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Quiz about Dramatic Moments in the Old Testament

Dramatic Moments in the Old Testament Quiz

The idea is simple: I'll set the scene for a dramatic moment in the Old Testament. You simply decide what happened next. All quotes or direct references will come from the Amplified Bible.

A multiple-choice quiz by NormanW5. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
NormanW5

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8 mins

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Multiple Choice

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221,576

Updated
Dec 03 21

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1. Jealous of and angry at Joseph, his brothers sold Joseph into slavery. Joseph ended up in Egypt, where he rose to become Pharoah's second-in-command. Years later, when there was a famine, the brothers traveled to Egypt to buy food. Although Joseph recognized them, they did not recognize him. Joseph sold them the food they were after, but also set a trap for them on their return. What did he do on their second trip to Egypt? Hint

He had the story of his betrayal and sale into slavery acted out before them, and watched their reactions.

He had his servant offer them their money back as if unaware that the sale had been completed.

He offered an unusually high price to buy Benjamin as a slave from the older brothers.

He hid his own silver cup in Benjamin's sack of grain, then accused them of stealing it.

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2. Moses was raised by the daughter of Pharoah, but he knew he was Hebrew. As an adult he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew slave and, not seeing anyone else about, killed and buried the Egyptian. The next day he tried to separate two Hebrews who were fighting, but the aggressor asked who Moses thought he was to judge him. "Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Realizing that his action was now generally known, Moses Hint

strode angrily into Pharoah's presence and demanded "let my people go."

fled from Pharoah's judgment to the land of Midian, where he tended sheep.

begged his adopted mother to intercede for him with Pharoah (which succeeded for only a short time).

bought land on the border of Canaan and became a wealthy herdsman.

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3. During the long wandering from Egypt to Canaan, Moses' brother Aaron and sister Miriam began to talk against Moses because he had married a Cushite woman. "Has [the Lord] not spoken also by us?" they asked. So God commanded the three to come to him at the Tent of Meeting, where the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and said "Hear now my words." What happened then? Hint

Moses yielded leadership to his siblings.

Miriam was stricken with leprosy.

Aaron was bitten by a poisonous serpent.

A hole opened in the ground and swallowed Aaron and Miriam.

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4. After Joshua led Israel's fighting men in the conquest of Jericho (where "the walls came a-tumbling down"), he sent three thousand soldiers on to conquer the small town of Ai. Amazingly, the Israelites were routed. Joshua prayed and asked the Lord why He had bothered to send them into the land if He was going to deliver them into the hands of the local people. The Lord said that it was because someone had disobeyed God's clear command and had kept spoils from an earlier battle. The next morning Joshua brought everyone together, and God showed Joshua the guilty man, a soldier named Achan. Achan confessed he had indeed sinned and kept spoils. What happened next? Hint

The spoils were recovered and given to the Tabernacle. Then Achan was sacrificed on the lesser altar.

Achan fell on his own sword. Joshua then took the spoils and used them to help buy the area from the inhabitants of Ai.

Achan and his family were exiled from the camp, and his property was given to the survivors in the city he had looted.

Achan and all that he had, both property and people, were brought to Joshua. Then Achan and his children were stoned to death.

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5. King Saul was jealous of David, and hated him so much that he pursued David with an army attempting to kill him. He even slaughtered eighty-five priests who had given David shelter. While looking for David, Saul entered a cave to relieve himself. However, he did not know that deeper in that same cave David and his men were hiding. What happened next? Hint

David cut off a piece of Saul's robe without Saul noticing, later using it to prove his loyalty and mercy to Saul.

David captured Saul and held him for ransom, which included Saul's daughter's hand in marriage.

David snuck up behind Saul and killed him, and thus became King of Israel.

When Saul saw David he ran out of the cave and sent his army in, but David escaped out the back.

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6. Toward the end of his reign, King David ordered Joab and the commanders of the army to conduct a census of Israel and Judah. They complied despite their disapproval of the plan, and almost ten months later gave the results of the census to David. David was now convinced that he had sinned in ordering the census, and prayed to God for forgiveness. The Lord sent the prophet Gad to King David with a choice of punishment. What happened next? Hint

David chose three days of pestilence.

David refused to choose and left his punishment in the hands of God.

David chose three months of fleeing from his foes.

David chose three years of famine in the land.

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7. A rich and influential woman in Shunem wished to help the prophet Elisha, and had a small chamber built on the top of her house for him to use when he was traveling through that area. In return he promised her that she would bear a son, and she did. When the son was older, however, the son complained of a severe headache and died. The woman put her son on Elisha's bed and ran to get the prophet. Elisha went alone in to the dead child and lay on the child, "put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands" and warmed the cool body. Elisha took a break and walked "to and fro", then stretched out upon the child again. What happened next? Hint

His actions badly misunderstood, Elisha was dragged out of the room by the servants.

Elisha told the mother "the Lord requires this child, but He will give you another who shall be a great man in Israel."

The child gave a great yell, jumped up, and ran out of the room calling his mother.

The child sneezed seven times, and then opened his eyes.

