Chapter 3: The Ancient Israelites

Chapter 3: The Ancient Israelites

Section 1: The First Israelites1800 BC: Israelites came to CanaanMonotheistic (belief in 1 God!)Spoke Hebrew Recorded their history in the BibleWere mostly herders and tradersSettled in what is now Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan

Early IsraelitesAbraham (Father of Judaism)- brought them to Canaan

Abrahams JourneyAbraham and Jacob

Jacob means struggles with GodGrandson Jacob raised 12 sons who later became the 12 tribes of Israel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfNMB7LAnRY 100 years later- drought and famine hit, they traveled to Egypt

RAP Topic 9 First IsraelitesExplain your thoughts about the following questions.

Where do your ideas about what is right and what is wrong come from? How do you decide what is right and what is wrong?Slavery and MosesIsraelites were enslaved by the Egyptians to build pyramidsMoses- prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery and Egypt

Moses and the Burning Bush

The Ten Commandments (TORAH)Moses received them from God on Mount SinaiIsraelites made a covenant with God to follow his laws and He would lead them to CanaanEstablished the rule of law- everyone should be treated equally and have to follow the same laws.WIOTopic #9 The First IsraelitesRead the Ten Commandment on page 83 and draw a picture of an example to explain what each commandment means to you today.Answer questions 1 and 2 on page 85 in your textbook. RAPTopic #9 Early IsraelitesThe Promised LandThe Israelites traveled 40 years across the desert to return to CanaanMoses died Joshua became leader The Israelites retook Canaan from the Canaanites and divided it among the 12 tribes

The Promised Land (cont.)

Joshua marched around the walled city of Jericho for 6 days then blew trumpets. The walls all fell and they took over the city. The Promised Land (cont.)The Fighting Judges: military leaders (example: Deborah)Deborah was the first women judge1100 BC: Israelites controlled the center of Canaan, while the Canaanites kept to the coastPhoenician Alphabet: group of Canaanites created the alphabetWIO (goes on the right side of the book)Make a Hero Poster for one of the characters, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Deborah, or Joshua Must include: Heros nameWritten description of what the person has done, (who what why when where how) Date for when poster would have been made (BC), Quote of what someone else said about the Hero

Due on Monday!WOW ~ Topic #10 The Kingdom of IsraelPeople: PhilistineSaulDavidSolomonNebuchadnezzar

Philistines: most powerful group in Canaan who threatened Israel1020 BC: Israelites demanded a kingSamuel: (judge and prophet)- chose SaulSaul: defeated Israels enemies, but God was displeased with himDavid: Appointed new kingCh 3 Sec 2David

David and GoliathKing DavidTook the throne after Saul died in 1000 BCDrove out Philistines and united the 12 tribesCreated an empire and demanded tributeHeavy taxes to expand Jerusalem (capital)**** and build templeDied before temple was builtKing SolomonSon of DavidFinished the temple (symbol and center of Jewish religion)Known for his proverbsAlso had heavy taxes and sent northern Israelite men to work in minesKingdom split into 2 upon his death: Kingdom of Israel (capital: Samaria)Southern kingdom: Judah (capital: Jerusalem)

The Fall of IsraelReligion forgotten by most, and prophets were sent to bring it back to them722 BC: Assyrians conquered Israel and scattered the tribes Fearing Gods anger, many Assyrians (aka Samaritans) began to follow the faithThe Fall of Judah620 BC: Egypt conquered Judah, 605 BC: Chaldeans conquer Egypt and Judah -allowed to keep king1st rebellion- Jews and Egyptians unite597 BC: defeated by Nebuchadnezzar Punished severely: 10,000 Jews forced to move to Babylon (The Babylonian Exile)586 BC: another revolt in Jerusalem, also not successfulTemple destroyed and took thousands more to BabylonBabylonian Captivity