Hurlbut's Bible Lessons Part 4

=8.= After whom were these tribes named? =After the sons of J[=a]'cob.=

=9.= Where, near the middle of the lands, did J[)o]sh'u-[.a] set up the Tabernacle for the worship of G.o.d? =At Sh[=i]'l[=o]h.=

=10.= What did J[)o]sh'u-[.a], before he died, tell the people they must do? =Fear the Lord and serve him.=

=11.= What promise did the people make to J[)o]sh'u-[.a]? ="We will serve the Lord, and the Lord only."=

Lesson XVII. The Earlier Judges.

(Tell Stories 8, 9 and 10 in Part Second.)

=1.= Did the [)I][s+]'ra-el-[=i]tes keep the promise which they had made to serve the Lord only? =No, they forgot G.o.d, and served idols.=

=2.= What came upon them because of their sins? =They fell under the power of their enemies.=

=3.= Who many times brought the people back to G.o.d, and set them free from their enemies? =Rulers who were called Judges.=

=4.= How many of these "judges" in turn ruled over the [)I][s+]'ra-el-[=i]tes? =Fifteen.=

=5.= Who was the first of the judges? =[)O]th'n[)i]-el.=

=6.= What one of the judges was a woman? =D[)e]b'o-rah, the fourth judge.=

=7.= What did D[)e]b'o-rah do for the [)I][s+]'ra-el-[=i]tes? =She led them to a great victory over the C[=a]'n[)a]an-[=i]tes.=

=8.= Who was the greatest of all the judges? =[=G][)i]d'e-on, the fifth judge.=

=9.= What did [=G][)i]d'e-on do for the people? =He won victories over the M[)i]d'[)i]-an-[=i]tes.=

=10.= Who helped [=G][)i]d'e-on to win his first great victory? =A band of three hundred brave men.=

Lesson XVIII. The Later judges.

(Omit Stories 11 and 13. Tell Stories 12 and 14 in Part Second.)

=1.= What enemies gave to the [)I][s+]'ra-el-[=i]tes the greatest trouble in the time of the judges? =The Ph[)i]-l[)i]s't[)i]ne[s+].=

=2.= Who began to set [)I][s+]'ra-el free from the Ph[)i]-l[)i]s't[)i]ne[s+]? =S[)a]m'son.=

=3.= For what was S[)a]m'son famed? =For his great strength.=

=4.= What did S[)a]m'son once carry away from a city? =The gates of G[=a]'za.=

=5.= What did the Ph[)i]-l[)i]s't[)i]ne[s+] do to S[)a]m'son when they made him prisoner? =They put out his eyes.=

=6.= What did S[)a]m'son do to the Ph[)i]-l[)i]s't[)i]ne[s+] afterward?

=He pulled down a temple upon them.=

=7.= What good woman came to live among the [)I][s+]'ra-el-[=i]tes in the time of the Judges? =R[u:]th.=

=8.= In what city did R[u:]th live? =B[)e]th'=l[)e]-h[)e]m.=

=9.= What rich man married R[u:]th? =B[=o]'[)a]z.=

=10.= What king was the great grandson of B[=o]'[)a]z and R[u:]th?

=D[=a]'vid.=

Lesson XIX. The Last of the Judges.

(Omit Stories 13 and 14 in Part Second. Tell Stories 15, 16, 17.)

=1.= Who was the fourteenth of the fifteen judges in [)I][s+]'ra-el?

=[=E]'l[=i], who was also priest.=

=2.= What woman brought her little child to [=E]'l[=i] in the house of G.o.d? =H[)a]n'nah.=

=3.= What was her little boy's name? =S[)a]m'u-el.=

=4.= Where did S[)a]m'u-el grow up? =In the house of the Lord.=

=5.= What came to S[)a]m'u-el while he was a child? =The voice of the Lord.=

=6.= What did S[)a]m'u-el answer when the Lord spoke to him? ="Speak, for thy servant heareth."=

=7.= What was S[)a]m'u-el when he became a man? =The last of the judges in [)I][s+]'ra-el.=

=8.= What did S[)a]m'u-el do as Judge? =He brought the people back to G.o.d.=

=9.= What did the prayers of S[)a]m'u-el give to the people? =Victory over their enemies.=

=10.= What is said of S[)a]m'u-el as a ruler? =He was wise and good.=

=11.= At what place did S[)a]m'u-el live while he was judge? =At R[=a]'mah.=

Lesson XX. The First King of Israel.

(Tell Story 18 in Part Second.)

=1.= When S[)a]m'u-el grew old, what did the people ask him to do? =To give them a king.=

=2.= Why did the [)I][s+]'ra-el-[=i]tes wish for a king? =To be like the others around them.=

=3.= Why was S[)a]m'u-el not pleased at this? =Because he wished G.o.d to be the king of [)I][s+]'ra-el.=