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chapter 5 notes
The Land study guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Joshua | |
| Rahab | |
| Gideon | the leader of the tribe manasseh then comes under oppression by modianite desert dwellers who raid the land and ruin its crops |
| Baal | an idol that the people were worshiping and who Gideon ruined |
| Deborah | a judge and prophet and was a magistrate of the tribe of Naphtali who decided local disputes for her people |
| Jael | wife of sisera's friend who serves sisera when he comes |
| Sisera | has an army who fleas to go to Jael |
| Barack | fearfully agreed to go if deborah will go with him |
| Samson | falls in love with a philistine women and kills a lion barehanded and his hair was his strenth |
| Delilah | a woman brided by the philistines to find the secrets of samsons strength |
| Ruth | the wife of one of Naomis sons and creates a great relationship with naomi |
| Naomi | has two sons to start life again on the plain of moab and had a love for young women |
| Boaz | a kingsman of naomis late husband and a man of wealth and influences |
| god chooses unlikely people | what is the purpose of the book of Joshua |
| Judges: | what is the main purpose of the books of Joshua/ Judges/ Ruth |
| a history of self- examination and consisted of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings/ was written | what is the Deuteronomic History/ what books are included/ when was it written |
| as the priests' feet touch the water it stops flowing so they can walk through | what happens as the israelites cross the jordan river |
| create a stone memorial that each tribe had carried across the river -- totaled 12 rocks | what are the first things they do when they get into Canaan |
| deep peace of god | what is shalom |
| devotion to god for destruction | what is the ban- is it meant to give us moral direction about war |
| they were defeated at the city of Ai because of Achan a man who disobeyed the ban and stole loot | what happened at Ai |
| called this because the refuge was usually at a religious place, protecting people from vengence | what is sanctuary |
| book of deliverers | what could the book of judges also be called |
| a tribal leader through whom god delivers the people from destruction | what is a judge- what were they like |
| 12 total with 6 major and minor | how many were there (minor/ major) |
| what is a nazrite | |
| his hair | what is samson's strength |
| he causes his own death | how does samson die |
| to marvel at the kind of people god can make use of/ to provide stories for the exile/ to remind the exiles of how their nation had become weak | what is the purpose of the story of samson |
| to teach how god could create a blessed ending out of difficult situation/ to tell how it came about that king david had a gentile (non jew) as his great grandmother | what is the purpose of the book of ruth |
| 1. sin- idol worship, self-indulgence) 2. attacked and persecuted by enemies. 3. repent and ask god for help. 4. god forgives- and gives them a judge and they triumph over their enemies (sin/ disaster/ repentance/ deliverance) | what is the destructive cycle |