Bible Study Quiz

1. This person had sons numbering 30. They had the same number of donkeys and controlled the same number of cities. Who was this Bible character?

 

Answer: Jair

(Judg 10:3-4 KJV) And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. [4] And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

2. Re-order these words that follow to match a familiar portion of Scripture.

"alone be good is it man not should that the"

 

Answer: see verse below

(Gen 2:18 KJV) And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

3. This man is the first man recorded in Scripture as having a dream.

 

Answer: Abimelech

(Gen 20:3 KJV) But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

4. This nephew of one of the Hebrew patriarchs had two offspring who were both his sons and grandsons. What were their names?

 

Answer: Lot's (nephew of Abraham) offspring through his two daughters were Moab and Benammi (father of Ammon).

(Gen 11:27 KJV) Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. (Lot is Abram's nephew.)

(Gen 19:31-38 KJV) And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: [32] Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. [33] And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. [34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. [35] And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. [36] Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. [37] And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. [38] And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

5. How many of Sennacherib's soldiers were killed by the angel of the Lord?

 

Answer: 185,000

(Isa 37:36-37 KJV) Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. [37] So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

6. King Ahasuerus had a chamberlain also known as "the keeper of the women." What was his name?

 

Answer: Hege (or Hegai)

(Est 2:3 KJV) And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

7. Re-order these words that follow to match a familiar portion of Scripture.

"redeemer for my know that I liveth"

 

Answer: see verse below

(Job 19:25 KJV) For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

8. Is the feast known more commonly as "Hanukkah" ever referred to in the canon of Scripture? (Be careful - read carefully)

 

Answer: Yes, Hannukkah is the Feast of Dedication.

(John 10:22 KJV) And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

9. In the letters to the churches in Revelation, two churches were not commended by the Lord Jesus. Which two were they?

(Hint: you may want to look at the articles posted in JoshuaNet!)

= first
= second

 

Answer: Sardis and Laodicea

see the article the "Design Structure of the Letters to the Seven Churches"

see Rev 3:1-6 for Sardis

see Rev 3:14-32 for Laodicea

10. In the letters to the churches in Revelation, two churches were not rebuked by the Lord Jesus. Which two were they?

(Hint: you may want to look at the articles posted in JoshuaNet!)

= first
= second

 

Answer: Smyrna and Philadelphia

see the article the "Design Structure of the Letters to the Seven Churches"

see Rev 2:8-11 for Smyrna

see Rev 3:7-13 for Philadelphia

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