By The Numbers
This is the number of days it took Nehemiah to completely rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
What is 52 days?
In Joshua 7, this man kept items from Jericho, leading to Israel's defeat at Ai.
Who is Achan?
This woman placed a scarlet cord in her window after hiding the Israelite spies.
Who is Rahab?
This empire conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel in 722 BC.
What is the Assyrian Empire?
The Hebrew word for a loyal, covenant love and steadfast love.
What is Hesed?
The number of Baal prophets Elijah challenged at Mount Carmel.
What is 450?
In 1 Samuel 13, King Saul performed this religious act himself instead of waiting for Samuel.
What is unlawful sacrifice?
This mother prayed fervently for a child and had a son, Samuel.
Who is Hannah?
This empire destroyed Jerusalem, burned Solomon's Temple, and carried Judah's leaders into captivity in 586 BC.
What is the Babylonian Empire?
The name "Joshua" in Hebrew is the same root as this New Testament name.
What is Jesus?
In Nehemiah 7 and Ezra 2, this is the approximate number of exiles returned with Zerubabel in the first wave to the Promised Land.
What is 50,000?
This King saw a beautiful woman bathing, and that set off a series of sinful actions.
Who is David?
In 1 Samuel 25, this woman brought David 200 loaves of bread and 2 wineskins, among other items, to intercept his plan to slaughter her household.
Who is Abigail?
Recorded in Ezra 1, this Persian King issued a decree allowing Jewish exiles to return home.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
The kinsman redeemer, Boaz, foreshadows this New Testament figure and the concept He embodies.
Who is Jesus?
Recorded in 2 Kings 19:35, this is the number of Assyrian soldiers the Angel of the Lord struck dead in one night during Hezekiah's reign.
What is 185,000?
In 2 Chronicles 26, King Uzziah is struck with leprosy for performing this act reserved for the priests.
What is burning incense in the temple?
In 2 Kings 11, after her son died, she assumed the throne and attempted to kill all heirs to the throne.
Who is Athaliah?
The Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in 586 BC and rebuilt and dedicated in this year, 70 years later, as prophesied.
What is 516 BC?
Samuel and Kings were written to answer the question, "Why did we go into exile?" Chronicles written later seeks to answer this question.
Who are we and what is our future?
The historical books span this many years in Israel's history.
What is nearly 1,000 years? (1400 BC - 450 BC)
In 1 Chronicles 21, David's decision to do this offended God and resulted in a plague that killed 70,000 Israelites.
What is taking a census?
In Judges 4 and 5, Jael performs a heroic act that helps Israel defeat the Canaanites by killing Sisera, the Commander of Jabin's army.
What is drives a tent peg through his temple?
The period of time the Israelites were in captivity in Babylon is often referred to by this title.
What is the Babylonian Exile?
Name the five eras of the Historical Books, in order.
What is the Conquest Period, the Judges Period, the United Kingdom, the Divided Kingdom, and the Return from Exile?