Sunday, October 8, 2017

Samson

1) What was his mother supposed to avoid while pregnant with Samson?
a) unclean food Judges 1:4
b) goat meat
c) food she did not prepare
d) eating after sunset


2) What was not supposed to be cut on Samson?
a) His clothes
b) His hair Judges 13:5
c) His foreskin
d) Nothing is in the bible about this

3) Why was Samson’s hair not supposed to be cut?
a) He was to look fierce
b) Men of the time were not permitted to cut their hair
c) He was to pretend to be a Philistine
d) He was to be a Nazarite Judges 13:5

4) What nationality was Samson’s first wife?
a) Moabite
b) Philistine Judges 14:1
c) Ishmaelite
d) Israelite

5) What did Samson kill as his parents headed towards the village of the woman he wanted as a wife?
a) A lion Judges 14:5-6
b) A ram
c) A man
d) A donkey

6) What was later in the body of the dead animal?
a) A refuge from a battle
b) A swarm of bees and honey Judges 14:8
c) His bride
d) A ram

7) What was the prize for answering the riddle at the marriage feast of Samson?
a) 30 pieces of silver
b) A herd of goats
c) 30 blouses and changes of garments Judges 14:13
d) A flock of sheep

8) How did the wedding guests coerce the Samson’s wife to find out the answer to the riddle?
a) They threatened to burn down her father’s home Judges 14:15
b) They bribed her
c) She was their sister
d) They threatened to kill her and Samson

9) Who ended up with Samson’s wife?
a) Her brothers
b) His father
c) His companion Judges 14:20-15:2
d) She remained alone

10) How did Samson react to this?
a) He killed his wife and father
b) He destroyed the village
c) He tore down her father’s home
d) He set fire to their fields with 300 foxes Judges 15:4-5

11) When the men of Judah bound Samson up to give him to the Philistines, how did he get free?
a) The Spirit of the Lord gave him strength to break his bonds. Judges 15:14
b) He cut his bonds with a knife they gave him
c) The bonds were not tied tightly together
d) A servant untied him

12) How did the lords of the Philistines entice Delilah to find out the secret to Samson’s strength?
a) They threatened to burn her house down
b) They offered her 1100 pieces of silver each Judges 16:4-5
c) They threatened to kill her
d) They offered her 30 pieces of silver

13) What was Samson’s first response to Delilah?
a) Bind him with his own hair
b) Bind him with new ropes
c) Bind him with scarlet ropes
d) Bind him with 7 green cords Judges 16:7

14) What was Samson’s second response to Delilah?
a) Bind him with weighted ropes
b) Bind him with new ropes Judges 16:11
c) Bind him with linen rags
d) Bind him with pigskin

15) What was Samson’s third response to Delilah?
a) Weave his hair into a web on the loom Judges 16:13
b) Curl his hair
c) Braid his hair with goat hair
d) Shave his head

16) What was Samson’s fourth response to Delilah?
a) Cut his hair with silver shears
b) Cut his hair with sheep shears
c) Shave his head Judges 16:17
d) He refused to tell her anything

17) What did the Philistines do with Samson when they captured him?
a) The blinded him and bound him with bronze fetters Judges 16:21
b) They bound him to a donkey
c) They blinded him and cut off his hands
d) They bound him in a dark cellar

18) What was the name of the Philistine god?
a) Baal
b) Ashtaroth
c) Dagon Judges 16:23
d) Molech

19) When the Philistines had a feast and made sport of Samson, what was his request to the boy leading him?
a) To show him the pillars so that he may lean against them Judges 16:26
b) To let him sit down in the corner
c) To bring him water and bread
d) To let him face his captors

20) How did Samson and the Philistines die at that feast?
a) By the fire of the sacrifice to Dagon
b) By an earthquake which destroyed the home
c) When Israelites attacked the feast
d) When Samson pushed the pillars and collapsed the house Judges 16:28-30

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