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name the 3 critical moments in Israel's history |
1. Fall of Samaria (722/721 BC) 2. Fall of Jerusalem (586) 3. Decree of Cyrus (539) |
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what biblical character foreshadowed saul? how? |
Samuel - Samuels name means heard of God - Saul's name means I asked (same root) - the book of Samuel is about kingship. This is what the people asked for
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where did Eli and Samuel minister? This is the place where God seems to be at work... |
Shiloh (even though Shiloh is considered where God dwells, it is the place of abandonment) |
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What was important about God's abandonment of Shiloh? |
Uses this as an example that he will abandon Jerusalem |
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Samuel was what 3 things |
priest, prophet, judge
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how was Samuel a priest? |
Offers sacrifices, wears ephod, acts as intermediary between people and God |
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how is Samuel a prophet? |
makes and breaks Kings, seer, divine approval for battle, and provided symbolic acts |
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how is Samuel a judge? |
Military leader that is raised up by God, leader in all Israel |
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who took the ark in 1st Samuel 4 |
Philistines |
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what does the travel of the Ark of the covenant show about God? |
his Sovereignty |
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why does Israel want a king? |
To be like the nations around it |
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who did Samuel set up as judges over Israel? |
His sons |
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how was Saul considered to be of divine approval? |
- Anointed – He was a man that God selected and he was God's anointed - Humble - humble origins and humble about his origins – Spirit of God came upon Saul - Benevolence – Saul showed mercy and acted like a benevolent king – Saul was not seeking a kingdom |
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how was Saul considered to have Divine abandonment? |
-unwarranted sacrifice – he did not wait for Samuel and decided offer sacrifices to the Lord - unwanted sacrifice – he committed sacrifices instead of obeying God's command to kill animals and people |
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what was the progression of Saul's jealousy of David? |
1. Let the Philistines kill him 2. Send David to the Philistines 3. Sends his messengers to kill David 4. Saul tries to kill David |
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what are the various definitions of Bayit |
dwelling Palace Temple Dynasty |
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what does chesed mean? |
covenant loyalty |
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what are the 2 types of covenant? |
1. Land-grant – unconditional treaty 2. Suzerain/vassal – conditional
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what is the basic premise of Zion theology? |
Israel is exempt of God's wrath because of his promise |
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how many men died because of David's sin with the census? |
70,000 |
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why is David and not Saul a man after God's own heart? |
David – accepted responsibility, repented, seeks after the Lord Saul – blamed, excuses, seeks after life of David |
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what causes 2 factions to form in 1 Kings 1 |
- Adonijah recognizes that David's rule is about to come to an end - naturally he is next in line in regard birth order that these factions mirror Saul and David |
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explain the 5 types of wisdom Solomon demonstrated in 1 Kings chapters 3 through 11 |
– local wisdom – 2 harlots and the baby - national – he sets up an administration. This allows the king to operate like a kingdom – international – alliances made with Hiram king of Tyre - national – construction of the temple - international - alliance with the Queen of Sheba (golden spices) |
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what are the 3P's for the production of the temple |
1. Precision – stonecutters was so wise that no construction sounds were heard at the temple 2. pricy materials – lots of gold, cedar 3. Purpose- missional |
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what was the missional function of Solomon's Temple? |
- the peoples of the earth know your name. - God's mission has always been to redeem the world |
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who do liberal scholars believe wrote Deuteronomy? |
Josiah |
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under what conditions will the Lord dwell in Solomon's Temple? |
if the people are faithful |
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what is the ancient concept of the cosmos? |
heaven, earth, sea |
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in what way was the Temple created to look like what they thought the cosmos looked like? |
heavens – above terrestrial – the cherubim Earth – everything that is made of soil sea – everything that is water |
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what does the holy of holies in Isaiah 6 resemble? |
Eden – where God dwells with man |
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what are the 2 big mistakes that Solomon makes? |
1. Solomon employed slaves to build the Temple 2. Solomon built high places for his wives' gods and married foreign women |
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what were the theological and political reasons for the kingdom splitting? |
Theological – Solomon's disobedience to uphold the covenant political – rebellion over harsh treatment (slavery) (Rehoabam ignored elders and listened to his friends about treatment)
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Judah's 1st King? First Capital? Tribes? dynasties? |
1st King? Rehoboam First Capital? Jerusalem Tribes? 2 dynasties? 1 (b/c every king of judah are david's descendants) |
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Israel 1st King? First Capital? Tribes? dynasties? |
1st King? Jeroboam First Capital? Shechem Tribes? 10 dynasties? 9 |
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earliest possible time frame for Kings to have been written? |
during the exile |
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earliest possible date for Chronicles to have been written? |
539 BC – after the exile / decree of cyrus |
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who was the author of Kings? |
Deuteronomistic Historian |
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what was the chief sin of Kings? |
