Old Testament Heros
This shepherd boy brought down the giant Goliath with a sling and one smooth stone.
Who is David?
See 1 Samuel 17:49–50.
Jesus was born in this little town of Judea, just as the prophet Micah had foretold.
What is Bethlehem?
See Luke 2:4–7.
The number of days God spent creating the heavens and the earth before resting on the seventh.
What is six?
See Genesis 1:31–2:2.
Moses stretched out his hand and God parted this sea so Israel could cross on dry ground.
What is the Red Sea?
See Exodus 14:21–22.
“Let there be light” — the first recorded words of this speaker.
Who is God?
See Genesis 1:3.
God told this man to build an ark of gopher wood before a great flood covered the earth.
Who is Noah?
See Genesis 6:13–14.
John the Baptist baptized Jesus in this river.
What is the Jordan?
See Matthew 3:13.
The number of Jesus' disciples — and of the tribes of Israel.
What is twelve?
See Matthew 10:1.
At a wedding in Cana, Jesus turned six jars of water into this.
What is wine?
See John 2:7–9.
“Am I my brother's keeper?” — the reply of this man, the Bible's first murderer.
Who is Cain?
See Genesis 4:9.
Thrown into a den of lions for praying to God, he walked out the next morning without a scratch.
Who is Daniel?
See Daniel 6:21–23.
Jesus fed five thousand people starting with five loaves of bread and this many fish.
What is two?
See Matthew 14:17–21.
The number of plagues God sent on Egypt before Pharaoh let Israel go.
What is ten?
See Exodus 7–12.
Jesus did this across the Sea of Galilee in the middle of the night — and Peter stepped out to try it too.
What is walking on water?
See Matthew 14:25–29.
“Where you go I will go… your people will be my people and your God my God.”
Who is Ruth?
See Ruth 1:16.
He wrestled with God until daybreak and walked away with a limp and a new name: Israel.
Who is Jacob?
See Genesis 32:24–28.
Jesus raised this friend from the dead after he had been four days in the tomb.
Who is Lazarus?
See John 11:43–44.
The days and nights it rained in the flood — and the days Jesus fasted in the wilderness.
What is forty?
See Genesis 7:12.
Israel marched around this city for seven days, and on the seventh the walls fell flat.
What is Jericho?
See Joshua 6:15–20.
“Here am I. Send me!” — this prophet's answer when the Lord asked whom He should send.
Who is Isaiah?
See Isaiah 6:8.
On Mount Carmel this prophet faced 450 prophets of Baal — and God answered his prayer with fire from heaven.
Who is Elijah?
See 1 Kings 18:36–38.
On the night He was betrayed, Jesus prayed in this garden on the Mount of Olives.
What is Gethsemane?
See Matthew 26:36.
When Peter asked if he should forgive seven times, Jesus answered: not seven, but seventy times this number.
What is seven?
See Matthew 18:21–22.
This runaway prophet spent three days and three nights inside a great fish God had appointed.
Who is Jonah?
See Jonah 1:17.
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good” — spoken in Egypt to the brothers who sold him.
Who is Joseph?
See Genesis 50:20.