Kings of Israel
Selected passages
Selected passages
When the nation of Israel was divided, who became the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel?
Jeroboam
What Old Testament prophet went to wicked King Ahab to deliver God’s message that a drought would come?
Elijah
How did Elijah feel after Queen Jezebel threatened to kill him?
What was Elisha doing when Elijah found him?
Farming
What nation was Naaman from: Assyria, Israel, or Syria?
Syria
What’s the difference between a major and a minor prophet book in the Old Testament?
The major prophets are longer books than the minor prophets.
What city was Jonah commanded to go to?
Nineveh
Which prophet’s book tells a love story?
Hosea
What sin did Israel continue to do for 250 years?
Worship false gods, disobey God’s commands.
What son of Solomon became king of the southern kingdom of Judah?
Rehoboam
What was the name of King Ahab’s idolatrous wife?
Jezebel.
Who did God send to bring Elijah food?
An angel
What miracle that Elijah did before he was taken to heaven did Elisha do after Elijah was taken?
Part the water of the Jordan River to cross on dry land.
What disease did Naaman have?
Leprosy
Which prophet was a shepherd when God called him to go to Israel?
Amos
What happened when Jonah was told to go?
He boarded a ship and went in the opposite direction
What difficult thing did God tell Hosea to do after Gomer left him?
Bring her back and love her again.
Name all the prophets who warned Israel
Elijah, Elisha, Amos, Hosea and, Jonah
What evil, or sin, did many of the kings do?
Worshipped false gods; idolatry.
Where did Elijah meet the people and the prophets of Baal to see which god would send fire from heaven: Mount Carmel, Mount Horeb, or Mount Sinai?
Mount Carmel
Where was Elijah when God spoke to him and encouraged him, saying he was not alone? Mt. Horeb, Mt. Carmel, Mt Sinai?
Mt. Horeb
What miracle did God do when the widow and her sons collected all the empty vessels?
He made her small jar of oil not run out until every vessel was filled.
What instructions did Elisha give Naaman to be healed?
Wash in the Jordan River seven times.
Through Amos, what did God warn the Israelites he would send against them?
An enemy
How did God stop Jonah and give him a second chance to obey?
He sent a terrible storm and a great fish to swallow him until he repented and obeyed.
Hosea’s love for unfaithful Gomer was a picture of God’s love for whom?
Israel
What enemy people did God send to judge Israel’s sin?
Assyrians
Kings who disobeyed God are described as doing what in the sight of the Lord?
Evil
What did the prophets of Baal do to try to get their god to send fire on their altar?
Cried out and cut themselves.
What did King Ahab want to buy from Naboth?
A vineyard; his land
What miracle did Elisha pray for God to do for the Shunammite woman?
Raise her son from the dead.
How did God punish Gehazi for his greed to take gifts from Naaman that Elisha had refused to take?
God gave Gehazi leprosy.
Name one of the other ways God warned Israel to turn from their sins.
Famine, drought, mildew, locusts, war.
What city did Jonah want to go to instead of Nineveh?
Tarshish
What was the name of Hosea and Gomer's first son?
Jezreel
What capital city did the Assyrians surround?
Samaria
Which nation ruled by the descendants of King David had a few kings who were obedient to God?
Judah
What did Elijah put on God’s altar to make the challenge harder?
He poured water over his offering.
When Naboth refused to sell his vineyard, what did Jezebel do?
She had him falsely accused and stoned/killed.
How many miracles did Elisha perform?
14
What did Elisha pray for God to do to the Syrian army?
Strike them with blindness.
Where was Amos before he was sent to the Northern Kingdom?
Judah (Southern Kingdom)
How many people lived in Nineveh?
Approximately 120,000
What was the name of Hosea and Gomer's first daughter?
Lo-ruhamah
How long did the city last before they surrendered to the Assyrians?
Three years