Which Month Was That Again...? Quiz

Answer: 2

The full account of this sad story can be found in Judges 11. The daughter herself, realizing the gravity of the situation, told her father to fulfill his vow. She requested a two-month bereavement period to commiserate with her friends and it was granted.

While this may seem harsh, two important points may be pondered. First, God had not required this of Jepthah; he had voluntarily made the vow. Secondly, both he and his daughter recognized that his word was binding and that a vow could not be easily revoked.

Answer: 3

After reigning only three months, he was quickly replaced by his brother, Eliakim. Eliakim's name was changed to Jehoiakim, and it is noted that he too, was an evil king.

Answer: first

On the fourteenth day of the first month of the Jewish sacred calendar, Nisan, is when the Passover is to be observed. The Jewish calendar runs roughly from mid-month to mid-month on the western calendar. (In this case, somewhere between mid-March to mid-April on the 2010 western calendar.)
Jews all over the world use the Hebrew calendar when celebrating Jewish holidays. In modern Israel, all official documents and correspondence, newspapers, etc, use both the civil and sacred Hebrew calendars.
Orthodox Jews,(more strict observers),often use the Hebrew calendar for everyday purposes as well.

Answer: the seventh month, Tishri

In Numbers 29, we see that on the first day of the seventh month a holy meeting was to take place, with trumpets heralding its beginning. Tishri compares very roughly to the modern western calendar date of mid-September to mid-October.
On the first day of that month the Feast of Trumpets or "Rosh Hashanah" is to be observed; this marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year. On the tenth day, the Day of Atonement, or "Yom Kippur", takes place. This was slated to be the day on which the High Priest would atone for his sins and for the sins of the nation of Israel each year.

(Hopefully, I am understanding this information correctly. If not, any of my Jewish FT friends can correct me. Since this is not my native culture, I may have to be corrected on more than one point. I certainly welcome any that comes my way.)

Answer: 3

When Moses was discovered by the Pharaoh's daughter, his sister, Miriam, was standing quietly at a distance observing. She later approached the Pharaoh's daughter and arranged for Moses to be cared for by their own mother.

He had been placed there because of a decree by the Pharaoh that all male Hebrew children were to be killed, and this was the way his mother had chosen to protect him.

Answer: Ethanim

This is the only place that I have found in the Bible that Tishri is referred to by this name. It seems to come from an ancient Hebrew word meaning "permanent" or "to remain strong."

Answer: fire

As best as can be determined, the name meant "fire", although in what context is not exactly clear. It is the twelfth month of the Hebrew sacred calendar, running approximately from the western mid-February to mid-March, but it was the sixth month of their civil calendar. As an interesting note, the Hebrew year is only 354 days long, with the months alternating in length between 30 and 29 days each. Since the calendar year is shorter than the astronomical year, roughly every third year an extra month is added.

This is, in effect, a leap month. At the end of the sacred year calendar, after Adar and prior to Nisan, the first month of the new year, an additional month called Veadar or Adar Bet (second Adar) is inserted.

Answer: Zif, the second month

Zif, which is also known as Iyar, means "brightness". This is likely an allusion to the spring flowers. The month corresponds roughly with the modern western time period of mid-April to mid-May.

Answer: Sivan and Adar

Sivan (mid-May to mid-June) and Adar (mid-February to mid-March) are the two months mentioned. Not quite a year apart, they show how much time would have passed between the rescinding of the order and the actual date that had originally been set aside as the date for executing the Jews. To get a better understanding of how these events developed, read the entire 10th chapter of the book of Esther.

Answer: 42 months

In Revelation 11:2, we read that the holy city of Jerusalem will be under the control of the Gentiles for 42 months, which is the equivalent of three and one-half years. Most Christians feel that this marks the mid-point of the Great Tribulation period.