Kings and Princes
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The Twelve Apostles
What's in a Name
Holy Week
100

This King of Israel was the youngest in his Father's house, the author of the Book of Psalms and the ancestor of Christ.

David

100

Jesus was born in this city, also known as the "City of David"

Bethlehem
100

This Apostle was given a name meaning "The Rock"

Peter

100

This Prophet got his name from how he was found, as his adoptive mother said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

Moses

100

On Holy Wednesday, Judas agreed to sell Jesus for this amount of money.

Thirty pieces of silver.

200

This King of Israel was known for his great wisdom, and his hundreds of wives and concubines.

Solomon

200

Moses received the Ten Commandments on this mountain, where St. Catherine's Monastery stands today.

Mt. Sinai

200

This Apostle was originally a tax collector before being called to Christ

Matthew

200

An angel directed this person's mother to give him his name "for He will save his people from their sins."

Jesus

200

On Holy Thursday, Jesus instituted this Sacrament while sharing the Last Supper with his Disciples

The Eucharist

300

This King of Israel was appointed entirely because he was taller than anybody else in Israel.

Saul

300

Abraham was born in this Sumerian city, one of the oldest in the world.

Ur

300

This Apostle was known as "The Disciple who Jesus Loved."

John

300

This ancient Patriarch's name means "laughter" because his mother laughed when God said she'd have a son.

Isaac

300

On Holy Monday, Jesus cursed this kind of tree, to represent the fruitlessness of the Jews

Fig Tree

400

This wicked king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel tried to enforce Ba'al worship under the influence of his Phoenician wife.

Ahab

400

The Apostle Philip of the Seventy met and baptized a eunuch from this African kingdom, which also may have been home to the Queen of Sheba

Ethiopia

400

There were two pairs of Apostles who shared the same name. The one set was James Son of Alphaeus and James Son of Zebedee. The other set had this name, after one of the Sons of Jacob.

Judas

400

This biblical figure's name comes from the Hebrew word for "Red Earth."

Adam

400

On Good Friday, Jesus was questioned by these two Jewish priests, who were related by marriage.

Annas and Caiaphas 

500

This last king of Babylon lost his kingdom in one night

Belshazzar

500
Raguel, Tobias' father-in-law lived in this Persia city, in the region of Media.

Ecbatana

500

The Lord called this Apostle "an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile."

Bartholomew/Nathaniel

500

This Israelite prince's name, as recorded in the text of the Bible, means "Man of Shame," but his real name probably mean "Man of Ba'al"

Ishbosheth

500

On Good Friday, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea quickly anointed Jesus with this amount (by weight) of spices.

100 Pounds