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About This Quiz
It's time to brush up on your Old Testament story endings with this cool Christian drill. Most of these stories you've heard before, like Cain and Abel, the creation tale, the great flood, Israelites' bail on Egypt, Moses and the Ten Commandments, etc. But do you really know the endings to these common biblical stories? Did Cain ultimately kill Abel, or did Abel kill Cain? Did Pharaoh eventually free the Israelites?
Did Noah repopulate a rather soggy Earth after the great flood, or did God choose someone less tipsy and more clothed? This quiz is Old-Testament-heavy because many of our most beloved stories from the Bible take place in that stretch of the Good Book.Â
Are you familiar with the stories of Rahab, King Uzziah, Elisha, Haman and Hazael? Rahab was a huge asset to the Israelites; King Uzziah broke religious order and paid a heavy price; Elisha's prophetic power increased after his predecessor left Earth; Haman unknowingly planned his own death; and Hazael used shifty means to reign over Syria.
Now that you've had a proper review, scroll onward and behold the number of Old Testament story endings you actually remember!
An angel of the Lord led Lot, his wife and two daughters away from a smoldering Sodom and Gomorrah. Who did not survive the ordeal?
Lot
Lot's wife
According to the nineteenth chapter in the book of Genesis, "The Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven." As an angel of God led Lot and his family out of the smoldering cities, Lot's wife looked back and "became a pillar of salt."
Lot's eldest daughter
The angel of the Lord
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The Old Testament book of Genesis describes a flood that lasted 40 days and 40 nights. When it was all over, what did God reveal as a sign of His promise?
Tornado
Cardinal
Prophet Elijah
Rainbow
God advised Noah that He was going to cause a flood that would destroy the Earth and told Noah to build an ark so that he and his family would be saved. Noah did as God had instructed, including gathering clean as well as unclean animals into the ark for the voyage.
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At the end of the creation story, what did God do on the seventh day?
Created fish and fowl
Rested
God created the heavens and the Earth, its inhabitants and man in His own image. The first chapter of Genesis explains, "And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day." The Bible teaches that God rested on the seventh day.
Created Adam
Created Eve
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In his attempt to capture the city of Jericho, Joshua resolved to use trumpets and shouts as his weapons. What happened as a result?
The walls of Jericho fell flat.
The book of Joshua explains how the city of Jericho had been "straitly shut up because of the children of Israel." After Israelites marched around Jericho seven times, priests blew trumpets which signaled Israelites to shout a great shout, and ultimately Jericho's walls came down.
The citizens of Jericho laughed at Joshua hysterically.
The Jericho army triumphed over Joshua.
The entire city of Jericho disappeared.
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The twelfth chapter of the book of Genesis describes how God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. What or whom did Abraham ultimately sacrifice?
Sarah
A ram
Genesis recounts how Abraham built an altar at Mount Moriah, arranged wood for the sacrifice, and bound his son Isaac before laying him on the altar. Later, an angel instructed Abraham to cease the sacrifice, saying, "Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him."
Isaac
Hagar
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The children of Israel had escaped Egypt but complained bitterly to Moses and Aaron concerning a lack of the food they had enjoyed back in Egypt. Who eventually provided sustenance for the children of Israel during their journey?
Aaron
God
Exodus recounts how "the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt." They "murmured against Moses and Aaron" for the lack of food. God promised that "at even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God."
Moses
Pharaoh
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Despite the new law against prayer, Daniel continued to pray toward Jerusalem three times daily. The king threw Daniel into the lion's den. Did Daniel survive this punishment?
God shut the lions' mouths and Daniel survived the ordeal.
The book of Daniel indicates that Daniel's enemies "cast him into the den of lions." Much to the king's astonishment, however, Daniel survived. The twenty-second verse of the same chapter confirms Daniel's subsequent message to King Darius: "God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths."
The lions feasted on "Daniel" meat for two days.
Daniel hid in the belly of a lion but did not survive.
Daniel ate the lions.
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As commander of the Israelite army, Joshua sent two men to spy on Jericho. Jericho's king, having heard the men were in harlot Rahab's home, commanded that Rahab hand over the men. What did Rahab ultimately do?
