Chapter 13: The Establishment of the Monarchy

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Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 01

1. Describe the complicated character of Saul. How are we to understand the Deuteronomistic Historians’ depiction of him? How can we explain his choice and then rejection by God?

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 02

2. What can be said about the historicity of 1 Samuel’s account of the establishment of the monarchy? How do external sources and archaeological data help us to understand this period?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 03

3. Describe the religious practices of Israel as they are presented in 1 Samuel. What innovations do you see? How closely does this picture of religious devotion in Israel match the ideal rules for worship that were discussed in Deuteronomy, Joshua, and Judges?

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 04

4. Discuss the social organization of ancient Israel during the establishment of the monarchy. What continuities carried over from the premonarchic era?

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 01

1. Samuel was the first truly national leader of all Israel.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 02

2. Unlike Joshua and the judges, Samuel probably was not a local hero.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 13 Question 03

3. Queer critical interpretations of David and Jonathan’s relationship draw attention to the possibility of same-sex love in ancient Israel.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 13 Question 04

4. David’s second wife is Michal.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 05

5. Unlike earlier biblical texts, 1 Samuel is corroborated by nonbiblical sources.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 13 Question 06

6. The Books of Samuel unambiguously credit David with slaying Goliath.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 07

7. David spent time as a mercenary for the Philistines.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 08

8. 1 Samuel states that the Philistines had garrisons in many parts of the Israelite territory.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 09

9. David was married to Saul’s daughter.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 10

10. Samuel is rarely mentioned outside of 1 Samuel.

a) True

b) False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 01

1. All were an Israelite wife’s responsibilities in the household except:

a) bearing children

b) weaving cloths

c) managing adult children and servants

d) all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 02

2. Goliath is from:

a) Ashdod

b) Gaza

c) Ekron

d) Gath

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 03

3. Samuel was divided into two books by:

a) Christians

b) Deuteronomistic historians

c) Samuel

d) the Septuagint

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 04

4. Samuel is a priest of the shrine at:

a) Shiloh

b) Shechem

c) Jerusalem

d) Hebron

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 05

5. David was from the city of:

a) Jerusalem

b) Hebron

c) Bethlehem

d) Shechem

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 06

6. In searching for David, Saul killed eighty-five priests of:

a) Shechem

b) Nob

c) Levi

d) Shiloh

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 07

7. All are true of the “Song of Hannah” except:

a) it is a song of Thanksgiving

b) it was likely an independent tradition

c) it also appears in the Psalms

d) it is anachronistic in its present context

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 08

8. All are descriptions of Goliath except:

a) his spear was like a weaver’s beam

b) his legs were as wide as tree trunks

c) he was 9.5 feet tall

d) his coat of mail weighed 5,000 shekels

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 09

9. Peninnah is the wife of:

a) Elkanah

b) Saul

c) Samuel

d) Jonathan

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 10

10. David marries ___________ after killing Goliath.

a) Abigail

b) Bathsheba

c) Ahinoam

d) Michal

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 11

12. All contributed to the rise of the monarchy except:

a) Philistine wars

b) weakness of Egypt and Mesopotamia

c) increased population in the hill country

d) none of these

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 13

13. The inhabitants of ______________ retrieve and provide proper burials for the bodies of Saul and Jonathan in appreciation of the protection that Saul provided them from the Ammonites:

a) Jabesh-gilead

b) Beth-shan

c) Hebron

d) Gibeah

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 14

14. Jonathan was killed at:

a) Gilboa

b) Gilgal

c) Golan

d) Gilead

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 15

15. Saul’s greatest contribution as king was the:

a) expansion of Israelite territory

b) establishment of a standing army

c) final defeat of the Philistines

d) construction of the Jerusalem Temple

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 16

16. David’s marriage to Abigail gave him ties to:

a) the royal line

b) the Calebites

c) the Philistines

d) the Levites

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 17

17. The only festival mentioned in 1 Samuel is:

a) Weeks

b) Booths

c) Passover

d) New Moon

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 18

18. “The History of Saul’s Rise” is a _____________ source.

a) pro-David

b) pro-Saul

c) pro-Samuel

d) Deuteronomistic

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 19

19. A ____________ was a person connected with a group of ecstatic prophets.

a) priest

b) seer

c) prophet

d) Nazirite

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 13 Question 20

20. David is anointed by:

a) Saul

b) Ahitub

c) Samuel

d) Abiathar

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 01

1. Samuel’s mother is ________________.

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 02

2. Saul is chosen as king following his victory over the _______________.

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 03

3. The traditional northern and southern limits of Israel were ______________ and _____________.

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 04

4. _____________ is skilled in playing the lyre.

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 05

5. David’s father was _____________.

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 06

6. Saul’s eldest son was _____________.

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 07

7. _________________ raises the ghost of Samuel at Saul’s request.

a. the medium at Endor

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 08

8. Israel was invaded in 924 bce by ______________.

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 09

9. The Deuteronomistic Historians portray________________ as a priest, judge, and prophet like Moses.

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Title: Chapter 13 Question 10

10. The capture of the ark by the Philistines is portrayed as a divinely sent punishment for the corruption of _______________ sons, the priests at Shiloh.