The Bible Study Guide

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Moses 58x 10.3% stumper $516 avg J:34 DJ:24

J $100 1997 This boy escaped Pharaoh's order to kill all male Hebrew babies

J $500 1997 While living in Midian, he married Zipporah

J $1,000 2008 In Exodus 18 he gets advice from his father-in-law Jethro

Solomon 47x 10.9% stumper $589 avg J:22 DJ:24 FJ:1

J $100 1996 This wise king had "four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen"

J $500 1991 This king of Israel had 700 wives & 300 concubines

J $1,000 2014 1 kings 2: "then sat" this man "upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established"

King David 47x 10.9% stumper $702 avg J:21 DJ:25 FJ:1

J $100 1999 After he slew Goliath, he cut off the giant's head

J $500 1989 Joab killed his cousin Absalom, the rebellious son of this man, Joab's uncle

J $1,000 2006 This king's kids had sibling issues--Amnon attacked sister Tamar & was ordered killed by brother Absalom

Noah 43x 14.0% stumper $407 avg J:22 DJ:21

J $100 1996 He's the first person in the Bible to build a ship

J $500 1996 This biblical patriarch was the son of Lamech & the grandson of Methuselah

DJ $1,000 DD 2020 "And God blessed" this man "and his sons, and said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth"

Samson 40x 10.3% stumper $518 avg J:21 DJ:18 FJ:1

J $100 1999 This long-haired son of Manoah was always having run-ins with Philistines

J $600 2022 In a hairy situation in Judges 15, he sets the corn of the Philistines ablaze & does some serious smiting

DJ $1,200 2018 He pushes on 2 pillars & brings the house down for some sweet revenge in Judges 16

Paul 40x 21.1% stumper $666 avg J:17 DJ:21 FJ:2

J $100 1996 Barnabas & this apostle were expelled from the city of Antioch by jealous Jewish leaders

J $500 1996 The first word in Romans 1:1 is his name

DJ $1,000 1992 This apostle was shipwrecked on Malta for 3 months

Joseph 38x 5.6% stumper $669 avg J:15 DJ:21 FJ:2

J $100 1997 Benjamin's only full brother was this wearer of the coat of many colors

J $500 1989 In Matthew chapter 1, he's the last man listed as having been begat

DJ $900 DD 1986 Biblical personage who received a gift similar to the one described here"Back to the seasons of my youth / I recall a box of rags that someone gave us / And how my mama put the rags to use / There were rags of many colors, every piece was small"

Simon Peter 36x 11.1% stumper $694 avg J:18 DJ:18

J $200 2017 Jesus told him, "Thou shalt be called Cephas", an Aramaic name that meant "rock" or "stone"

J $500 DD 1997 Jesus said of this disciple in John 1:42, "Thou shalt be called Cephas"

DJ $1,000 1992 Matthew says that besides Jesus, this disciple walked on the water until he got scared & sank

Abraham 33x 25.0% stumper $828 avg J:11 DJ:21 FJ:1

J $200 2016 In Genesis 15 this man leaves the Euphrates city of Ur to found a new nation

J $600 2004 Hagar, carrying this man's baby, fled into the desert after harsh treatment from his wife

DJ $1,200 2022 When God told this man that he would become a father to a son at age 100, he rolled on the floor laughing

Job 31x 19.4% stumper $619 avg J:19 DJ:12

J $100 2001 According to his book, 42:16, this "patient" man lived 140 years after his troubles

DJ $500 DD 1991 The Lord told Satan, “There is none like him in the Earth, a perfect and an upright man”

J $1,000 2014 This man I:"The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the servants"

Jonah 28x 14.8% stumper $633 avg J:12 DJ:15 FJ:1

J $100 2001 This prophet passed the time he spent inside a fish offering up prayers

DJ $600 1996 The crew on the ship to Tarshish thought he was a jinx & threw him off

J $1,000 2014 This reluctant prophet is Yunus

Jacob 27x 14.8% stumper $870 avg J:11 DJ:16

DJ $100 DD 1994 His wife Rachel died while giving birth to Benjamin

J $500 1996 This disguised man was the first person to kiss someone in the Bible; he kissed his father

J $1,000 2007 In Genesis he has an all-night wrestling match & ends up getting blessed

King Saul 26x 15.4% stumper $750 avg J:12 DJ:14

DJ $400 1987 While David was playing the harp for this king, the king got angry & threw a javelin at him

DJ $800 1994 This first king of Israel was a Benjamite from the mountain village of Gibeah

DJ $1,000 1999 David was hidden offstage when Jonathan told this man "Dad, Leave My Friends Alone!"

Joshua 25x 16.7% stumper $646 avg J:9 DJ:15 FJ:1

DJ $200 2001 Once Moses' aide, he led the Israelites into the promised land

J $500 1996 This son of Nun & aide to Moses became jealous of Eldad & Medad when they prophesied

DJ $1,000 1992 After the death of Moses, this son of Nun became leader of the Israelites

John the Baptist 25x 4.0% stumper $516 avg J:14 DJ:11

J $100 1993 This baptizer was said to be “clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins”

J $500 1994 Jesus said there was no greater prophet than this man, his cousin

J $1,000 DD 1999 His was the "voice of one crying in the wilderness"

Goliath 25x $344 avg J:12 DJ:13

J $100 2000 This Philistine had a "helmet of brass" & a coat of mail weighing 5,000 shekels

DJ $600 1992 This Philistine's armor weighed about 125 pounds & the head of his spear about 15 pounds

DJ $1,200 2019 About 7-foot-tall pro wrestler Walter Talun played this role in 1951's "David and Bathsheba"

Cain 24x 20.8% stumper $429 avg J:13 DJ:11

J $100 1999 Of the first 2 people to make offerings to God, the one who had his rejected

J $600 2009 In Genesis 4:14, God turns this guy into the original fugitive

J $1,000 2013 Genesis:"____ said unto the Lord, my punishment is greater than I can bear"

Jericho 23x 8.7% stumper $491 avg J:14 DJ:9

J $100 2001 Achan went against Joshua's order not to take any spoils from this dis-walled city

DJ $600 1997 Achan admitted to Joshua that from the spoils of this city he took a "Goodly Babylon Garment"

J $1,000 2022 "When Joshua was by" this place, "there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand"

Ruth 22x 9.1% stumper $950 avg J:7 DJ:15

DJ $200 1999 "So Boaz took" this woman "and she was his wife"; she was also the great-grandmother of David

J $500 1995 "So Boaz took" this Moabite widow, "and she was his wife"

J $1,000 2003 After her husband died, she & her mother-in-law Naomi moved to Bethlehem

