Correct Answer: D. the Jews were to be the foundation of the Gospel message

Correct Answer: C. he was astonished to see four men loose and unhurt

Correct Answer: B. had an excellent spirit

Correct Answer: B. bereaved of the child

Correct Answer: B. gave him breath

Correct Answer: C. beneath His shadow

Correct Answer: B. God had made Joseph forget his hardship

Explanation

(a) King Hiram's Role towards the Building of the Temple (1 Kings 5: 1 - 12):

(i) King Hiram of Tyre was a friend of David .

(ii) He sent congratulatory message to Solomon upon hearing of Solomon's succession to David.

(iii) Solomon in. turn sent word to Hiram about David's unsuccessful attempts to build the temple because of wars that faced him.

(iv) David's initiatives included the acquisition of the land for the site and arrangements for the supply of timber from Phoenicia.

(v) Solomon decided to build the temple in fulfillment of his father's aspirations.

(vi) Thus Solomon, after introducing himself to Hiram, had a treaty of friendship made to forge peace and unity.

(vii) Solomon then made a request for the sale of cedar and cypress wood to him by Hiram.

(viii) He further requested that the servants of the king of Tyre work together with his servants as he was prepared to pay them.

(ix) Hiram agreed and decided to have his servants cut the woods into rafts and get them for shipping down the Mediterranean sea to Lebanon.

(x) And when this was done, Solomon was to pay by supplying food for the king's household.

(xi) Thus Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedars and cypress wood desired while Solomon gave Hiram wheat and oil.

(xii) The building of the temple provided a proper religious centre for the worship of Yahweh in Israel.

(b) Benefits of making friends:

(i) promotes love and peace.

(ii) provides support for one another in times of need/mutual co-operation.

(iii) encourages shared responsibility/teaming up to do things.

(iv) promotes trust, faithfulness and commitment.

(v) opens up job opportunities

(vi) offers expertise knowledge/skills etc.

(vii) offers protection/defence and security.

(viii) promotes companionship

Explanation

(a) Amos' Vision of a Basket of Ripe Fruit (Amos 8:1-10):

(i) God showed Amos a basket of ripe fruit which represents harvest time/ripe fruit quickly deteriorates.

(ii) The Lord told Amos that the end had come, and that Israel would no longer be spared. So, Israel was ripe for punishment.

(iii) The songs of the temple would turn to wailings.

(iv) There would be many dead bodies in every place.

(v) The evil deeds of the people would never be forgotten.

(vi) For example: Those who took advantage of the needy, those who cheated even during the Sabbath.

(vii) The Lord would make the sun go down at noon, and darken the earth in broad-day light

(viii) Theft feasts would be turned into mourning, and their songs into lamentation.-

(ix) The Lord would bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness on every head.

(x) God would send famine on the land.

(xi) Virgins and young men would faint for thirst.

(xii) The Word of God would be rare in those days

(xiii) The young men and women would become weary and faint in their search for the Word of God

(xiv) Judgment would come on them because they have sinned against God by trampling on the poor and the needy.

(b) Practices condemned by Amos:

(i) Lip-service to religion /empty religion.

(ii) Observation of Holy Days i.e. Sabbath, New Moon festivals/Godless shrines.

(iii) False swearing.

(iv) The wealthy selling the poor for a pair of sandals/oppression of the poor by the father and son.

(v) Prostitution- father and son going in for the same woman.

(vi) The use of false weights and measures by the rich cheating in business.

(vii) Women feeding fat on the proceeds of their husband's oppression of the poor.

(viii) Corrupt courts of law/the poor had no fair trial in the courts

(ix) Luxury of the rich at the expense of the poor.

Correct Answer: B. Seventy