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What did God call Moses to do? |
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Leave his home and seek out a new nation where he would have many children |
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Sarah's slave who had a child (Ishmael) with Abraham to speed up God's process for a great nation. After, she was banished from their journey |
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Abraham's wife who was barren for most of her life. |
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What wee Abraham and Sarah's original names? |
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What was Abraham's covenant with God? |
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If Abraham was obedient to God, he would make him a father of a great nation with children as numerous as the grains of sand |
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Where did Abraham got to sacrifice Isaac? |
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How long did Abraham hike up the mt.? |
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Who stopped the sacrifice of isaac? |
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the angel of the Lord, who told him it was a test of faith/obedience |
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Abraham and Sarah's son who fulfilled God's words |
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How did Jacob steal the birthright? |
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In return for a bowl of soup, he tricked blind Isaac by covering himself in sheepskin |
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Who was Rebekah's favorite son? |
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Why did Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery? |
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they were jealous because he was Jacob's favorite |
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How did Joseph's brother's deceive their father in convincing him Joseph was dead? |
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they smeared lamb's blood on his ripped coat and told their father he'd been eaten by a lion |
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Who was Joseph's master as a slave? |
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How did Joseph's brothers send him away? |
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they sold him to slave traders |
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Why did Joseph get promoted to vizier? |
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for interpreting the Pharaoh's dreams correctly |
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the second in command in Egypt |
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Why was Joseph thrown in jail? |
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Potiphar's wife got angry when Joseph rejected her so she claimed that he came onto her |
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Why were the 10 plagues upon Egypt? |
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because Pharaoh wouldn't let Moses' people go |
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What convinced the Pharaoh to let them go? |
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the mass exit of the Israelites from Egypt |
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WHere were the 10 commandments made? |
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How long was Moses on Mt. Sinai? |
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What happened when Moses was on Mt. Sinai that made him break the tablets? |
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11 tribes started worshipping a golden calf. |
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What happened to the 11 tribes who worshipped the calf? |
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they were all killed by order of God |
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Who took Moses' spot when he passed? |
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What river did Joshua part? |
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What did Joshua carry through the River? |
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What city did the Israelites conquer? |
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How did the Israelites conquer Jericho? |
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they marched for 6 days around the walls, blew the trumpets on the 7th and the walls fell down |
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the first king anointed by Samuel to rule the Israelites |
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the second king to rule the Israelites anointed by Samuel, who also killed Goliath |
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a giant Philistine warrior |
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with a stone from David's slingshot |
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a woman David watched bathing on the rooftop, whom he had an affair with, and whose husband was later killed by David due to her pregnancy |
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What were the 3 things Solomon was known for? |
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How many wives and concubines did Solomon have? |
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700 wives, 300 concubines |
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What was an example of Solomon's wisdom? |
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when the true mothers were tested with chopping the baby in half |
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David's son, the third king of the Israelites |
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What did Solomon build with his wealth? |
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the 1st temple in Jerusalem |
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WHo was the Treaty of Kadesh between? |
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The Egyptians and the Hittites |
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What were the Phoenicians known as? |
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What was the significance of the Phoenician alphabet? |
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ours is based of of their alphabet |
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What was the city of Byblos famous for? |
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What was wine stored in in Phoenicia? |
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How were the Philistines depicted? |
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What was the main profession for the Philistines? |
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agriculture and farming, not war as some may think |
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What were the Lydians known for? |
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their wealth and the invention of coinage |
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What was the Assyrian style of rule? |
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they were brutal, and controlled with fear(psychological warfare) |
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What did the Assyrians do to their conquered people? |
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Deported them to prevent rebellion, mutilated them, raped women |
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Who did the Assyrians conquer? |
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The 10 lost tribes of Israel |
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What was the Geography of Assyria? |
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they were organized into city-states |
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What was the Assyrian style of warfare? |
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psychological warfare, with huge raids in which everything was plundered they had infantry, cavalry, chariots, and different techniques of getting into a place |
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Who was the Battle of Lachish between? What was the outcome? |
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Assyria and Judah(2 tribes remaining) the Assyrians annihilated the Jews |
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What happened at the Battle of Jerusalem? What was its outcome? |
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Hezekiah(the Jewish ruler), the Jews won either because of Assyrian disease or they bribed for peace |
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Who were the rulers at the Battle of Jerusalem? |
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Why did the Jews love Cyrus? |
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because he let them return to Jerusalem and rebuild their temple |
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What was the Persian coin called? |
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the Daric after king Darius |
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What was Cyrus known for? |
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his expansion of the Persian Empire |
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Why did Cyrus like the Jews? |
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because they were monotheistic like him |
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Why was the Persian religion? |
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Zoroastrism, founded by Zoroaster it was Dualistic(good or evil) |
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Who was the chief Zoroaster god? |
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What was the Persian style of rule? |
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they ruled gently as long as their people obeyed, and for the most part, they did they respected tradition |
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What were Persian people ruled by? |
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local rulers called satraps |
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What was the Persian capital? |
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