Joshua
Joshua takes over leadership of the Israelites from this person
Moses (Joshua 1)
True or False: The judges in the bible are like the judges in our day and age.
False - Judges in the Bible were individuals who served as leaders for Israel in times of crisis before the monarchy was established.
Ruth leaves her hometown to go with her mother-in-law, saying famously "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God." What's the name of her mother-in-law?
Naomi (Ruth 1)
Samuel is born to this famous biblical woman who prayed for a son. Afterward he is born, she dedicates Samuel to the temple in her gratitude.
Hannah (1 Samuel 1)
This is the king that eventually inherits David's rule and who is said to have great wisdom?
Solomon (1 Kings 1)
When Joshua sends spies into the land of Canaan, this woman houses the spies and tells them "I know the Lord has given you this land..."
Rahab (Joshua 2)
This final judge took a vow which included not cutting his hair, as long as he didn't violate the vow God gave him immense strength to lead the Israelites people.
Samson (Judges 13)
Ruth came from what village in the land of Judah that is famous as the birthplace of her most important descendent.
Bethlehem (Ruth 1... It's where Jesus was born)
Interesting note (at least to Nathan :) is that Bethlehem mean "house of bread" and the book of Ruth starts with saying there was a famine in the "house of bread", showing just how severe the difficult times were for the Israelites.
Samuel anoints the first king of Israel even after he tells the Israelites that their true king is God. This is the name of the first king who is described as tall and strong, just like the kings of other nations.
Saul (1 Samuel 10)
Building the temple in Jerusalem (1 Kings 6)
When Joshua and the Isrealites cross the Jordan with the ark of the covenant, what happens?
Indiana Jones sweeps in to stop the Nazis from stealing it (Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981)
Or rather... "...the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge the water from upstream stopped flowing." (Joshua 3)
This female judge was also the only judge that was called a prophet in the Bible.
Deborah (Judges 4)
After leaving her home town, Ruth finds and meets this man from the clan of Elimilek who ends up taking in Ruth, her sister, and her mother.
Boaz (Ruth 2)
Saul is eventually disqualified as king because he disobeys God. God then promises to raise up a new king in Saul's place from the house of Jesse. Who is this new king?
David (1 Samuel 16)
The end of the Book of Kings is tragic and starts the next phase of Israel's history. What is the event that defines the next stage of history that happens at the end of the book of Kings?
The Exile (2 Kings 24)
[the king of Babylon] carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.
At the end of Joshua's life, he stands up and reaffirms and renews this holy promise with the Israelite people
The Covenant (Joshua 24)
"...And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him." On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he reaffirmed for them the decrees and laws"
Finish this verse that is the key diagnosis for why the Israelites fell so far from God's intentions during this time. "In those days Israel had no king and ______________."
"In those days Israel had no king and everyone did as they saw fit" (Judges 21 and other places, it is most famous though because it is the very last line of the book of judges)
Naomi at the beginning of Ruth asks for her name to be changed to this, which means "bitter"
Mara (Ruth 1)
David is described "a king after God's own heart". Yet he also is far from perfect, as is shown in the story of David and Bathsheba. Who is David's prophet that uses an elaborate story to convict David of his guilt in his affair?
The prophet Nathan (2 Samuel 12)
DAILY DOUBLE - For a Daily Double you decide how many of your points you want to wager on this question. If you win, you get 2x that points. If you lose, you lost that amount of points. If the first team doesn't get it right a second can wager as well.
QUESTION: Solomon ultimately fails to be a faithful King and it eventually leads to the next generation of leaders splitting David's kingdom into two separate kingdoms. Who is the first king in the Northern kingdom (Israel) AND who is the first king of the Southern kingdom (Judah)?
Jereboam in the North, Reheboam in the South (1 Kings 12)
Joshua captures the city of Jericho because he trusts in God and listens to what God's commands were. Afterwards, the Israelites fail to trust in God and lose their next battle over this city.
Ai (Joshua 7)
There were 12 total judges listed in the book of Judges, six of them have major stories. Name four of the judges of Israel.
All twelve (major ones bolded): Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, and Samson
Naomi is excited that Ruth met Boaz because Boaz held this role in their extended family.
“Family Redeemer” or "guardian-redeemer" - This phrase refers to a cultural practice in Israel where if a man in the family died and left behind a wife, it was the redeemer’s responsibility to marry the widow and protect the family. (Ruth 2-3)
Absalom (2 Samuel 15)
Each king in the book of kings gets a report card that says either they did "right" in the eyes of the Lord, or they did "evil" in the eyes of the Lord. Out of the 40 kings chronicled in 1 and 2 kings, how many of them do "right" in the eyes of the Lord?
(No verse needed to "steal" this question)
32 (a lot of verses you'd have to look at to figure that out...)