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17 Cards in this Set
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Negative consequences of asking for a King |
1. He will take tenth of your flocks 2. Take you for slaves 3. God considered it as a rejection of his kingship over the people |
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Event before Israel asked for a king |
Routing of the Philistines |
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Positive effects of Having a Monarchy |
1. Strong central leadership 2. Holy City was created (Jerusalem) 3. A dynasty was formed from King David's line where the Messiah would come from |
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Negative effects of Having a Monarchy |
1. King David's ill fated affair with a married woman,Bathsheba 2. Solomon compromised his faith in God for the sake of political alliances 3. Encouraged polytheistic worship
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"United" Monarchy |
Saul, David and Solomon |
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Philistines were threatened in two ways |
Weapon and Military Strength |
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Saul |
Tall, good-looking; Fragile mental state Failed to establish a central government |
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David |
Handsome, musician, fearless and faithful to God Successful military leader Considered a better king than Saul Dynasty where Jesus came from |
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Solomon |
Positive: the two women fighting over one kid Negative: heavy tax, people as slaves, ostentatious palance |
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The Division of the Monarchy |
Northern (Israel) : Jeroboam - 2 tribes (Benjamin and Judah) Southern (Judah): Rehoboam - The other ten tribes |
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Capital of Israel |
Shechem, then Tirzah |
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Prophet Elijah |
fought with the priests of Baal; a prophet from the South; convert the people who worshipped Baal to worship Yahweh |
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King Ahab |
King of the North when Elijah was a prophet; he worshipped Baal |
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Prophet Amos |
worship of God must show itself in good deeds to the poor and lowly; criticized the lifestyle of the rich |
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Deportation |
the Assyrian military strategy of removing |
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Hezekiah |
King of the South who aligned himself to the Assyrians to escape their wrath |
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Nebuchadnezzar |
Young prince of the tribe of Chaldea who defeated the Assyrians |