Rahab slew the king.
Rahab helped Joshua's men escape.
The second book of Joshua specifies the king's order to Rahab: "Bring forth the men that are come to thee." The men promised to save her household when they returned, saying, "Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down."
Rahab handed over the men to the king.
Rahab escaped Jericho.
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Jonah had been rebellious to God and found himself in the belly of a fish. Jonah cried out to God in distress. What eventually happened to Jonah as a result?
The fish began speaking in tongues to Jonah.
The fish vomited Jonah out upon dry land.
God told Jonah to go to Nineveh to prophesy there against the wickedness of the people. But Jonah "rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord." Eventually, a "great fish" swallowed Jonah, who "was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights."
Jonah lived the rest of his days in the belly of the fish.
The big fish swallowed a piranha fish that feasted on Jonah.
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In spite of the ten astonishing plagues that God sent to ravage Egypt, Pharaoh was faced with the momentous decision to either let the children of Israel leave or go after them. What did Pharaoh decide?
He went after the children of Israel.
In Exodus, God speaks to Moses about Pharaoh, promising that He would "harden Pharaoh's heart." The children of Israel left Egypt and Pharaoh "made ready his chariot, and took his people with him," and "pursued after the children of Israel."
He decided it wasn't worth the effort.
He enslaved his fellow Egyptians instead.
He sold himself into slavery.
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David went up against the Philistine giant Goliath with nothing but a sling and five smooth stones. Who won the battle?
David
David donned the brass armor that Saul had given him. Yet, David told the king, "I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them," according to the book of first Samuel. David then removed the armor, slang a stone from his bag and smote Goliath, "the Philistine, in his forehead."
Goliath
King Saul
The Philistine commander
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Joseph's brothers showed their father, Jacob, Joseph's bloody coat. What did Jacob believe was Joseph's fate?
Joseph destroyed a beast with his bare hands.
Joseph slew, then ate a goat.
Joseph had been devoured by a beast.
The thirty-seventh chapter in Genesis states that Jacob had made "a coat of many colors" for Joseph. His jealous brothers stripped Joseph of his coat, sold him into slavery and dipped the coat in goat's blood to show to their devastated father, who replied, "an evil beast hath devoured him."
Joseph slew one of his brothers.
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God sent ten plagues to afflict Egypt for keeping the children of Israel in bondage. What was the tenth and final plague?
Water was turned to blood.
Hail
Locusts
Death of the firstborn
Exodus describes all plagues. The first, second, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth and tenth plagues were announced to Pharaoh beforehand; the remaining plagues occurred without notice.
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For many years, the Israelites ran from the Midianites, their enemy. Did the Israelite judge Gideon decide to flee the Midianites as others before him had done?
Gideon ordered the Israelites to hide from the Midianites.
Gideon surrendered on behalf of all Israelites.
Gideon and 300 Israelites rose up to defeat the Midianites.
For years, Israelites hid in caves because Midianites would take their harvest and leave them with no food. The book of Judges states that "the children of Israel cried unto the Lord" in distress. Gideon and his army assailed the Midianites with trumpets and empty pitchers.
Gideon became a spy for the Midianite army against the Israelites.
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King Nebuchadnezzar threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego into a fiery furnace as punishment for not worshiping the king's golden image. When the king looked into the furnace, how many men did he see?
Three
Four
The third chapter in the book of Daniel states that the men were brought to the king and said, "We will not serve thy gods..." The king reacted to what he'd witnessed in the furnace, saying, "They have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."
Twelve
None
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Two disputing harlots went to King Solomon claiming that each had given birth to a child. One child died and both harlots claimed ownership of the child that lived. What did King Solomon say to solve the dispute?
"Leave my presence, harlots!"
"I, alone, will care for the child."
"Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other."
The first harlot's "bowels yearned upon her son," and she said, "O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it." The second harlot said, "Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it." The king decided that the woman who had expressed compassion was the mother.
"Throw the child in the air, if it lands on its feet it's a miracle."
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Job was a wealthy and upright man, but his faith was tested when God allowed Satan to curse him. What did Job receive at the end of his test of faith?
