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

Omri moved the capital to ________________.

Jezebel was a(n):

This king of Israel is depicted on the Black Obelisk bowing in submission:

Jeroboam established two shrines, one at _______________ and the other at ______________.

______________ saw the vision of "all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd."

The northern dynasty of Omri had ___________ kings.

Tirzah was the first capital of the northern kingdom.

__________ is the divinely appointed successor to Elijah.

The northern king ________________ formed political alliances with Phoenicia through his own marriage and with Judah through the marriage of his daughter:

The only female monarch of either Israel or Judah was:

None of Israel's battles with Moab is recorded in Kings.

The book of Kings states that Mesha of Moab defeated the Israelites because of:

Northern Israel probably broke away because of Solomon's taxation.

Jeroboam I was Solomon's oldest son.

The dynastic principle of succession was well established in the southern kingdom of Judah.

Describe the relationship between prophets and kings in 1 Kings 12-2 Kings 14. How did the prophets influence the monarchs? How could prophets make or break a king?

Explain the importance of nonbiblical sources for the study of 1 Kings 12-2 Kings 14. What are these sources, and how can they be correlated or synthesized with the biblical sources to create a more stable chronology? Why does this period of biblical history see an increase in corroborating evidence from outside the Bible?

A prophet's ecstatic state can be contagious.

The Urim and Thummim were used for divination.

Both Elijah and Elisha perform all the following feats except: