1 Samuel
David is doing this when Samuel visits his family to find the next king of Israel
He is Keeping the Sheep
He changed his name after he wrestled with God
Jacob to Israel
He was supposed to go to Nineveh
Jonah
This is the only book of the Bible that does not mention God by name
Esther
Chris met his wife Naomi in this place in this year of college
no one remembers ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(Probably Cru Freshman year but IDK)
Samuel does this to the King of the Amalekites, Agag
He went from persecutor of the church to one of its most important leaders
Saul to Paul
He is remembered as the weeping prophet
Jeremiah
This book is written to a slave master in part about his runaway slave
Philemon
This is the mascot of Abigails Alma Mater
Sea Gull (Sammy the Sea Gull) (Gulls)
Eli died in this way after hearing about the death of his sons and the capture of the Ark of the Covenant
He fell and broke his neck
After losing her husband and her two sons she changes her name. The meaning of that new name is Bitter.
Naomi to Mara
This prophet had a burning coal touch his lips and had his sins atoned for and his guilt taken away
This book ends with the line, In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Judges
According to Chris this is the best movie about surfers
Point Break
David cut this off of Saul rather than kill him
God changed his name after he had a child with a woman other than his wife, to signify that he would be the father of more than one nation
Abram to Abraham
This prophet was told to marry a prostitute by God
Hosea
This is the only non-synoptic Gospel
Gospel of John
This was Abigail's major in college
Exercise Science
This man's name literally meant foolish, he was the first husband of Abigail
Nabal
Jesus changed his name to mean rock or stone
Simon to Peter (Cephas if in Aramaic)
This prophet is commanded to lie on his side and "bear" the punishment of Israel and Judah for their sins, while he is in exile
Ezekiel
This book recounts the building of the second Temple in Jerusalem
Ezra
This is the number of siblings that Abigail has
2 1/2