Difficult Bible Quiz about the Bible Persons.

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Difficult Bible Questions:

Who was the most wicked king of Israel?

a. Jeroboam.
b. Solomon.
c. Ahab.

Ahab was a bad dude.
Jezebel, his wife, was the most evil pagan woman in the Bible and hated God's believers.
Ahab practiced worship of the god Baal and built a shrine to Baal.
He was the most disapproved-of and deplorable evil king in the Bible.
Ahab murdered a vineyard owner so that he could have the vineyard for himself.
He disobeyed God's command to kill the king of Aram during a battle.
1 Kings 21:20-25.
Answer C: Ahab.
Who was the longest-reigning king over the Kingdom of Israel?

a. Jeroboam II.
b. Solomon.
c. Saul.

The longest-reigning king over Israel was Jeroboam II.
He was the 13th king of Israel and reigned for 41 years.
Archeologists believe the most prosperous time in ancient Israel was under Jeroboam's control.
Read about Jeroboam.
Answer A: Jeroboam the second.
Who was the first man in the Bible to have more than one wife?

a. Lamech.
b. Abraham.
c. King David.

The first man to have two wives in the Bible was Lamech.
The wives were Adah and Zillah.
Genesis 4:19.
Answer A: Lamech.
Which tribe was the smallest of the twelve tribes of Israel?

a. Benjamin.
b. Judah.
c. Levi.

The smallest of the twelve tribes of Israel was Benjamin, the youngest of twelve brothers.
The sons of Jacob, later known as Israel, founded the tribes.
Listed by their ages, the tribes of Jacob's sons are Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.
1 Samuel 9:21.
Answer A: Benjamin.
Whose eyes did the invading army of Nebuchadnezzar put out?

a. Paul.
b. Zedekiah.
c. Nebuchadnezzar.

Nebuchadnezzar's army was the invading army that attacked Zedekiah.
The king of Babylon took Zedekiah and his two sons into custody.
The two sons were killed before Zedekiah's eyes, and then his eyes were taken out.
2 Kings 25:1-7.
Answer B: Zedekiah.
Which Bible person did God tell to sharpen all his flint knives?

a. Moses received instructions to prepare for the upcoming battle with Canaan.
b. Aaron was to slaughter the sheep for the upcoming Pentecost sacrifice.
c. Joshua was assigned the task of performing a mass circumcision.

The Israelites had been wandering in the desert for forty years, and all the circumcised men had died.
No one had ever performed this ritual while roaming the desert.
God instructed Joshua to have all men circumcised before entering the promised land. Wow!
Joshua 5:1-8.
Answer C: Joshua.
Who was the first wife of David?

a. Bathsheba.
b. Abigail.
c. Michal.

David had a total of eight wives.
His first wife was Michal.
The second wife was Abigail.
Bathsheba was his eighth wife.
1 Samuel 18:20–27.
Answer C: Michal.
Who was the eldest daughter of Saul, who was promised to David but whom Saul later changed his mind about?

a. Merab.
b. Michal.
c. Rachel.

Saul's oldest daughter was Merab.
She was promised to David, but Saul married her off to Adriel the Meholathite instead.
David later married Michal, Merab's younger sister.
Michal was David's first wife.
David had eight wives in total.
1 Samuel 18:17-21
Answer A: Merab.
Who did David put in the most dangerous spot in a battle because he wanted him killed?

a. Uriah.
b. Ehud.
c. Gideon.

After lusting over Bathsheba and having an affair with her, David wanted her as his wife.
Because Uriah the Hittite was Bathsheba's husband, David set him up for death in battle.
2 Samuel 11:14-17.
Answer A: Uriah.
What is the blood relationship between Jacob and Abraham of the Bible?

a. They were not blood-related; they were related through marriage.
b. Jacob was Abraham's grandson.
c. Abraham was Jabob's father.

Abraham and Sarah were the parents of Isaac.
Isaac and Rebecca were the parents of Jacob.
This relationship made Jacob Abraham's grandson.
Genesis 25:19-26.
Answer B: Jacob was Abraham's grandson.
Which cruel wife of a king was partially eaten by dogs after she died?

a. Bathsheba.
b. Jezebel.
c. Vashti.

