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  1. How should the Edomites be treated?
    Be nice to them.
    Dt 23.7
    Kill them.
    2 Kg 14.3,
    7;
    Ezek 25.13-14,
    Ob 1
  2. Is divorce ever permissible?
    No.
    Mt 19.6,
    9;
    Mk 10.9-12;
    Lk 16.18
    Only if the wife has been unfaithful.
    Mt 5.32,
    19.9
    When the unbelieving partner chooses to leave.
    1 Cor 7.15
    When the husband is displeased with his wife.
    Dt 24.1-4
  3. Is it OK for a divorced woman to remarry?
    Yes.
    Dt 24.1-4
    No.
    Lk 16.18
  4. Are those who obey the law cursed?
    Yes.
    Gal 3.10
    No.
    Dt 27.26
  5. Does Hell Exist?
    Yes,
    those that don’t go to heaven are tortured forever in Hell.
    Dan 12.2;
    Mt 10.28,
    13.41-42,
    18.8-9,
    22.13,
    25.41;
    Mk 9.43-49;
    Lk 16.19-31;
    Jn 5.29;
    2 Th 1.7-9;
    Rev 14.10-11,
    20.9-10,
    15
    No,
    those that don’t go to heaven, just die.
    Dt 29.20;
    Ps 1.4-6,
    34.16,
    37.1-2,
    37.20,
    69.28;
    Pr 10.25,
    24.20;
    Ob 16;
    Rom 6.21,
    23;
    1 Cor 3.17;
    2 Cor 2.15;
    Gal 6.8;
    Phil 3.19;
    Jas 1.15,
    4.12,
    5.20
    Everyone goes to heaven after they die.
    1 Cor 15.21-22,
    1 Tim 4.10,
    1 Jn 2.2
  6. Do humans have free will?
    Yes.
    Dt 30.19,
    Jos 24.15
    No.
    Jer 10.23,
    Acts 13.48;
    Rom 8.29-30,
    9.11-22;
    Eph 1.4-5;
    2 Th 2.11-13;
    2 Tim 1.9;
    Jude 4
  7. Was Moses in good mental and physical health at age 120?
    Yes.
    Dt 34.7
    No.
    Dt 31.2
  8. Who was the greatest prophet?
    Moses.
    Dt 34.10
    Jesus.
    Heb 3.1-3
    John the Baptist.
    Lk 7.28
  9. Who is the Lord of this world?
    God.
    Jos 2.11,
    3.13;
    2 Kg 19.15;
    1 Chr 16.14,
    31;
    Ezra 5.11;
    Job 34.13;
    Ps 47.2,
    7,
    59.13,
    83.18,
    96.10,
    97.1,
    5,
    99.1;
    Is 37.16,
    54.5;
    Mic 4.13;
    Zech 4.14,
    6.5;
    Mt 11.25;
    Lk 10.21;
    Acts 17.24,
    1 Cor 10.26
    Satan.
    Mt 4.9;
    Lk 4.6;
    Jn 12.31,
    14.30,
    16.11;
    2 Cor 4.3-4
  10. Did Joshua remove the twelve stones from the Jordan River?
    Yes,
    he took them to Gigal.
    Jos 4.20
    No,
    they are still there.
    Jos 4.9
  11. Who was Achan’s father?
    Carmi.
    Jos 7.1
    Zerah.
    Jos 7.24,
    22.20
  12. Did the city of Ai exist after Joshua destroyed it?
    No.
    Jos 8.28
    Yes,
    it existed at the time of the Babylonian captivity.
    Neh 7.32
  13. To whom were the cities of Exhtaol and Zoreah given?
    Judah.
    Jos 15.20,
    33
    Dan.
    Jos 19.40-41
  14. What tribe was Aijalon from?
    Dan.
    Jos 21.23-24
    Ephraim.
    1 Chr 6.66-69
  15. Is death final?
    Yes.
    Jos 23.14;
    Job 7.7-9,
    14.14,
    20.7;
    Ps 6.5,
    31.17,
    88.5,
    115.17;
    Ec 3.19-22,
    9.5,
    10;
    Is 38.18
    No,
    there will be a resurrection from the dead.
    1 Kg 17.22;
    2 Kg 4.32-35,
    13.21;
    Is 26.19;
    Ezek 37.12;
    Dan 12.2;
    Mt 9.24-25,
    25.46,
    27.52-53;
    Mk 5.42;
    Lk 7.12-15,
    9.30,
    14.14,
    20.37;
    Jn 5.28,
    11.39-44,
    Acts 26.23;
    1 Cor 15.16,
    52;
    1 Jn 2.25;
    Rev 20.12
  16. Does God forgive sins?
    Yes.