Greater blessings
Job cursed his afflictions. The book of Job states that he "cursed his day." The forty-second chapter of Job, which is the last chapter of the book, illustrates how God "turned the captivity of Job" and "gave Job twice as much as he had before" his maladies.
Painful boils
Stillborn children
Spiritual punishment
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In the Old Testament story of Jacob and Esau, Esau desired that his brother feed him some of his "red pottage." Jacob required Esau's birthright for the food. How did Esau respond to Jacob's request?
Esau slew Jacob for the pottage.
Esau gave up his birthright.
Genesis indicates that Esau "despised his birthright," complying with Jacob's request in exchange for "bread and pottage of lentils." The twenty-fifth chapter of Genesis describes the brothers as twins that "struggled together within" their mother Rebekah when she was pregnant.
Esau stole Jacob's food.
Esau starved to death.
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Joseph's strange dreams infuriated his brothers, who ultimately mocked Joseph by calling him what name?
The dreamer
Joseph's brothers hated and rejected him for his dreams and for the fact that Jacob "loved Joseph more than all his children." The thirty-seventh chapter of Genesis recounts how "Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more."
Man of many colors
Father's pet
Egyptian ruler
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After the great flood destroyed so much of the Earth and its inhabitants, who was chosen to repopulate the Earth?
Abraham
Isaac
Noah
The sixth chapter of Genesis states that Noah "found grace in the eyes of the Lord." God sought to destroy Earth's wickedness with flood waters, but regarding Noah, God said, "for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation."
Jacob
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In preparation for the flood, Noah did all that God had instructed. How long did the flood rains last?
It rained for 7 days and 6 nights.
It rained for 4 hours.
It rained for 6 years.
It rained 40 days and 40 nights.
The sixth chapter in Genesis details God's specific instructions to Noah for building the ark. The ark's length was "three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits." Noah also covered the ark inside and out with tar-like pitch.
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What did Cain's jealousy for Abel cause him to do?
Cain set Abel on fire.
Cain sold Abel into slavery.
Cain fed Abel to a flesh-eating plant.
Cain killed Abel.
Cain and Abel were sons of Adam and Eve. The Bible describes Cain as a tiller of the ground and Abel as a keeper of sheep. Cain grew envious of Abel because God respected Abel's offering of firstlings from his flock, but God did not respect Cain's offering of fruit from the ground.
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The Queen of Sheba had heard of Solomon's fame concerning God, so she tested him with difficult questions. At the end of the interrogation, what did the Queen conclude and say to Solomon?
"Thou art insane."
"Teach me all that thou knowest."
"Thou hast no clue of what thou sayest."
"Thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard."
The tenth chapter in the book of First Kings describes how the Queen of Sheba had "heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord," and she intended to test him. So the queen went to Solomon and "communed with him of all that was in her heart."
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None of King Nebuchadnezzar's sorcerers, magicians or astrologers could interpret his troubling dreams. Who ultimately succeeded in doing so?
Elijah
Daniel
The king grew troubled by his dreams and "his sleep brake from him," as the book of Daniel states. Daniel and "his companions," Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, prayed unto God for clarity about a dream. The secret of the dream was "revealed unto Daniel in a night vision."
Jacob
Joshua
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The Israelites went to bury one of their people, but were distracted and cast the man's remains in prophet Elisha's tomb. What happened to the man's remains?
The remains vanished into thin air.
The remains burst into flames.
The remains began beating the door to Elisha's tomb.
The dead man was revived and he stood on his feet.
In the book of second Kings at the thirteenth verse, the Israelites were distracted by a band of Moabites who typically raided Israel in the spring season. The Israelites cast the man's remains into Elisha's tomb in order to pursue the Moabites.
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Because there was a drought in the land, God told Elijah to seek a widow of whom Elijah had requested her last morsels of nourishment. Did the widow's barrel and cruse cease providing nourishment?
Elijah ate all the widow's food, and she starved.
Elijah increased the woman's bread and converted water into wine.
Elijah caught many fish, so the widow had no need of barrel and cruse.
"The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail."
