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Hebrew 370
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 4
03/11/2012

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Othniel
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first judge
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Ehud
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stabs fat enemy king, escape through window
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Deborah
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only female judge
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Gideon
Definition
people wanted him to be king, denied. create idol of an ephod
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Abimelech
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not a judge: name = "my father is king"
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Jephthah
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sacrifices his daughter
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Samson
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strength in hair, brings down Philistine temple
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Samuel
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1st major prophet, anoints Saul and David
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Eli
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high priest when Samuel is young, two sons scoundrels
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Saul
Definition
1st king of united monarchy (Israel
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Abner
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Saul's general
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David
Definition
run away from Saul --> Saul dies --> becomes king --> Davidic covenant
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Joab
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David's general/nephew
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Jonathan
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Saul's son, dies with father. Saul in civil war
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Ishbaal/Ishbosheth
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Saul's son
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Absalom
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David's son, leads rebellion/civil war with david. killed
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Bathesheba
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affair with David, pregnant with Solomon
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Shishak
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pharoah of Egypt
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Rehoboam
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son of Solomon, inherited a united kingdom (1st king of Judah)
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Jeroboam I
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1st king of Israel
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Omri
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defeated Zimri, king of Israel, moved capital to Samaria
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Ahab
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son of Omri, bad king, influenced by Phoenician wife Jezebel
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Elijah
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anoints 3, but only one (Elisha)
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Elisha
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prophet after Elijah
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Mesha
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king of moab
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Hazael
Definition
Tel-Dan Stele, king of Aram
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Shalmanezer III
Definition
Assyrian king
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Jehu
Definition
King of Israel
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Tiglath-Pileser III
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king of Assyria that began the final destruction of the Northern kingdom of Israel
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Sennacherib
Definition
Assyrian emperor. destroys Israel
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Josiah
Definition
son of Amon, greatest king of Judah ever had, killed by Pharoah Necho
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Jehoachin
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3 month rule, deported him and royal family, by Nebudchadnezzer to Babylon
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Zedekiah
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son of Josiah last king of Judah, destroyed by Nebudchadnezzer
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Nebudchadnezzer
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Babylonian king, destroys Solomon's temple (S. Kingdom Judah)
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Cyrus II
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conquered Babylon and made Persia supreme ruler in Near East
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Atraxerxes I
Definition
king of Persia commissions Ezra/Nehamiah to go back to Israel
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