Biblical Cities – Old Testament 1

1) What city was Goliath from?

a) Ashkelon

b) Beer-Sheba

c) Gath (1 Samuel 17:4)

d) Jericho

2) Where did Abraham live when the Lord told him to leave and go to Canaan?

a) Babylon

b) Haran (Genesis 12:1-4)

c) Jabesh-Gilead

d) Ramah

3) Boys mocked the prophet Elisha’s bald head and were killed by bears at what city?

a) Carmel

b) Hebron

c) Sidon

d) Bethel (2 Kings 2:23-24)

4) Where did Samuel declare that Saul was chosen by God to be king?

a) Chephirah

b) Lebonah

c) Mizpeh

d) Ramah

5) The Philistines displayed the armor of Saul in Ashtaroth. Where did the Philistines display his body?

a) Bethshan (1 Samuel 31:8-10)

b) Ekron

c) Gath

d) Gaza

6) Which city fell after priests walked around it blowing shofars?

a) Ashkelon

b) Damascus

c) Jericho (Joshua 6:1-5)

d) Tyre

7) Which tribe was allotted Ashtaroth and Edrei, the cities of Og, King of Bashan?

a) Ephraim

b) Manasseh (Joshua 13:31)

c) Naphtali

d) Zebulun

8) Where were Joseph and Jacob buried?

a) Shechem (Joshua 24:32 and Acts 7:15-16)

b) Beth-Anoth

c) Ziddim

d) Mizpah

9) Joshua fought the 5 kings of the Amorites and called out that the sun should stand still over what city?

a) Ashdod

b) Bashan

c) Gezer

d) Gibeon (Joshua 10:12)

10) The widow whose son died but came to life again after Elijah beseeched the Lord fed the prophet in what city?

a) Hebron

b) Kerioth

c) Ramoth

d) Zarephath (1 Kings 17:9-24)

Books Mentioned in the Bible

1­) The Book of the Wars of the Lord mentions what river, according to the bible?

a) Arnon (numbers 21:14)

b) Jordan

c) Pishon

d) Tigris

2) The sun stood still and the moon stayed, as the book of Joshua states, and is mentioned in which other book?

a) The Chronicles of Nathan

b) The Book of Moses

c) The Book of Jasher (Joshua 10:13)

d) The Book of the Law

3) The acts, wisdom, and all that he did are written in which book?

a) The Book of the Acts of Solomon 1Ki_11:41

b) The Book of the Law of Solomon

c) The Book of the Wisdom of Solomon

d) Solomon’s Pearls

4) What did not get put into the Chronicles of David?

a) The names of all of his wives

b) The number of Israel (1 Chronicles 27:24)

c) The battles he fought in

d) Nothing was left out

5) The acts of David are written in the books of which 3 men?

a) Iddo, Jeremiah, and Samuel

b) Jasher, Jeremiah, and Shemaiah

c) Iddo, Nathan, and Shemaiah

d) Gad, Nathan, and Samuel (1 Chronicles 29:29)

6) Those whose names were not written in which book were thrown into the lake of fire?

a) The Book of Judgement

b) The Book of Law

c) The Book of the Righteous

d) Book of Life (Revelation 20:15)

7) The acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, are written in the book of whom?

a) Iddo

b) Jehu (2 Chronicles 20:34)

c) Nathan

d) Samuel

8) The acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are written in the books of which 2 people?

a) Ahijah and Elijah

b) Azariah and Elisha

c) Iddo and Shemaiah 2Ch_12:15

d) Micaiah and Uriah

9) During the reign of King Josiah, the high priest Hilkiah gave which book to Shaphan the scribe?

a) Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah

b) Book of the Law (2 Kings 22:8)

c) Book of Nathan

d) Book of the Wisdom of Solomon

10) The acts of Abijam and all that he did were written in which book?

a) The Book of Abijam

b) The Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel

c) The Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah (1 Kings 15:7)

d) The Book of Uriah

Minor prophets Part 2

1) The prophecy that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem is in which book of the bible?