Adam 22x $582 avg J:10 DJ:12

J $100 1996 In Genesis 3:19 God told him that he would have to earn his living by the sweat of his brow

DJ $600 1996 One of his rare mentions outside Genesis is in 1 Chronicles 1:1, where he begins a family tree

J $1,000 2007 Nonagenarians live to 90; we're not sure what to call Seth & this father of his, who both reached 900

the Ark of the Covenant 20x 10.0% stumper $510 avg J:14 DJ:6

J $100 1996 In Numbers 10:35-36 Moses addressed this container as "Lord"

J $500 1998 Uzzah was killed because he touched this object

DJ $1,000 1992 It was 2 1/2 cubits by 1 1/2 cubits by 1 1/2 cubits & was topped by 2 golden cherubim

Lazarus 20x $470 avg J:11 DJ:9

J $100 1999 Jesus "cried out with a loud voice" & commanded this dead man to "come forth"

DJ $600 1991 This man of Bethany was dead four days when Jesus said, "Come forth" and he that was dead came forth

J $1,000 2017 In a parable in Luke, dogs came & licked the sores of this beggar

Pontius Pilate 19x $742 avg J:9 DJ:10

J $200 1990 Governor of Judea who asked Jesus, "Art thou the king of the Jews?"

DJ $600 1993 He said, "I am innocent of the blood of this just person" before he delivered Jesus to be crucified

J $1,000 2022 A Roman governor:TAILPIPE SNOUT

Jezebel 18x 22.2% stumper $844 avg J:7 DJ:11

J $300 1998 The Lord told Ahab, "The dogs shall eat" her "by the wall of Jezreel"

J $500 1997 This wicked wife of Ahab was a Phoencian princess

J $1,000 2016 The Phoenician city of Sidon was home to this wicked queen of the First Book of Kings

Esther 18x 11.1% stumper $961 avg J:2 DJ:16

J $400 2011 Hadassah was the Hebrew name of this queen for whom an Old Testament book is named

DJ $500 DD 1996 The name of this heroine of a Biblical book is derived from a Persian word for a star

DJ $1,000 1997 Mordecai is the hero of this book

the Psalms 18x 5.6% stumper $478 avg J:12 DJ:6

DJ $400 1995 This book of praises is the longest in the Bible with 150 "songs"

J $800 2007 The 117th of these has only 33 words, including 3 "praise"s & 3 "Lord"s

J $1,000 2003 57 of the 150 of these were meant to be accompanied by a stringed instrument

Daniel 17x 23.5% stumper $676 avg J:6 DJ:11

J $200 1998 Belshazzar's wise men couldn't explain the handwriting on the wall, but he could

J $500 1993 You'll find the story of Nebuchadnezzar's dream in chapter 2 of this Old Testament book

DJ $1,000 2000 Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem in the first verse of the book of this man

Sarah 16x 6.2% stumper $844 avg J:7 DJ:9

DJ $400 2020 In Genesis 21 she bore Abraham a son at age 90

J $500 1998 When told she was going to have a child by Abraham, she "laughed within herself"

DJ $1,000 2001 Hagar was this woman's maidservant

Methuselah 16x 12.5% stumper $500 avg J:11 DJ:5

J $200 2011 This 969-year-old died in the year of the flood

DJ $600 1986 It's said God decided to flood the earth after the death of this 969-year-old son of Enoch

J $1,000 2010 Noah's long-lived granddad (10)

Mary Magdalene 16x 6.2% stumper $688 avg J:8 DJ:8

J $200 2009 She mistakes Jesus for a gardener & Jesus tells the bedeviled woman not to touch him

J $800 2003 The resurrected Jesus first appeared to this woman "out of whom he had cast seven devils"

DJ $1,200 2020 In the Gospel of John, she went to the disciples & told them that she had seen the risen Lord at his tomb

Luke 16x 13.3% stumper $473 avg J:9 DJ:6 FJ:1

J $200 2016 This third gospel is the only one that mentions the Roman emperors Augustus & Tiberius

J $500 1987 Reputed author of the Acts of the Apostles, which is considered a continuation of his gospel

J $1,000 2003 This "Beloved Physician" is thought to be the only Gentile contributor to the New Testament

Delilah 16x $538 avg J:9 DJ:7

J $100 2001 This woman is wanted in connection with stolen hair & the kidnapping of her boyfriend by Philistines

J $600 2021 One meaning of this name is "seductive", which is perfect for the woman who seduced & deceived Samson

DJ $3,500 DD 2012 This woman is promised "eleven hundred pieces of silver" if she can uncover the secret of a certain gentleman

the Philistines 16x 12.5% stumper $789 avg J:7 DJ:9

J $200 2018 During the time of the prophet Samuel, the Israelites lost more than 30,000 soldiers fighting this group

J $600 2007 In Samuel 28, the prophet Samuel appears to king Saul & predicts his defeat by this group

J $1,000 2020 The paintinghereshows the newly short-haired Samson captured by these people

Judas 15x 6.7% stumper $393 avg J:11 DJ:4

J $100 1994 Though John's gospel does not tell of this man betraying Jesus with a kiss, the other gospels do

J $500 1996 He "went unto the chief priests and said unto them, what will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?"

DJ $1,000 1995 In John 17:12 Jesus called this apostle the "Son of Perdition"

Rachel 14x 42.9% stumper $1,121 avg J:5 DJ:9

J $200 2021 Zoe &McAdams

J $500 1997 In Genesis Leah is described as "tender eyed" & this sister as "beautiful and well favored"

J $1,000 2025 At first barren, this wife of Jacob later died giving birth to their son Benjamin

Judges 14x 30.8% stumper $823 avg J:8 DJ:5 FJ:1

J $300 1999 In the Old Testament, Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar & others collectively, but not Judy

DJ $800 1996 Samuel was the last of these leaders & the first of the classical prophets

DJ $1,200 2008 The stories of Gideon & Samson are found in this book of the Bible

Thomas 14x 7.1% stumper $571 avg J:9 DJ:5

J $100 1997 He said he would not believe in Jesus' resurrection until he saw the nail holes in his hands

J $600 2007 The book of John records him as saying, "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails... I will not believe"

J $1,000 DD 2017 He told his fellow disciples, "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails...I will not believe" in the resurrection

Revelation 13x 7.7% stumper $623 avg J:8 DJ:5

J $200 2010 Chapter 6 of this New Testament book describes 4 horses as being white. red, black & pale

J $500 1995 The last phrase in the Bible attributed to Jesus, "Surely I come quickly", appears in this book

J $1,000 2025 "And the angel took the censer... there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake" in this New Testament book

Nebuchadnezzar 13x 15.4% stumper $823 avg J:2 DJ:11

DJ $400 2000 Under the command of this Babylonian king, Nebuzaradan burned "All the houses of Jerusalem"

J $500 2000 Daniel told this king, "They shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field"

DJ $1,000 2001 While this king was boasting about Babylon, a voice from heaven said, "The kingdom is departed from thee"

Genesis 13x $315 avg J:6 DJ:7

J $100 2000 "And God blessed them, saying, be fruitful, and multiply..."

