Bible Quiz

Prepared by Bill Ickes, a reader in Berlin, Pennsylvania, who submitted this quiz with a note that said, “Women are usually the most outstanding participants in biblical happenings. This isn’t ‘feminist bias,’ just fact.”

Women in the Bible

Who are the women in the Old or New Testament who fit these descriptions?

1. The only woman whose age at death is given.

2. Two women who assured the rightful succession of kings of Israel.

3. She had to assure the commander of the troops of Naphtali and Zebulon that she would lead him into battle.

4. She reassured her husband of the good intentions of the angel of the Lord.

5. Her dream led her to try to save Jesus.

6. Two women courageously opposed a government order to kill baby boys.

7. She alone recognized Peter at the gate of Mary’s house.

8. A woman who went into the wilderness with her son.

9. Three women who anointed Jesus.

10. She prophesied about the future of Judah after a lost book of the law had been found in the Temple.

The answers

1. Sarah, Abraham’s wife. Sarah was 127 when she died at Hebron in Canaan. Ephron the Hittite offered to give Abraham his field with its cave of Machpelah in which to bury Sarah, but Abraham insisted on purchasing the cave and field. Abraham paid Ephron 400 shekels and then buried Sarah in the cave (Genesis 23:1–20).