    2 Chr 7.14,
    Jer 31.34,
    1 Jn 1.9
    No.
    Jos 24.19
  17. Who bought the sepulcher in Shechem from the sons of Hamor?
    Jacob.
    Jos 24.32
    Abraham.
    Acts 7.16
  18. Can God stop iron chariots?
    Sure,
    he can do anything.
    Jg 4.13
    No,
    iron chariots are too hard for him.
    Jg 1.19
  19. Was Sisera murdered in his sleep?
    Yes,
    he was fast asleep.
    Jg 4.21
    No,
    he was awake and standing up.
    Jg 5.27
  20. What is the earth set upon?
    Nothing.
    Job 26.7
    Pillars.
    1 Sam 2.8
    ,
    Job 9.6
  21. How long was the ark of the covenant at Abinadab’s house?
    Twenty years.
    1 Sam 7.2,
    10.24
    More than forty years.
    2 Sam 6.3,
    Acts 12.21
  22. Were the Philistines subdued all the days of Samuel?
    Yes.
    1 Sam 7.13
    No.
    1 Sam 13.5-10
  23. Who was Samuel’s firstborn son?
    Joel.
    1 Sam 8.2
    Vashni.
    1 Chr 6.28
  24. Does God help in times of need?
    Yes.
    Ps 22.24,
    46.1,
    145.18;
    Nah 1.7
    No.
    1 Sam 8.18;
    Ps 10.1,
    22.1-2;
    Is 1.15,
    45.15;
    Jer 14.12;
    Ezek 20.3;
    Hos 5.6;
    Hab 1.2;
  25. Who was Kish’s father?
    Abiel.
    1 Sam 9.1
    Ner.
    1 Chr 8.33,
    9.39
  26. When did “Is Saul among the prophets?” become a proverb?
    When Saul prophesied among the prophets.
    1 Sam 10.11
    After Saul prophesied naked for a day and a night.
    1 Sam 19.24
  27. What was Jonathan’s first slaughter?
    The Philistine garrison in Geba.
    1 Sam 13.3
    Sometime after the Geba smiting.
    1 Sam 14.14
  28. Why did God reject Saul as king?
    For offering a burnt offering.
    1 Sam 13.9,
    13.14
    For incomplete levocide.
    1 Sam 15.23,
    26
  29. Who were Saul’s sons?
    Jonathan,
    Ishui, and Melchishua.
    1 Sam 14.49
    Jonathan,
    and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
    1 Chr 8.33,
    9.39
  30. Did Saul and Samuel kill all the Amalekites?
    Yes.
    1 Sam 15.7-26
    No,
    Agag’s mother was left alive.
    1 Sam 15.33
    No,
    Saul was killed by an Amalekite.
    2 Sam 1.8-10
    No,
    David killed them all a few years later.
    1 Sam 27.8
    Then David killed them all again. (Except this time 400 escaped.)
    1 Sam 30.17
  31. Was Haman and Agagite?
    Yes
    .
    Est 3.1
    No.
    1 Sam 15.33
  32. When was the last time that Samuel saw Saul?
    After he hacked Agag to pieces.
    1 Sam 15.35
    When Saul prophesied naked.
    1 Sam 19.24
  33. How many sons did Jesse have?
    Eight.
    1 Sam 16.10-11,
    17.12
    Seven.
    1 Chr 2.15
  34. Was David a man of war before he fought Goliath?
    Yes.
    1 Sam 16.18
    No.
    1 Sam 17.33
  35. When did Saul meet David?
    Before David slew the Philistine.
    1 Sam 16.21
    After he slew the Philistine.
    1 Sam 17.55
  36. How did David kill Goliath?
    With a sling.
    1 Sam 17.49
    With a sword.
    1 Sam 17.51
  37. Who killed Goliath?
    David.
    1 Sam 17.50
    Ethanan.
    2 Sam 21.19
  38. When did Saul become David’s enemy?
    After the dancing girls sang,
    “Saul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
    1 Sam 18.8-9
    After David bought Saul’s daughter with 200 Philistine foreskins.
    1 Sam 18.29
  39. How many Philistine foreskins did David buy his first wife with?
    100.
    2 Sam 3.14
    200.
    1 Sam 18.27
  40. When David fled to Nob, what was the priest’s name?
    Ahimelech.
