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WEEK 25: Bible Live Quiz Questions Ps. 70—73 and 1 Kings 18:41—2 Kings 12:16
Ps. 70—73
1. What words in Ps. 70 tell us that David needed God’s help urgently? Come quickly, hurry, do not delay
2. Ps. 71 speaks of faith through all the seasons of a lifetime, illustrating the following Biblical principle: Saving faith is faith that does what? Endures, Lasts
3. Ps. 72 describes qualities of the ideal king or leader: personal integrity (righteous), fair in his judgments (just) , and compassionate to the downtrodden. Who is this psalm ultimately about? Messiah
4. According to Ps. 73, why should we not envy the wicked, though they seem to be prospering? 73:17-20, Their ultimate destiny is judgment
5. According to Ps. 73, why should we struggle and sacrifice to do good even though it seems that the wicked prosper? 73:24-26, God places the desire in us and will reward us in eternity
1 Kings 18:41—2 Kings 12:16
1. Elijah told Ahab that a rainstorm was coming before there was a cloud in the sky. How many times did Elijah’s servant have to go look out over the Mediterranean before a fist-sized cloud appeared? 18:44, it appeared the 7th time
2. After the great victory at Mt. Carmel, Elijah fled from Jezebel to what other mountain? 19:8, Sinai (40 day, 40 night trip)
3. In a cave at Mt. Sinai, God spoke to Elijah in a gentle whisper (still small voice) after what three spectacular events? 19:11-12, wind, quake, fire
4. At Mt. Sinai, what three people did God tell Elijah to anoint? 19:15, a) Hazael of Aram, b) Jehu of Israel, c) Elisha
5. In spite of Ahab’s wickedness, God gave him victory over Ben-hadad, king of Israel’s greatest enemy to the north. What nation was it? 20:1, Aram
6. After the victory, what did Ahab do that caused God to take his life? 20:42, disobeyed God by sparing Ben-hadad’s life
7. In 1 Kings 21, Jezebel murdered and stole the vineyard of what man? 21:1, Naboth
8. Elijah predicted Jezebel’s death. What did he say would happen to her body? 21:23, eaten by dogs of Jezreel
9. The prophet Micaiah contradicted Ahab’s false prophets by saying he would be killed in battle. What did Ahab do to try to avoid the prophesy? 22:29-30, disguised himself
10. How was Ahab killed? 22:34, arrow shot randomly struck him between the joints of his armor
11. According to Elijah, how would Elisha know if he was to be Elijah’s successor? 2 Kings 2:10, he would see Elijah taken
12. Elijah didn’t die in the normal sense. How did God take him away? 2:11, chariots of fire
13. When do we next see Elijah in the Bible? With Jesus on Mt. of Transfiguration
14. A group of disrespectful boys mocked Elisha. What happened to them? 2:24, bear attacked and mauled 42 of them
15. God used Elisha to bless a wealthy woman from Shunem with a son. When the boy died Elisha brought him back from the dead. How did the friendship between Elisha and the woman begin? 4:8-9, hospitality (she made a room for him)
16. Naaman, the commander of the army of Aram, had leprosy. Who told him about God’s power to heal him? 5:2-3, an Israelite maid who had been taken captive
17. Naaman almost missed his chance to be healed of leprosy and begin to worship the true God. Why? 5:11-12, pride
18. What was Naaman told to do in order to be healed of his leprosy? 5:10, wash seven times in the Jordan river
19. Why was Elisha’s assistant Gehazi afflicted with leprosy? 5:20-27, greed (taking money, clothes from Naaman)
20. How did God use four outcast lepers to help end the Aramean siege of Samaria? 7:3-10, discovered that the Armean camp was deserted and went back and told the people.
21. When God broke the Aramean siege of Samaria, Elisha told one of the king’s officers that there would be food, but that he wouldn’t get to eat it. What happened to that officer? 7:17, trampled at the gate
22. Ben-Hadad was suffocated by the man who would succeed him as king of Aram, the same man that Elijah and Elisha had predicted would become the next king of Aram. Who was this man? 8:13-15, Hazael
23. How did Jehu get all the prophets of Baal together so he could kill them? 10:19, called an assembly to sacrifice to Baal
24. Godly king Jehoshaphat of Judah arranged for his son Jehoram to marry one of Ahab’s daughters, the only queen Judah had. What was her name? 11:3, Athaliah
25. When Athaliah tried to end the royal line of David by killing all descendants, Joash was rescued by his aunt Jehosheba. Where was he hidden for six years? 11:3, in the temple (Jehosheba, Ahaziah’s sister, was wife of the priest Jehoiada)
26. Under Joash, the priests set a chest by the temple entrance for people’s gifts. Why? 12:11, repair of the temple