Jezebel looked down from her window and mocked Jehu.
Jehu was the general who had overthrown and killed Jezebel's son.
Jezebel's eunuchs throw her out the window following the orders of Jehu.
The dogs devoured Jezebel before they could bury her.
Jezebel was perhaps the cruelest person recorded in the Bible.
2 Kings 9:30-37.
Answer B: Jezebel.
What woman won a beauty contest in the Bible?

a. Vashti.
b. Esther.
c. Leah.

Esther won a beauty contest held by King Ahasuerus.
The king banished his wife, Vashti, from the palace and held a contest to find her replacement.
He selected Esther as his replacement for Vashti.
Esther 2.
Answer B: Esther.
In the Bible, who did Jesus tell to be born again without marveling?

a. Pontius Pilate.
b. Nicodemus.
c. Lazarus.

Nicodemus was a Jewish leader and member of the Sanhedrin.
Nicodemus approached Jesus at night to ask what it meant to be "born again."
John 3:1-7.
Answer B: Nicodemus.
Who was Abraham’s nephew?

a. Lot.
b. Job.
c. Joseph.

Abraham's nephew was Lot.
Lot was also the son of Haran and the grandson of Terah.
Abraham (aka Abram) and Lot quarreled over land rights, so Lot moved his sheep to a more fertile area along the Jordan River.
Genesis 12:4-5.
Answer A: Lot.
Which Biblical king did God bestow leprosy upon for dishonoring the customs when he burned incense in the temple?

a. Nebuchadnezzar.
b. Josiah.
c. Uzziah.

King Uzziah became frustrated with the priests and went against them.
Uzzah shouted in anger at the priests, and leprosy afflicted him as a result.
2 Chronicles 26:17-21.
Answer C: King Uzziah.
The earth swallowed up this person from the Bible and his followers after they rebelled against Moses.

a. Aaron.
b. Korah.
c. Potiphar.

The earth swallowed up Korah and his followers for disobedience to God.
Korah was a Levite and insisted that he and his fellow Levites should be the priests, not Aaron and his select few.
God made Moses and Aaron leaders, so He had no choice but to kill those who opposed His authority.
Numbers 16:28-35.
Answer B: Korah.
Who rebuked David for committing adultery with Bathsheba?

a. Joab. He was David's chief commander and was the one who rebuked him.
b. Gad. He was a prophet and a close advisor to David.
c. Nathan. He was a prophet in David's court.

Nathan rebuked David for having an affair with Bathsheba due to her marital status.
2 Samuel 12:7-10.
Answer C: Nathan.
God reprimanded this man for listening to his friends instead of following God's guidance.

a. Job.
b. Moses.
c. Joseph.

Initially, Job listened to his friends instead of God, which led to further complications in solving his problems.
Job 42.
Answer A: Job.
Who destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem?

a. Nebuzaradan. He was a commander of Nebuchadnezzar's imperial guard.
b. General Titus. He was a member of the Roman army.
c. Sisera. He was a member of the Canaanite army.

Nebuzaradan was the commander of King Nebuchadnezzar's imperial guard.
He also leveled the city walls and led the people into captivity.
2 Kings 25:8-17.
Answer A: Nebuzaradan.
Who agreed to work for fourteen years to marry Rachel?

a. Japheth.
b. David.
c. Jacob.

Jacob fled to the safety of his uncle Laban for fear that his brother Esau was going to kill him.
Laban had two daughters, Rachel, the youngest, and Leah, the older, both of whom were unmarried.
Jacob fell in love with the younger Rachel and wanted to marry her.
However, the tradition was that the oldest was to marry before the youngest.

The agreement was for Jacob to work seven years for Laban so that he could marry Rachel.
Laban tricked Jacob and substituted his older daughter, Leah, in place of Rachel.
Jacob agreed to work another seven years so that he could marry Rachel.

It was a total of fourteen years that Jacob worked for Laban before he could marry Rachel.
Laban did what any father would do to get a daughter married off, as she was not attractive enough to attract suitors.
Genesis 29:16–30.
Answer C: Jacob.
This Bible person climbed a sycamore tree to view Jesus entering the city.

a. Zacchaeus.
b. Barabbas.
c. Usiah.

A short man named Zacchaeus watched Jesus from the branch of a tree.
He was a Roman tax collector.
Luke 19:1-10.
Answer A: Zacchaeus.
Which Persian queen influenced the king to protect her people, the Jews?

a. Bathsheba.
b. Esther.
c. Ruth.

