Ancient Jewish History to the Building of the Second Temple

Sarah Bingham

Caitlin Whiten

Amy Wood

Ally Philyaw

Abraham

Son of idol worshipper, but thought idol worship was ridiculousGod told him to leave his home in Canaan and go to a land that He would show him. If he did this, God would make him into a great nationAbraham believed God and became the founder of the Jewish people

Lineage of Abraham

Abraham had two sons: Ishmael, son of Hagar the maidservant, who started the Arab people and Isaac, son of Sarah, Abraham’s wife, who is the ancestor of the Hebrew peopleIsaac had twin sons: Jacob and Esau

Slavery in EgyptJoseph was the favorite son of JacobJoseph’s brothers, jealous of him, trapped him in a well and sold him to Ishmaelite slave traders who then sold Joseph to the EgyptiansJoseph was favored in God’s eyes and with His help, Pharaoh made him the ruler of EgyptAfter Pharaoh died, the new Pharaoh saw that Joseph’s people had became a great portion of Egypt, and feared that they would take over the country

Pharaoh enslaved the Hebrew people in order to save his dynasty

Moses and the Exodus out of Egypt

Moses was born a Hebrew, but after Pharaoh ordered all Israelite baby boys dead, Moses' mother sent him in a basket down the Nile RiverMoses was found by Pharaoh’s sister and raised in the house of Pharaoh as a princeAs a young adult, Moses discovered that he was Hebrew and meant to be the deliverer of the Hebrew slaves

Moses was banned from Egypt and lived in Midian with his wife for many years as a shepherdAccording to the Bible, as he was retrieving a stray sheep one day, God appeared to him as a burning bush and told him to return to Egypt and deliver his peopleMoses returned and told Pharaoh to let his people goPharaoh refused, so God sent ten plagues

The Ten Plagues

1. Water to Blood2. Frogs3. Gnats and lice4. Flies5. Livestock Diseased6. Boils7. Thunder and Hail8. Locusts9. Darkness10. Death of the first born

To protect themselves from the angel of death, the Hebrew people painted goat’s blood on their door. This way, the angel of death would pass over their home. This is why Jewish people celebrate PassoverAfter Pharaoh’s son died, he allowed Moses to leave with the Hebrew slavesPharaoh, angry at Moses, sent his army in pursuit of the IsraelitesTo save the Hebrew people, Moses parted the Red Sea and the Israelites crossed through safely

After traveling through the desert for three months, Moses went up to Mt. SinaiGod appeared to Moses and gave him the Ten Commandments, which would govern the Israelites’ lives, on two stone tablets

The tablets were placed in the Ark of the Covenant to keep them safe

Moses was going to then take the Israelites to the promised land, but they had sinned while he was on the mountain and had to stay in the desert for forty more yearsMoses himself was not able to reach the promised land of CanaanThe Israelites went under the leadership of Joshua

12 Tribes of Israel

The people of Israel split into twelve tribes, each the descendants of one of Jacob’s 12 sonsEach received a portion of CanaanThe tribes were ruled by a series of judges

The First Temple

King David was one of the most noteworthy kings of the IsraelitesHe made the plans to make a temple for worshipping God and making sacrifices to GodKing David died before the temple could be built so Solomon, his son and heir, built the temple for him in the city of Jerusalem

• Because of this, the temple is often referred to as Solomon’s Temple

• Solomon placed the sacred Ark of the Covenant in the newly built temple

Exile from Israel and the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple

The Israelites were exiled to Babylon by the ruler NebuchadnezzarThe Babylonians destroyed the Temple in 586 B.C. after conquering Jerusalem

Return to Israel and the Second Temple

In 538 B.C., Cyrus of Persia overthrew the Babylonians and encouraged the Israelites to return to IsraelZerubbabel led 50,000 people in the first returnEzra the Scribe led even more people from Babylon and in 535 B.C., the construction of the Second Temple beganThe temple was finished in 516 B.C.

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