Minor prophets Part 1

1) Romans 9:13 quotes which minor prophet when it says “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated"?

a) Amos

b) Malachi (Malachi 1:2-3)

c) Obadiah

d) Nahum

2) To whom did Haggai prophesize to?

a) Hezekiah king of Judah

b) Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah

c) Uzziah king of Judah

d) Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel governor of Judah (Haggai 1:1)

3) In what book shall they “look upon Him whom they have pierced”?

a) Amos

b) Malachi

c) Micah

d) Zechariah (Zechariah 12:10)

4) The prophecies of Micah concerned which cities?

a) Samaria and Jerusalem (Micah 1:1)

b) Jerusalem and Nineveh

c) Edom and Tyre

d) Jericho and Tyre

5) In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus refers to His death and calls it the sign of which prophet?

a) Habakkuk

b) Haggai

c) Jonah (Matthew 12:40)

d) Micah

6) Why is it said in the book of Hosea that Israel is like a prostitute?

a) Israel put idols into the temple

b) Israel permitted the heathen to live among them

c) Israel had forsaken the Lord (Hosea 1:2)

d) No reason was given

7) The word Amos saw concerning Israel took place 2 years before which event?

a) Earthquake (Amos 1:1)

b) Jubilee

c) The reign of Rehoboam

d) War with the Philistines

8) Fill in the blank: In Zechariah, there is a stone with seven ______.

a) Colors

b) Eyes (Zechariah 3:9)

c) Fissures

d) Sides

9) The chief priests and scribes told Herod that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. They quoted which prophet?

a) Hosea (Matthew 2:5-6; Hosea 11:1)

b) Joel

c) Malachi

d) Zechariah

10) What books were written about prophecies given during the reign of Darius?

a) Amos and Hosea

b) Joel and Micah

c) Haggai and Zechariah (Haggai 1:1 and Zechariah 1:1; 7:1)

d) Nahum and Obadiah