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OLD TESTAMENT FINAL
People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adam | The first human created and ancestor of all later humans |
| Eve | The first woman, made from Adam’s side, ancestor of all later humans |
| Cain | Son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother because God rejected his offering |
| Abel | Son of Adam and Eve whose offering God accepted but who was killed by his brother |
| Seth | Son of Adam and Eve who was born after Abel’s death, ancestor of Noah |
| Noah | Righteous man whom God saved from the flood along with his family, with whom God made a covenant |
| Abraham | previously named Abram but renamed by God; called by God to travel to a new nation and given a covenant promising many descendants who would inherit the land of Canaan and enjoy a relationship with God that would make them a blessing. |
| Sarah | formerly called Sarai but renamed by God; the wife of Abraham through whom his descendants would come; infertile for many years but miraculously gives birth to Isaac. |
| Hagar | a servant of Sarah whom she gives to Abraham for the purpose of having children, resulting in the birth of Ishmael |
| Ishmael | the first son of Abraham, born to Hagar. Not the child who inherits the promises but still made into a great nation. |
| Isaac | the promised son born to Abraham and Sarah, who is almost sacrificed but spared at the last minute and becomes the father of Jacob and Esau |
| Rebekah | the wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau, who prefers her younger son, Jacob, and helps him trick his father into blessing him. |
| Jacob | the son of Isaac and Rebekah, who steals his birthright and blessing from his older brother, is renamed Israel, and becomes the father of twelve sons. |
| Esau | the son of Isaac and Rebekah, older brother of Jacob who plans to kill Jacob after he steals his birthright and blessing but eventually reconciles with him. |
| Leah | Older sister of Rachel and wife of Jacob, who was tricked into marrying her. Mother of Judah and three other sons. |
| Rachel | Younger sister of Leah and wife of Jacob who favors her over his other wives. Mother of Joseph and Benjamin |
| Joseph | favored son of Jacob, sold into slavery in Egypt but rises to power and saves the family. |
| Judah | son of Jacob and brother of Joseph, responsible for selling Joseph into slavery but also for trying to save Benjamin. |
| Benjamin | Younger brother of Joseph, and new favored son of Jacob when he thinks Joseph is dead. |
| Moses | an Israelite who God called to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, mediate their covenant with God, and guide them to the Promised Land |
| Aaron | the brother of Moses who helped him lead the Israelites out of slavery and eventually became the first high priest, despite building the golden calf. |
| Joshua | The successor to Moses, who led the Israelites while they were conquering the Promised Land |
| Rahab | A woman from Jericho who hid Israelite spies, thereby saving both herself and her family |
| The Gibeonites | A group of Canaanites who tricked Israel into making a covenant promising not to fight them |
| Achan | A man who took items from Jericho that should have been dedicated to God, resulting in Israel’s military defeat. |
| Othniel | Israel’s first judge, who is presented as the paradigm of what a judge should be |
| Gideon | A judge who delivered Israel from the Midianites, a much larger army |
| Abimelech | Son of Gideon who killed his brothers and attempted to become king of Israel |
| Samuel | Priest and prophet who governed Israel for many years and then anointed its first two kings |
| Saul | The first king of Israel, who disobeyed God, so none of his sons became the next king |
| David | King of Israel in the united kingdom period, depicted as very faithful to God (despite some sins), making him a model for future kings and promised a dynasty that would last forever |
| Solomon | King of Israel in the united kingdom period, known for building the temple and for wisdom; ultimately turned from God because of influence of foreign wives |
| Jonathan | Son of Saul, who became a loyal friend of David and saved David from his own father |
| Michal | Daughter of Saul, who fell in love with and married David and saved his life |
| Bathsheba | Woman whom David slept with while she was married to someone else, married David when her first husband died and became the mother of Solomon |
| Jeroboam | First king of Israel in the divided kingdom period; had been an official of Solomon but led a rebellion after a prophet told him he would become king |
| Rehoboam | First king of Judah; foolishly threatened to demand more forced labor from the northern tribes, leading them to break away, causing the division of the kingdom |
| Elijah | Prophet in Israel during the divided kingdom period who is best known for performing miracles and opposing worship of the Canaanite storm god Baal |
| Ahab | King of Israel during the divided kingdom period who built a temple to the Canaanite storm god Baal and committed many other sins |
| Jezebel | Queen of Israel who encouraged her husband to promote worship of Canaanite gods and commit other sins |
| Josiah | King of Judah best known for reforming worship to align with laws in Deuteronomy, especially removing places of worship outside the Jerusalem temple and reinstituting Passover |
| Manasseh | King of Judah whose many sins (including setting up altars to Canaanite gods in the Jerusalem temple) led God to decide to destroy the kingdom of Judah |
| Nebuchadnezzar | King of Babylon who conquered Jerusalem and exiled many of the people of Judah to Babylon |
| Cyrus | King of Persia who gave the exiles from Judah permission to return and rebuild the temple |
| Zerubbabel | Descendant of David who led the first group of returned exiles and served as governor while the temple was rebuilt |
| Ezra | Priest and scribe who led the second group of returned exiles with the purpose of teaching the people about God’s law |
| Nehemiah | Leader of the third group of returned exiles, who served as governor and rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem |
| Amos | A prophet from Judah but who prophesied in Israel during the divided kingdom period and wrote about judgment coming on Israel and other nations due to mistreatment of the vulnerable. |
| Hosea | A prophet in Israel during the divided kingdom period who was told to marry an adulteress and buy her out of slavery after she betrayed him as a symbol of God’s love for Israel. |
| Jeremiah | A prophet in Judah just before the Babylonian exile who tried to warn the Judahites about the exile. The book named after him also includes a prediction of a new covenant, where all sin would be forgiven and the law would be written on people’s hearts. |
| Zechariah | A prophet who urged the first wave of returned exiles from Babylon to start rebuilding the temple. His book is one of the first to contain some elements of apocalyptic literature. |
| Daniel | A prophet who was taken into exile in Babylon and rose to prominence in the Babylonian and Persian courts. Many scholars question whether he wrote the book named after him and even whether he was a real person. The book named after him is half narrative, |
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