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| brother of moses makes 2 golden calves when moses is on mountain praying to god |
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father of Israel
1st covenant with God |
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| King of Israel Husband of Jezebel challenged by Elijah |
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| prophet under jeroboam phrophesizes jeroboam's death and Day of the Lord |
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son of Adam and Eve
Farmer
brother Abel was herder
Kills Abel-into exile |
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King of Persia
considered messiah because he rebuild temple in Jerusalem |
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King of Israel after Saul (samuel predicts he will become king)
Moabite blood
fights Goliath |
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wife of Samson
works for Philistines to figure out how to weaken him
Eventually cuts his hair taking away his strength |
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major prophet who protests the worship of Baal during Ahab's rule
God kills Baal's prophets
understudy is Elisah |
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| twin brother of Jacob is tricked into selling Jacob his birthright |
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uncovers the likeness of the glory of god in his theophany of chariot of fire
God is worshiped outside of Israel
Valley of dry bones brought to life
Two sticks become one-Israel & Judah |
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priest during King Cyrus' rule
denounces mixed marriages
get rid of your foreign wives-question of David's moabite ancestors |
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| Judge who declined being king because God is king |
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| philistine champion/giant whom david fought and defeated |
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| Ruled Palestine including Judea and Galilee (37-4 BCE) ruthless in elimination of would-be rivals rebuilt temple in Jerusalem Part Arabian Keep Pax Romana and collect tax as puppet of Rome |
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Son of Abraham and Sarah husband of Rebekah father of Esau and Jacob
first to be circumcised
give jacob what is supposed to be Esau's blessing |
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major prophet predict coming of messiah
condemns Israel and Judah for breaking covenant
assures king that Zion will withstand Assyrians and that a king will be born who will be a savior
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praises King Cyrus as God's messiah to lead the Jews back to Judah |
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| Brother of Isaac Son Abraham Father of Arab people |
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brother of Esau-holding heal, he who supplants
journey to haran to get wives-rachel & leah
theophany of Jacob's ladder into heaven
father of 12 tribes of Israel
name changed to Israel-he who strives with God-after God touches his hip-injured=sacred don't eat the hip (kosher law) |
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| major prophet challenges unconditional covenant with new conditional covenant |
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wife Ahab who convinces Ahab to build temples for Baal and to worship Baal
Angers God and is fed to the dogs |
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prophet who predicts Jesus as messiah
contemporary of Jesus
Baptizes Jesus |
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author of the Apocalypse-a combination of letters to 7 churches in Asia Minor and eschatological interpretations of the present and future
living under house arrest on Island of Patmos |
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| Told to preach at Nineveh but refuses/runs away so God puts him in "time out" in belly of fish |
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favorite son of Jacob and Rachel
sold into slavery by brothers
Becomes Pharoah's right hand man |
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leads after Moses During Exodus
spied for Moses in Jericho |
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| Betrays Jesus for 30 pieces of silver |
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| Dead for 4 days but Jesus raises him from the dead |
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Abraham's nephew
sleeps with daughters after destruction of Soddom and Gomorrah-Amon and Moab=Amonites and Moabites- nations that Israel is supposed to be separate from |
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| follower of Jesus who is the first to find the empty tomb and first witness of the resurrection |
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Leader of Israel during Exodus-leads out of Egypt
Brother of Aaron name means "to draw out"
Brought up by daughter of Pharoah
translated from God the ten commandments
dies in wilderness joshua comes next |
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court prophet who anoints David and supports kings
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King of Babylonian Empire overthrows Judah
exile of elite to Babylon
Destroys Solomon's temple in Jerusalem-End of Davidic Dynasty |
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Father of Shem and Canaan
Captain of the Ark |
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author of Epistles
formally Saul of Tarsus
Disciple of Jesus |
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denies Jesus 3 times
at pentecost preaches about Jesus in Asia Minor |
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Governor of Rome when Jesus is condemned to death
washes his hands of Jesus' blood after trying to defend him |
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| Prostitute in Jericho that helps the Israelite spies by hiding them in return she and her family are spared when Jericho is overthrown by Israel |
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husband of Delilah whose strength comes from his hair=nazirite vow
defeated by Philistines through Delilah-cuts his hair |
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Last Judge of Israel before Kings rule-Saul
Warn the people against kings
Court Critic of Saul
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wife of Abraham mother of Isaac
original name Sarai |
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First King in Israel-bad king because he sacrifices without proper authority
Defeated by David |
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Son of Bathsheba and David and was preferred by God to be King
Youngest brother to Ahijah and Adonijah
Consolidates reign and kills all of David's enemies including Joab |
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| first Christian martyr-stoned to death |
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