Exam 16: The Divided Kingdoms of Israel and Judah From the Late Tenth to the Early Eighth Centuries BCE

In the ninth century bce, Israel and Judah were allied against this king of Aram-Damascus:

The tenth century bce marks the first time that biblical events are corroborated by nonbiblical sources.

Ahab's son ____________ joined forces with Jehoshaphat against Moab.

Elijah and Elisha are both prophets from the northern kingdom of Israel.

All are mentioned as women prophets except:

What role did queens and queen mothers play in Israel and Judah? Does the Deuteronomistic History present a balanced picture of the role of these women in both the northern and southern kingdoms?

Rehoboam engaged in a systematic defensive buildup that included fortifying major cities on his border because of:

Who was not a "professional" prophet?

The book of Malachi ends with an apocalyptic prediction of the return of ____________?

The northern kingdom of Israel fell to Assyrian in _____________ and the southern kingdom of Judah fell to Babylonia in _______________.

The first king of the northern kingdom was:

All were forms of divination except:

The prophet ____________________ predicts the end of Baasha's dynasty.

The northern kingdom of Israel was larger than the southern kingdom of Judah.

Each term refers to someone who delivers divinely sent messages except:

Jezebel presided over prophets of the deities _____________ and ____________.

All are themes in the Elijah/Elisha cycle except:

The Hebrew word gebira means "________________."

What leader erected the Black Obelisk?

Describe the relationship between the southern kingdom of Judah and the northern kingdom of Israel in the late tenth to early eighth centuries bce. How did each of these kingdoms evolve and change after they separated?