Bible Study Quiz

Answers to February 1998 Study


The verses from Scripture are given with the answer. You can click on the verse hyperlink [e.g., (Jhn 3:16 KJV) ] to read the indicated verse within the context of its entire chapter.
1. During the time of Abraham, what was the measure of weight commonly used by merchants?
Shekel
Denarius
Dollar
Mite
Talent
 
Answer: Shekel
(Gen 23:16 KJV) And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

2. Re-order these words that follow to match a familiar portion of Scripture.
"all and go nations therefore teach ye"
 
Answer: see verse below
(Mat 28:19 KJV) Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

3. Which one of Joseph's brothers urged the rest to not kill Joseph?
 
Answer: Reuben
(Gen 37:21 KJV) "And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him."

4. Who was the second oldest man to have lived, as recorded in scripture?
Adam
Seth
Noah
Jared
Methuselah
 
Answer: Jared (962 years old). Methuselah was the oldest at 969 years old. See Genesis 5 for the complete list of the long-lived patriarchs.
(Gen 5:20 KJV) "And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died."

5. Who told Mary to name her son Jesus?
 
Answer: the angel Gabriel
(Luke 1:26-31 KJV) And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, [27] To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. [28] And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. [29] And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. [30] And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. [31] And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

6. This person's mother was Hagar and uncle Haran. Who was this person?
Abram
Noah
Esau
Elijah
Ishmael
 
Answer: Ishmael
(Gen 16:15 KJV) And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

(Gen 11:26 KJV) And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

7. Re-order these words that follow to match a familiar portion of Scripture.
"covet house neighbour's not shalt thou thy"
 
Answer: see verse below
(Exo 20:17 KJV) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

8. What prophet speaks of a warrior's bloody clothing being fuel for the fire?
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Micah
Zechariah
 
Answer: Isaiah
(Isa 9:5 KJV) For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

9. This prophet of God told the captain of the king of Israel's soldiers, "If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty."
Gideon
Jeremiah
Isaiah
Elijah
Elisha
 
Answer: Elijah
(2 Ki 1:10 KJV) And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

10. What king of Judah made a fatalistic attempt to repel the Egytian forces at Megiddo?
Rehoboam
Josiah
Hezekiah
Jehoshaphat
Asa
 
Answer: Josiah
(2 Ki 23:28-30 KJV) Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? [29] In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. [30] And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.


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