    1 Sam 21.1
    Abiathar.
    Mk 2.25-26
  41. Was David alone when asking for the holy bread at Nob?
    Yes.
    1 Sam. 21.1
    No.
    Mt 12.1-5,
    Mk 2.25-26,
    Lk 6.4
  42. Was Abiathar the father or the son of Ahimelech?
    He was the son of Ahimelech.
    1 Sam 22.20,
    23.6,
    30.7
    He was the father of Ahimelech.
    2 Sam 8.17,
    1 Chr 18.16,
    24.6
  43. Did Saul inquire of the Lord?
    Yes.
    1 Sam 28.6
    No.
    1 Chr 10.13-14
  44. Was Jesus the first person to rise from the dead?
    Yes.
    Acts 26.23,
    1 Cor 15.20
    No.
    1 Sam 28.8-19
    ;
    1 Kg 17.22
    ;
    2 Kg 4.32-35,
    13.21;
    Mt 9.24-25,
    27.52-53;
    Lk 7.12-15
    ,
    Jn 11.41-43
  45. How did Saul die?
    He committed suicide.
    1 Sam 31.4,
    1 Chr 10.4
    He was killed by an Amalekite.
    2 Sam 1.8-10
    He was killed by the Philistines.
    2 Sam 21.12
    God killed him.
    1 Chr 10.14
  46. Did Saul’s family die with him?
    Yes.
    1 Chr 10.6
    No,
    Saul’s son, Ishbosheth, became king of Israel after Saul’s death.
    2 Sam 2.8-9
    No,
    two of Saul’s sons and five of his grandsons were sacrificed to God to stop him from starving people to death.
    2 Sam 21.6
  47. Who were the sons of David born in Hebron?
    See the conflicting lists in
    2 Sam 3.2-5
    and
    1 Chr 3.1-4
  48. When did Absalom rebel against David?
    After forty years.
    2 Sam 15.7
    Less than forty years.
    2 Sam 5.4
  49. Which sons of David were born in Jerusalem?
    See the conflicting lists in
    2 Sam 5.14
    ,
    1 Chr 3.5-8,
    and
    1 Chr 14.3-7
  50. Where did God kill Uzzah?
    The threshingfloor of Nachon.
    2 Sam 6.6-7
    The threshingfloor of Childon.
    1 Chr 13.9-10
  51. How many children did Michal have?
    None.
    2 Sam 6.23
    Seven.
    2 Sam 21.8
  52. How many horsemen did David take?
    700.
    2 Sam 8.4
    7000.
    1 Chr 18.4
  53. How many did David kill?
    40,700.
    2 Sam 10.18
    47,000.
    1 Chr 19.18
  54. Was Solomon David’s second or fourth son by Bathsheba?
    Second.
    2 Sam 12.15,
    24
    Fourth.
    1 Chr 3.5
  55. How many sons did Absalom have?
    None.
    2 Sam 18.18
    Three.
    2 Sam 14.27
  56. Who was Amasa’s father?
    Ithra an Israelite.
    2 Sam 17.25
    Jether an Ishmaelite.
    1 Chr 2.17
  57. Whom did Elhanan kill?
    Goliath.
    2 Sam 21.19
    Lahmi,
    the brother of Goliath.
    1 Chr 20.5
  58. Did David sin?
    No,
    David never sinned.
    2 Sam 22.21-25;
    1 Kg 3.14,
    9.4,
    14.8;
    David never sinned,
    except in the matter of Uriah.
    1 Kg 15.5
    David sinned in numbering the people.
    2 Sam 24.10
  59. How many men did the chief of David’s captains kill?
    800.
    2 Sam 23.8
    300.
    1 Chr 11.11
  60. Who tempted David to number Israel?
    God.
    2 Sam 24.1
    Satan.
    1 Chr 21.1
  61. Is it OK to have a census?
    Yes. Solomon had a census (like his father David’s) and God didn’t mind at all.
    2 Chr 2.17
    No. God killed 70,000 men because of David’s census.
    2 Sam 24.1,
    1 Chr 21.1,
    7
  62. How many valiant men drew the sword in Israel and Judah as counted by Joab?
    800,000 for Israel;
    500.000 for Judah.
    2 Sam 24.9
    1,100,000 for Israel;
    470.000 for Judah.
    1 Chr 21.5
  63. How many years of famine?
    Seven years.
    2 Sam 24.13
    Three years.
    1 Chr 21.12

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