Esther was the queen who used her influence to protect her people from genocide.
Esther 8.
Answer B: Esther.
Whom did the Virgin Mary visit right after the Angel Gabriel told her she would give birth to the Messiah?

a. Joseph.
b. Her mother.
c. Her cousin Elizabeth.

Mary shared her news with her cousin Elizabeth.
Elizabeth told Mary that an angelic messenger had also visited her.
The angelic messenger informed Elizabeth that she would give birth to a child named John, and he would announce the arrival of the Messiah, Mary's baby.
Luke 1:35-45.
Answer C: Her cousin Elizabeth.
Which girls were Naomi's daughters-in-law?

a. Mary and Martha.
b. Rachel and Leah.
c. Orpah and Ruth.

The daughters-in-law of Naomi were Orpah and Ruth.
Naomi had a tough life, as her husband died and then her two sons died.
The three women were all alone with no heirs.
Naomi returned to her childhood hometown.
Orpah went back to live with her parents.
Ruth insisted on going with Naomi.
Ruth 1:1-5.
Answer C: Orpah and Ruth.
Who exorcised a demon from a slave woman, angering her owners?

a. Paul.
b. Jesus.
c. Andrew.

Silas and Paul were evangelizing in Philippi, where Lydia, a resident of Thyatira, converted.
While there, they went to the city gates on the Sabbath and preached the gospel.
A slave girl full of an evil spirit kept following Paul and Silas, shouting at them.
Paul finally had enough of the situation and commanded the evil spirit to leave the slave girl.
The slave owners were upset, as they had profited financially from the woman's fortune-telling abilities.
Acts 16:16-24.
Answer A: Paul.
What was Simon of Cyrene forced to do by Roman soldiers on the day Jesus died?

a. The Roman soldiers selected Simon of Cyrene to carry the cross of Jesus.
b. He was forced to poke a lance at Jesus' side while he hung on the cross.
c. Simon was ordered to give Jesus the bitter drink while on the cross.

The scourging and flogging had left Jesus in dire physical shape, causing him to lose much blood, which weakened him such that he could not carry his cross.
The Roman soldiers forced Simon of Cyrene, a bystander, out of the crowd to carry the cross.
He was just an innocent bystander in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Matthew 27:32-37
Answer A: Carry the cross of Jesus.
Who are Aaron's and Moses's sister?

a. Sarah.
b. Miriam.
c. Ruth.

The older sister of Moses and Aaron was Miriam.
1 Chronicles 6:3.
Answer B: Miriam.
Who owned a bronze rod with a top shaped like a snake named Nehushtan?

a. A sorcerer of Pharaoh.
b. Beelzebub
c. Moses.

The Nehushtan staff cured snake bites.
Moses carried the Nehushtan during the exodus through the desert.
Numbers 21:4-9.
2 Kings 18:1-4.
Answer C: Moses.
This Bible character gained fame for the skill in playing the lyre.

a. Cleopatra.
b. Solomon.
c. David.

David played the lyre (hand harp).
He often played for King Saul to soothe him.
1 Samuel 16:14-23.
Answer C: David.
Who was David's best friend and also the son of King Saul?

a. Benjamin.
b. Jonathan.
c. Saul.

King Saul was the first king of Israel.
Johnathan was Saul's son and the grandson of Moses.
Michal was Saul's daughter and David's first wife.
Johnathan had been David's best friend since David's childhood.
David was approximately 30 years younger than Johnathan.
1 Samuel 18:1-4.
Answer B: Jonathan.
Who was shipwrecked on Malta Island?

a. Paul and Luke.
b. Only Paul.
c. John.

Luke and Paul were on a ship carrying 276 men and a cargo of grain bound for Rome.
Paul was one of many prisoners aboard the ship with Luke as his physician.
A terrible storm shipwrecked them near Malta in the Mediterranean Sea.
God intervened by directing the winds to deliver the ship to Malta during the 14-day ordeal.
Acts 27.
Answer A: Paul and Luke.
Did God command Moses to talk to a rock or strike it with his staff for water?

a. Strike the rock with his staff.
b. Talk to the rock.
c. Both.