a) Joel

b) Micah (Micah 5:2)

c) Nahum

d) Zephaniah

2) The vision of Obadiah concerns which nation?

a) Edom (Obadiah 1:1)

b) Moab

c) Philistia

d) Samaria

3) Which city was Jonah supposed to prophesize to when he instead fled the presence of the Lord?

a) Damascus

b) Jerusalem

c) Nineveh (Jonah 1:2-3)

d) Tarshish

4) In the book of Acts, the apostle Peter quoted which Old Testament minor prophet at Pentecost?

a) Amos

b) Haggai

c) Joel (Acts 2:16-21)

d) Malachi

5) Which book of the bible has the prophet saying that the Lord will send Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord?

a) Habakkuk

b) Hosea

c) Joel

d) Malachi (Malachi4:5)

6) The word of the Lord came to Hosea during the reign of which king of Israel?

a) Ahab

b) Hezekiah

c) Jeroboam (Hosea 1:1)

d) Solomon

7) Which prophet is the grandson of Iddo the prophet?

a) Haggai

b) Jonah

c) Nahum

d) Zechariah (Zechariah 1:1)

8) What was the occupation of the prophet Amos?

a) Farmer

b) Herdsman (Amos 1:1)

c) Merchant

d) Prophet

9) The word came to Zephaniah during the reign of which king?

a) Josiah king of Judah (Zephaniah 1:1)

b) Jotham king of Judah

c) Hezekiah king of Israel

d) Uzziah king of Israel

10) What did the prophet Habakkuk call his vision?

a) A burden (Habakkuk 1:1)

b) A blessing

c) A word

d) He did not call it anything

11) Nahum prophesized against which city?

a) Jerusalem

b) Nineveh (Nahum 1:1)

c) Samaria

d) Tyre

12) The book of Joel opens with a lament about what?

a) An evil king

b) The exile of Israel

c) A plague of locusts (Joel 1:2-4)

d) The destruction of the temple

13) Which prophet was told to take a prostitute for a wife?

a) Amos

b) Hosea (1:2)

c) Obadiah

d) Micah

14) In which book does the prophet see a  Man riding a red horse?

a) Habakkuk

b) Joel

c) Malachi

d) Zechariah (Zechariah 1:8)

15) What was the result of the prophecies spoken by Haggai?

a) The city was destroyed

b) They rebuilt the temple

c) The people obeyed the word of the Lord (Haggai 1:12)

d) No result is given

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

Messianic prophecies in Genesis

1) One of the first Messianic prophecies in the bible states that God would put enmity between the serpent and the descendants of Eve. Where was this prophecy uttered?

a) Nod

b) Outside the Garden of Eden

c) Inside the Garden of Eden

d) The bible does not say where it is uttered

2) Fill in the blank: The Messiah will bruise the serpent’s ____ and the serpent will bruise the Messiah’s ____.

a) Heel, head

b) Head, heel

c) Head, hand

d) Body, hand

3) In Genesis 12, God says in you will all the nations be blessed. Who is God referring to when He said “you”?

a) Isaac

b) Jacob

c) Israel

d) Abraham

4) Jesus is a high priest after the order of which Old Testament priest?

a) Abraham

b) Aaron

c) Melchizedek

d) Levi

5) The king of Salem brought out what food that Jesus used to illustrate Himself in the Gospel of Matthew?

a) Bread and wine

b) Fish and bread

c) Bread and fish

d) Wine and water

6) What animal did Abraham say God would provide for a burnt offering when he was about to sacrifice Isaac?

a) Goat

b) Lamb

c) Ram

d) Abraham did not say anything

7) In Genesis 22, God said all nations would be blessed by the descendants of Abraham because he did what?

a) He worshiped the one true God

b) He obeyed the voice of God

c) He wrestled with God

d) He did nothing

8) In Genesis 26, there was a famine in the land so a descendent of Abraham attempted to travel elsewhere. The Lord stopped him and reiterated the promise given to Abraham, that all nations would be blessed through his descendants. Who was this man?