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8. King Xerxes highest advisor, Haman, convinced Xerxes to issue a decree ordering that on a certain day all the Jews throughout the kingdom should be destroyed. Queen Esther invited King Xerxes and Haman to special banquets in order to plead for her people. At the second banquet, King Xerxes asked Esther what favor she wished to ask, and "even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed." When she pled "let my life be given me at my petition and my people at my request" and pointed out that Haman had orchestrated the plan to destroy her, what happened next? Hint

Xerxes hanged Haman on the gallows that Haman had built for Esther's cousin.

Xerxes gave Haman to Esther as a slave.

Haman committed suicide rather than be sold as a slave in the marketplace.

Xerxes threw a tantrum and banished both Esther and Haman.

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9. King Hezekiah became ill. The prophet Isaiah went to him and told him: "Set your house in order, for you shall die." Hezekiah wept and prayed, and the Lord sent Isaiah back to say "I will heal you." The king asked for a sign that he would indeed be healed. What was the sign? Hint

The water by the king's bed that had been salty tasted sweet.

It rained even though it was the dry season.

The shadow on the sundial went backward ten steps.

Messengers arrived from the East with words of a great victory.

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10. Daniel's enemies persuaded King Darius to pass a decree that for one month no one could petition any god or man except King Darius himself. When Daniel continued to pray to God, Darius was required to throw Daniel into the lion's den. The next day, Daniel was found alive and healthy because an angel "shut the lions' mouths." What happened next? Hint

Darius threw Daniel's enemies to the lions, and promoted Daniel to second in the kingdom.

Darius honored Daniel by having a prince run before Daniel's chariot saying "this is the man the King wishes to honor."

Darius prepared to throw Daniel's enemies into the fiery furnace, but Daniel interceded for them and saved their lives.

Darius threw Daniel's enemies to the lions, and passed a new decree that everyone should worship Daniel's God.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: He hid his own silver cup in Benjamin's sack of grain, then accused them of stealing it.

Genesis 44. When Joseph "caught" Benjamin as a thief and threatened to enslave him, Judah offered himself as a slave in Benjamin's place rather than hurt his father. Joseph could no longer pretend not to know them, wept aloud, and told his brothers who he was (Genesis 45).

Answer: fled from Pharoah's judgment to the land of Midian, where he tended sheep.

Exodus 2. Moses ends up tending the flocks of a Midianite (named Reuel in 2:18 and Jethro in 3:1) and marrying his daughter Zipporah.

Answer: Miriam was stricken with leprosy.

Numbers 12. Moses interceded on behalf of his brother and sister, and the Lord listened to Moses' pleas. Miriam was confined outside of the camp for seven days, after which she was cured and allowed to be part of the group again.

Answer: Achan and all that he had, both property and people, were brought to Joshua. Then Achan and his children were stoned to death.

The key part of Joshua 7 follows. Note that the spoils were indeed significant--Achan was tempted by real wealth, not a couple of baubles. Most important for Joshua, after God turned away from his anger the Children of Israel were able to defeat Ai.

20. And Achan answered Joshua, In truth, I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this have I done:
21. When I saw among the spoils an attractive mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.
22. So Joshua sent messengers, who ran to the tent, and behold, the spoil was hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath.
23. And they took them from the tent and brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and laid them out before the Lord.
24. And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, the garment, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them to the Valley of Achor.
25. And Joshua said, Why have you brought trouble on us? The Lord will trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him and those with him with stones, and afterward burned their bodies with fire.
26. And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Achor or Troubling to this day.

Answer: David cut off a piece of Saul's robe without Saul noticing, later using it to prove his loyalty and mercy to Saul.

1 Samuel 24. When Saul learned that David had spared his life, he stopped chasing him and returned home. However, the two never reconciled. Not too long after this, Saul fell on his own sword after losing a battle, and David became king.

Answer: David refused to choose and left his punishment in the hands of God.

The three choices listed were the choices God gave David, but he put the decision in God's hands. "And David said to Gad, 'I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for His mercies are many and great; but let me not fall into the hands of man.' So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men." 2 Samuel 24.

Answer: The child sneezed seven times, and then opened his eyes.

Needless to say, the mother was overjoyed. 2 Kings 4:8-37 tells the story. After the sneezes, the story ends by Elisha telling his servant to send for the mother. The mother first prostrated herself on the ground before Elisha, then picked up her son and went out.

Answer: Xerxes hanged Haman on the gallows that Haman had built for Esther's cousin.

The entire story in the book of Esther is worth reading, but the passage immediately described in the question is covered in chapters 5-7. The decree could not be undone, but Xerxes passed a new decree authorizing Jews to organize and defend themselves. The feast of Purim resulted from this event.

Answer: The shadow on the sundial went backward ten steps.

2 Kings 20:9-11. In terms of modern physics, this is even a greater miracle than Joshua's commanding the sun to stand still. "And Isaiah said, 'This is the sign to you from the Lord that He will do the thing He has promised: shall the shadow [denoting the time of day] go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?' Hezekiah answered, 'It is an easy matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps; so let the shadow go back ten steps.' So Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord, and He brought the shadow the ten steps backward by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz."

Answer: Darius threw Daniel's enemies to the lions, and passed a new decree that everyone should worship Daniel's God.

The famous story of Daniel in the lions' den is found in Daniel 6. The original writer was apparently comparing King Darius' two decrees, the first to worship only himself and the last to worship God. Darius had obviously learned an important lesson.

Daniel was a high and successful government official under three kings: Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean, Darius the Mede, and Cyrus the Persian.

Source: Author NormanW5

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