Bible Quiz

Israelite Battles and Heroes

1. Deborah defeated Sisera, but this woman drove home the point about the Israelite victory.

2. Arming his household servants, this man rescued both his nephew and the people of a now infamous city.

3. This prophet was “the chariots of Israel and its horsemen.”

4. She was too eager to greet an Israelite warrior and close relative who returned victorious, and paid for her enthusiasm with her life.

5. This bold woman, who later became David’s wife, single-handedly stopped David and his warriors from launching an attack on Nabal of Carmel.

6. He was no eloquent speaker or politician, but he certainly knew how to “jawbone” the competition.

7. This Egyptian prince tried to deliver Israel from her oppressors, but soon fled in fear.

8. These two sons of Jacob tricked and then slaughtered the men of Shechem “on the third day, when they were sore” from being circumcised.

9. Although he aspired to be king, this early Israelite warrior for a time became a vassal of Achish, king of the Philistine city of Gath.

10. This woman offered David’s general Joab a grisly present in return for Joab’s lifting the siege on her City.

Prepared by Alan J. Hauser, professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.