WOH ch. 5
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Joshua | this person represented everything that Israel was supposed to be, completely faithful to God |
| Rahab | this woman was promised safety during a battle by hanging a red cord out her window |
| David | great-grandmother is Ruth (who is a Gentile) |
| Deborah | referred to as judge and prophet, magistrate of the tribe of Naphtali: describing local disputes for her people, sings a canticle |
| Boaz | generous farmer who marries Ruth |
| Abimelech | Gideon's son who murders all but one of his brothers after Gideon's death |
| Samson | known for great strength and starting Israelites resistance to the Philistines, source of this person's power is his hair, is killed by collapse of Philistine temple, which he himself caused |
| Gideon | nickname Jerubbaal, this person leads Israelites to victory over the Midianites |
| Naomi | she urges her dauther in-law not to go back to Israel because she is sure to fail |
| Ruth | a Moabite widow who pledges herself to the God of Israel in order to help a family member, Gentile grandmother of David |
| Delilah | Samson becomes infatuated with her and shares info about his source of strength to her |
| sanctuary | the offering of refuge and aid to the persecuted homeless, a practice established by Israelites that remains a world tradition today |
| judge | a tribal leader through whom God delivers the people from destruction |
| ban | practice in which conquerors destroy everything in a conquered town and take nothing for their own |
| Nazirite | a man consecrated to God from birth, forbidden to cut his hair or consume strong drink |
| shalom | the deep peace of God |
| shechem | Israelites renewed Convenant here, just before Joshua died |
| hospitality | when Rahab welcomes the Israelite spies into her house, when Jael welcomes Sisera into her tent; the act of being kind and welcoming to people, even strangers |
| battle of Ai | Israelites suffered defeat here for refusing to uphold the ban |
| battle of Jericho | Israelites won a battle here by circling the city 7 times and blowing rams horns |
| Deuteronomic History | The books of Judges, 1 &2 Kings, 1&2 Samuel, Joshua that were written by the authors of Deuteronomy and were follow ups to their Introduction, Deuteronomy. |
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