DJ $800 2006 "For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age at the set time of which God had spoken to him"

DJ $1,200 2003 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Vatican City) The scenes down the center of the Sistine Chapel ceiling come from this book of the Bible

Eve 13x $423 avg J:5 DJ:8

J $100 1997 She was created from a single rib

DJ $600 1989 "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, but..."

DJ $1,600 2013 Seth

Sodom and Gomorrah 13x $531 avg J:11 DJ:2

J $100 1987 Harper's Bible Dictionary calls them twin cities of infamy

J $600 2018 In Genesis 19 these 2 cities near the Dead Sea have fire & brimstone rained down on them

J $1,000 2004 Stewart Granger played Lot & Pier Angeli was his salty wife Ildith in the 1962 film about these 2 title cities

Sodom 12x $333 avg J:5 DJ:7

J $100 1996 Because not even 10 good people could be found in this wicked city, the Lord destroyed it

J $600 2002 Lot's house was located in this wicked city

DJ $200 1998 According to Genesis 13:12, "Lot pitched his tent toward" this city....uh-oh

Nazareth 12x 8.3% stumper $617 avg J:7 DJ:5

J $100 1990 Though born in Bethlehem, Jesus was raised about 70 miles north from there in this city

DJ $600 1984 Frank Sinatra sponsors a youth center in this Galilean town where Jesus grew up

J $1,000 DD 1994 According to Luke 1:26, it was the hometown of Jesus' mother

Matthew 12x 8.3% stumper $533 avg J:6 DJ:6

DJ $200 1997 This first Gospel was written by a tax collector

J $500 1988 He was "sitting at the receipt of custom" when Jesus asked him to become a disciple

DJ $1,600 2006 "There came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, saying, where is he that is born king of the Jews?"

John 12x 33.3% stumper $683 avg J:5 DJ:7

J $200 1991 The Sermon on the Mount isn't mentioned in this fourth gospel

J $600 2017 The passage "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son" is in this book

DJ $1,000 1986 According to Christian tradition, he was the only one of 12 Apostles to die a natural death

Isaac 12x $483 avg J:9 DJ:3

J $300 1999 This blind father recognized Jacob's voice but thought his goatskin-covered hands were those of Esau

J $600 2009 Pitman, Mizrahi, Bashevis Singer

J $1,000 2009 In Genesis 27, this son of Abraham drinks wine before he blesses the wrong son

Exodus 12x 9.1% stumper $327 avg J:5 DJ:6 FJ:1

J $100 1984 The 2nd book of the Old Testament

DJ $800 2008 "Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river" comes from this Old Testament book

FJ 2020 This book of the Bible ends with "fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys"

Esau 12x 16.7% stumper $833 avg J:6 DJ:6

J $100 1986 Isaac sent this hairy son, not Jacob, to go hunting for venison

J $500 1995 When Jacob was born, he emerged holding on to this infant's heel

J $1,000 2006 He's the elder of Isaac & Rebekah's twin sons

Deborah 12x 25.0% stumper $1,233 avg J:3 DJ:9

J $400 1997 It is believed that the Bible's oldest text is "The Song Of" this prophetess & judge

J $800 2012 Kerr, Norville, Harry

DJ $1,000 DD 1993 This judge's general, Barak, refused to battle the Canaanites unless she accompanied him

Aaron 12x $425 avg J:5 DJ:7

J $200 2005 Neville, Copland, Spelling

DJ $800 1993 For the sin of striking a rock, neither Moses nor this brother was allowed to enter Canaan

DJ $1,000 1997 Golden bells & pomegranates were to adorn the hem of the robe of this brother of Moses

Seth 11x 9.1% stumper $955 avg J:7 DJ:4

J $200 1994 After Abel was slain, & Cain went to the land of Nod, Eve gave birth to this son

J $500 1996 This third son of Adam lived 912 years

J $1,000 2011 After Cain slew Abel, "Adam knew his wife again, and she bare a son, and called his name" this

Gabriel 11x $855 avg J:7 DJ:4

J $300 1991 This messenger angel interpreted Daniel's vision for him

J $500 DD 1993 This angel's announcement to Mary that she'd bear the son of God appears only in Luke's gospel

J $1,000 2011 "Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women"

Elijah 11x 45.5% stumper $1,027 avg J:2 DJ:9

J $500 1987 Since a chariot of fire took him up to heaven, it's a long trip back on Passover for the wine

DJ $1,000 2000 In a showdown with the prophets of Baal, his prayer for fire was answered; theirs weren't

DJ $600 1990 In 2 Kings 2, he went up to heaven in a chariot of fire

Absalom 11x 40.0% stumper $1,250 avg J:4 DJ:6 FJ:1

J $500 2001 Wanted for treason against King David, he's known to have killed his half-brother for raping Tamar

J $1,000 2023 This rebel son of David is killed by Joab & his men, cast into a pit in the woods & covered by a heap of stones

FJ 2008 The name of this rebellious young man of the Old Testament can be translated from the Hebrew as "father of peace"

Jerusalem 11x 9.1% stumper $636 avg J:5 DJ:6

J $200 2000 Zechariah predicted the Messiah would enter this city upon an ass

J $600 2020 Isaiah 31 says that like birds flying, the Lord will protect this city & deliver it from strife

DJ $1,200 2018 This city gets lots of play, from Joshua 10 through Revelation 21

King Herod 11x 9.1% stumper $618 avg J:4 DJ:7

J $200 1997 The Wise Men, sent to Bethlehem by this king, were warned by God not to return to him

DJ $600 1987 He wanted the wise men to tell him where the infant Jesus was, "That I may come & worship him also"

DJ $1,000 DD 1989 "Go & search diligently for the young child & when ye have found him, bring me word again"

manna 10x $670 avg J:7 DJ:3

J $200 2021 In Exodus, God promises to "rain bread from heaven"; when the Israelites see it, they call it this

J $1,000 2020 Apaintingby Nicolas Poussin shows the Israelites gathering this food that was provided from Heaven in the wilderness

J $200 1993 During their 40 years in the wilderness, the Israelites ate this "bread" which fell from heaven

