Exam 18: The Southern Kingdom of Judah in the Eighth and Early Seventh Centuries BCE

Ahaz was all of the following except:

_____________ was a nineteenth-century ce scholar who saw problems with the unity of Isaiah.

Second Isaiah probably dates to the ___________ century bce.

Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem was a part of the same campaign that destroyed Samaria.

The Lachish reliefs depict scenes from the siege of Jerusalem.

All were apparently children of Isaiah except:

The _____________ is a mythological account of the divine judgment of the end-time.

Nineveh was captured by the Babylonians in the year:

The biblical writers who discuss this period in Israelite history describe Hezekiah's reign as pivotal. Why was Hezekiah important both for the history of Israel and to the biblical writers who mention him?

The prophet Micah is from the town of _____________________.

Every prophecy in the book of Micah likely originated with the eighth century prophet.

Interpreters have identified Immanuel with all of the following except:

Isaiah was apparently a court prophet for kings Hezekiah and Manasseh.

The Syro-Ephraimite War occurred in:

The Syro-Ephraimite War is not mentioned in biblical texts.

Isaiah's inaugural vision is of a meeting of the divine council.

Chapters 56-66 of Isaiah are referred to as ______________________.

Every source neglects to mention Hezekiah's payment of tribute to Sennacherib except:

Compare the contemporary prophets Isaiah and Micah. To whom do they prophesy and in what contexts? What messages do these prophets convey? Discuss any significant similarities and differences in their messages.

Many scholars believe that the book of Micah was expanded to refer to the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem in the fifth century BCE.