Numbers, Weights, & Measures
This was the exact amount of barley Ruth gleaned in a single day in the fields of Boaz.
What is One Ephah?
Paul wrote this many total letters to the church in Corinth, according to internal evidence in the text.
What is 4? (The "Previous Letter," 1 Cor, the "Sorrowful Letter," and 2 Cor).
Paul was shipwrecked on this specific island for three months on his way to Rome.
What is Malta?
This was the specific type of wood (often called Shittim wood) used to build the Ark of the Covenant.
What is Acacia?
This Neo-Babylonian King, mentioned in Daniel 5, acted as co-regent while his father Nabonidus was away.
Who is Belshazzar?
In the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, the first servant owed the King this massive, hyper-inflated amount.
What is 10,000 Talents?
This person was the actual "amanuensis" (scribe) who physically wrote the Epistle to the Romans for Paul.
Who is Tertius?
This is the mountain where the Ark of Noah finally came to rest as the waters receded.
What is Mount Ararat?
These two bronze pillars stood at the entrance of Solomon’s Temple and were given the names "He Establishes" and "In Him is Strength."
What are Jachin and Boaz?
This Pharaoh is the first Egyptian king actually named in the Bible, rather than just being called "Pharaoh."
Who is Shishak?
This is the specific weight of the "shekel of the sanctuary" compared to a standard shekel.
What is 20 Gerahs?
In 2 Timothy, Paul asks Timothy to bring him his cloak and his "parchments," but specifically these items.
What are the Books?
This is the specific "Valley" where the final battle of Armageddon is prophesied to take place.
What is the Valley of Megiddo?
Aside from the Ten Commandments, these two items were kept inside the Ark of the Covenant.
What are Aaron's Rod and a Jar of Manna?
This Roman Proconsul of Achaia is mentioned in Acts 18, providing a vital chronological "anchor" for Paul’s travels.
Who is Gallio?
In John 21, this is the exact number of fish the disciples caught in their net after the Resurrection
What is 153?
This New Testament letter is addressed to "The Elect Lady and her children."
What is 2 John?
This was the "Land" east of Eden where Cain was exiled after killing his brother.
What is the Land of Nod?
This was the exact number of "sockets of silver" used to hold up the boards of the Tabernacle sanctuary.
What is 100?
The "Black Obelisk" depicts this Israelite King bowing down to the Assyrian King Shalmaneser III.
Who is Jehu?
According to 1 Kings 7, this was the liquid capacity of the "Brazen Sea" in the Temple.
What is 2,000 Baths?
This man is the only person mentioned in the New Testament as having been a "co-worker" of Paul who later "deserted" him for the world.
Who is Demas?
This was the home city of the prophet Nahum, though its exact location remains an archaeological mystery.
What is Elkosh
This craftsman was specifically filled with the Spirit of God to lead the artistic construction of the Tabernacle.
Who is Bezalel?
This Moabite King’s rebellion is recorded both in 2 Kings 3 and on a famous 9th-century BC basalt stele.
Who is Mesha?