Lot 10x 10.0% stumper $610 avg J:3 DJ:7

J $200 1996 He told his sons-in-law to get out of Sodom because the Lord was going to destroy the city

J $500 DD 2013 This man gets very good advice: "Escape for thy life; look not behind thee"

DJ $2,000 DD 1993 This survivor of the destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah is also mentioned prominently in the Koran

Jeremiah 10x 70.0% stumper $1,040 avg J:5 DJ:5

J $500 1999 He's the one lamenting in the book of Lamentations

J $1,000 2017 Rembrandt painted this prophet, sad that his book says all the houses of Jerusalem were burned

J $500 1994 In the original Hebrew of his "Lamentations", each verse in 3 chapters begins with a new letter, from aleph on

Bethlehem 10x $300 avg J:7 DJ:3

J $100 1995 Jesus' birth in this town fulfilled a prophecy by Micah

DJ $800 2022 Micah says of this town, "Though thou be little... out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel"

J $100 1994 This city, the birthplace of Jesus, was also where Samuel anointed King David

Bathsheba 10x $610 avg J:4 DJ:6

J $200 1998 When David first saw her, she was "washing herself, and" she "was very beautiful to look upon"

J $600 2003 2 Samuel says that this wife of David was "very beautiful to look upon"

DJ $1,600 2007 David first sees this bathing beauty from the roof of the king's house

Egypt 10x $433 avg J:6 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $100 1994 Psalm 78 says that among the plagues God sent upon this country was striking its flocks with hot thunderbolts

DJ $600 1986 Lusting after fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, & garlic, Israelites wanted to return there

J $1,000 2007 In Genesis 46:34, every shepherd is an abomination unto this kingdom that was known as Kemet

Noah's Ark 10x $350 avg J:5 DJ:5

J $300 1991 When this chest holding the Ten Commandments arrived, David danced for joy & passed out bread, meat & wine

J $600 2013 The strongly recommended height of this object is 30 cubits

DJ $1,200 2015 1 Samuel 4:Philistines vs. Israelites, with the winner to get this fancy chest

Samuel 9x 33.3% stumper $989 avg J:4 DJ:5

J $400 2021 Morse &Alito

J $500 1993 He's considered the last of the judges & the first of the prophets

J $1,000 2006 Hannah is featured in an Old Testament book named for her son, this Hebrew prophet

Proverbs 9x $712 avg J:2 DJ:6 FJ:1

DJ $200 2000 The sayings in this book include "When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom"

DJ $800 2022 "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine" is from this book of wise writings

DJ $1,200 2018 This book of wise sayings includes "The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer"

Naomi 9x 11.1% stumper $889 avg J:3 DJ:6

J $400 2009 Judd, Campbell, Watts

DJ $600 1992 After her husband died, Ruth moved to Judah with this woman, her mother-in-law

J $1,000 2005 Watts, Campbell, Judd

Elizabeth 9x 11.1% stumper $1,000 avg J:3 DJ:6

J $500 1997 Though advanced in years, she gave birth to John The Baptist

DJ $1,000 1997 This mother of John the Baptist was a descendant of Aaron

J $500 1994 She was the wife of Zacharias & the mother of John the Baptist

Deuteronomy 9x 22.2% stumper $767 avg J:4 DJ:5

J $200 2019 Traditionally the authorship of this book is attributed to Moses, but chapter 34 gives an account of his death

J $700 DD 1993 The Ten Commandments are listed twice in their entirety, first in Exodus, then in this book

DJ $1,000 DD 1996 Completing the five books of Moses, this book has been called "Five-fifths of the Law"

Babylon 9x 11.1% stumper $1,200 avg J:3 DJ:6

DJ $200 1999 Forced from this kingdom, Nebuchadnezzar ate grass & grew his hair until his reason returned

DJ $600 1991 Nebuchadnezzar carried the Jews into captivity in this city whose name means "Gate of God"

DJ $1,600 2022 Ezekiel accompanied the Hebrews during their exile here & prophesied their return to Israel

Abel 9x 28.6% stumper $343 avg J:5 DJ:2 FJ:2

J $100 2000 Genesis 4:2 says he "was a keeper of sheep"

J $600 2005 This shepherd buys the farm in Genesis 4:8

FJ 1994 The first person mentioned for whom no children are listed

Mary 9x $656 avg J:5 DJ:4

J $100 1997 Cousin to whom Elisabeth said, "Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb"

J $800 2021 Shelley &Higgins Clark

DJ $2,000 2013 Martha was jealous that this sister got to listen to Jesus while Martha made preparations

the serpent 9x 11.1% stumper $411 avg J:5 DJ:4

J $200 1994 In Genesis God told this creature it would eat dust "all the days of thy life"

DJ $600 1987 This creature "was more subtle than any beast of the field the Lord God had made"

DJ $1,000 1987 In Genesis, it's to whom God said "Thou art cursed above all cattle"

the Jordan 9x $422 avg J:6 DJ:3

J $100 1990 In Joshua, when the 12 men carrying the Ark of the Covenant set foot in this river, the river parted

J $500 1993 This river parted for Joshua's group to cross

DJ $1,600 2022 What was Sela, the "strong city" of Edom, is today somewhere in this country--maybe it's Petra

the lion 9x 44.4% stumper $467 avg J:6 DJ:3

J $200 2014 The book of Amos says this animal "hath roared, who will not fear?"

J $800 2006 Several proverbs mock the slothful man who won't leave his house for fear of being eaten by this animal

J $400 2005 The Old Testament talks about the jungle on the Jordan's banks & this animal roaring within

Gideon 8x 12.5% stumper $1,700 avg DJ:8

DJ $400 2010 This judge didn't need his hotel Bible when he & his men killed 120,000 Midianites

DJ $1,000 1996 He & 300 men launched a night attack on the Midianites with trumpets & suddenly revealed lamps

DJ $1,000 1988 The 32,000 who came at his 1st call for troops in Judges 7 were too many, so he & God reduced them to 300

Adam & Eve 8x $788 avg J:3 DJ:5

J $100 2000 Created by God to rule the Earth in Genesis

DJ $5,000 DD 1988 The Biblical pair mentioned in the followingsong:

J $100 1998 Hopefully when they sewed fig leaves together to cover their nakedness, it wasn't in a sweatshop

the Pharaoh 8x 12.5% stumper $438 avg J:4 DJ:4

DJ $400 2019 In Exodus this ruler "charged all his people, saying, every son that is born ye shall cast into the river"

DJ $600 1992 In Exodus, he said, "Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river"

J $400 2010 "Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me"

Should-Know (75)

