Biblical Cities – Old Testament 1

1) What city was Goliath from?

a) Ashkelon

b) Beer-Sheba

c) Gath

d) Jericho

2) Where did Abraham live when the Lord told him to leave and go to Canaan?

a) Babylon

b) Haran

c) Jabesh-Gilead

d) Ramah

3) Boys mocked the prophet Elisha’s bald head and were killed by bears at what city?

a) Carmel

b) Hebron

c) Sidon

d) Bethel

4) Where did Samuel declare that Saul was chosen by God to be king?

a) Chephirah

b) Lebonah

c) Mizpeh

d) Ramah

5) The Philistines displayed the armor of Saul in Ashtaroth. Where did the Philistines display his body?

a) Bethshan

b) Ekron

c) Gath

d) Gaza

6) Which city fell after priests walked around it blowing shofars?

a) Ashkelon

b) Damascus

c) Jericho

d) Tyre

7) Which tribe was allotted Ashtaroth and Edrei, the cities of Og, King of Bashan?

a) Ephraim

b) Manasseh

c) Naphtali

d) Zebulun

8.) Where were Joseph and Jacob buried?

a) Shechem

b) Beth-Anoth

c) Ziddimvb

d) Mizpah

9) Joshua fought the 5 kings of the Amorites and called out that the sun should stand still over what city?

a) Ashdod

b) Bashan

c) Gezer

d) Gibeon

10) The widow whose son died but came to life again after Elijah beseeched the Lord fed the prophet in what city?

a) Hebron

b) Kerioth

c) Ramoth

d) Zarephath

Books Mentioned in the Bible

1­) The Book of the Wars of the Lord mentions what river, according to the bible?

a) Arnon

b) Jordan

c) Pishon

d) Tigris

2) The sun stood still and the moon stayed, as the book of Joshua states, and is mentioned in which other book?

a) The Chronicles of Nathan

b) The Book of Moses

c) The Book of Jasher

d) The Book of the Law

3) The acts, wisdom, and all that he did are written in which book?

a) The Book of the Acts of Solomon

b) The Book of the Law of Solomon

c) The Book of the Wisdom of Solomon

d) Solomon’s Pearls

4) What did not get put into the Chronicles of David?

a) The names of all of his wives

b) The number of Israel  

c) The battles he fought in

d) Nothing was left out

5) The acts of David are written in the books of which 3 men?

a) Iddo, Jeremiah, and Samuel

b) Jasher, Jeremiah, and Shemaiah

c) Iddo, Nathan, and Shemaiah

d) Gad, Nathan, and Samuel

6) Those whose names were not written in which book were thrown into the lake of fire?

a) The Book of Judgement

b) The Book of Law

c) The Book of the Righteous

d) Book of Life

7) The acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, are written in the book of whom?

a) Iddo

b) Jehu

c) Nathan

d) Samuel

8) The acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are written in the books of which 2 people?

a) Ahijah and Elijah

b) Azariah and Elisha

c) Iddo and Shemaiah

d) Micaiah and Uriah

9) During the reign of King Josiah, the high priest Hilkiah gave which book to Shaphan the scribe?

a) Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah

b) Book of the Law

c) Book of Nathan

d) Book of the Wisdom of Solomon

10) The acts of Abijam and all that he did were written in which book?

a) The Book of Abijam

b) The Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel

c) The Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah

d) The Book of Uriah

Minor prophets Part 2

1) The prophecy that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem is in which book of the bible?

a) Joel

b) Micah

c) Nahum

d) Zephaniah

2) The vision of Obadiah concerns which nation?

a) Edom

b) Moab

c) Philistia

d) Samaria

3) Which city was Jonah supposed to prophesize to when he instead fled the presence of the Lord?

a) Damascus

b) Jerusalem

c) Nineveh

d) Tarshish

4) In the book of Acts, the apostle Peter quoted which Old Testament minor prophet at Pentecost?

a) Amos

b) Haggai

c) Joel

d) Malachi

5) Which book of the bible has the prophet saying that the Lord will send Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord?

a) Habakkuk

b) Hosea

c) Joel

d) Malachi

6) The word of the Lord came to Hosea during the reign of which king of Israel?

a) Ahab

b) Hezekiah

c) Jeroboam

d) Solomon

7) Which prophet is the grandson of Iddo the prophet?

a) Haggai

b) Jonah

c) Nahum

d) Zechariah

8) What was the occupation of the prophet Amos?

a) Farmer

b) Herdsman

c) Merchant

d) Prophet

9) The word came to Zephaniah during the reign of which king?

a) Josiah king of Judah

b) Jotham king of Judah

c) Hezekiah king of Israel

d) Uzziah king of Israel

10) What did the prophet Habakkuk call his vision?

a) A burden

b) A blessing

c) A word

d) He did not call it anything

11) Nahum prophesized against which city?

a) Jerusalem

b) Nineveh

c) Samaria

d) Tyre

12) The book of Joel opens with a lament about what?

a) An evil king

b) The exile of Israel

c) A plague of locusts

d) The destruction of the temple

13) Which prophet was told to take a prostitute for a wife?

a) Amos

b) Hosea

c) Obadiah

d) Micah

14) In which book does the prophet see a  Man riding a red horse?

a) Habakkuk

b) Joel

c) Malachi

d) Zechariah

15) What was the result of the prophecies spoken by Haggai?

a) The city was destroyed

b) They rebuilt the temple

c) The people obeyed the word of the Lord

d) No result is given

Minor prophets Part 1

Minor prophets Part 1

1) Romans 9:13 quotes which minor prophet when it says “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated"?

a) Amos

b) Malachi

c) Obadiah

d) Nahum

2) To whom did Haggai prophesize to?

a) Hezekiah king of Judah

b) Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah

c) Uzziah king of Judah

d) Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel governor of Judah

3) In what book shall they “look upon Him whom they have pierced”?

a) Amos

b) Malachi

c) Micah

d) Zechariah

4) The prophecies of Micah concerned which cities?

a) Samaria and Jerusalem

b) Jerusalem and Nineveh

c) Edom and Tyre

d) Jericho and Tyre

5) In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus refers to His death and calls it the sign of which prophet?

a) Habakkuk

b) Haggai

c) Jonah

d) Micah

6) Why is it said in the book of Hosea that Israel is like a prostitute?

a) Israel put idols into the temple

b) Israel permitted the heathen to live among them

c) Israel had forsaken the Lord

d) No reason was given

7) The word Amos saw concerning Israel took place 2 years before which event?

a) Earthquake

b) Jubilee

c) The reign of Rehoboam

d) War with the Philistines

8) Fill in the blank: In Zechariah, there is a stone with seven ______.

a) Colors

b) Eyes

c) Fissures

d) Sides

9) The chief priests and scribes told Herod that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. They quoted which prophet?

a) Hosea

b) Joel

c) Malachi

d) Zechariah

10) What books were written about prophecies given during the reign of Darius?

a) Amos and Hosea

b) Joel and Micah

c) Haggai and Zechariah

d) Nahum and Obadiah