Chapter 3 Section 4 Notes
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Chapter 3 Section 4 Notes
I. The Search for A Promised Land
Land of Canna
A. Hebrews lived in the land of Cannan
also called Palestine
B. First five books of the Old Testament
were called theTorah, the holy book of the Hebrews
C. Abraham was the father of the Hebrew
and lived in the Mesopotamian city
Ur around 2000 B.C.
D. Around 1650 B.C. his
descendents decided to move to Egypt where they became slaves
E. Hebrews had one God named
Yahweh, monotheism
F. Covenant was where Abraham
promised to obey God and God
promised to protect Abraham and his
descendants
Ark of Covenant
1. Where Yahweh lived
2. Ten Commandments
3. Moses staff
Moses by Michelangelo
H. Hebrews became enslaved
in Egypt
1. Forced to do hard work
3. Moses leads them out called the
Exodus
4. Passover
5. Mt. Sinai he receives the Ten Commandments
from God
I. Judges would govern in times of
emergency
1. One women judge named
Deborah
J. Religion teachers called prophets interpreted the
Torah
II. The Kingdom of Israel
A. The Hebrews were threatened by
the Philistines
David and Goliath
B. One of the large tribes was from Judah thus the
Hebrewsbecame known as Jews or Judaism
C. Three strong kings of Israel
1. Saul chosen because he drove out the Philistines
2. David establishes
Jerusalem as the capitol of the
Hebrews
Jerusalem today
3. Solomon
Kingdom of David
And Solomon
a. Built trading empire
b. Built a large temple
1. Which held the Ark of the Covenant
D. Discontent divides the
kingdom with Israel in the north
and Judah in the south
III. The Babylonian Captivity
A. In 738 B.C. both Israel and Judah began paying a
tributeto the Assyrians
B. In 722 B.C. all of Israel and Judah
fell to the Assyrians
C. Babylonians conquered Syria and Palestine by
586 B.C.
1. Babylonian Captivity
2. Time of Nebuchadnezzar
D. Persian king Cyrus the Great conquered the
Babylonians and eased control over the Hebrews
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