Old Testament / Tanakh Trivia

61. In I Kings, who was King Rehoboam's father?

From Quiz King Me!

Answer: Solomon

King Rehoboam was the son of Solomon and Naamah. Rehoboam became king at the age of forty-one. His story can be found in I Kings 12 and 14, and II Chronicles 10-12.

From Quiz Bible Fun Part II

Answer: 7

The Shunammite's son went to his father one day saying "My head! My head!" so the father ordered one of his servants to take him to his mother. Later that day he died and his mother asked Elisha to heal him. Elisha prayed for him and he sneezed seven times before opening his eyes. This can be found in chapter 4 verses 18-35.

From Quiz Old Testament Bible Knowledge

Answer: killed an Egyptian

After killing the Egyptian and being confronted by a Hebrew, Moses fled to Midian to hide from the Pharaoh who was now trying to kill him.

From Quiz The Old Testament

Answer: Ehud

Ehud the Benjaminite is the left handed judge who delivered Israel by killing Eglon, King of Moab. Ehud drew a dagger from behind his right thigh with his left hand and stabbed Eglon, who was so fat that his body drew in the blade. (The story of Ehud can be found in Judges 3:12-30)

From Quiz Do You Know Your Old Testament?

Answer: Numbers

Numbers 1:1 The Lord had instructed Moses to take a census of the entire community by clans and families. They were then to number them by their divisions all men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army.

From Quiz Bethel and Dan: Forgotten Temples

Answer: One of the tribes of Israel

According to Joshua 19:47 and Judges 18:27-29 Dan was not founded by the Hebrews but was rather conquered from the Canaanites and then renamed. The tribe that conquered and settled the area was the tribe of Dan, named after their ancestor Dan, the son of Jacob. There was no Canaanite deity named Dan.

From Quiz Old Testament Oddities

Answer: To take an adulterous wife

In Hosea chapter one, the Lord says to Hosea, "Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the Lord."

From Quiz The Tabernacle

Answer: For God to dwell among the people

Exodus 25:8 says, "And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them." The Tabernacle did provide a place for sacrifice and worship, but Gad wanted a place for himself among the Israelites. As for salvation, the Bible says that "without shedding of blood is no remission" (Hebrews 9:22).

From Quiz Biblical Jewish Holidays

Answer: Passover

Christ and his disciples shared the Passover meal together, which for the Christians has become known as the Last Supper, and which is remembered regularly in the communion service. Passover commemorated the deliverance of the Jews from bondage in Egypt. The last plague was the slaying of the first born sons of the Egyptians. The Jews daubed the blood of a lamb on their doorposts so that the Angel of Death would see it and pass over them. For Christians, Christ is the Passover Lamb, the atoning sacrifice that liberates the believer from the bondage of sin.

From Quiz Old Testament Transactions

Answer: 400 shekels

Abraham paid 400 shekels for the cave of Machpelah, which had previously belonged to Ephron the Hittite.

From Quiz Impossible Trivia for Bible Experts

Answer: Sons of Benjamin

Genesis 46:21- "The sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard."

From Quiz Old Testament Grab Bag

Answer: Sheba

She traveled about 1,200 miles to come and talk to him after she had heard of his great wisdom. She brought him gold and jewels and other gifts.

From Quiz Least Discussed Bible Stories

Answer: Tamar

Tamar was, in a sense, simply claiming what was owed her. Her husband died without producing an heir to protect and care for her. By law, she was entitled to marry the brother of her deceased husband, but her father-in-law Judah refused to allow his son to marry her. Judah admitted his culpability when Tamar revealed she was pregnant with his child, saying, "She hath been more righteous than I." You can read his confession in Genesis 38.

From Quiz The Old Testament

Answer: Joseph

Genesis 37:17b, 19: "So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan... 'Here comes that dreamer,' they [his brothers] said to each other." Joseph had been having dreams that his brothers would bow down to him. Their father had sent Joseph to them.

From Quiz Old Testament (NIV)

Answer: Ruth

This book tells the story of Ruth, a Moabite woman, and the devotion she shows to her mother-in-law Naomi.

From Quiz Which Old Testament Book?

Answer: Judges

Gideon was one of Israel's 15 judges. See Judges 6-7.

From Quiz Old Testament

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar

From Quiz Bible Quiz

Answer: Nathan, Shobab, Shammua

According to 2nd Samuel 5:14 KJV, Solomon and his brothers were born in Jerusalem along with 7 more children from his concubines. Solomon is known for being the wisest king and the king who built the temple. And Nathan is always known for being the person in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.

From Quiz The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha -- #2

Answer: Ahab

Ahab, of course, is the correct answer. The miraculous event took place on the heels of Elijah soundly defeating four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel to determine who could successfully call upon a higher power to ignite a sacrificial offering. While the four hundred and fifty prophets called on Baal, Elijah called upon God. Then another dramatic thing happened as Scripture tells of a prolonged drought in Israel coming to an end and Elijah being filled with the power of the LORD. 1 Kings 18:45-46 explains things this way in the NKJV: "Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel. Then the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel."