a) Isaac

b) Jacob

c) Ishmael

d) Israel

9) Fill in the blank: Before Jacob died, he prophesied about his sons. He said the _____ would not depart from Judah until someone came.

a) Crown

b) Throne

c) Staff

d) Scepter

10) It would only depart from Judah when who came?

a) Ariel

b) Shiloh

c) Immanuel

d) The Prince of Peace

Biblical Cities – New Testament 3

1) Where was Jesus from?

a) Nazareth

b) Bethlehem

c) Capernaum

d) Jerusalem

2) Where was Paul imprisoned and his cell door opened by an earthquake?

a) Antioch

b) Berea

c) Philippi

d) Thessalonica

3) Paul had a confrontation with Peter over refusing to eat with gentiles in what city?

a) Jerusalem

b) Ephesus

c) Damascus

d) Antioch of Syria

4) Mary anointed the feet of Jesus with expensive spikenard (ointment) in what city?

a) Capernaum

b) Bethsaida

c) Bethany

d) Jericho

5) Where was Stephen stoned?

a) Cana

b) Jerusalem

c) Capernaum

d) Bethany

6) The Lord told Paul that he would bear witness of Him in what city?

a) Rome

b) Athens

c) Damascus

d) Jerusalem

7) In what city did Jesus cure a blind man by spitting in his eyes and laying hands on him?

a) Jericho

b) Bethsaida

c) Capernaum

d) Nain

8) A voice asked “Saul Saul why do you persecute Me?” Where was Saul traveling to when this happened?

a) Jerusalem

b) Gaza

c) Damascus

d) Caesarea

9) In what city did the Holy Spirit come at Pentecost?

a) Bethany

b) Cana

c) Shiloh

d) Jerusalem

10) Herod ordered the children of what city killed in an effort to kill Jesus?

a) Bethlehem

b) Nazareth

c) Cana

d) Jerusalem

Biblical Cities – New Testament 2

1) According to the Gospel of John, what city were the disciples headed towards when Jesus walked on water towards their boat?

a) Capernaum

b) Bethsaida

c) Tiberias

d) Magdala

2) Peter (through Christ) healed Aeneas a man who had been paralyzed for 8 yrs in what city?

a) Ephesus

b) Lydda

c) Emmaus

d) Joppa

3) What city are the apostles Philip, Andrew, and Peter from?

a) Bethsaida

b) Jerusalem

c) Capernaum

d) Magdala

4) In what city in the Book of Acts, does James state that gentile Christians only need to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood?

a) Damascus

b) Antioch of Pisidia

c) Tarsus

d) Jerusalem

5) Where were early believers first called Christians?

a) Cana

b) Jerusalem

c) Antioch of Syria

d) Antioch of Pisidia

6) The people of which city were praised for searching the scriptures to see if the words Paul spoke to them were true?

a) Bethlehem

b) Bethany

c) Berea

d) Bethsaida

7) Claudius commanded all Jews to leave what city?

a) Athens

b) Rome

c) Tyre

d) Damascus

8) What city did Jesus go to when He raised Lazarus from the dead?

a) Emmaus

b) Caperaum

c) Nain

d) Bethany

9) In what city did the Holy Spirit, using Paul, blind a conjurer who was seeking to sway a proconsul away from the gospel?

a) Paphos

b) Syracuse

c) Corinth

d) Salamis

10) Where did Peter have the vision of clean and unclean foods?

a) Caesarea

b) Gaza

c) Joppa

d) Azotus

                                 

Biblical Cities – New Testament 1

1) A Jew named Apollos eloquently preached the gospel. What city did he come from?

a) Athens

b) Bethany

c) Alexandria

d) Emmaus

2) What city was Jesus born in?

a) Capernaum

b) Bethlehem

c) Jerusalem

d) Nazareth

3) In what city is the gospel first preached?

a) Bethlehem

b) Shiloh

c) Nazareth

d) Jerusalem

4) Those who practiced the “curious arts” burned their books in which city?

