Monday, July 11, 2011

ISRAEL'S POSTEXILIC HISTORY: LESSON 3 WORKSHEET

LESSON 3 QUESTIONS:


1. Why would special attention be given to Judah’s family?


2. Who is this Jabez named in 4:9?


3. Identify Othniel (4:13). What do you know about him from other references in the Bible?


4. Who was Shelah? What do you learn about him from earlier Biblical reference?


5. What were some of the occupations of the descendants of Judah?


6. Where did the tribe of Simeon take its possession? Name some of the principal cities.


7. What was meant by the expression “a wide land”??


8. Carefully locate Mt. Seir.


9. Who was the great ancestor of the Amalekites?


10. Why did Reuben lose his birthright?


11. With regard to birthright, why was Judah preferred over Joseph?


12. Who is Tilgath-pileser of 5:6?


13. Where did the tribe of Reuben take its possession? Locate the territory.


14. Carefully locate the regions inhabited by the tribe of Gad.


15. Name the three Hebrew tribes that lived beyond the Jordan eastward.


16. With whom did these tribes east of the Jordan go to war? Why were they able to win?


17. What is meant by “the captivity”?


18. Locate Mount Hermon and name the Hebrew tribe located in this region.


19. Why were the trans-Jordanic tribes deported? Who carried them away?


20. Name the sons of Levi.


21. Who was Amram? Name his children.


22. Name the sons of Aaron.


23. Who was Phinehas.


24. Who was Ahitub? In what other connection do you learn of him in the Bible?


25. What distinction did Azariah hold (6:10)?


26. Name the sons of Samuel. What kind of men were they?


27. What did David do with the Levites?


28. What special services were performed by Aaron and his sons?


29. Name the cities of refuge. Compare these names with the record in Joshua 21:20-39.


30. Why were the cities of refuge appointed?

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