My 900th Quiz with FunTrivia

Answer: Jabin

Jabin, king of the Canaanites, "harshly oppressed" the Israelites for twenty years, according to Judges 4:3 in the NKJV. It appears he had more than ample military might to oppress the Israelites as the same verse states he had nine hundred chariots of iron. The information about the nine hundred chariots is also repeated in Judges 4:13.

However, Jabin's massive military strength was no match for Deborah and Barak who led the Israelites into battle. Judges 4 tells of God delivering the Canaanite army into the hands of the Israelites.

Deborah, of course, was a Judge of Israel and Barak was the commander of the nation's army.

Answer: the

The nine hundredth word in the Old Testament, using the NKJV, is simply 'the'. (Yes, I must confess I was hoping for something more dramatic when it came to the nine hundredth word, but it is what it is.)

According to Scripture, mist arose from the ground to water the earth. It was sort of like a built in irrigation system, I suppose. Scripture goes on to tell of the creation of Adam and Eve. Later, rain, as we know it would follow.

Answer: Jacob

The correct answer is Jacob. Genesis 31 tells of Jacob fleeing from Laban after serving him for a number of years. Among those accompanying Jacob were his two wives Leah and Rachel, both daughters of Laban. It's a long story, but Jacob and Laban were often at loggerheads and Jacob apparently saw the only solution was to flee from Laban.

However, Chapter 31 tells of Laban making a covenant with Jacob and it apparently worked as Scripture does not tell of any more clashes between the two men.

If anyone is interested, the first thirty chapters of Genesis in the NKJV contain 874 verses, as per the information below:
Genesis 1 -- 31 verses
Genesis 2 -- 25 verses
Genesis 3 -- 24 verses
Genesis 4 -- 26 verses
Genesis 5 -- 32 verses
Genesis 6 -- 22 verses
Genesis 7 -- 24 verses
Genesis 8 -- 22 verses
Genesis 9 -- 29 verses
Genesis 10 -- 32 verses
Genesis 11 -- 32 verses
Genesis 12 -- 20 verses
Genesis 13 -- 18 verses
Genesis 14 -- 24 verses
Genesis 15 -- 21 verses
Genesis 16 -- 16 verses
Genesis 17 -- 27 verses
Genesis 18 -- 33 verses
Genesis 19 -- 38 verses
Genesis 20 -- 18 verses
Genesis 21 -- 34 verses
Genesis 22 -- 24 verses
Genesis 23 -- 20 verses
Genesis 24 -- 67 verses
Genesis 25 -- 34 verses
Genesis 26 -- 35 verses
Genesis 27 -- 46 verses
Genesis 28 -- 22 verses
Genesis 29 -- 35 verses
Genesis 30 -- 43 verses
Add on twenty-six verses from Genesis 31 and you get nine hundred verses.

Answer: Nineveh

Out of the four options, Jonah is most associated with Nineveh. Jonah, of course, received instructions from God to go to Nineveh to preach a message of repentance. Initially he tried to run from God and when this proved impossible, Jonah relented and went to Nineveh.

If anyone is interested, here are the number of chapters in the Old Testament of the Protestant Bible (NKJV) one goes through before arriving at the 900th chapter:
Genesis -- 50
Exodus -- 40
Leviticus -- 27
Numbers -- 36
Deuteronomy -- 34
Joshua -- 24
Judges 21
Ruth -- 4
1 Samuel -- 30
2 Samuel -- 24
1 Kings -- 22
2 Kings -- 25
1 Chronicles -- 29
2 Chronicles -- 45
Ezra -- 10
Nehemiah -- 13
Esther -- 10
Job -- 42
Psalms -- 150
Proverbs -- 31
Ecclesiastes -- 12
Song of Solomon -- 8
Isaiah -- 66
Jeremiah -- 52
Lamentations -- 4
Ezekiel 48
Daniel 12
Hosea 14
Joel 3
Amos 9
Obadiah 1
Jonah 4 -- 900th chapter

Answer: saying

The nine hundredth word in the New Testament, using the NKJV, is 'saying'. In other words, Matthew 2:17 reads"Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying:" Verse 18 goes on to complete a quote from Isaiah. Isaiah's quote is as follows:
"A voice was heard in Ramah,
Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children,
Refusing to be comforted,
Because they are no more."

The verses are part of a prophecy by Isaiah pertaining to the deaths of innocents. Herod, in his insatiable desire to cling to power, ordered the execution of all infants aged two and under to prevent Baby Jesus from growing up and becoming a king and replacing him. To escape Herod's slaughter of infants aged two and under, Joseph and his family fled to Egypt after being told to do so by an angel.

According to Matthew 2:15, the fact Jesus and His family moved to Egypt is additional fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy which proclaimed "Out of Egypt I called My Son." (Hosea 11:1)

Answer: Jesus

Matthew 25:37, the nine hundredth verse of the New Testament using the NKJV, quotes Jesus. The verse is part of a discourse about the Son of Man judging the nations. The discourse runs from Matthew 25:21-46.

If anyone is interested, here are the number of verses in the first twenty-four chapters of Matthew to determine which verse is Number 900:
Matthew 1 -- 25
Matthew 2 -- 23
Matthew 3 -- 17
Matthew 4 -- 25
Matthew 5 -- 48
Matthew 6 -- 34
Matthew 7 -- 29
Matthew 8 -- 34
Matthew 9 -- 38
Matthew 10 -- 42
Matthew 11 -- 30
Matthew 12 -- 50
Matthew 13 -- 58
Matthew 14 -- 36
Matthew 15 -- 39
Matthew 16 -- 28
Matthew 17 -- 27
Matthew 18 -- 35
Matthew 19 -- 30
Matthew 20 -- 34
Matthew 21 -- 46
Matthew 22 -- 46
Matthew 23 -- 38
Matthew 24 -- 51
The total comes to 863 verses. Add on Matthew 25:1-37, and you end up at the nine hundredth verse.

Answer: David

David is the correct answer. Using the NKJV, his name appears no less than nine hundred and seventy-four times in the Old and New Testament. No other monarch comes close. For example, David's famous son, Solomon, who served as king of Israel, is mentioned two hundred and seventy-two times in the Bible.

Incidentally, out of the nine hundred and seventy-four times David's name appears in Scripture, fifty-four of the occurrences are in the New Testament. David's name can be found in the Gospel of Matthew fifteen different times alone.

Answer: True

True. Israel and Israelites appear easily more than nine hundred times in the NKJV. In fact, the two words can be found more 2,431 times. The only other nation that comes even close is Judah (the nation and the man) with 813 mentions. Next in order of popularity is Egypt and Egyptian with six hundred and seventy-four mentions.

Nations like Lebanon, Syria and Persia lag far behind with sixty-five mentions, eleven mentions and thirty-three mentions.

Answer: True

True. In fact, the number nine hundred can be found only twice in the entire Bible, using the NKJV, and both occurrences are in the Old Testament. As pointed out in the answer section to Question No. 1, the two occurrences are Judges 4:3 and 4:13.

Answer: They all did

Methuselah, Jared and Adam all lived beyond nine hundred years. According to Genesis 5:27, Methuselah was 969 years old when he died, making him the oldest person in the Bible. Meanwhile, Jared was 962 years old when he died, as per Genesis 5:20, while Adam was 930 years old at the time of death, as per Genesis 5:5.

For the record, two other men in Scripture also lived beyond nine hundred years. Seth lived to be 912 years, as per Genesis 5:68, while Cainan lived to be 910 years, as per Genesis 5:14.