Old Testament Quiz 5
By Christian Character Builders
Bible Questions taken from "Old Testament Stories" Storybook!
1. Choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve .
2. The people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the god of the Amorites.
True
False
3. Behold, this _________ shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
Covenant.
Declaration.
Great stone.
None of the above.
4. Sampson, a judge in Isreal; where did his great strength come from?
His long hair.
His devotion to God alone.
His natural strength.
He was a weight lifter.
5. Who was the woman Sampson loved, that betrayed him to the Philistines?
6. And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines... Why did Sampson want revenge?
Delilah had betrayed him to the Philistines.
They had cut off his hair.
They put out his two eyes.
They had imprisioned and enslaved him.
7. Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
8. Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight him; you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. David answered he had struck down a __________ and this uncircumsized Philistine shall be as one of them.
wild boar and a serpent,
fox and a hound,
coyote and a racoon,
lion and a bear,
9. He took his staff in his hand, and chose him (How many?) smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
10. How did David kill Goliath?
The power of the Lord.
A stone through Goliath's forehead.
He cut off his head with his own sword.
All of the above.
11. So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. How old was David when he became king and how long did he reign?
30 yrs. old & 30yrs.
40 yrs. old & 40yrs.
40 yrs. old & 30yrs.
30 yrs. old & 40yrs.
12. And it came to pass in an eveningtide,that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house, and from the he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. Who was this woman?
Deborah
Bathsheba
Rachel
Ester
13. David sent for her, and lay with her, and she concieved, and told David she was with child. David brought her husband back from battle to lay with her, but he would not so David had him sent back to battle to kill him. Who was her husband?
Joab.
Nathan the prophet.
Jonathon.
Uriah the Hittite.
14. The thing that David had done displeased the Lord..Who did he send to David to confront him with his sin?
15. was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
16. He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. Who threw these darts?
17. When two mothers fought over a baby, the king said to cut the baby in two and give each mother a half. Who was this king?
David
Solomon
Ahab
Joash
18. Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and who hear thy wisdom. Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighteth in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel forever, ... What visiter of Solomon said this?
Queen of Egypt.
Queen of the Nile.
Queen of Sheeba.
African Queen.
19. Which of the following occured in the life of Elijah?
Defeats 450 prophet of Baal at Mt. Carmel.
Prayed for rain, and ran from Jezebel, fed by a raven.
Traveled 40 days and 40 nights to Mt. Sinia, heard God in the still small voice.
20. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, & stone. In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote on the plaster wall of the king's palace: Who was this King?
Belshazzar
Nebuchadnezzar
Saul
21. MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end; TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting. PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
22. Daniel was thrown into the lion's den for praying three times a day.
23. Then said Daniel to the king, O king, live forever. My God has sent his , and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, have I done no hurt.
24. Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, "Arise, go to ________, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me."
Tarshish
Babylon
Nineveh
Ephesus
25. When Jonah didn't at first obey God what happened?
Thrown into the sea and swallowed by a great fish.
Vomited out on shore and traveled 3 days to Nineveh.
Preached to the city Nineveh and they repented.