idolatry |
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who is the author of Chronicles |
Chronicler |
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what was the chief sin of Chronicles? |
Failure to seek the Lord specifically at the temple |
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where are the Elijah and Elisha cycles absent from |
Chronicles |
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3 Ps of Rehoboam's achievements |
pious, political, personal |
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what was the formula for Kings? |
X years old, in year x, reigned X years, mom's name, did right or evil in the eyes of the Lord, followed in ways of David/father (or Jeroboam) / political (failed to take down high places) |
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what's the difference of good Kings and reforming Kings? |
Reforming Kings were the only ones who tore down the high places - Hezekiah & Josiah |
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who were the 5 non-literary prophets? |
Nathan, Ahijah, Elijah, Elisha, Micaiah |
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Nathan royal Association: prophetic message: role as King maker: role as King breaker: symbolic act: |
royal Association: David prophetic message: declared Davidic covenant, rebuked David role as King maker: Solomon role as King breaker: Adonijah (never a legit king) symbolic act: parable of rich man and one little ewe lamb |
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Ahijah royal Association: prophetic message: role as King maker: role as King breaker: symbolic act: |
royal Association: Jeroboam prophetic message: division of UK role as King maker: Jeroboam role as King breaker: Jeroboam symbolic act: for new government into 12 pieces (symbolic of new kingdoms division) |
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Elijah royal Association: prophetic message: role as King maker: role as King breaker: symbolic act: |
royal Association: Ahab/Ahaziah prophetic message: advocate of the oppressed/rebuke of Israel's idolatry role as King maker: Hazael and Jehu role as King breaker: Ahaziah symbolic act: |
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Elisha royal Association: prophetic message: role as King maker: role as King breaker: symbolic act: |
royal Association: entire region of Judah, Israel and Aram prophetic message: advocate of the oppressed/peace between Israel and Aram role as King maker: Jehu role as King breaker: Ben-hadad symbolic act: |
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who do Israel and Judah join together to fight (enemy of my enemy) |
Arameans (Aram) |
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when was the battle of Qarqar |
853 BC |
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when was the Syro-Ephraimite war? |
734 - 732 |
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when Israel and Aram allied against Judah who did Judah ally with |
Assyria |
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who conquered Samaria? |
Assyria Tiglath Pileser III Shalmeneser V Sargon II Sennacherib Esarhaddon Assurbanipal
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why did Samaria fall? (theological and politcal reason) |
theological- wicked king rebelled against Lord
political –Hoshea violated the vassal treaty covenant with Assyria |
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what did the Assyrians do to their enemies that they defeated? |
they relocated them - people became a mixed demographic/mixed breed |
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what are the 3 D's of fall of Jerusalem? |
Jerusalem destroyed temple demolished David dethroned |
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what was the main implication of the fall of Jerusalem? |
never again will the throne of David be established |
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what are the 4R's of reconstruction (and dates)? |
return from exile 539 rebuild the temple 515 restore the law 458 rebuild the walls 445 |
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what 3 places were prophets found outside of Israel? |
Ebla, Amar, Ugarit
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what does Baal-Shamayin mean? |
Lord of the heavens |
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what were the court prophets of ancient near East |
prophets hired by kings to give a positive message |
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what does ex eventu mean |
out of the event it refers to prophecy readings of the present what you find in ancient near eastern prophesies |
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what kind of prophecy was found in ancient near Eastern prophecies |
ex eventu |
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what is significant about Deuteronomy 18:9 – 22 |
this is the 2nd giving of the law at the plains of Moab |
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what are the 5P's of prophets (explain) |
precedent- what are the things that are necessary with are going to be happening for the prophetic office to be continuing
profile- someone who God will raise up to hear from him
purpose- to be a mediator between God and the people
procedure- "thus says the Lord" doesn't leave any room for interpretation
proof- fulfillment of prophecy |
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what is Jeremiah's rule of thumb and where is it located? |
Jeremiah 28- fulfillment of prophecy is necessary |
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how did false prophets get away with so many wrong prophecies? |
They would blame other people or say we did not read it the right way |
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majority of prophecy is not ____________________ |
predictive/foretelling |
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is the Old Testament primarily foretelling forthtelling? |
forthtelling |
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how does Matthew 2 fulfill what the text says in Hosea 11? |
Jesus was the fulfillment of Israel, the true representation of what Israel should be |
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what does sensus plenior mean? |
The full sense |
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what is the most common aspect of poetry that show clear standards and expectations? |
parallelism |
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what are the 3 types of (lowth?) parallelism |
synonymous – a = B line B says the same thing as line a but in different words
antethetic- A ≠ B line B says the exact opposite as line a
synthetic- a + B = C. Building up of ideas that develop a summary statement |
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According to Howard, biblical narrative is distinct from historical narrative elsewhere b/c biblical narrative tells its story for the purposes of ______________________ and __________________________________ (2 Tim 3:16-17) |