From Quiz The Tribes of Israel

Answer: Judah

Judah was foremost among the Tribes of Israel, being the first to go and occupy its territory in Canaan. For a time, the Tribes were united into the Kingdom of Israel, under Saul, David, and Solomon. After Rehoboam came to the throne, the Kingdom was split into the northern Kingdom of Israel (with 10 Tribes) and the southern Kingdom of Judah (consisting of Judah and Benjamin).

From Quiz Ye Old Testament Nights

Answer: Jacob unknowingly married the wrong woman

Laban preferred to give his daughter to Jacob, his sister's son, than to another man, and so agreed to the terms. However, when Jacob's labor of love was complete, unbeknownst to him, Laban gave him Leah to wife instead. Jacob consummated the marriage that night, and only the next morning did his uncle's trickery come to light. Laban defended his action by claiming that it was not the custom to give away the younger daughter in marriage before the elder. So Jacob worked another seven years for Rachel's hand in marriage. [Genesis 29:15-30] Wait, how did Jacob really not know he was marrying the wrong woman? Presumably, his bride was veiled until it was dark and time to consummate the marriage. It has also been suggested that Rachel shared the password she and Jacob had devised with Leah so that her elder sister would not be shamed. Rachel did not fall off Jacob's ladder. But that does bring to mind another strange night in Bethel where Jacob had visions of angels ascending and descending a stairway to heaven (Genesis 28:10-17). At least according to the Biblical account, there was no decision on Jacob's part to marry Leah first. Esau did sell Jacob his birthright, but much earlier, and for a pot of stew. Jacob also stole his brother's blessing from their sight-impaired father by disguising himself as Esau. So, some might say he got his just deserts.

From Quiz Something Old Again

Answer: Elisha

Elisha was on the way to Mount Carmel after purifying the waters of Jericho, soon after his mentor Elijah was brought up to heaven in a chariot of fire. When Elisha passed through Beth-el, the children appeared by the road and called him "thou bald head." Angered all out of proportion, Elisha called down the wrath of the Lord; the story is told in 2 Kings 2:23-25.

From Quiz Something Old

Answer: Enoch

Enoch's assumption is described in Genesis 5:23-24: "And all the days of Enoch were 365 years: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him." Elijah also rose into Heaven without dying first: "There appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted [Elijah and Elisha] both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven" (2 Kings 2:11).

From Quiz A Biblical Game of Chance

Answer: Esther

When Haman plotted the destruction of the Jews, Mordecai, Esther's cousin, sent to ask her to go in to the king and ask him to save her people. Esther knew that to go in to the king in the inner court without being called by him could lead to her death so she sent to tell her cousin that she had not been called by the king for 30 days. Mordecai sent back to let her know that if she did nothing to help the Jews they would be delivered by some other means but she would be destroyed along with her father's house. Esther decided to take the chance and go in to the king even if she perished. The chance she took paid off and the Jews were delivered. (Esther 4-10)

From Quiz BT: Old Testament

Answer: his father's donkey

1 Samuel 9:3. Saul asked him if he had seen the stray donkey. Samuel told him that they were already returned.

From Quiz Maybe You Should Think About That

Answer: Enoch

Genesis 5:24 tells us, "And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him." After Adam and Eve there were more bad things mentioned. One of Cain's great grandsons also became a murderer. People grew worse as time went on and ultimately God wanted to wipe out humanity. Enoch is the only one that is mentioned that walked with God in the time before Noah. There is no record of Enoch dying, only that he walked with God and God took him. It must have been an exciting reward to not have experienced death!

From Quiz Fidelity...Not!

Answer: Pieces of silver

Silver seems to be the going currency in the Bible for betrayals. Judas got 30 pieces for giving up the King of Kings but Delilah was a far better negotiator. She scored a whopping 1100 pieces of silver for trading in her man. Samson was a man of divine strength (meaning his power came from God) and he was the scourge of the Philistines. It is little wonder they feared him; he reportedly slew 1000 of them using just the jaw bone of an animal that he'd found lying on the ground. While he was happy to destroy the Philistine men, he couldn't get enough of their women. His first wife was Philistine and that marriage ended badly. Then there was Delilah, another Philistine, whose sole mission in the relationship appeared to be to prise the secret of Samson's great strength from him. Samson lied to Delilah on three occasions (he may have loved her but it appears he didn't trust her) before Delilah's nagging got the better of him and he revealed that the secret lay in his hair. She shaved his head, he was weakened, got captured, had his eyes gouged out for good measure and got hauled off to the temple where he was to be ridiculed. Samson repented to his God and asked as his final prayer for his strength to return. He brought down the temple, killing himself and some 3,000 Philistines in the process. There's no further mention of Delilah in the Bible though some scholars express the view that she was among the 3,000 in the temple when the roof came down. (See Judges 16.)

From Quiz Set Fire to the Rain

Answer: Moses

The scene with the burning bush takes place many, many years after the great flood of Genesis 7. Now, God had chosen the Israelites as his people, who had been in Egypt for hundreds of years. Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt, had murdered an Egyptian overseer, and fled, beginning a new life. The story picks up at the beginning of Exodus 3 (v. 1-6), with God calling on Moses to do His bidding: "Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, 'I will go over and see this strange sight-why the bush does not burn up.' "When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, 'Moses! Moses!' "And Moses said, 'Here I am.' "'Do not come any closer,' God said. 'Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.' Then he said, 'I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.' At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God."

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