Do You Actually Remember the Endings to These Old Testament Stories?

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."

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.

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.

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.

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."

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."

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 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."

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."

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."

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."

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."

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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."

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."

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.

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.

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."

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."

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.

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."

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.

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.

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."

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."

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."

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?'"

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."

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."

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.