a) Caesarea

b) Thessalonica

c) Ephesus

d) Athens

5) The first epistle in the new testament is written to the citizens of what city?

a) Rome

b) Ephesus

c) Philippi

d) Colosse

6) Jesus healed Blind Bartimeus,  the son of Timeus, outside of what city?

a) Capernaum

b) Jericho

c) Bethsaida

d) Capernaum

7) Jews from what city stoned Paul and threw him out of the city, supposing he was dead?

a) Antioch of Pisidia

b) Ephesus

c) Damascus

d) Jerusalem

8) In what city was Jesus asked if He paid the temple tax, and then directed Peter to get a coin from the mouth of a fish?

a) Capernaum

b) Chorazin

c) Nazareth

d) Jerusalem

9) The First Epistle of Peter (1 Peter) was written in which city?

a) Ephesus

b) Athens

c) Damascus

d) Babylon

10) Where was the apostle Paul from?

a) Damascus

b) Tarsus

c) Ephesus

d) Bethany

Seconds Count

1) Who is the second woman mentioned in the bible?

a) Adah

b) Cain’s wife

c) Zillah

d) The daughters of men

2) What is the second talking animal mentioned in the bible?

a) The serpent

b) A raven

c) Balaam’s donkey

d) Saul’s donkey

3) Who is the second oldest man in the bible?

a) Jared

b) Mahalaleel

c) Enos

d) Cainan

4) What was the second plague in Egypt?

a) Locusts

b) Lice

c) Hail

d) Frogs

5) Who was the second killer mentioned in the bible?

a) Moses

b) Levi

c) Zimri

d) Lamech

6) Who was the second judge in the Israelites?

a) Gideon

b) Shamgar

c) Ehud

d) Deborah

7) Who was the second king of Israel?

a) David

b) Solomon

c) Rehoboam

d) Ishbosheth

8) What was the second miracle of Jesus? 

a) Healing the son of a nobleman

b) Healing Peter’s mother in law

c) Cleanses the leper

d) Healing the paralytic man

9) Who was the second Christian martyr mentioned in the Book of Acts?

a) Stephen

b) Bartholomew

c) James

d) Matthias

10) What is the second church mentioned in 7 churches listed in Revelation?

a) Pergamos

b) Thyatira

c) Smyrna

d) Laodicea

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Firsts – Old Testament

1) Who was the first son born to Israel?

a) Judah

b) Reuben

c) Simeon

d) Zebulun

2) What was the first plague in Egypt?

a) Changing the river into blood

b) Invasion of frogs

c) Infestation of flies

d) Invasion of locusts

3) What stone was among the three stones in the first row of the ephod Aaron wore?

a) Agate

b) Topaz

c) Sapphire

d) Emerald

4) Who was the first judge of Israel?

a) Ehud

b) Shamgar

c) Gideon

d) Othniel

5) What was the first city the Israelites defeated in Canaan?

a) Ai

b) Hebron

c) Jericho

d) Gilgal

6) Who was the first king of Judah after Israel was divided into 2 kingdoms?

a) Jeroboam

b) Solomon

c) Rehoboam

d) Abijah

7) Who built the first temple in Jerusalem?

a) Solomon

b) David

c) Ezra

d) Rehoboam

8) Who was the first King of Israel?

a) Gideon

b) Saul

c) Ishbosheth

d) David

9) Who was the first wife of David?

a) Abigail

b) Maacah

c) Ahinoam

d) Michal

10) Who speaks first in the Song of Solomon after the title and attribution to Solomon?

a) Solomon

b) The Shulamite

c) The Daughters of Jerusalem

d) There is only one speaker

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Genealogies

1) Lamech, who is the first man mentioned in the bible with multiple wives, is listed in which genealogy?

a) Adam

b) Cain

c) 1 Chronicles

d) He is not listed in any genealogy

2) In the genealogy of Noah, Canaan is listed as the son of which of Noah’s sons?

a) Japheth

b) Shem

c) Cush

d) Ham

3) In the genealogy of Adam, the grandfather of Noah is known for what?

