Can You Unscramble the Names of These Biblical Figures?

Daniel 1 asserts that Ashpenaz was master of King Jehoiakim's eunuchs. The king appointed him to supply Daniel, Mishael, Azariah and Hananiah food and wine so that Daniel and his three friends would be fit to perform and "stand in the king's palace."

When Apostle Peter visited the saints in Lydda, he came across a man named Aeneas, "which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy." The book of Acts also records how Aeneas was made whole after Peter told him to "arise, and make thy bed."

Daniel 5 details how Belshazzar promised status and material wealth to whoever could decipher mysterious writings on a wall that astonished him. The writings appeared after Belshazzar used for his celebration gold and silver vessels that his father took from a temple in Jerusalem.

Cornelius was an Italian who was faithful to God. Acts 10:2 refers to him as "a devout man" who "prayed to God alway." While praying one day, Cornelius was visited by an angel, who confirmed that God had heard his prayers and acknowledged his almsgiving.

David had fled King Saul's wrath already, but he invited Abiathar, one of the Lord's priests whom Saul sought to kill, to stay with him. Saul decreed the death order because he suspected that David had befriended these priests.

Apostle Paul was being held prisoner in Caesarea and pleaded with King Agrippa concerning his earlier life and his life after he converted to Christianity. Agrippa responded to Paul's explanation by responding, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian."

Apostle Paul insists how Onesiphorus, who often "refreshed" him, remained faithful and "was not ashamed of [Paul's] chain," as 2 Timothy 1:16 confirms. Subsequently, Paul prayed for Onesiphorus's well-being.

Acts 20 recounts how Timothy and Tychicus also accompanied Apostle Paul on his missionary trip to Troas. Acts 21:29 establishes that Jews from Asia acknowledged Trophimus and assumed that Paul had brought him.

Joshua 10 tells how King Adoni-Zedek feared Joshua because he "had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it ..." and he grew anxious about Gibeon because it was a great city. The king called for the help of four other kings, yet Joshua slew them all, including Adoni-Zedek.

In the New Testament text of Philemon, Paul expounds that Onesimus was one whom he had "begotten in [his] bonds." Onesimus was a slave to Philemon but proved himself to be more profitable to Paul.

Acts 16 intimates that Paul and Silas, who is also referred to as Silvanus, were jailed for performing a miracle - casting out a supernatural spirit from a young girl. As Paul and Silas started to worship God in prison, the prison doors opened.

In his epistle 3 John, Apostle John rebukes Diotrephes, who was guilty of spewing spiteful words against John and his righteous associates. Verse 10 submits that Diotrephes did not receive John and "forbiddeth them that would ..."

King Saul spared Agag, although God had instructed that he destroy all Amalekites. Agag presented himself before the prophet Samuel in a genial manner, yet Samuel "hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal," as recorded in 1 Samuel 15.

Jeremiah 22:24 maintains that Coniah was the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah. Through prophet Jeremiah, God tells Coniah that Coniah was as valuable as the ring on his right hand, yet he would "pluck thee thence."

King Ahasuerus threw a feast for his court so that he could show off his wealth and illustrious kingdom. He summoned his Queen Vashti, who "refused to come at the king's commandment ..." according to Esther 1:12, so the king eventually replaced her with Esther.

Joshua beseeched God's guidance for reconciling the fact that King Ai had defeated Israel in a battle that Israel should have won easily. Ultimately, Achan, "son of Zerah," was brought before Joshua, and Achan was slain.

The gospel of John communicates that the Jews plotted to kill Jesus after he raised Lazarus from the dead. John 11:51 chronicles that the high priest Caiaphas "prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation."

Second Samuel 2:10 records that Ishbosheth, who was Saul's son, "was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years." When Saul died, his commander Abner made Ishbosheth king "over Benjamin, and over all Israel," while "the house of Judah followed David."

After Joshua died, the children of Israel engaged in unrighteous behavior in the sight of God. They "cried unto the Lord," according to Judges 3:9, and God "raised up a deliverer," Othniel, who defeated the king of Mesopotamia, their oppressor.

The evil King Hoshea attempted to outsmart the Assyrian King Shalmaneser, but Shalmaneser realized the trick and had Hoshea imprisoned. In Hoshea's final year as king, Israel was placed under Assyrian control, as 2 Kings 17:6 describes.

Second Samuel 18 includes events concerning Ahimaaz's attempt to convince Joab that he should deliver news to King David that his son Absalom was dead. However, Ahimaaz failed to deliver the king a straightforward response concerning Absalom's welfare.

Zelophehad did not produce any sons, and his five daughters petitioned Moses concerning the question of inheritance after Zelophehad's death. In Numbers 36, God advises Moses that the daughters would receive the inheritance, but that they must marry men of their own tribe to retain it.

Acts 13 describes Sergius Paulus as a "prudent man, who called for Barnabas and Saul [Paul] ..." but Elymas, a sorcerer, tried to prevent the meeting. Paul, who was led by the Holy Ghost, blinded Elymas, "child of the devil," for a season.

In his epistle to the Colossians, Apostle Paul describes Tychicus as "a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord ..." Paul entrusted Tychicus to keep followers informed.

Adoniram was appointed as head of King Solomon's labor force. He was also sent to the northern tribes to collect fees under King Rehoboam's reign, and he was stoned to death for the deed.

The Apostle John authored 3 John, an epistle to the "well-beloved" Gaius. John describes Gaius as one who "walkest in the truth." The entire letter to Gaius is mostly an expression of John's admiration of his friend.

Prophet Ahijah delivered God's messages under the reign of king Rehoboam, son of Solomon. Ahijah advised Jeroboam that God would "tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon" and give it to him, save one tribe, as 1 Kings 11 stipulates.

Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector, and the Jews regarded him as a sinner. In Luke 19, Zacchaeus attempts to explain his riches to Jesus and assures him that he gives half of his goods to the poor.

An angel of God was at the threshing floor of Araunah "the Jebusite" destroying the people because of David's wickedness, which entailed him taking a census of Judah and Israel. In 2 Samuel 24:18, David's prophet Gad advised him to construct an altar for the Lord to remedy the crisis.

Baanah and his brother Rechab were both captains over Ishbosheth's troops. Second Samuel 4 chronicles how the brothers "smote him under the fifth rib ..." The two killed Ishbosheth as recompense for the terror that King Saul, his father, had committed against David.

David fled Jerusalem to escape Absalom, his son. Second Samuel 19 describes how "Barzillai the Gileadite," who was "a very aged man," supplied the king with sustenance "while he lay at Mahanaim."

According to 2 Samuel 23, son of Jehoiada, Benaiah "had the name among three mighty men." He served under David in the ranks of thirty men, yet "he was more honorable than the thirty ..."

Genesis 14 establishes how Chedorlaomer, with three other kings, defeated five kings who ruled principalities that included Sodom and Gomorrah. Chedorlaomer and fellow victors "took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed."

Acts 23 mentions that Paul's sister's son learned of an ambush by the Jews on Paul's life and informed his uncle, who sought the help of Commander Claudius Lysias. Claudius sent Paul to the governor with a letter that requested that Paul's accusers should state their accusations formally to him.