Salome 7x 16.7% stumper $1,300 avg J:3 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $100 1999 Oscar Wilde made a veiled reference to this woman, unnamed in the Bible when she danced before Herod

DJ $500 DD 1993 Scripture calls this woman the daughter of Herodias; the historian Josephus calls her this

DJ $5,000 DD 2022 This dancer who in Matthew 14 is referred to as "the daughter of Herodias" is better known by this name

Michael 7x 14.3% stumper $643 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $200 1992 He, not Gabriel, is the only one in the Bible who's specifically called an "archangel"

DJ $600 1993 In Revelation this archangel leads other angels in a fight against the dragon

DJ $2,000 2015 Revelation 12:This archangel & his angels vs. a big red dragon

Jesus 7x $400 avg J:2 DJ:5

J $200 2014 John 11:35 (the King James Version's shortest verse): he "wept"

DJ $600 1999 He cast a "legion" of demons from a madman & put an end to his howling & raging

DJ $1,200 2013 Jim Caviezel(2004)

Isaiah 7x 42.9% stumper $1,029 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $400 1998 Subject of the longest prophetic book, he once wandered nude & barefoot for three years

J $800 2004 According to his Old Testament book, this "swords into plowshares" prophet walked naked for 3 years

J $1,000 2013 New Testament authors love this O.T. prophet, like when Matthew 1 references his "a virgin shall conceive"

Damascus 7x 14.3% stumper $1,100 avg J:3 DJ:4

DJ $400 2022 The prophet Elisha visits a sick king in this Syrian city but only foresees his death & another taking his place

J $500 1993 Paul converted to Christianity as a result of his journey to this city

J $1,000 2002 The apostle Paul escaped his enemies in this Syrian city by being lowered over a wall in a basket

bread 7x 28.6% stumper $357 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $100 1995 "It is written that man shall not live by" this "alone, but by every word of God"

J $500 1995 In the first temptation, the devil asked Jesus to turn stones into this food

J $100 1987 The Bible says to cast this "upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days"

Baal 7x 14.3% stumper $1,371 avg J:2 DJ:5

J $600 2016 The prophet Elijah was victorious over the priests of this Phoenician god

J $1,000 2008 In the first book of Kings, Elijah triumphs at Mt. Carmel in a contest with the prophets of this god

DJ $1,000 1997 After Ahab married Jezebel, he adopted her worship of this god

Cana 7x 33.3% stumper $733 avg J:4 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $300 DD 1995 Jesus healed a man in Capernaum while staying in this town where he'd once attended a wedding

J $500 1991 Jesus changed water into wine at the wedding feast in this town

DJ $1,600 2015 Hey, that invitation didn't say BYOW! In John 2, Jesus livens up a wedding reception in this Galilee town

the Tower of Babel 7x $543 avg J:3 DJ:4

J $300 1996 Noah built an ark & his descendants are credited with this larger, unfinished building project

DJ $600 DD 1998 According to Genesis 11, this famous structure was built on the Plain of Shinar

J $1,500 DD 2011 People of Shinar built a structure called this "because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth"

Satan 6x 60.0% stumper $540 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $200 1996 Jesus referred to him as the Prince of this world & the Father of Lies

J $500 1990 It's to whom Jesus said "Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word of God"

FJ 2011 In the Book of Job, this name means "accuser", & that was his role in God's court

Miriam 6x 16.7% stumper $1,533 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $1,000 2011 The victory song of Aaron & this sister of Moses at the Red Sea is one of the earliest pieces of Hebrew literature

J $1,000 2004 After the Israelites passed through the Red Sea, this sister of Moses led the women in song & dance

DJ $1,000 1991 This sister of Moses led the women of Israel in song & dance after crossing the Red Sea

Mark 6x 16.7% stumper $617 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 2010 The shortest of the four gospels (4)

J $500 1996 Of the 4 gospels, his is the shortest

DJ $1,000 1993 It's the shortest of the gospels & probably the first written

locusts 6x 20.0% stumper $680 avg J:3 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $200 2007 Leviticus 11 says most insects that creep or fly are an abomination, but this 8th plague is kosher

DJ $800 2022 These insects "did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left"

J $1,000 2014 While wandering in the wilderness, John the Baptist "did eat" these insects "and wild honey"

Judas Iscariot 6x 33.3% stumper $1,200 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 1989 According to Matthew, this apostle hanged himself in remorse after Jesus was arrested

DJ $800 1997 This disciple's name may mean "Man of Kerioth"

DJ $1,000 1997 Matthias was chosen by lot to take the place of this apostle

Jonathan 6x 50.0% stumper $917 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $400 1997 David & this prince became good friends after routing the Philistines

J $500 1996 Saul became so angry at this son that he hurled a javelin at him

DJ $1,000 1995 This son of Saul successfully pleaded with his father to spare David's life

Israel 6x 40.0% stumper $340 avg J:4 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $200 2000 Jacob wrestled this new name out of an angel

FJ 2004 Daniel means "God is my judge", Ezekiel, "God strengthens"; & this name in Genesis 32, "he strives with God"

J $300 1988 After 7 days as king of this, Zimri, sensing defeat, chose to be burned to death, & Omri took over

Ishmael 6x 16.7% stumper $717 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $400 2017 Call me this name & "God will hear"

J $500 1998 Muslims "call me" & Abraham the founders of the first Ka'aba at Mecca

J $1,000 2009 In Genesis 17, God makes a covenant with Isaac; this older half-brother goes covenantless--call him...

Benjamin 6x 50.0% stumper $2,033 avg J:1 DJ:5

J $400 2015 This youngest son of Rachel fathered one of the 12 tribes of Israel

DJ $800 1994 He was the youngest of Jacob's 12 sons

DJ $2,000 2023 St. Paul declares himself to be from the tribe named for this younger son of Rachel & Jacob

Barabbas 6x 33.3% stumper $567 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $200 2015 By crowd vote, this convict was released instead of Jesus

DJ $600 DD 1990 The "murderer" in "But ye denied the holy one...& desired a murderer to be granted unto you"

DJ $1,600 2014 B:Matthew calls him "a notable prisoner"

The golden calf 6x $383 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1997 After seeing the Israelites dancing around this idol, an angry Moses broke his tablets

DJ $600 1997 While Moses was on Mount Sinai, his brother Aaron made this heathen idol for the Israelites to worship

J $100 1996 The Lord called Moses' people stiff-necked, meaning stubborn, for making this idol & worshiping it

the Acts of the Apostles 6x 66.7% stumper $1,550 avg J:1 DJ:5

J $500 2000 Both the gospel of Luke & this book are addressed to someone named Theophilus

DJ $1,000 1996 Luke's gospel & this fifth New Testament book are parts of the same historical work

