Bible Quiz

Answer Key

References to bible texts provided.

What Old Testament character pleaded with the Lord at Mamre to spare Sodom and Gomorrah for the sake of ten innocent people?
Noah
Jonah
Abraham
Lot
*The correct answer is Abraham. See Genesis 18: 20-32*
When God appeared to Moses in the burning bush at Horeb, he revealed himself by what name?
Elohim
Yahweh
Father
Adonai
*The correct answer is Yahweh. See Exodus 3: 14*
Where did the Lord command Moses to keep the tablets of the law and an omer of manna?
The Meeting Tent
The Temple
The Ark of the Covenant
The Altar of Holocausts
*The correct answer is the Ark of the Covenant. See Exodus 25: 16; Deuteronomy 31: 26 (tablets); Exodus 16: 34 (manna)*
What event that occurred every fifty years called for the return of each man's property?
Jubilee Year
Day of Atonement
Sabbatical Year
Feast of Booths
*The correct answer is Jubilee Year. See Leviticus 25: 13*
Who was the child Hannah offered to the Lord, who later anointed Saul and David kings of Israel?
Nathan
Elijah
Elisha
Samuel
*The correct answer is Samuel. See 1 Samuel 1: 20; 10: 1; 16: 13*
For what sin of David did the Lord decree that his sons would rebel against him?
The death of Absalom
The murder of Uriah
The taking of a census
The defeat of Saul
*The correct answer is the murder of Uriah. See 2 Samuel 12: 1-11*
What sin of Solomon displeased the Lord so much that he took away his kingdom, leaving one tribe for the sake of David?
Building a palace for himself
Worshipping the gods of his wives
Acquiring vast wealth
Using forced labor to build the temple
*The correct answer is worshipping the gods of his wives. See 1 Kings 11: 4-13*
What king of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem in the 6th century B.C. and took its inhabitants into exile?
Cyrus
Antiochus
Sennacherib
Nebuchadnezzar
*The correct answer is Nebuchadnezzar. See 2 Kings 24: 10-16; 25: 1-12*
What Old Testament book contains the poems of the suffering servant?
Jeremiah
Isaiah
Hosea
Ezekiel
*The correct answer is Isaiah. See Isaiah 42: 1-9; 49: 1-7; 50: 1-9; 52: 13 - 53: 12*
What is the abomination of desolation described in the book of Daniel?
Being thrown into the fiery furnace
Eating food from the king of Babylon's table
Worshipping pagan gods in the temple of Jerusalem
Learning the Chaldean language
*The correct answer is worshipping pagan gods in the temple of Jerusalem. See Daniel 9: 27; 11: 31; 12: 11*

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