Edification and instruction |
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What's the name of the city that held the house of the Lord where Samuel and Eli ministered to the Lord? |
Shiloh |
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What practice did Hophni and Phinehas engage in which infertile women participated with the hope of being able to conceive? |
Took part in cult prostitution |
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1 Sam 1 |
Samuel's Birth Narrative |
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1 Sam 4:1-7:2 |
Ark narrative |
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1 sam 15 |
Lord rejects Saul as king |
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2 sam 7 |
Davidic covenant |
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2 Sam 11 |
David and Bathsheeba |
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2 Sam 9-20; 1 kings 1-2 |
Succession narrative |
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Date of the anointing of Saul as king |
1051 BCE |
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Date of the anointing of David as king |
1011 BCE |
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Death of David date |
971 BCE |
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what is the historical setting for 1 and 2 Sam? |
Early Iron Age (1200-1000) |
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who was Israel's primary external threat during the historical period of 1 and 2 Sam? |
Philistines |
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Why did Israel ask for a king? |
b/c they wanted to be like other nations |
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3 reasons why Saul was God's anointed |
1. Humble- didnt want to be king 2. strong military leader 3. chosen/anointed by God |
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Under a monarchic system, who was rightful successor to the throne? |
Firstborn/eldest son |
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When confronted with their sins, David accepted responsibility and repented but saul blamed others and ________________________________ |
made excuses |
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According to Martin Noth, which of the following is not a basic theme of Deuteronomistic history? a. graciousness of God's covenant and the special bond between God and His people b. evils of idolatry and a decentralized cult c. keeping of the New Covenant d. inevitability of reward and punishment, according to obedience or disobedience |
c. keeping the new covenant |
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Howard describes 3 different terms used by the author of 1-2 kings to refer to a prophet.. What are they? |
1. man of God 2. servants 3. son of the prophets |
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3 extrabiblical texts pertinent to the study of 1-2 Kings |
Gezer calendar kuntillet Ajrud finds yavneh yam letter Baruch and Jerahmeel seals Lachish letters |
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according to the deuteronomistic historian, good kings did what was ________________ in the eyes of the Lord and walked in the ways of _________________________, but failed to take down ________________________ |
right David / father (only if this father walked in the ways of David) the high places |
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what year did Nehemiah complete the walls of Jerusalem? |
445 |
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what year did zerubbabel complete the second temple? |
515 |
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what year was cyrus' decree |
539 |
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Describe how the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians treated those they conquered |
Assyrians dispersed people Babylonians brought the people in Persians let people go back to their land |
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DH (Deuternomistic historian) or C (Chronicler)?
1. chief sin was failure to seek the Lord, especially in temple
2. Has an interest in both northern kings and s. kings
3. lacks any mention of Elijah or Elisha |
1. C 2. DH 3. C |
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Name the good kings |
Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehu, Joash, Amaziah, Azariah, Jotham,
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name the bad kings |
Rehoboam, Abijah, Nadab, Manasseh, Jeroboam, Amon, Baasha, Ahab, Ahasiah, Jehoram, Ahaziah, Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, Zechariah, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Ahaz, Hoshea, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah |
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Name the reformer kings |
Hezekiah and Josiah |
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Name the differences between Kings and Chronicles |
Kings- Focus on consequence of sin, chief sin: idolatry, sins were cumulative, interest in North and Southern kings, Elijah/Elisha cycles
Chronicles- Accounts for blessings and curses, failure to seek the Lord (at temple), Still that way but potential for restoration, Interest primarily w/ southern kings, ejijah/elisha completely absent in chronicles |
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What is the United Monarchy? |
North (Israel) and South (Judah) were combined |
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why did the United Monarchy fall? |
Solomon employed slaves to build the temple (evidenced by the people's reaction to Rehoboam's kingship) |
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When was the Fall of Samaria
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(722/721 BC) |
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When was the Fall of Jerusalem |
(586) |
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When was the Decree of Cyrus |
(539) |
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Who was involved in the fall of Samaria? |
Assyria |
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Who was involved in the fall of Jerusalem? |
Babylon (3 attacks) |
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Who was involved in the decree of Cyrus? |
Persia |
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when did the united monarchy become divided? |
931 |
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Anointing of Solomon |
971 |
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When was the fall of Ninevah? |
612 |
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When was the battle of Carchemish? |
605 |
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Know this map! |
Know it |
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Why was the census considered a sin? |
tried to count people for the military premature building of the temple |
