Bible Trivia
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- 2. This son of Adam and Eve was born when Adam was 130 years old (Genesis 5:3)
- 5. Through the prophet Elijah, Jehovah foretold that the dogs would do this to Jezebel [2 words] (1 Kings 21:23)
- 7. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (Psalm 119:121, superscription)
- 10. when “looking for an opportunity against the Philistines,” who then ruled over Israel, Samson selected a Philistine woman from this location to be his wife (Judges 14:1-4)
- 11. Freedom from labor or difficulty (Luke 12:19)
- 12. The spelling of the divine name that is favored by most Hebrew scholars
- 16. The early form of the crown (2 Kings 11:12)
- 18. Too poor to offer a ram in sacrifice after the birth of Jesus, Mary and Joseph could offer these instead [3 words] (Luke 2:24)
- 19. One of the places the Assyrians had brought to ruin, mentioned by Rabshakeh (Isaiah 37:12)
- 21. To cause to become beloved or admired (Song of Solomon 1:2)*
- 22. A descendant of Benjamin and father of “the Hushim” (1 Chronicles 7:12)
- 25. In most of the inspired letters he wrote, Paul identified himself as this [3 words] (Ephesians 1:1)
- 29. Because of this man’s sin, Israel suffered defeat at Ai (Joshua 7:20)
- 31. For two years, while in Ephesus, Paul gave talks in this building’s auditorium (Acts 19:9)
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- 1. YOUR LOINS, This expression, originally meaning to gather the ends of a robe for physical activity, is also used in the Scriptures to denote preparation for vigorous mental or spiritual activity [4 words] (Job 38:3)
- 3. The second-named son of sheikh Dishon and a descendant of Seir the Horite (Genesis 36:26)
- 4. One of the towns in their territory from which the tribe of Asher did not drive out the Canaanite inhabitants (Judges 1:31)
- 6. Having sufficient power to accomplish an objective (James 4:12)
- 8. Notion (Romans 2:3)
- 9. It was from his “sons” that Abraham purchased the cave of Machpelah as a burial place for Sarah (Genesis 23:20)
- 13. When Satan told Jehovah that He had put this up around Job, Satan meant that God had protected Job (Job 1:10)
- 14. Jesus said that the one who endures to this point “is the one that will be saved” (Mark 13:13)
- 15. Christians are instructed “to repudiate ungodliness and worldly desires and to live with” this, along with “righteousness and godly devotion” [3 words] (Titus 2:12)
- 17. Ruth’s husband and a link in the family line of the Messiah (Ruth 4:13)
- 19. Jesus pointed out that one cannot be a slave to God and to these at the same time (Luke 16:13)
- 20. “Get out of —, my people” (Revelation 18:4)
- 23. A son of Ashhur by his wife Helah (1 Chronicles 4:7)
- 24. The mother of Mehetabel, the wife of Edomite King Hadar (Genesis 36:39)
- 26. It was at this location in Asia Minor that Paul received the call: “Step over into Macedonia and help us” (Acts 16:8, 9)
- 27. A son of Ishmael and chieftain of an Arabian clan (Genesis 25:14)
- 28. One of the Nethinim whose descendants returned to Jerusalem in 537 B.C.E. (Ezra 2:46)
- 30. The seer who rebuked King Asa of Judah for making an alliance with the king of Syria instead of relying upon Jehovah (2 Chronicles 16:7)