OT Characters
This judge if Israel was left-handed and assassinated King Eglon of Moab. (Judges 3:15-22)
Ehud
"Am I my brother's keeper?"
Cain
The king asked God for an understanding heart to judge His people, and God also gave him riches and honour. (1 Kings 3:9-13)
Solomon
This Judean city was the birthplace of Jesus and was also called the city of David. (Matthew 2:1; Luke 2:4-7)
Bethlehem
These visitors from the east came to Jerusalem asking, "Where is he that is born King of the Jews?" (Matthew 2:1-2)
Wise men
This prophet confronted Amaziah, priest of Bethel, after prophesying against Jeroboam II. (Amos 7:10-17)
Amos
When the LORD asked, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?", this prophet responded, "Here am I; send me."
Isaiah
The king destroyed the brazen serpent that moses had made because the people had begun burning incense to it. (2 Kings 18:4)
Hezekiah
This city in Cilicia was the birthplace of the apostle Paul. (Acts 9:11; Acts 22:3)
Tarsus
In this Gospel, Jesus declared, "Before Abraham was, I am."
John
This king of Judah was struck with leprosy after attempting to burn incense in the Temple. (2 Chronicles 26:16-21; 2 Kings 15:5)
Uzziah
After confronting David about his sin with Bathsheba and Uriah, this prophet declared, "Thou art the man."
(2 Samuel 12:1-7)
Nathan
This king was buried in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings, because he had done evil in the sight of the LORD. (2 Chronicles 33:20)
Manasseh
This city was where Paul and Silas were imprisoned when an earthquake opened the prison doors. (Acts 16:12-26)
Philippi
Jesus said that no sign would be given to a wicked generation except the sign of this Old Testament prophet. (Matthew 12:38-41)
Jonah
This man is identified in the opening verse of the book of Joel as the prophet's father. (Joel 1:1)
Pethuel
After Paul's defense before him, this Roman ruler said, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian."
(Acts 26:27-28)
This king cut up a prophetic scroll with a penknife and threw the pieces into the fire as they were read. (Jeremiah 36:22-23)
Jehoiakim
After being shipwrecked on the way to Rome, Paul and the other passengers discovered that this island was called ____. (Acts 28:1)
Melita (Malta)
When the soldiers came to arrest Jesus and identified Him as Jesus of Nazareth, He answered with these words, causing them to go backward and fall to the ground. (John 18;4-6)
"I am he"
The priest and scribe, described as a descendant of Aaron, led a major return of exiles to Jerusalem and was skilled in the law of Moses.
Ezra
Achan
This king was wounded in battle escaped to Megiddo, and was brought to Jerusalem in a chariot where he died. (2 Kings 23:29-30)
Josiah
Paul spent more than two years teaching in this city, where the word of God mightily grew and prevailed. (Acts 19:8-10, 20)
Ephesus
In the synagogue at Nazareth, Jesus opened the book of this prophet and read the passage beginning, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me." (Luke 4:16-21)
Isaiah