Deep Roots Study Guide-Unit 7: The Kingdom is Divided

When Solomon chose to marry __________ women, his love for them and his association with their cultures turned his heart away from God.

• foreign

• attractive

• mean

• multiple

Sin distorts our view of reality and has a corrupting effect on our _______________.

• souls

• self-esteem

• friends

• individuality

Why did Jeroboam create two golden calves in the northern kingdom for the people to worship?

• He hated God and wanted his people to commit idolatry

• He didn't want the Israelites to go to Jerusalem to worship God, he was afraid they would again follow Rehoboam.

• The Israelites forced him to do it—Jeroboam was actually faithful to God.

• He planned to sell the golden calves to make a lot of money to build himself a palace.

What do many archaeological discoveries tell or confirm about the Bible?

• The Bible has no real history.

• The Bible interesting.

• The Bible is Accurate.

• The Bible is Holy.

After the Israelites rebelled against Rehoboam, they made __________________ their king just as the prophet had said.

• Ahijah

• Solomon

• Jeroboam

• Babylon

The idea that there are two equally powerful but opposing forces or beings in the universe, such as good and evil, or God and the devil is _______________________________.

• Corruption

• Manichaean dualism

• faithfulness

• steadfastness

Faithfulness is being steadfast in _________________, ______________, and devotion

• hope, kindness

• gentleness, goodness

• happiness, joy

• love, loyalty

___________________ is the ruin or decay of something healthy and good.

• Corruption

• Decency

• Dishonor

• Lying

Solomon's son, Rehoboam, told the Israelites that he was going to treat them even more ____________ than his father did.

• gently

• indifferently

• harshly

• generously

The truth about God that shows Manichaean dualism to be false. What is this truth about God?

• Manichaean dualism describes God as an All-Powerful Being and that is why it is false.

• God is not directly involved in the lives of his people. He is impersonal and therefore Manichaean dualism is false.

• God is all-powerful, personal, and loving. He is intimately involved in our daily lives. God and Satan are not equally powerful.

• God is disinterested in His people and has just as much power as Satan.