Theology 9: Chapter 5

The biblical books of Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, and 1-2 Kings, which discuss God's relationship with his people during the periods when they were led by Joshua, the Judges, and the Kings of Israel and Judah.

• Deuteronomistic History
• Torah
• Minor Prophets
• Nazirites

This is the repeated pattern found throughout Deuteronomistic History in which the Israelites would be defeated by their enemies after sinning, but then be victorious over them after they repent and change their sinful ways.

• Deuteronomic Cycle
• The Ban
• House of David
• Diaspora

Before Moses dies, he turns leadership over to this man who brings the Israelites into the Promised Land of Canaan that God gave to them as Abraham's descendants.

• Joshua
• Saul
• David
• Solomon

This was God's command to the Israelites to destroy everything belonging to the foreign inhabitants of the Promised Land that they conquered under Joshua's leadership.

• The Ban
• Diaspora
• Synagogue
• Typology

These were eleven men and one woman called by God to serve as leaders and military commanders before the Israelites formed a kingdom in the Promised Land.

• Judges
• Nazirites
• Samaritans
• Prophets

These were people, including the judges Samson and Samuel, who were consecrated to God through a vow to remain in a holy and pure state.

• Nazirites
• Samaritans
• Maccabees
• Babylonians

This prophet was the last judge of Israel, and he anointed Saul and David as the first two kings of Israel.

• Samuel
• Solomon
• Jeroboam
• Rehoboam

This was the first king of Israel who often failed to obey God's commands and who ended his own life after God allowed him to lose a battle against Israel's enemies.

• Saul
• David
• Solomon
• Samuel

This was the second king of Israel with whom God made a covenant promising that his royal dynasty would last forever because of his faithfulness to God during most of his life.

• David
• Saul
• Solomon
• Samuel

This was the name of the line of descendants whose throne God promised would be firmly established forever.

• House of David
• Assyrian Empire
• Babylonian Empire
• Persian Empire