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100

Two great contemporary prophets. One was hairy; the other was bald. Name them.

Elijah and Elisha

100

Whose son of Jacob was Jesus an ancestor of?

Juda

100

Tentmakers

Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18:2,3)

100

Joseph's age when his brothers sold him to the Ishmaelites/Midianites

17 years old (Genesis 37:2,28)

100

"We ought to obey ______ rather than men."


God (Acts 5:29)

200

He preached for 120 years and converted 7 souls; the other preached for 40 days and converted more than 120,000 souls. Who were the preachers?

Noah and Jonah

200

Whose great King was Jesus an ancestor of?

David

200

The couple who died instantly after they lied.

Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-10)

200

How many brothers did Jesus have?

4 brothers: James, Joses/Joseph, Simon and Judas (Matthew 13:55)

200

“The _____ _____ of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.”

quiet words (Ecclesiastes 9:17)

300

Name two people who were not born but died

Adam and Eve

300

Abraham was a descendant of which son of Noah?

Shem

300

Only known king who "divorced" his wife

Ahasuerus/Xerxes and Vashti (Esther 1,2)

300

How many pieces of silver did the prophet Hosea give to bring back his adulteress wife, Gomer?

15 pieces of silver (Hosea 3:2)

300

"The very ______ of your ______are all _______."

hairs, head, numbered (Matthew 10:30)

400

Name two people who were born but did not die.

Enoch and Elijah

400

Who was this well-known seventh descendant from Adam?

Enoch

400

Only husbands with non-Hebrew wives who became direct ancestors of Jesus

Salmon and Rachab; Boaz and Ruth (Matthew 1:5)

400

Number of years Israel was held captive in Babylon?

70 years (Jeremiah 29:10)

400

"_______ is deceitful, and ______ is vain: but a woman that _______ the Lord, she shall be ______."


Favor, beauty, feareth, praised (Proverbs 31: 30)

500

Two woman married the same man after thir husbands died. The husband of the first woman was killed by the Lord; the other wife's husband was killed by a man who wanted her. Name the two women.

Abigail and Bathsheba

500

Which Moabite was Jesus ancestor of?

Ruth (Ruth 1:1-3; Matthew 1:5-6)

500

Both were wicked. They were eaten by dogs when they died.

Ahab (1 Kings 22:37-39) and Jezebel (2Kings 9:30-37)

500

How many women were listed in the Faith Hall of Fame Chapter, Hebrews 11?


2 women: Sarah (v.11) and Rahab (v.31)

500

"Let no man ______ thy ______; but be thou an _____ of the ________."

despise, youth, example, believers (1 Timothy 4:12)