I'm mad I should've known all of these! after i saw my results i was like "aaaagggghhhh i knew that!!!" grr its kinda funny how to remember Bathsheba is by remembering David saw her bathing hahaha that ironic
Keturah was Abraham's second wife. Hagar was Sarah's servant that Abraham had sex with to produce a male heir (Ishmael). It'd be more accurate to say, "And the mother of his first son..." or something like that. The clues were fun!
If you accept that Keturah and Hagar are distinct persons, Hagar still came first, seeing as she had conflicts with Sarah whereas Katurah comes in only after Sarah is dead.
The entire point of that story is to prove that Abraham and Sarah weren't perfect (which practically every major character in the Bible has a story about). If you conclude that extra-marital sex is fine because of a story that uses extra-marital sex as a sin, you're doing it about as wrong as you possibly can.
God's will, at least according to the Bible, includes polygamy, incest, murder, genocide, slavery, smashing babies against rocks and all sorts of other ghastly things.
lol.. I was listening to Alicia Keys - Samsonite Man, all the while trying to remember who the strong man whose name started with a "s" was. Hate that.
It's true that their original Hebrew names they had been given before they were taken captive were Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, but the Babylonians gave them Meshach, Shadrach, and Abed-Nego, which are used in the Bible. These are they names they are most often attributed to by people nowadays reading the Bible, although note that Daniel is the only one who is still mentioned by his Hebrew name. The people that know what their Hebrew names were are very likely to also know their Babylonian names, but if I was the Quizmaster I would still change it. Still, I'm 11, a Bible nerd and got full marks with 3:43 remaining, so I'm happy :D
Unless you are not familiar with these names in their English translation at all. Then you are pretty much screwed on this quiz, for spelling too (phonetic renderings of Hebrew names are not accepted).
I'm curious if that was because Daniel was favoured by Nebuchadnezzar. The rest of the Hebrews had to change their names, but Daniel defied this and insisted that he be called Daniel. It's not in the Bible, but it sounds possible enough...
Great quiz! Not to be nit-picky but there are a couple of spelling errors. you have devote instead of devout and covenent is spelled with an a, covenant.
That people know something about the Bible is neither amazing nor an indication that they love it. When I lived in Saudi Arabia I learned a great deal about Islam, the Quran, and Muhammad. Because I'm a curious person and it seemed relevant to know about since these things so greatly influence life and culture and history there. When I'd talk to Saudis about these subjects and they discovered I knew more about them than they did, they would often assume this meant I really loved Islam. Nothing could have been further from the truth.
Does anyone know the name of Lot's wife, or is she just called "Lot's wife"? Everyone else had a name except for poor "Mrs. Lot"....... (This is a serious question, not mocking.) I was impressed that so many got them all right. You folks really know the bible!
Actually, quite a few people go unnamed. For instance, we only know the name of one Pharisee (Nicodemus) and we don't know Noah's wife, mostly because they're relatively unimportant.
Just a little historical note: Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon conquered the kingdom of Judah. It was Assyria, some years earlier, that conquered the northern kingdom of Israel.
A serious question: Is it really so common to learn the 3 Jews' names? I've always heard only of "3 young jews", learning their names would be on a par with all those ancestors' names, apart from Methuselah.
I didn't think of that question as being unusually difficult or obscure, though I can't remember how I learned the three names. I do know that it wasn't in Sunday school, but rather some time later.
Their (babylonian) names are pretty common in Christian songs. They are not just names in some random genealogy, but their story about defying King Nebuchanezzar, refusing to bow down to the golden statue, and getting thrown into the fiery furnace is one of the most famous stories in the Bible. There's a whole chapter in the book of Daniel that is about them, so I wouldn't call them trivial just because you can't recall their names.
I learned the names of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Sunday School, but I remembered them from the lyrics to "Jesus Was a Soul Man" which came out during the Jesus Freak movement in the late '60s.
Agreed. Some fun facts: If you read the Bible (Daniel 1) Daniel had three friends: Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (v. 6). They were taken from home in a faraway land and the government changed their names to try to tear down their beliefs and change who they were and what they believed. The name Daniel, meaning "God is my Judge," was changed to Belteshazzar, meaning "the prince of Bel," or "the favorite of Bel (Isa. 46:1)." The name Hananiah, meaning "Jah has graciously given," or "favored of Jah," was changed to Shadrach, meaning "enlightened by the sun god;" the name Mishael, meaning "Who is what God is?" was changed to Meshach, meaning "Who can be like the goddess Shach?" and the name Azariah, meaning "Jah has helped," was changed to Abed-nego, meaning "the faithful servant of the fire god Nego." A lot of people growing up in christianity sing songs about Daniel's friends by idolatrous names they weren't given by their parents and did not choose themselves. Its sad :(
succeeded the above," really needs to be changed. Elisha wasn't more powerful. The power he experienced came from God through the Holy Spirit. The clue is not accurate to the bible which, in 2 Kings 2:9 reads, "When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, "Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?" "Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit," Elisha replied. " The power Elisha experienced was that of the Holy Spirit, not of his own.
Got Hagar. Tried so long thinking of Lot's wife's name and then I'm like, "Lot's Wife???" Apparently in Jewish traditions they often call her Edith or Ado
Hagar was not Abraham's concubine. She was Sarah's maidservant. Sarah instructed Abraham to have sex with Hagar to produce a male heir. She was not his concubine, nor even directly his property.
succeeded the above," really needs to be changed. Elisha wasn't more powerful. The power he experienced came from God through the Holy Spirit. The clue is not accurate to the bible which, in 2 Kings 2:9 reads, "When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, "Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?" "Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit," Elisha replied. " The power Elisha experienced was that of the Holy Spirit, not of his own.
Ha ha...
Hic.
- Eliyahu
- B[ae]th?sh?e[bv]ah?
- Nabu[hck]+[aeo]dnez+ar — English transcriptions of Hebrew transcriptions of Babylonian names are funky!
- H?anania[hs]? as an alternative to Shadrach
- Mish?ael as an alternative to Meshach
- Azaria[hs]? as an alternative to Abednego