a) Walked with God then was not

b) Being very righteous

c) Being the longest lived man

d) He had no special significance

4) Ruth and Boaz had a son. He is the grandfather of which prominent bible figure?

a) Eli

b) Samuel

c) Saul

d) David

5) David’s son Absalom was the born of which woman?

a) Maachah

b) Michal

c) Bathsheba

d) Abigail

6) In the genealogies in 1 Chronicles, Samuel is listed in the descendents of Kohath, who is the son of which of the sons of Israel?

a) Reuben

b) Levi

c) Asher

d) Issachar

7) In the genealogies in 1 Chronicles, Saul is listed as a descendent of which of the sons of Israel?

a) Benjamin

b) Judah

c) Levi

d) Dan

8) According to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Jesus is descended from which son of Israel?

a) Benjamin

b) Simeon

c) Naphtali

d) Judah

9) True or False: Solomon is listed in one of the genealogies of Jesus

a) False

b) True

10) How many women are mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus as written in the Gospel of Matthew?

a) 0

b) 2

c) 4

d) 5

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The Apostles

1) Who was the publican (tax collector)?

a) Matthew

b) Simon

c) Philip

d) James

2) Who were the sons of thunder?

a) Simon and Andrew

b) Philip and Thomas

c) Bartholomew and Peter

d) James and John

3) Which of the original 12 apostles had a wife who was mentioned in the bible?

a) John

b) James

c) Peter

d) Andrew

4) Which of these apostles was a fisherman by occupation in the bible?

a) Andrew

b) Philip

c) Thomas

d) Simon the Zealot (Zelotes)

5) Which 3 apostles were present at the transfiguration?

a) Andrew, Philip, John

b) Peter, James, and John

c) Peter, Andrew, John

d) James, Thomas, Philip

6) Who denied Jesus 3 times?

a) Andrew

b) John

c) James

d) Peter

7) Who replaced Judas after being chosen by casting lots?

a) Matthias

b) Barsabas

c) Stephen

d) Thomas

8) Who attempted to walk on water to reach Jesus?

a) Bartholomew

b) Andew

c) Peter

d) John

9) Who had a vision about unclean foods?

a) John

b) Philip

c) Matthew

d) Peter

10) According to the Gospel of Luke which apostle ran to the tomb of Jesus to see for themselves that the tomb was empty?

a) John

b) Peter

c) James

d) Thomas

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Names for Jerusalem

1) The prophet Isaiah writes about the multitude of nations that go against Jerusalem. He calls the city by which name?

a) Azal

b) Zion

c) Shalom

d) Ariel

2) In 2 Samuel, Jerusalem is called the city of which bible figure?

a) Solomon

b) David

c) Jesus

d) Abraham

3) Fill in the blank: In Lamentations, Jerusalem is called the ____ of the whole earth.

a) Hope

b) Joy

c) Despair

d) Center

4) Which prophet calls Jerusalem, The city of righteousness, the faithful city?

a) Isaiah

b) Jeremiah

c) Amos

d) Nahum

5) Which prophet calls Jerusalem The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel?

a) Habakkuk

b) Micah

c) Isaiah

d) Ezekiel

6) Fill in the blank: In Lamentations, Jerusalem, is referred to as the perfection of _____.

a) Beauty

b) The Lord

c) His salvation

d) Peace

7) Which prophet says Jerusalem will be called 'The LORD is our righteousness'?

a) Malachi

b) Hosea

c) Jeremiah

d) Isaiah

8) When the Lord returns, Jerusalem will be called a city of truth, according to which prophet?

a) Haggai

b) Habakkuk

c) Zechariah

d) Zephaniah

9) In the description of a future temple, the prophet Ezekiel states that Jerusalem will be known by a new name. What is that name?

a) City of peace

b) Hope of the world

c) The throne of the King

d) The Lord is there

10) Fill in the blank: In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells people not to swear by earth or His footstool, nor by Jerusalem for it is the city of ______.

a) David

b) Of the great King

c) Redemption

d) The throne of God