DJ $600 1996 Alphabetically, it's the first book of the King James Bible

Acts 6x 16.7% stumper $1,367 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 1990 Its the 5th book of the New Testament, or the first book of the Bible, listed alphabetically

DJ $800 1986 Following the Gospels, it's the 5th book of the New Testament

DJ $1,200 2020 In the 4th chapter of this book, Peter & John are imprisoned in Jerusalem for preaching the gospel

a camel 6x $400 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $200 1987 Jesus said it's easier for this to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter God's kingdom

DJ $600 1990 The first time Isaac saw Rebekah she was riding one of these

DJ $400 2001 Abraham owned the dromedary type of this animal

the Queen of Sheba 6x 16.7% stumper $667 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $200 1999 Unnamed in the Bible, this queen is called Balkis or Bilqis in other places; Solomon didn't ask

DJ $1,200 2015 Traditional Ethiopian lore names this royal female friend of Solomon as Makeda

J $200 1995 This queen gave Solomon 120 talents of gold & other precious items

milk and honey 6x $433 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 2020 In Exodus God says he wants to take the Israelites "unto a land flowing with" this pair

J $600 2003 Exodus 3:8 describes the Promised Land as "flowing with" these 2 items

DJ $600 1992 Moses' spies reported that the land of Canaan was flowing with these 2 items

the Sea of Galilee 5x $780 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $100 1986 Both Jesus & Peter walked not only on its shores, but on its surface

DJ $600 1984 The "sea" that Jesus walked on

DJ $1,200 DD 1991 In the book of Mark, Jesus calmed this body of water & walked upon it

the Garden of Eden 5x 20.0% stumper $380 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1994 In Genesis the Euphrates is 1 of 4 rivers that flowed from this garden

DJ $600 1988 Its east entrance was guarded by cherubim

J $200 2016 Idyllic eastern spot:G.O.E.

the earth 5x 20.0% stumper $280 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 2009 On the first day God created this "and" it "was without form, and void"

J $600 2010 For rebelling against Moses & Aaron, Dathan & Abiram were swallowed up by this

J $200 1993 Genesis 1:2 says that this "was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep"

Stephen 5x $920 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $400 2000 This first Christian martyr saw "the heavens opened" right before he was stoned to death

DJ $600 1996 While being stoned, this first Christian martyr cried, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge"

J $1,000 2010 As he was being stoned, he prayed with his dying breath, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge"

St. Paul 5x 60.0% stumper $540 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $100 1995 The epistle to Philemon was the shortest of the letters he wrote while in prison

DJ $800 1987 While Jesus, not a citizen, was crucified, it is believed this apostle, a Roman, was beheaded

DJ $1,000 1988 While Peter was a fisherman by trade, this New Testament apostle was a tentmaker

Simon 5x 20.0% stumper $920 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 1995 It was Peter's original name

DJ $1,600 2004 Baker,LeBon, Wiesenthal

J $400 1992 This man of Cyrene was compelled by Pilate's soldiers to carry the cross for Jesus

Passover 5x $280 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1989 The gospels say Jesus was crucified the day after he observed this holiday

J $200 1989 In the 1st month of their 2nd year in the desert, Moses & the people celebrated this holiday

J $300 1995 Originally an agricultural festival, the Feast of the Unleavened Bread was combined with this holiday

Numbers 5x 20.0% stumper $920 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $300 1996 Details of the second census begin in chapter 26 of this book

DJ $1,500 DD 1995 Chapter 1 of this book reports there were 603,550 of the children of Israel

DJ $400 2020 Verses like "The Shuhamites...were threescore and four thousand and four hundred" explain this book's name

Nimrod 5x 40.0% stumper $1,260 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $500 1991 Genesis 10 tells that this mighty hunter built Nineveh, the ancient Assyrian capital

DJ $1,000 1993 "And Cush begat" this man, a "mighty hunter before the Lord"

DJ $800 1988 1st hunter mentioned in scripture, his name has become a synonym for a skillful hunter

Leviticus 5x $500 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $400 1997 Chapters 8-10 of this Old Testament book continue the narrative from Exodus 29

J $500 1993 In the King James Version, it's the first book of the Bible named for a tribe

DJ $400 1996 This third book of the Pentateuch is concerned with the temple personnel, descendants of Levi

leprosy 5x $400 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 1988 Leviticus 13 is a symptom guide for this skin disease you hear a lot about in the Bible

DJ $800 1996 In Luke 17 Jesus healed 10 men with this affliction, but only one thanked him

J $300 2001 When Miriam displeases God in Numbers 12, she comes down with a case of this dreaded skin disease

Lebanon 5x $275 avg J:3 DJ:1 FJ:1

DJ $200 1992 For the building of his palace and temple, King Solomon imported cedars from this country

FJ 2017 The central image on the flag of this nation is a symbol of strength in Psalm 92 & a prized building material in I Kings 5

J $200 1988 Psalm 92 says, "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in" this country

Gethsemane 5x $800 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $300 1995 The night before his crucifixion, Jesus prayed at this garden on the slopes of the Mount of Olives

J $500 1995 Only 2 of the Gospels give the name of this garden where Jesus was arrested

DJ $1,600 2023 After the Last Supper, Jesus traveled to this garden to pray & was arrested there

Endor 5x $1,000 avg DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $800 1995 Mentioned in 1 Samuel, the "Witch of" this place was actually a medium

DJ $1,000 1998 A witch who survived Saul's witch hunt lived in this Canaanite city

FJ 2008 In "Return of the Jedi", a planet shares its name with this home of a woman who summons a spirit for Saul

Ahab 5x 60.0% stumper $2,040 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $400 2026 Herman Melville named this evil captain after an evil king of Israel

J $1,000 2019 The Phoenician princess Jezebel married this king of Israel & became his partner in crime & blasphemy

DJ $1,000 1996 It's written that this husband of Jezebel did more to provoke God to anger than all the kings before him

Adultery 5x $420 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1997 According to Leviticus 20:10, it's death to both parties involved who committeth this

J $600 2021 A version known as the "Wicked Bible" was printed in 1631 with the typo "Thou shalt commit" this sin

DJ $200 1986 In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus said just looking at a woman lustfully is committing this

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Lamentations 5x 40.0% stumper $2,640 avg DJ:5

DJ $1,000 1993 This book bewailing the destruction of Jerusalem is traditionally attributed to Jeremiah

DJ $1,200 2015 "Rejoice and be glad... thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked" seems out of place in this "mournful" book

