Gideon
The Israelite oppressors during Gideon's lifetime.
Who are the Midianites?
The Israelite oppressors during Samson's lifetime.
Who were The Philistines?
The reason Naomi, her husband, & 2 sons left Judah.
What is a famine?
The priest of the tabernacle in Shiloh.
Who was Eli?
The first king of Israel and his tribe.
Who is King Saul of the tribe of Benjamin?
The location and activity of Gideon was when God called him.
What is a winepress threshing wheat?
The vow Samson was to take for life and the person who received this message.
What is the Nazirite vow was instructed to be followed to Samson's mother?
[The Angel of the Lord spoke this to her. She had been barren. He was to avoid anything unclean, wine & strong drink, and have no razor touch his head.
The person who returned to Bethlehem with Naomi and the reason for their return.
The reason Samuel was left in care of the priest.
What is Samuel's mother was barren and promised her son to God's service if He would give her one?
God's warning about an earthly kings.
What is kings oppress & tax people, take their land & children?
The person who came to Gideon and the way he was addressed.
What is the Angel of the Lord called him a mighty man of valor?
The source of Samson's strength.
What is "the Spirit of the Lord" Who rushed upon him?
Ruth's nationality and the man who helps her & Naomi.
What is Moabite and Boaz?
The words Samuel spoke the 3rd time God called him.
What is "Speak [Lord] for your servant is listening"?
An early clue about the character of Israel's first king when he was to be anointed.
What is he was hiding with the baggage?
The number of warriors God allowed Gideon to fight with.
What is 300?
The 3 weapons Samson used against the Israelite oppressors.
What is foxes tied together with torches, jawbone of a donkey, and the building pillars collapsing?
The reason Ruth had a kinsman redeemer and entered a levirate marriage.
What is to carry on the name of her husband [Mahlon, Elimelech's son] so it wouldn't be cut off from Israeli?
The object the Israelites relied on to give them victory after being defeated by the Philistines.
What was the ark of the covenant?
What the Israelites desire to have an early king revealed about them.
What is they were rejecting God?
[1 Samuel 10:18b-19a "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,'I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.' But you have today rejected your God who delivers you from all your calamities and your distresses;"
The method God used to reduce the Israelite army and the determining factor for those chosen.
What is drink water by bringing their hands to their mouths?
The temptation that plagued Samson and the way he was ultimately brought low and lost his strength.
What is pagan women, and the Lord left him when his hair was cut?
[Remember he didn't lose his strength merely because his hair was cut. He was not faithful to the Lord.]
Ruth's relation to David and her son's name.
Who is David's great-grandmother and Obed's mother?
[Obed means "servant". Remember Ruth was praised as being better than 7 sons!]]
The prophecy God declared about Eli.
What is God would judge his house for failing to rebuke his sons for their iniquity and his sons will die the same day?
[He lightly esteemed God. He failed to honor God.]
[Eli died when he heard his sons were both killed and the ark was captured. Phineas' wife bore Ichabod "no glory".]
The reason the first king was rejected by God. (1 Samuel 13:8-15)
What is he became impatient for Samuel and offered a burnt offering to the Lord?
[Afterward, he failed to utterly destroy the Amalekites --kept King Agag and the best of the flocks alive.]