The book of First Kings explains that, because of the drought, God told Elijah to stay with a widow so that he could sustain himself. Elijah accurately prophesied to the widow: "For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, the barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail."
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The hand of a man appeared and wrote on a wall while King Belshazzar feasted with forbidden golden vessels in his possession. Of all who had tried, who was able to interpret the handwriting on the wall?
Daniel
The king had ordered that the vessels be taken out of the house of God. Daniel read the writing as: "MENE," God has numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. "TEKEL," Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. "UPHARSIN," Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Adam
Elisha
Peter
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Haman was an enemy of the Jews who sought to destroy them utterly. Who ultimately spoiled his plot?
Jezebel
Hannah
Queen Esther
Haman had built a gallows to hang Mordecai, a Jew and relative of Queen Esther. The queen had arranged a banquet for her husband and Haman, whose plot she exposed to King Ahasuerus. For his secret crimes, the king ordered that Haman be hung in the gallows, according to the seventh chapter in Esther.
Ruth
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Torrential rains flooded the Earth for 40 days and 40 nights, but do you know how long the floodwaters remained on the Earth?
60 days
40 days
150 days
The seventh chapter of the book of Genesis specifies that "fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered." The same chapter confirms how "every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground."
45 days
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In her old age, Sarah, Abraham's wife, doubted that she could give birth, so she arranged that Abraham conceive with her handmaid Hagar. Two sons, Isaac and Ishmael, were born of the ordeal. Who was Isaac's mother?
Rebekah
Hagar
Sarah
Genesis states that Abraham was fourscore and six years old when Hagar bare Ishmael. However, God promised to establish His covenant with the son to whom Sarah was to give birth. Genesis specifies God's words: "But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee."
Hannah
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King Hezekiah was mortally ill. Prophet Isaiah told him that he would die and not live, and gave the king a choice of setting the shadow "forth ten degrees, or go back ten degrees." What did the king choose?
Backward ten degrees
The twentieth chapter of the book of Second Kings shows how God did as Prophet Isaiah had prayed on behalf of King Hezekiah. Verse eleven confirms that God "brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz."
Forward ten degrees
Self-sacrifice
The king slew Isaiah.
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While Moses received the Ten Commandments, the children of Israel began worshiping other gods, which angered both Moses and God. Which tribe sided with Moses and God against the people?
Benjamin
Gad
Levi
After Aaron made a calf from gold, he proclaimed "These be thy gods, O Israel," as stated in the book of Exodus in the thirty-second chapter. Moses destroyed the calf, and the twenty-sixth verse in the chapter states that Moses "stood in the gate of the camp, and said, 'Who is on the Lord's side?'"
Asher
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As long as King Uzziah sought God, he prospered. Pride swayed the king to burn incense on an altar, a task reserved solely for priests. What happened to the king as a result?
God made him a priest.
The altar fell upon the king, crushing him to death.
He died a leper.
Priest Azariah "went in after [the king], and with him fourscore priests," according to second Chronicles. The priests reminded Uzziah, "It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord." Then Uzziah "was leprous in his forehead, and [the priests] thrust him out from thence."
The king set himself on fire.
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Right before the prophet Elijah was to be translated to heaven in a whirlwind, Elisha requested to receive a double portion of the prophet's spirit. What did Elijah leave for Elisha to prove that his request had been honored?
Sandals
Robe
Mantle
In Second Kings, Elijah persuaded Elisha not to travel with him during his translation. He implored Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for thee." When Elijah went to heaven, he left behind his mantle. Elisha took the mantle and smote the waters of Jordan, which "parted hither and thither."
Beard
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King Ben-hadad of Syria was ill and sent Hazael, his high-ranking official, to seek out help from Prophet Elisha, who predicted the king's fate, which was what?
Hazael laid hands on the king, and he recovered.
Hazael suffocated the king and wrested power.
In the eighth chapter of second Kings, Elisha tells Hazael, "The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king," in spite of Hazael's denial. Hazael advised the king that he would recover, but Hazael soon "took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on [the king's] face," killing him.
King Ben-hadad lived for many years thereafter.
Prophet Elisha killed Ben-hadad to become king.
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