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Society in Israel from Solomon to the Fall of Samaria

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Society in Israel from Solomon to the fall of Samaria — land and sites, kingship and the divided kingdom, prophets and priests, the economy, religion and burial, writing and art, and how to use biblical, archaeological and Assyrian evidence in the Section II question.

  1. 1What you need to know
  2. 2The evidence and how to use it
  3. 3Context and sites
  4. 4Social structure and political organisation
  5. 5The economy
  6. 6Religion, death and burial
  7. 7Cultural and everyday life
  8. 8Common mistakes
  9. 9Exam tips
  10. 10Links to other topics
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Example questions

Example 1 · 1 mark · multiple choice

After the death of Solomon, the northern tribes rejected his son. Who became the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel?

  1. AJeroboam I
  2. BRehoboam
  3. COmri
  4. DJehu

Example 2 · 1 mark · multiple choice

The Samaria ostraca, inscribed potsherds of the 8th century BC found at the royal capital, are mainly records of what?

  1. ADeliveries of wine and oil to the capital
  2. BLetters exchanged between the king and the prophets
  3. CLists of chariots and horses kept for the royal army
  4. DHymns sung by priests at the royal temple in Samaria

Example 3 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Source B — The Book of Amos 6.4–6, words attributed to the prophet Amos, active in the northern kingdom in the mid-8th century BC (translated from the Hebrew)

‘Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and sprawl on their couches, who eat lambs from the flock and calves from the stall; who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp …; who drink wine from bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.’

Which conclusion is best supported by Source B?

  1. AThe prophets supported the kings' policies on trade
  2. BA wealthy few lived in luxury that the prophet condemned
  3. CWine and oil were forbidden to the people of Israel
  4. DIvory furniture was made by ordinary farmers in their homes

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