Old Testament final exam JCJC Bishop
How many children did Job have at the beginning of the book?
10
Which chapter of Leviticus describes the Day of Atonement?
16
How long did Jacob work for his father in law?
20 years
How many of Job's children died while Job was living?
7
What nation wiped out Judah, the Southern Kingdom?
?
Who was the favorite son of Jacob after one was sold into slavery?
?
Who had to drink a potion prepared by a priest ?
A Sotah (a woman suspected of adultery)
What did Balaam have that could talk?
A donkey
Who was Saul's military commander?
Abner
What son of David had tried unsuccessfully to become king years before David's death and died as a result?
Absalom
What son of David killed his brother Amnon?
Absalom
What son of David tried unsuccessfully to become king as David was dying?
Adonijah
Who raped his half-sister Tamar?
Amnon
What was the scapegoat?
An animal that is ritually burdened with the sins of others, and then driven away.
What does the Bible call the gold-clad box that held the Ten Commandments?
Ark of the Covenant
What was the Hebrew name of Abednego?
Azariah
Who wiped out the house of Jeroboam?
Baasha
With whom did David have an affair and two babies?
Bathsheba
According to Leviticus 20:10, what would happen to people who committed adultery?
Be put to death
Where was the scapegoat taken?
Before the Lord at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting/ sent away into the desert
What tribe did the first king of Israel come from?
Benjamin
What was the name of Ruth's second husband?
Boaz
What book has as its theme, "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity?"
Book of Ecclesiastes
Who was the only person who joined Joshua in giving an optimistic report of the spies' visit into Canaan?
Caleb
What king of Israel was a descendant of Ruth?
David
Who ordered his son to kill Joab?
David
What judge had a spouse named Lappidoth?
Deborah
Who was the only female judge named in the book of Judges?
Deborah
In what chapter does Ecclesiastes say there is a season for everything?
Ecclesiastes 3
In what chapter does Ecclesiastes warn against making hasty vows to God?
Ecclesiastes 5
What judge was left handed?
Ehud
What prophet had a conflict with Ahab, the troubler of Israel?
Elijah
Who anointed Elisha to be a prophet?
Elijah
Who anointed Jehu king over Israel?
Elijah
Who was Ruth's father in law?
Elimelech
Who was the prophet who succeeded Elijah?
Elisha
Who sold his birthright to his brother for a bowl of soup?
Esau
Who was Isaac's favorite son?
Esau
What was the name of Moses' son?
Gershom and Eliezar
What judge was invited by God to pick a sign based on a fleece, a sheepskin being wet with dew?
Gideon
What giant did David kill when only a boy?
Goliath
Who was hanged on a gallows that he had built for Mordecai?
Haman
Who was the evil man in the book of Esther who wanted to kill all the Jews?
Haman
What was the Hebrew name of Shadrach?
Hananiah
Who was the son of Abraham and Sarah?
Isaac
Who was the son of Abraham and Hagar?
Ishmael
Where did Balaam come from?
Israel (?)
Who killed Sisera?
Jael
Who wiped out the house of Ahab?
Jehu
What judge promised God he would sacrifice his little girl as a burnt offering?
Jephthah
What was the name of Moses' father in law?
Jethro/Reuel/Hobab
Who was the wife of Ahab?
Jezebel
Who killed Abner?
Joab
Who was David's military commander?
Joab
Which child of Saul was David's best friend?
Jonathan
Which son of Jacob was sold into slavery?
Joseph
Who was Jacob's favorite son?
Joseph
Who led the people of Israel into the Promised Land?
Joshua
Where was Job from?
Land of Uz
What daughter did Saul offer to David, but David declined?
Merab
Which child of Saul did David marry?
Michal
Which child of Saul ridiculed David's dancing?
Michal
What was the Hebrew name of Mechach?
Mishael
What country was Ruth from?
Moab
What was the name of Esther's male cousin whom the king honored?
Mordecai
Who led the people of Israel out of Egypt?
Moses
Where did Saul and his sons die?
Mount Gilboa
On what mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments from God?
Mt Sinai
Who owned a vineyard that Ahab wanted and that Jezebel conspired to acquire?
Naboth
Who was Ruth's mother in law?
Naomi
What nation wiped out the Northern Kingdom, the kingdom of Israel?
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Who was the father of Joshua?
Nun
What was the name of Ruth's son?
Obed
What was the name of Ruth's sister-in-law?
Orpah
Who tried to seduce Joseph in Egypt?
Potiphar's Wife
What queen in the book of Esther disobeyed her husband and was demoted?
Queen Vashti
Which of Jacob's wives stole the father's household gods when Jacob and his family left for home?
Rachel
Which wife did Jacob think was prettier?
Rachel
Who was Isaac's wife?
Rebecca
When the kingdom split after Solomon's death, who ruled the ten tribes in the North?
Rehoboam
Who succeeded Solomon on the throne?
Rehoboam (his son)
Which tribes are the East Jordan tribes?
Reuben and Gad
What judge loved Delilah?
Samson
What judge was a Nazarite?
Samson
What judge was blinded by the Philistines and forced to work at a mill?
Samson
Who killed a bunch of Philistines to pay off a gambling debt?
Samson
Who was the first king of Israel?
Saul
How long did Job's friends sit with him in silence?
Seven days and seven nights
Who raped the only daughter of Jacob?
Shechem
Whom did David choose as his successor?
Solomon
What did Moses do to a rock after God told him to speak to it?
Struck the rock twice
In what country did Mordecai and Esther live?
Susa Persia
What does the Bible call the tent in which Israel worshipped in the wilderness?
Tabernacle of Moses
What was manna?
The miraculous food that God provided the Israelites to eat in the desert
What was the scapegoat's departure a symbol for?
The sins of others
What god did the wife of Ahab worship?
Tyrian god Baal-Melkart
Who was the king when Mordecai lived?
Xerxes
Who wiped out the house of Baasha?
Zimri
What was the name of Moses' wife?
Zipporah
Was Job's wife sympathetic to his determination to be faithful to God in the face of suffering?
no she told him to "curse god and die"
