2. Ministered only in the name of Yahweh 3. Every predictive word came to pass.

Question 57

True/False: Merrill believes that the prophet Obadiah prophesied near the reign of Jehoram, king of Judah.

Answer 57

True

Question 58

True/False: Merrill believes that the prophet Joel prophesied early, near the ministry of Elisha the prophet.

Answer 58

True

Question 59

Amos prophesied against Northern Israel during the prosperous days of...

Answer 59

Uzziah and Jeroboam II

Question 60

Merrill believes that the prophet Jonah prophesied in Nineveh during the reign of...

Answer 60

Assur-dan III

Question 61

Who assassinated Zechariah, the last king of Israel from the dynasty of Jehu?

Answer 61

Shallum son of Jabsh

Question 62

What king of Israel paid heave tribute to the Assyrians during the time of Tiglath-pileser?

Answer 62

Menahem

Question 63

Who was the last king of Israel, ruling from Samaria?

Answer 63

Hoshea

Question 64

True/False: Aha of Judah greatly feared a coalition invasian by Rezin (of Damascus) and Pekah (of Samaria) that would remove him from the throne.

Answer 64

True

Question 65

Hezekiah, king of Judah, was encouraged in his faith by the prophet...

Answer 65

Isaiah

Question 66

What prophet was commanded to marry and adulterous wife?

Answer 66

Hosea

Question 67

What prophet was a younger contemporary of Hosea?

Answer 67

Isaiah

Question 68

What prophet was a contemporary with Isaiah, and also a prophet of Jerusalem?

Answer 68

Micah