Don't Judge the "Book of Judges" by Its Cover Quiz

Answer: Lapidoth

Judges 4:4 "And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time." The name Lapidoth means enlightened; lamps.

Answer: Sisera

Judges 4:7 "And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand." Sisera was a cruel man who ruled the Israelites for about twenty years.

Answer: Gideon

Judges 6:11 "And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites." Gideon was also called Jerobaal. He was considered one of the greater judges of Israel.

Answer: 1

Judges 11:34 "And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter." Jephthah was often wronged but he never held ill-will in his heart toward people. He was one of the great men in the Old Testament.

Answer: Micah

Judges 17:1 "And there was a man of Mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah." Micah means "Who is like Yahweh?"

Answer: Laish

Judges 18:7 "Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man." Laish means lion.

Answer: Benjamin

Judges 19:14 "And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin."Benjamin was Jacob's youngest son. Rachel was Benjamin's mother and Jacob's favorite wife. Benjamin's brother Joseph was Jacob's favorite son. Gibeah is the Hebrew word for hill.

Answer: Four hundred thousand

Judges 20:17 "And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war."

Answer: in the vineyard

Judges 21:20 "Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards."

Answer: eyes

Judges 21:25 "In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes." I hope you enjoyed this quiz. Stay tuned for the next quiz on the book of Ruth.