Saturday, October 7, 2017

Samson

Link to answers here

1) What was not supposed to be cut on Samson?
a) His clothes
b) His hair
c) His foreskin
d) Nothing is in the bible about this

2) Why was Samson’s hair not supposed to be cut?
a) He was to look fierce
b) Men of the time were not permitted to cut their hair
c) He was to pretend to be a Philistine
d) He was to be a Nazarite

3) What nationality was Samson’s first wife?
a) Moabite
b) Philistine
c) Ishmaelite
d) Israelite

4) What did Samson kill as his parents headed towards the village of the woman he wanted as a wife?
a) A lion
b) A ram
c) A man
d) A donkey

5) What was later in the body of the dead animal?
a) A refuge from a battle
b) A swarm of bees and honey
c) His bride
d) A ram

6) What was the prize for answering the riddle at the marriage feast of Samson?
a) 30 pieces of silver
b) A herd of goats
c) 30 blouses and changes of garments
d) A flock of sheep

7) How did the wedding guests coerce the Samson’s wife to find out the answer to the riddle?
a) They threatened to burn down her father’s home
b) They bribed her
c) She was their sister
d) They threatened to kill her and Samson

8) Who ended up with Samson’s wife?
a) Her brothers
b) His father
c) His companion
d) She remained alone

9) How did Samson react to this?
a) He killed his wife and father
b) He destroyed the village
c) He tore down her father’s home
d) He set fire to their fields with 300 foxes

10) When the men of Judah bound Samson up to give him to the Philistines, how did he get free?
a) The Spirit of the Lord gave him strength to break his bonds.
b) He cut his bonds with a knife they gave him
c) The bonds were not tied tightly together
d) A servant untied him

11) How did the lords of the Philistines entice Delilah to find out the secret to Samson’s strength?
a) They threatened to burn her house down
b) They offered her 1100 pieces of silver each
c) They threatened to kill her
d) They offered her 30 pieces of silver

12) What was Samson’s first response to Delilah?
a) Bind him with his own hair
b) Bind him with new ropes
c) Bind him with scarlet ropes
d) Bind him with 7 green cords

13) What was Samson’s second response to Delilah?
a) Bind him with weighted ropes
b) Bind him with new ropes
c) Bind him with linen rags
d) Bind him with pigskin

14) What was Samson’s third response to Delilah?
a) Weave his hair into a web on the loom
b) Curl his hair
c) Braid his hair with goat hair
d) Shave his head

15) What was Samson’s fourth response to Delilah?
a) Cut his hair with silver shears
b) Cut his hair with sheep shears
c) Shave his head
d) He refused to tell her anything

16) What did the Philistines do with Samson when they captured him?
a) The blinded him and bound him with bronze fetters
b) They bound him to a donkey
c) They blinded him and cut off his hands
d) They bound him in a dark cellar

17) What was the name of the Philistine god?
a) Baal
b) Ashtaroth
c) Dagon
d) Molech

18) When the Philistines had a feast and made sport of Samson, what was his request to the boy leading him?
a) To show him the pillars so that he may lean against them
b) To let him sit down in the corner
c) To bring him water and bread
d) To let him face his captors

19) How did Samson and the Philistines die at that feast?
a) By the fire of the sacrifice to Dagon
b) By an earthquake which destroyed the home
c) When Israelites attacked the feast

d) When Samson pushed the pillars and collapsed the house

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