DJ $2,000 2017 Appropriately, "she weepeth sore in the night" & "the ways of Zion do mourn" are in this Old Testament book

frogs 5x 20.0% stumper $520 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1985 The 2nd of Egypt's plagues was hoards of this amphibian

J $500 1988 Harper's Bible dictionary likens this plague of Egypt to the rats in the Pied Piper story

J $400 2014 The second plague in Exodus happened when Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt & these hopped out

a sheep 5x 20.0% stumper $300 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1993 Cain was a tiller of the ground & Abel was a keeper of these animals

J $600 2005 In Exodus 29 God demands a rump roast from a male one of these as tribute

J $200 2004 Let's all flock to read Psalm 95, in which humans are compared to these animals

wine 4x $500 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1984 Jesus' first miracle was to turn water into this

J $600 2026 With articles like "Rosé Myths", Decanter magazine has been called "the Bible of" this

DJ $400 1985 Beverage which "maketh glad the heart of man"

The Ten Commandments 4x $375 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1985 Fortunately, God must have had a 2nd copy of these lying around because Moses smashed the first

DJ $800 2019 The parted Red Sea in this 1923 silent epic was created by using 2 blocks of blue gelatin

DJ $200 1986 Aside from a pot of manna & Aaron's rod, what Moses put into the Ark of the Covenant

the Red Sea 4x 25.0% stumper $450 avg J:3 DJ:1

DJ $200 1993 Many Egyptians were lost along with their chariots when the waters of this sea flowed back together

J $1,000 2005 After crossing this, Miriam led a chorus of "The Horse and His Rider Hath He Thrown into the Sea"

J $200 1984 In Hebrew its name means "Sea of Reeds"

the coat of many colors 4x $375 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1985 His brothers turned green with envy when Jacob gave Joseph this piece of wearing apparel

J $400 2016 In Genesis this prized item of Joseph's wardrobe gets taken and dipped in blood

J $400 1993 After he saw this bloody garment, Jacob believed that an evil beast had devoured Joseph

swords 4x $525 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1995 The concept of turning these weapons into plowshares is mentioned in both Micah & Isaiah

DJ $1,200 2008 Isaiah 2:4 speaks of beating these into plowshares; Joel 3:10 says to do the reverse

J $300 1993 Isaiah 2:4 speaks of beating these into plowshares; Joel 3:10 says to do the reverse

Swaddling clothes 4x $350 avg DJ:4

DJ $200 1991 Mary wrapped Jesus in these clothes & laid him in a manger

DJ $400 2001 Mary "brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in" these, "and laid him in a manger"

DJ $400 1997 According to Luke 2, Jesus was wrapped in these clothes after birth

Rebekah 4x 50.0% stumper $925 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $500 1987 She put goat skins on her son Jacob to help him deceive his father, her husband Isaac

DJ $1,000 1992 After years of childlessness, she conceived twins, Esau & Jacob

DJ $1,000 1990 Seeking a wife for Isaac, Eliezer chose her after she gave water both to him & his camels

Prophets 4x $200 avg J:4

J $100 1990 Ezekiel & Isaiah are major ones; Hosea & Micah are minor ones

J $200 2007 "The sun and the moon shall be darkened" is the forcast of Joel, one of the 12 minor these

J $200 1997 Obadiah, the shortest Old Testament book with 21 verses, is the fourth of the 12 "minor" ones of these

parables 4x $300 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1990 Among these tales told by Jesus were those "of the net", "of the mustard seed" & "of the hidden treasures"

J $600 2007 They're the stories by which Jesus taught--hey, did you hear the one about the sower & soils?

DJ $200 1992 They include those of the persistent friend, the expectant steward, & the good Samaritan

Mount Sinai 4x 25.0% stumper $400 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1990 In Exodus 19 "the Lord descended upon in fire" & "the whole mount quaked greatly"

J $600 2020 An angel gives Elijah an amazing cake that sustains him on a 40-day journey to this peak where he meets God in a cave

DJ $400 2014 It's where Moses is in Exodus 32 when the Israelites are having a wild party without him

Malachi 4x 50.0% stumper $1,500 avg DJ:4

DJ $800 1995 This last Old Testament book concludes with a prophecy of the "great and dreadful day of the Lord"

DJ $1,200 2002 In the King James Bible, this book abbreviated Mal. is the last book of the Old Testament

DJ $2,000 2021 The last book of the Old Testament is named for this prophet whose name means "my messenger"

lions 4x 25.0% stumper $900 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 2001 Daniel probably would have preferred it if Darius had a big-screen TV in his den instead of these

J $3,000 DD 2018 The book of Daniel mentions false accusers in Babylon being devoured by these beasts

DJ $200 1991 Both David & Samson fought & killed these animals

Jude 4x 50.0% stumper $775 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2021 "Hey"! This name got a little push in popularity thanks to the Beatles song

DJ $1,000 1994 This author of the final epistle identifies himself as a servant of Jesus & brother of James

J $300 DD 2018 Hey, this next-to-last book of the New Testament is just 25 verses long

James 4x 50.0% stumper $500 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2009 Baldwin, Thurber, Michener

J $500 DD 1994 2 of Jesus' apostles, one the son of Zebedee, the other of Alphaeus, shared this name

DJ $1,000 2000 While they were mending their nets, John & this brother were summoned by Jesus to become disciples

Fig Leaves 4x $300 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1997 After realizing they were naked, Adam & Eve sewed these leaves together & made aprons

J $500 1988 In the Bible, they're the 1st things that were ever sewn

DJ $200 1987 According to the Bible, these leaves were 1st in fashion

Ecclesiastes 4x 25.0% stumper $875 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $500 DD 1997 You'll find the quotation "To every thing there is a season" in Chapter 3 of this book

J $1,000 2018 This book that speaks of vanity also says, "Much study is a weariness of the flesh"

DJ $800 DD 1985 Book of the Old Testament from which lines of this song are taken"To everything turn, turn, turn /There is a season turn, turn, turn /And a time to every purpose under heaven /A time to be born, a time to die /A time to plant, a time to reap..."

