Characters

Question 1

Adam

Answer 1

• Meaning of name in Hebrew “from the earth”

* Created to maintain God’s Creation

Question 2

Eve

Answer 2

• Made to be partner of Adam

* Created from rib, two parts of the same whole

Question 3

Cain

Answer 3

• First son of Adam and Eve
• Farmer
• Killed Abel

Question 4

Abel

Answer 4

• Second son of Adam and Eve
• Shepherd
• Killed by Cain

Question 5

Noah

Answer 5

• Righteous in his day
• Ark
• Didn’t care that God was going to kill everyone

Question 6

Abraham

Answer 6

• Righteous and good
• Father of all three main monotheistic religions
• First patriarch

Question 7

Sarah

Answer 7

• Wife of Abraham
• First name Sarai
• Conceived in 90s
• Mother of Issac
• Laughed when God promised son

Question 8

Hagar

Answer 8

• Sarah’s slave girl
• Mother of Ishmael
• Sarah jealous of her
• Sent away with son when Issac came

Question 9

Ishmael

Answer 9

• First son of Abraham
• Name means “God listens”
• Circumcised at 13

Question 10

Issac

Answer 10

• Second patriarch
• Son of Abraham and Sarah
• Almost sacrificed by Abraham
• Father of Esau and Jacob

Question 11

Rebekah

Answer 11

• Isaac’s wife
• Favored Jacob over Esau
• Helped Jacob trick Isaac into giving him his blessing

Question 12

Esau

Answer 12

• First son of Isaac and Rebekah
• Traded birthright for soup
• Athletic and hairy

Question 13

Jacob

Answer 13

• Second son of Isaac and Rebekah
• Held on to Esau’s ankle
• “holder of the heel”
• Took birthright from Esau
• Tricked Isaac into giving him blessing
• Name change

Question 14

Israel

Answer 14

• Jacob’s second name
• Last patriarch
• Means “wrestles with God”
• 12 sons

Question 15

Joseph

Answer 15

• 11th son of Israel
• 2nd son of Rachel
• Dreams
• Prophet (kind of)
• Israel’s favorite
• Sold into slavery by brothers
• 2nd in command under Pharaoh
• Famine
• Two sons: Ephraim and Mannaseh

Question 16

Judah

Answer 16

• Jacob’s 4th son, son of Leah
• “Praised one”
• One who suggested selling Joseph
• Regrets, offers life for Benjamin’s
• Sleeps with daughter in law Tamar

Question 17

Pharaoh

Answer 17

• Did not know Joseph
• Distrustful of Israelites – enslaved them
• Heart hardened by God

Question 18

Moses

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• Given up by mother, adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter
• Chosen by God to lead Israelites out of Egypt
• Gets Torah from God
• Wants to give up leading Israelites
• Mentors Joshua

Question 19

The Six Women of Exodus who rescue Moses

Answer 19

• Puah and Shiphrah, midwives, don’t kill him
• Birth mom put in basket and nursed him
• Miriam, sister, found birth mom to nurse
• Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him
• Zipporah, wife

Question 20

Caleb

Answer 20

• One of twelve spies sent to holy land

* One of two who thought it was possible to get to holy land

Question 21

Joshua

Answer 21

• Moses’s protégé
• One of twelve spies
• Took over when Moses died
• Battle of Jericho

Question 22

Aaron

Answer 22

• Moses’ brother
• First high priest
• Made golden calf

Question 23

Baal

Answer 23

Canaanite god of agriculture

Question 24

Deborah

Answer 24

• Only female judge
• “Mother of Israel”
• Prophesied death of Sisera by Jael

Question 25

Samson

Answer 25

* Born to barren woman * Hair gave him strength * Delilah hired to find out secret * Little interest in God’s will

Question 26

Jonathan son of Gershom son of Moses

Answer 26

* Priest under Micah | * Idol in image of God

Question 27

Samuel

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* Last judge * Had to find a king * Anointed two kings

Question 28

Saul

Answer 28

* First king of Israel * Crazy * From Benjamin

Question 29

David

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* Second king of Israel * Defeated Goliath * Played lyre for Saul * Bathsheba * Wrote many psalms

Question 30

Goliath

Answer 30

* Philistine giant | * Taunted Israelites

Question 31

Bathsheba

Answer 31

* Woman David slept with * Bore David’s child * Husband killed by David

Question 32

Solomon

Answer 32

* Son of David and Bathsheba * King known for wisdom * Built the temple * Golden age of Israel * 1000 wives * Started worshiping idols * Son over taxed

Question 33

Elijah

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* Prophet * Counter to Ahab * Defeated prophets of Baal * Mentored Elisha * Malachi prophesized his return * Didn’t die, taken * Miracles like Moses

Question 34

Elisha

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* Protégé of Elijah * Appoints Jehu king * Calf worship continues * Jehu has Jezebel killed

Question 35

Josiah

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* Good king of Judah * Found Torah * Reforms

Question 36

Gideon

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* Smashed Baal idols * Defeated Midianites and Amalekites with only 300 troops * Had 70 sons plus Abimelech with concubine

Question 37

Jephthah

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* Son of a concubine * Begged to save Israel from Ammonites * Defeated Ammonites, sacrificed king’s daughter

Question 38

Hannah

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* Mother of Samuel | * Barren, dedicates son to God

Question 39

Eli

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* Decent high priest * Sons corrupt * Thinks Hannah is drunk * Raises Samuel

Question 40

Absalom

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* Son of David * Avenges full sister raped by half brother * Exiled by David * Returns and dethrones David * Hair caught in tree, killed by Joab

Question 41

Jeroboam

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* First king of northern kingdom of Israel | * Idolatry

Question 42

Ahab

Answer 42

* Northern king * Marries Jezebel * Reintroduced Baal worship

Question 43

Hezekiah

Answer 43

* Judah’s most righteous king | * Bird in a cage, wouldn't surrender

Question 44

Isaiah

Answer 44

``` Prophet in Jerusalem (capital of Judah) Ministry spanned four kings Holiness of God Permanence of Zion Salvation Name means "Salvation of YHWH" ```

Question 45

Jeremiah

Answer 45

Levite Prophesied for Josiah through fall of Jerusalem Predicts fall to Babylonians and exile "Weeping Prophet" because he was hated by the people and they made him sad with their actions

Question 46

Ezekiel

Answer 46

Prophet only after being exiled from Babylon Had a famous vision about God's glory He explains why they were exiled and how they will be redeemed The glory of God is with the people, not in a temple Wife dies but he is not allowed to mourn her