Mixed Bible Trivia Part 3 Trivia Quiz

Answer: II Samuel

David took a census of Israel and Judah, and therefore sinned against the Lord. So God sent a plague on Israel, killing seventy thousand people. David prayed, asking the Lord to stop the plague. "Then the Lord answered prayer in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped." II Samuel 24:25 (NIV)

Answer: Troas

Acts 20:6-12 (NIV) tells us that Paul and his companions arrived in Troas, where they stayed for seven days. On the last day of their stay, while Paul was talking on and on, a young man named Eutychus was seated in a window. He fell into a deep sleep, and fell to the ground from the third story. Paul revived him, and the people were greatly comforted.

Answer: The villages of Caesarea Philippi

The story is found in Mark 8:27-29 (NIV): "Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, 'Who do people say I am?' They replied, 'Some say John the Baptist; other say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.' 'But what about you?' he asked. 'Who do you say I am?' Peter answered, 'You are the Christ.'"

Answer: Balaam

Numbers 23:16-19 (NIV) tells us that Balak asked Balaam to curse the Israelites. Balaam told him, "God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it."

Answer: Asa

This story comes from II Chronicles 16:7-10 (NIV). "Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him; 'Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.' ... Asa was angry with the seer because of this; he was so enraged that he put him in prison."

Answer: Josiah

This prophecy is found in I Kings 13:1-2 (NIV), which says, "By the word of the Lord a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering. He cried out against the altar by the word of the Lord: 'O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David.'" Josiah later became king of Judah.

Answer: Mattaniah

You can find this story in II Kings 24:16-17 (NIV): "The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war, and one thousand craftsmen and artisans. He made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah."

Answer: Simon

Acts 8:9-10 (NIV) tells us, "Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, 'This man is the divine power known as the Great Power.'"

Answer: II Timothy

In II Timothy 2:11-13 (NIV), Paul writes, "If we died with him, we will also live with him; If we endure, we will also reign with him; If we disown him, he will also disown us; If we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself."

Answer: Zechariah

Zechariah 5:1 (NIV) tells us of Zechariah's vision. "I looked again -- and there before me was a flying scroll! He asked me, 'What do you see?' I answered, 'I see a flying scroll, thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.'"