Ch14 Exam Prep The Reign Of David

Chapter 14: The Reign of David

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Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 01

1. Compare what is known of the historical figure of David with his legacy in the Bible and Judaism. Why is David such an important figure in the Bible and Judaism? What role does the “Succession Narrative” play in his legacy?

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 02

2. What are the important religious and ideological ramifications of David’s establishment of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital?

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 03

3. How are families depicted in 2 Samuel? What is their structure, and how are wrongs against the family handled? What impact did these structures and institutions have on the houses of Saul and David?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 04

4. What significance does 2 Samuel 7.1-17 hold for the Deuteronomistic ideology of kingship? What role does it play in the narrative?

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 Question 01

1. 2 Samuel gives a one-dimensional description of David’s character.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 02

2. Six times more psalms are attributed to David than to anyone else.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 Question 03

3. Ishbaal was crowned king over “all Israel,” excluding only the tribe of Judah.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 04

4. 2 Samuel uses none of the same sources as 1 Samuel.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 05

5. Amnon is Absalom’s full brother.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 06

6. The United Monarchy in Israel lasted for less than a century.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 07

7. David transferred the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem and resisted calls to build a temple to house it.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 08

8. David is the principal celebrant in the dedication of the ark ceremony.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 09

9. Saul is still alive at the beginning of 2 Samuel.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 10

10. After moving the ark to Jerusalem, David closed all other shrines in Israel.

a) True

b) False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 01

1. Ishbaal’s general was:

a. Uriah

b. Absalom

c. Abner

d. Jehoshaphat

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 02

2. All are consequences of the rape of Tamar except:

a. Amnon was forced to marry Tamar

b. Absalom murdered Amnon

c. David exiled Amnon

d. Tamar lived a desolate life in Absalom’s house

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 03

3. David’s elite warriors are known as:

a. the Thirty

b. Ishbosheth

c. Shimei

d. Millo

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 04

4. Saul’s secondary wife was:

a. Rizpah

b. Tamar

c. Abishag

d. Bathsheba

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 05

5. How many children does Michal bear?

a. 0

b. 1

c. 2

d. 3

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 06

6. David’s original capital was located in:

a. Shechem

b. Jerusalem

c. Hebron

d. Gilgal

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 07

7. David had a covenant with the king of:

a. Moab

b. Egypt

c. Tyre

d. Ammon

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 08

8. David neutralizes the threat that Jonathan’s son _____________ presents to his throne by having him eat at his table.

a. Abner

b. Mephibosheth

c. Paltiel

d. Ishbaal

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 09

10. David defeated or contained all of the following peoples except:

a. Philistines

b. Moabites

c. Ammonites

d. Midianites

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 11

11. David’s oldest son was:

a. Amnon

b. Solomon

c. Absalom

d. Jonathan

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 12

12. Zion is another name for:

a. David

b. Solomon

c. Jerusalem

d. Israel

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 13

13. ____________ uses David’s secondary wives as political tools by taking possession of them “in the sight of all Israel.”

a. Absalom

b. Abner

c. Merab

d. Adonijah

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 14

14. ____________ is the mother of Solomon.

a. Abishag

b. Bathsheba

c. Abigail

d. Michal

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 15

15. Solomon’s other name is:

a. Nathan

b. Maacah

c. Ishbaal

d. Jedidiah

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 16

16. Before David made Jerusalem his capital, it was controlled by:

a. Philistines

b. Kenites

c. Moabites

d. Jebusites

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 17

17. David’s appointment of _________ to the priesthood was possibly a strategy to incorporate the religious traditions of pre-Israelite Jerusalem into the new monarchy.

a. Abiathar

b. Benaiah

c. Ira

d. Zadok

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 18

18. The commander of David’s army was:

a. Zadok

b. Absalom

c. Joab

d. Abner

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 19

19. All are true of the Succession Narrative except:

a. it explains how Solomon succeeded David

b. it is historical fiction

c. it exists as an independent source

d. some call it the Court History of David

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 20

20. All are true of Bathsheba except:

a. her first child dies

b. David marries her when she becomes pregnant

c. she orchestrates Solomon’s succession

d. David is her second husband

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 01

1. David’s covenant was with this king: ____________________.

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 02

2. _____________ is David’s secondary wife in his old age.

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 03

3. The _______________ was a royal attempt to impose centralization on the kingdom by assessing the population’s resources for taxation and labor.

a. census

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 04

4. The name “Jedidiah” means _____________________.

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 05

5. All of Saul’s surviving male offspring were killed except _________________.

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 06

6. The City of David is another name for _________________.

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 07

7. The prophet _______________ successfully forces David to condemn himself for his affair with Bathsheba.

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 08

8. The ________________ concludes with a portrait of David as both sexually and politically impotent.

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 09

9. The period that featured the reigns of David and Solomon is commonly referred to as the _________________________.

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Title: Chapter 14 Question 10

10. According to Muslim tradition, Muhammad was miraculously taken from Mecca to _____________ and then to heaven to converse with God.