OT History
Noah
His Census helps us date the birth of Jesus
Caesar Augustus
Substitute for a burnt offering
Dove (or pigeon)
The tree of forbidden fruit
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
These two cities were destroyed by fire from the heavens
Sodom and Gomorrah
This Patriarch had twelve sons
Jacob (also called Israel)
According to Luke, the age when Jesus began his minsitry
About 30 (Luke 3:23)
Birds that fed Elijah
Ravens
Zacchaeus climbed this tree to see Jesus
A sycamore (fig) tree
Man who was let down from a basket through a window
Paul (Saul)
This Queen of Persia was replaced by Esther
Vashti
Annas
Noah sent it out, but it came back with an olive branch
Dove
Deborah the Judge listened to people's problems under this kind of tree
Palm
Woman who let spies down from a city window
Rahab
This man was the very first King of Israel
Saul
He was the first martyr.
Stephen
Jesus said these "Where there is a dead body, these will gather.""
Vultures
This hero nailed the King of Ai to a tree
Joshua
This Emperor who lived toward the end of the New Testament burned Rome and blamed the Christians.
Nero
These three major prophets were captured by the Babylonians, but only two went to Babylon
Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel
(Jeremiah did not go)
According to tradition, he was the last surviving Apostle
John
Zechariah saw angels who looked like women with the wings of this wading bird
Stork
This Patriarch planted a tamarisk next to the well at Beersheba
Abraham
This man built the first city
Cain