Obscure Old Testament Wisdom
This Old Testament figure was “more righteous than I,” according to Judah in Genesis 38.
Who is Tamar?
📖 Genesis 38:26
This prophet was told by God to marry a prostitute as a living symbol of Israel’s unfaithfulness.
Who is Hosea?
📖 Hosea 1:2–3
This shepherd boy was known for playing the harp and soothing King Saul’s troubled spirit.
Who is David?
📖 1 Samuel 16:23
In Genesis 14, Abram is blessed by this mysterious priest-king of Salem, whose name means “king of righteousness.”
Who is Melchizedek?
📖 Genesis 14:18–20
In the book of Ruth, this man refused to marry Ruth because it might “endanger his own estate.”
Who is the unnamed kinsman-redeemer (the nearer relative)?
📖 Ruth 4:6
double jeporday!!!!!!!!!
Who is Zechariah?
📖 Zechariah 4:1–6
The Book of Psalms is often called the “hymnbook” of Israel, but the Hebrew title literally means this.
What is “Praises” (Tehillim)?
📖 Psalm titles; Hebrew root “halal” = to praise
What tribe of Israel was set apart to carry the Ark of the Covenant
Who are the Kohathites (a division of the Levites)?
📖 Numbers 4:4–15
This king consulted a medium at Endor to summon the prophet Samuel.
Who is Saul?
📖 1 Samuel 28:7–19
This prophet saw a flying scroll 20 cubits by 10 cubits, symbolizing a curse on thieves and liars.
Who is Zechariah?
📖 Zechariah 5:1–4
This Levite musician led worship before the Ark of the Covenant during David’s reign and is credited with several psalms.
Who is Asaph?
📖 1 Chronicles 16:4–5; Psalms 50, 73–83
Which Old Testament book is written in both Hebrew and Aramaic?
What is Daniel?
📖 Hebrew: 1:1–2:4a; Aramaic: 2:4b–7:28; Hebrew again: 8–12
The Queen of Sheba brought Solomon gifts of gold, spices, and precious stones. According to 1 Kings 10, what did she test him with?
What are hard questions (riddles)?
📖 1 Kings 10:1
This minor prophet had a vision of “a basket of summer fruit,” representing the end of Israel because “the time is ripe.”
Who is Amos?
📖 Amos 8:1–2
According to the book of Job, the morning stars and this group “sang together” at creation.
Who are the sons of God (angels)?
📖 Job 38:7
What were the three gifts brought by the Magi, and what does each symbolize?
Gold (kingship), frankincense (divinity/prayer), myrrh (death/burial).
📖 Matthew 2:11