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106 Cards in this Set
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samuel
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prohet to whom the isrealites make a request for a king
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gidian
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after his victory he built a memorial which the isrealites proceed to worship
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johnathon
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general, under david, who avenges the death of his brother
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achen
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brings about a defeat for joshuas army by not following gods orders
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solomon
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king of isreal who imposes taxes in forced labor upon his people
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saul
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offers a wartime sacrafice himself instead of waiting for a priest
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gidian
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has a dream to destory the alter
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abner
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general who switches sides in a power struggle
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samuel
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unwritten prohpet who advices david
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micheal
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saves david from his father saul
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joshua and the people of God
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brings down the walls of jericho
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Joshua
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leads the isrealites into canan
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saul
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thinking that he deserves spoils of war he forgets the band and takes an enemy king and lifestyle
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michael
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in order to weaken davids claim to the throne, she is taken and given to another man
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deborahs
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female judge and prophet who fights general seseria and his chariots
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naomi
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gleans from boaz's feild with ruth
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warns saw that the key to his success is fidelity to god
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samuel
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hometown is bethlehem
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david
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king of isreal, known for his wisdom
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solomon
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shows sympathy to the widows
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boaz
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saves her first husband a shepard from david
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abigail
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secret to his strength is his hair
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samson
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swears that he will never kill saul or sauls family
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david
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sacraficed inorder to cover up the kings sin
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uriah
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considered a barren, women, she gave birth to samuel
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hannah
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he establishes the covenant of convenants with god
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moses
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god tells him to lead his people to the promise land
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moses
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his offering wasn't as pleaseing as his brothers
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cain
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his offering was more pleasing than his brothers
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abel
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he is told to prepare an ark to save his family
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noah
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he prays to god for a son more than anything else
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abraham
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he is considered the father of the three largest monothesiest religion in the world
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abraham
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god test him by asking him to sacrifice his only son
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abraham
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servant who is used as the back up plan for providng an error
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hagar
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laughs when it is suggested that she would have a child
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abraham and sarah
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result of the backup plan who becomes father of arab and beduin peoples
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ishmael
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abraham and sarahs son
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isaic
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he has many sons but the one he thinks is special
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joseph
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tricked by his borthers into handing over his blessings and inheritence
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jacob
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conspires with her second son to get his fathers blessing
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sarah
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his borhters sell him into slavery
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joseph
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can interperet dreams
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joseph
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moses' brother, who makes a golden calf
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aaron
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moses' sister, who with moses sings a cantical praising of god
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mariam
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carries on the mission of his mentor
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elijah
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longest and most influential of the prohetic boos is atributed to him
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issaih
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most of he jews of the first century sbecame christian
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false
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sin is essentialy refusing to acknowledge god as god an ourselves as dependent of god
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true
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god sometimes creates suffering and injustice inthe world
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true
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the isrealites were often reminded that being chosen meant that they were more worthy than other people
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false
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the first part of genesis explains why things went wrong in the world that god created to be good
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true
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feroa consense to free the isrealites
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false
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it can be considered stealing when a person with abundance does not share with others who lack neccesities
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true
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today, the commandment against false witnesses is to forbid all types of lying
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true
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when the isrealites wroship the golden calf it shows that when god seems to be absent
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true
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the conveant with sinai surpassed all other convenants in the minds of biblical editors
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false
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god allows moses and aron to enter the promise land
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false
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the isrealites struggle with wherether to be like other nations or to be something different
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true
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by the end of era of the judges, isreal was ready to one people under gods law
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true
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despite davids failings the scripture writers repidatly held him up as a model of faithfulness
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true
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no person or animal in jericho survied the srealites seege
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false
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joshua represented everything htat isreal was supposed to be- complletely faithful to god
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true
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god is please with solomons reign becuase he remained wise and faithful throughout lfe
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false
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after elijah dies a belief arose taht he would retun to announce the coming of messiah
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ture
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isaiahs prohecy7s that only defeat forjerusalem but also hope after the exile
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true
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micah points to bethlehem as a place to which the messiah the dash king will come
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false
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you shall not have any other gods before me
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you shall not take the lords name in vain
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3
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remember to keep the sabbath day holy
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honor your father and your mother
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you shall not commit murder
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you shall not commit adultery
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you shall not steal
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you shall not bare false witnesses to your neighbor
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you shall not covet yours neighbors wife
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you shall not covet your neighbors goods
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how many books are in the ot
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47
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what is salvation history
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the story of gods actions in the peoplpes responses over many centuries
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what is the main difference between juahism and christianity
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chrsitianity is centered around 1 person
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the four sections of the catholic canan include
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the law books, historical books, widome books, and the prohetic books
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what tree messages
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they were words from there own families, how to live a fithful life, people still loved them and god was on there side
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the inspried word of god contains religious truths that is
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which is not the same as historical accuracy or scientific explanations
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known in the jewish faith as the torah, this is their primary scriptural authority in matters of belief and pracitce
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pentatuch
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why does the writer of hte creation story include god resting on the seventh day?
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to emphasize the importance of the resting on the sabbath
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what was hte difference between the babalonians view of creation and humanity as apposed ot hte jewish view of creation and humanity
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the balonian view is that there gods were hateful and dis-stressful
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what is one of the reasons why the exodus stories were important to the jews of exile
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so the jews of the exile would know that they arent the only ones gone through this and to compare the similarities
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jesus celebrated a cedar meal just before he died
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last supper
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the unusal thing about hte burning bush is that
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it was burning but not consumed
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the catholic use of unleavend bread in communion is rooted in the use of
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unleavend bread cuase the jews were in a hurry adn they also used it in teh cedar meal
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the idolatry can be understood as
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replacing god with money or greed
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preist in ancient isreal wre members of this tribe
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levite
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the final plague moses predicts for egypt is ironic becuase
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the first born will die and that is what pharoah did to all the jewish first borns
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when we say the siani covenant is the covenant of covenants this means
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that they go above all else nop matter what convenants were before this one
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the death of moses is ironic in that his life goal
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was to get the isrealites into cannan but god wouldnt let him in
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the biblical book called the deuteronomic history includes
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judges
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isreals exile was the result of them disowning god as in
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they turn their backs to him
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the point of the sun standing still until joshua and his army had overcome local kings is that
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god wil let the jews win before the sun went down
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the purpose of the book of ruth was
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to teach taht god could make a good outcome out of a bad situation
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what ws the point in that gods asking that gidian..
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so the army would know that god won it and not them
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why was jerusalem an ideal choice for isreals capital
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it never belonged to any of the 12 tribes
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the most famous example of solmons wisdom involves
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a baby getting chopped in half
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elisha
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the man that replaced elijah and he preformed miracles that brought ppl back to life
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elijah appears after his death at
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the transfiguration of jesus
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amos
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he didnt want people to go through the motions while in worsip
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hosea
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marries an unfaithful wife and puts her in trial he also wants to wait til she is reconciled with god
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what was isahs respons to the question posted in the temple
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whom shall i send, here i am send me
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