Dinah 4x 50.0% stumper $900 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2011 Leah bore Jacob 6 sons & this only known daughter; "someone's in the kitchen with" her

J $1,000 2019 This daughter of Jacob & Leah is seduced by Shechem, leading to a horrible revenge by her brothers on his family

J $400 2005 Manoff, Washington, Shore

Death 4x 50.0% stumper $750 avg J:1 DJ:1 FJ:2

J $500 1996 "Pale Horse" is a metaphor for the approach of this

DJ $1,000 2000 1 Corinthians 15:26--"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is ____"

FJ 2019 Of the 4 riders mentioned in Revelation 6, only this one is explicitly named

Chronicles 4x 66.7% stumper $833 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $500 DD 1994 In the Old Testament, the first of the 2 books to bear this name lists genealogies from Adam to Saul

DJ $1,200 2007 The First & Second of these books cover the same period as Second Samuel & First & Second Kings

FJ 1997 The Hebrew title of this 2-part Old Testament book can be translated as "the events of the days"

Cain & Abel 4x $250 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2023 "When they were in the field", this guy "rose up against" this guy "his brother, and slew him"; ye shall name them both

J $200 2014 Genesis 4:He "rose up against" this man "his brother, and slew him" (both, please)

DJ $200 1987 Sibling rivalry was clearly a problem between this 1st biblical pair of brothers

blood 4x $225 avg J:4

J $100 1994 In Exodus the first plague brought upon Egypt was the turning of the waters to this

J $200 1992 In Chapter 7 of Exodus, God turns the waters of the Nile into this

J $300 1993 For the first plague, "All the waters that were in the river were turned to" this

Armageddon 4x $575 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1991 The Bible says this place is where the last battle between good & evil will be waged

J $500 1995 The name of this site of the final cosmic battle between good & evil means "Mount Megiddo"

DJ $1,000 1985 It's the battlefield where good & evil will fight their final battle

Andrew 4x 25.0% stumper $700 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $500 1994 Of Queen Elizabeth II's 3 sons, the one who shares his name with a New Testament fisherman

DJ $1,200 2008 The first called of Jesus' disciples, he was the brother of Simon Peter

J $500 1993 Of the 12 apostles, Peter & this man, his brother, were the first to be called

Amos 4x 50.0% stumper $625 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1999 Of Amos, Andy, Lum or Abner, the one with his own Old Testament book

DJ $600 2000 This prophet is first alphabetically of the Bible's "minor prophets"

J $1,000 2008 The book of this farmer-turned-prophet is the first alphabetically in the Old Testament

12 4x $800 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2008 Matthew 10:2 tells us that Jesus recruited this many apostles

J $600 2020 Jesus "called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose" this many "whom also he named Apostles"

DJ $1,600 2003 Appropriately, this many baskets were filled with fragments of the 5 loaves & 2 fishes to feed the 5,000

Uriah 4x 25.0% stumper $725 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $800 1994 David sent this husband of Bathsheba to the front lines of the fighting, where he was killed

J $1,000 2009 Uriah, Elijah, Zechariah

J $500 2000 This Hittite soldier was sent to the front lines of battle so that David could take his wife Bathsheba

the temple 4x $275 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1996 Jesus called it a den of thieves & ordered it cleansed, angering the priests

DJ $200 1987 12 year old Jesus, missing for 3 days, was found conferring with the elders in this Jerusalem building

J $300 1994 John reports that Jesus used a whip to drive the sheep, oxen, money changers & dove sellers from this place

the Sermon on the Mount 4x $475 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $300 1995 The Beatitudes begin this "sermon" found only in Matthew

J $600 2016 It lays out the blesseds:S.O.T.M.

DJ $800 1993 This discourse which appears in Matthew 5-7 contains the Beatitudes & the Lord's Prayer

the Devil 4x 25.0% stumper $425 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $400 2010 According to Paul in the New Testament, this personage masquerades as an angel of light

J $500 1987 According to Revelation, he will be bound & cast into a bottomless pit for 1000 years

DJ $200 1986 After his baptism, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to meet him

Samson and Delilah 4x $525 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 2000 "Hairy" couple from Judges 16

DJ $600 1987 Apparently unwilling to do it herself, she ha'd a man shave this lover's hair while he slept

J $400 2017 Hollywood hotties Hedy Lamarr & Victor Mature were this lusty biblical couple in a 1949 epic

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your neighbor 3 Yom Kippur 3 Tyre 3 the Sabbath 3 the Prodigal Son 3 the moon 3 the Levites 3 the fatted calf 3 the Euphrates 3 the Dead Sea 3 the Corinthians 3 the Beatitudes 3 temptation 3 Stoning 3 sheep's clothing 3 Sheba 3 scales 3 Rebecca 3 Martha 3 Joseph of Arimathea 3 Joseph & Mary 3 Jesus wept 3 Japheth 3 Jacob & Esau 3 In the beginning 3 Haman 3 God 3 Galilee 3 foxes 3 fishes 3 Canaan 3 a pillar of salt 3 a manger 3 a fox 3 8 3 40 days 3 3 3 water 3 raven 3 goats 3 fiery furnace 3 zealot 2 wolves 2 with a kiss 2 vengeance 2 Uriah the Hittite 2 Ur 2 Timothy 2 thing 2 thieves 2 their feet 2 the Torah 2 the Song of Solomon 2 the seventh seal 2 the Samaritans 2 the Romans 2 the peacemakers 2 the pale horse 2 the Mount of Olives 2 the Lord's Prayer 2 The Lord 2 the Last Supper 2 the Land of Nod 2 the Lamb 2 the jawbone 2 the head of John the Baptist 2 the Good Samaritan 2 the flesh is weak 2 the Burning Bush 2 the Apocrypha 2 the Apocalypse 2 taxes 2 Tarsus 2 swine 2 sundial 2 stones 2 sleeping 2 Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego 2 Sackcloth 2 rock 2 ravens 2 purple 2 pride 2 person 2 Persia 2 Pentecost 2 peacocks 2 ox 2 Orpah 2 olive 2 Obadiah 2 not 2 Noah's boas 2 Nineveh 2 Malta 2 Magi 2 Lucifer 2 Lot's wife 2 Levi 2 leopard 2 Leah 2 Judah 2 Jesus Christ Superstar 2 incense 2 horses 2 his ear 2 Hell 2 Hannah 2 grapes 2 goeth 2 Gilead 2 Gaza 2 fishermen 2 few are chosen 2 Ezra 2 Eve's peeves 2 Eden 2 dust 2 doves 2 dogs 2 Deliver us from evil 2 dead 2 David & Goliath 2 cubits 2 Corinth 2 circumcision 2 chariots 2 cattle 2 camels 2 Cain, Abel & Seth 2 blasphemy 2 Bethany 2 Belshazzar 2 begat 2 Bartholomew 2 Balaam 2 Babel 2 Athens 2 Assyria 2 as thyself 2 Aramaic 2 Alpha & Omega 2 Abraham & Sarah 2 Aaron & Moses 2 a sword 2 a shekel 2 a pig 2 a dove 2 a cubit 2 40 years 2 2 2 wisdom 2 under the sun 2 the Three Wise Men 2 the Temple of Solomon (the Second Temple of Jerusalem) 2 the forbidden fruit 2

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