Jericho, 287 H.T.; Ai, also known as
Hai, 294 H.T.; Gibeon, 300 H.T.; Jerusalem, 305
H.T.
Where was Gilgal, the place of Joshua's camp? 300 H.T.
Ehud
From what section of the land did the Moabites
come who warred against the Israelites in the
time of the judge Ehud? 315 H.T.
This is the same Moab to which the family of Naomi
and Elimelech went to escape famine in their
native city of Bethlehem (35 T.J.), which was six
miles south of Jerusalem.
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By what physical formation were the people of
Bethlehem able to see that there was food in
the land of Moab? 487 T.J.
Gideon
Locate the land of the Midianites, the Arab
wanderers who oppressed Israel in the time of Gideon. 319 H.T.
(This is said to be the same country whither Moses
fled when he killed the Egyptian, 141 H.T.)
Samuel
(Map, page 14 T.J.)
By noting the three great cities of Philistia,
Ashdod, Askelon, and Gath, give the general
location of the land of the Philistines, the
people so long at enmity with the Israelites
(342,360,375 H.T.) from whose hosts came the
giant Goliath (386 H.T.) 493 H.T.
Saul
Locate the country of Gilead where at Jabesh
Saul's first battle was fought. 359 H.T.
(Note how the people of Jabesh-gilead later
remembered Saul's help. 359,381,494 H.T.)
David
(Map, page 14 T.J.)
Where was the town of Gath, the home
of the giant Goliath? 386, 497 H.T.
(Note that later King Uzziah broke down the walls
of Gath. 287, 288 T.J.)
Locate the land belonging to the tribe of
Judah on whose hills David lived as a boy
and tended sheep. 382 H.T.
Solomon
Describe the location of the city of Jerusalem,
the capital of the kingdom of David and Solomon.
Give its position with respect to the Dead Sea,
the Mediterranean, Dan, and Beer-sheba. 461 H.T.
Did the Queen of Sheba come far to visit Solomon?
Trace what was probably her route. Note how far
Solomon's fame had spread. 487, 498 H.T.
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Locate Ezion-geber, the town on the Red Sea from
which Solomon sent his ships to trade in
Egypt and Arabia. 482, 498 H. T.
(Note that the same people who were formerly in
bitter bondage in Egypt were trading on equal
terms with tha
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