Bible Blitz IIIWomen of the Bible

Presented byMsgr Ed ThompsonWith loving memory ofDeacon Norm KazykTechnical Assistance

Ray Hosler

Old Testament Women

Eve – Sarah – Lot’s wifeRachel & Leah – Tamar

Jochabed – Zepporah – MiriamRahab – Deborah – Delilah

Ruth – Hannah – BathshebaJezebel – Esther

et al

Zipporah

Exodus: 2, 4, 18

Wife of Moses

Daughter of the priest, Jethro;Six sistersMet Moses at Jethro’s well in Midian

Zipporah – cont’d

Two sons: Gershom ans Eliezer

Spoke 7 words

• Moses and Zipporah not a congenial couple.

• She had a temper and was somewhat indifferent to Moses.

• Went home to Jethro after the Exodus.

• Argument over the non-circumcision of Gershom and Eliezer.

• After Zipporah’s death maybe Moses married again.

Miriam

Exodus 15

Numbers 12, 20, 26

Sister of Moses

(7 years older)

Miriam – cont’d

• Rescued baby, basket Moses;

• Got Jacobed

• Exodus leader: Song of Deliverance; War cry of Moses

• A bitter woman;

• Against the second marriage of Moses to an Ethiopian

• Leporsy – cured by Moses.

• Died outside the Promised Land.

• (Moses and Aaron)

Rahab

Harlot of Jericho

Ancestor of Jesus

Josh: 2, 6

Heb: 13

James: 2

• Beautiful woman,

• ancestor of Jeremiah,

• Married to Salmon whose son, Boaz married Ruth who was the father of Obed, the grandfather of Jesse, father of David

Rahab – cont’d

• Home on the wall;

• Spies

• Red cord

• Safe

Delilah

Judg: 16; 4-18

The Giant Killer

Delilah – cont’d

• Samson’s Philistine lover

• Betrayed Samson for 1100 silver pieces

• Secret of strength – shared

• Captured and blinded

• 3000 Philistines killed

Deborah

Judges: 4, 5

The Judge

• Only woman judge; a prophetess

• The “Palm Tree of Deborah”

• Barak and Deborah against Sisera

• Joel and Deborah

• “Song of Deborah”

• Mother of Obed

• Great grandmother of David

• Ruth and Naomi

• Ruth meets Boaz

• They marry

• “Your people shall be my people and your God my God.”

Hannah

1 Sam 1, 2

The prayful Mother

• Wife of Elkanah, a priest

• No children

• Ridiculed by husband’s second wife

• Prayed, vowed child Samuel to God

• Had 3 more sons and 2 daughters

• Song of Thanksgiving, Psalm 2:1-10

• Preview of Elizabeth and Mary

Bathsheba

II Sam 11, 12

I Kings 1, 2

Mother of Solomon

• Wife of Uriah and of King David

• Adultery then murder

• Solomon plus 3 other sons

• Kingmaker

• Ancestor of Jesus (Matt 1:6)

Queen of Sheba

I Kings 10, II Chron 9, Matt 12, Luke 11

I Want Proof

• Traveled to test Solomon’s wisdom

• Cited by Jesus in Matthew and Luke

Widow of Zarephath

I Kings 17, Luke 4

“See your son lives”

The man who came to dinner

• Drought and famine

• Elijah – “Gimme!”

Esther

Book of Esther

The “cream” of the harem

• Jewish queen of a Persian king

• Cousin of Mordecai

• Queen Vashti

• Haman, the Jew hater

• Feast of Purim

Jezebel

I Kings 16, 18, 19, 21

II Kings 9

The Wicked Politician

• Wife of Ahab

• Promoted pagan worship – Baal

• Massacred Jewish prophets

• Hated Elijah

• Thrown from palace window

• Eaten by dogs

Judith

Judith 8, 16

Dan 13

A holy widow of courage

• Woman of prayer, a prophetess, a wit, a beauty, strong handed

• Holofernes – the headless one