- Whose daughter died while Jesus was on the way to his house to heal her?
- What young virgin kept the aged king David warm?
- Which daughter of Leah was raped by Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite?
- He was David's first son who later in life raped his half sister Tamar; for this deed he was murdered by her brother. Who was he?
- Which king was seven years old when he began to reign: Manasseh, Jehoash, Josiah, or Hezekiah?
- How many children did Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue, have?
- What did the young Shunammite child do when Elisha brought him back to life?
- Which child was dropped by his nurse and was crippled for life?
- A woman from Canaan asked Jesus to heal her daughter because she was what: vexed with the devil, lame and couldn't walk, had leprosy, or had died?
- What king threatened to cut a child in half?
- When Jonathan shot his arrow beyond the target in the field, who retrieved it for him?
- When Jesus fed the 5,000 with five loaves and two fishes, who provided the loaves and the fish?
The hosts take a 12-question online Bible quiz on children in the Bible (Jairus's daughter, Abishag, Dinah, Amnon, Joash vs. Josiah, the Shunammite child who sneezed seven times, Mephibosheth, the Canaanite woman's daughter, Solomon, Jonathan's arrow, the boy with the loaves and fishes). They score 10 of 12 (84%), missing the Joash-at-seven question and the Jonathan's-arrow question, and plug the quiz site for listeners.
More on Old Testament
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Does God speak more now? Indwelling Spirit versus prophets
- Does God talk to people as much now as he did in the Old Testament or New Testament?
A host asks whether God talks to people as much now as in the Old and New Testaments. Ben's key distinction: the indwelling Holy Spirit means more people can have the experience…
From No. 597 · Maybe A Word From God
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Ben's three questions: is he real, is he good, is he capricious?
- Is God even real?
- Is God good?
Ben frames three reasonable reactions to Old Testament violence: (1) maybe God isn't real; (2) maybe he isn't good; (3) maybe he's capricious.
From No. 540 · Justice is Mine
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Ask the pastor: why does Daniel keep his Hebrew name while Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego don't?
- Why does the narrative revert Daniel to his Hebrew name while Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego keep their Babylonian names?
Boova's question: Daniel is given the Babylonian name Belteshazzar, and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego receive Babylonian names too — but the narrative reverts Daniel to his Israelite name while the other three keep theirs throughout.
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Ask the pastor: Ezekiel 39:17 — God telling a prophet to speak to birds and beasts
- In Ezekiel 39:17, why would God tell a prophet to speak to birds and beasts, and is there precedent for God interacting with animals this way?
Boova was struck by Ezekiel 39:17, where Ezekiel is told to speak on God's behalf to the birds and beasts, inviting them to feast on God's defeated enemies.