The Bible is controversial on this subject, as it is on several other subjects.
The two stories are the same and took place at the same location but with different circumstances.
Both renditions of the story took place at the same location.
In both stories, Moses uses his staff to strike the rock.
The question arises: what exactly did God command Moses to do?
Answer C: Both occurred.

God commanded Moses to strike the rock. Exodus 17:1-7.
Verse one states they were camped at Rephidim.
Moses was instructed to go to the rock at Mount Horeb.
As God had commanded, Moses struck the rock.
The Bible states that this place became known as Meribah.

God commanded Moses to talk to the rock. Numbers 20:1-8.
Verse one states they were in Kadesh.
Now Moses had anger issues and struck the rock at Meribah, displeasing God.
God specifically told Moses to TALK to the rock, not STRIKE it in anger.

This incident is the main reason that kept Moses from entering the promised land.
Numbers 20:12.
After Jesus' crucifixion, this man transported his body for burial.

a. This man was a compassionate soldier who had been involved in the crucifixion.
b. Joseph of Arimathea, who was a member of the dreaded Sanhedrin.
c. Peter the disciple.

After the crucifixion, Joseph of Arimathea took Jesus' body to a burial crypt.
Nicodemus helped him.
Matthew 27:57-60.
Answer B: Joseph of Arimathea.
This person was lowered into a basket to escape from Damascus.

a. Paul.
b. Rahab.
c. An angel messenger.

Paul was lowered in a basket from an apartment on the city wall to escape the riotous, unbelieving Jews in Damascus.
Acts 9:18-25.
Answer A: Paul.
Near which city did Jesus feed the 5,000?

a. Jerusalem.
b. Bethsaida.
c. Antioch.

Jesus preached from a boat, and the disciples fed the crowd of 5,000 at Bethsaida.
His disciples fed the crowd gathered on the beach with two fish and five loaves of bread.
Food was left over afterwards.
Luke 9:10-17.
Answer B: Bethsaida.
Who was buried in Kadesh during the Exodus from Egypt?

a. Moses.
b. Miriam.
c. Aaron.

During the exodus, Moses's older sister Miriam died and was buried at Kadesh.
Numbers 20:1.
Answer B: Miriam.
Who threw a spear at his son?

a. Solomon
b. David.
c. Saul.

David knew that Saul wanted to kill him.
Therefore, David did not attend the customary dinner with the king.
Jonathan, Saul's son, stuck up for David and made an excuse for his absence.
Saul got mad at Jonathan for sticking up for David and quoted the following:
"You are the son of a perverse and rebellious woman!"
Saul threw a javelin at his son Jonathan in anger but missed.
1 Samuel 20:30-33.
Answer C: Saul.
Who in the Bible did Jesus heal in the synagogue on the Sabbath?

a. Jesus healed both the withered hand of a man and a crippled woman on two separate Sabbaths.
b. He healed only the man with a withered hand on the Sabbath.
c. Jesus only healed a crippled woman on a Sabbath.

Answer A: Jesus healed both the man and the woman.

Jesus healed a man with a withered hand.
It was a setup by the Pharisees to catch Jesus disobeying the Sabbath laws.
Mark 3:1-6.

Jesus was teaching in the synagogue on the Sabbath.
A woman was in attendance who had been crippled for 18 years and could not stand up straight.
When Jesus saw her, he called her forth and healed her.
Luke 13:10-14.
Who was the first apostle to be martyred?

a. Paul.
b. Titus.
c. Stephen.

Stephen was full of the spirit, performed many miracles, and preached to the people, becoming very popular.
He was becoming very unpopular with synagogue members who tried to trick Stephen with questions and failed.
The short story is that these members incited an uproar, which led to Stephen being stoned to death and becoming the first martyr in the Bible.
Acts 7:54-60
Answer C: Stephen.
This Bible person anointed the feet of Jesus with perfume and then dried them with her hair.

a. Mary, mother of Jesus.
b. Mary, from Magdala.
c. Mary, from Bethany.

She was Lazarus and Martha's sister.
John 12:1-8.
Answer C: Mary from Bethany.

Fun words and phrases from the 1950s:

What does it mean if you said, "Ain't that a bite?"

a. This verb refers to a lie that someone told.
b. It refers to food, such as a hamburger, that is large.
c. This sentence was another way to say, “That’s too bad.”

A remark like, "I was laid off today," would get a response of, "Ain't that a bite?"
Answer C: It means, "That's too bad.”

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