Bible Character
Though a Moabite, this ancestor of David is commended in Scripture not by lineage but by a declaration of covenant loyalty ('your people shall be my people') that echoes the language of God's own faithfulness.
Who is Ruth?
This judgment on Egypt was the only one that directly struck Pharaoh's own household and finally prompted the exodus.
What is the death of the firstborn/ the tenth plague?
This city whose walls fell after seven days of marching and trumpet blasts was the first conquest in Canaan, and its destruction included the sparing of a household marked by a scarlet cord.
What is Jericho?
Jacob's red stew, for which Esau sold his birthright, is associated with this ingredient that gives it its color.
What is red lentils?
This mother placed her infant son in a papyrus basket coated with tar and pitch and set it among the reeds of the Nile to save his life.
Who is Jochebed, mother of Moses?
He was described as the wisest man who ever lived, yet his downfall came from 700 wives and 300 concubines who turned his heart to foreign gods.
Who is Solomon?
This dramatic event describes a moment when a powerful wind and tongues of fire came upon the disciples, allowing them to speak in different languages and boldly spread the message of Jesus.
What is the day of Pentecost?
This city, located near the Sea of Galilee, is where Jesus walked on water and called several of his first disciples.
What is Capernaum?
This is the only insect explicitly permitted as food under the Mosaic dietary law, and John the Baptist famously ate it in the wilderness.
What are locusts?
After years of being barren, this woman made a vow at Shiloh that if God gave her a son she would dedicate him to the Lord all his days, and she kept that vow.
Who is Hannah?
This priest at Shiloh failed to restrain his wicked sons Hophni and Phinehas and was told by a child that God had rejected his household — a word the child initially hesitated to deliver.
Who is Eli?
Peter's famous post-resurrection restoration took the form of a threefold question from Jesus — mirroring a prior event that had happened three times.
What is Jesus' threefold 'Do you love me?' on the Sea of Galilee?
Elijah fled to this mountain after his confrontation with the prophets of Baal, where God spoke to him not in wind, earthquake, or fire, but in a still small voice.
What is Horeb / Mount Sinai?
This sweet substance was said to be the taste of manna, and the spies brought back a cluster of grapes alongside pomegranates and this same item from the valley of Eshcol.
What is honey?
This mother of a king in the divided monarchy was noted by the biblical author as someone whose influence was so corrupt that her son 'did evil in the eyes of the LORD' — and she was eventually removed from her position as queen mother.
Who is Maacah, mother of Asa (or Athaliah, mother of Ahaziah)?
This left-handed Benjaminite judge assassinated Eglon, king of Moab, by hiding a double-edged sword on his right thigh.
Who is Ehud?
During a long nighttime meeting, a young man fell asleep while listening to Paul, fell from a third-story window, and was brought back to life after Paul embraced him.
What is the raising of Eutychus from the dead?
Paul's famous sermon on the Areopagus, where he referenced an altar inscribed 'To an Unknown God,' was delivered in this city.
What is Athens?
The Passover meal prescribed in Exodus 12 included unleavened bread, roasted lamb, and this bitter accompaniment meant to recall the bitterness of slavery.
What are bitter herbs?
In the Gospel of John, Mary the mother of Jesus appears at the beginning of Jesus' ministry at a wedding and at the end at the crucifixion. At Calvary, Jesus entrusted her to the care of this disciple.
Who is the Beloved Disciple (John)?
This Old Testament figure was the only woman explicitly called a prophetess and judge, and she held court under a palm tree between Ramah and Bethel.
Who is Deborah?
At this council in Jerusalem, recorded in Acts 15, the early church settled the dispute over whether Gentile believers needed to be circumcised, and James delivered the concluding judgment.
What is the Jerusalem Council?
The book of Revelation addresses seven churches in the Roman province of Asia. Name three of the seven cities.
What are Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea? (Any 3 of 7)
In Ezekiel 4, God commanded the prophet to bake bread over human dung as a sign of Israel's uncleanness — Ezekiel protested and was permitted to use this fuel source instead.
What is cow dung?
This woman in 2 Timothy is credited alongside her mother Eunice for instilling sincere faith in her son from childhood through knowledge of the sacred writings.
Who is Lois (grandmother of Timothy)?