My 400th Quiz with FunTrivia

Answer: Abraham

Abraham, who was known as Abram at the time, is the correct answer. The 17th chapter of Genesis is largely devoted to the LORD telling Abraham about His covenant.

(Details about the covenant can be also found in the 12th and 15th chapters of Genesis.)

Basically God promised Abraham He would make a great nation out of him with Genesis 15:5 stating his descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky.

If anyone is interested, the first 16 chapters of Genesis contain 398 verses, as per the information below:
Genesis 1 -- 31 verses
Genesis 2 -- 25 verses
Genesis 3 -- 24 verses
Genesis 4 -- 26 verses
Genesis 5 -- 32 verses
Genesis 6 -- 22 verses
Genesis 7 -- 24 verses
Genesis 8 -- 22 verses
Genesis 9 -- 29 verses
Genesis 10 -- 32 verses
Genesis 11 -- 32 verses
Genesis 12 -- 20 verses
Genesis 13 -- 18 verses
Genesis 14 -- 24 verses
Genesis 15 -- 21 verses
Genesis 16 -- 16 verses

Add on two more verses (Genesis 17:1 and 17:2) and you get the total of four hundred verses.

Answer: Jotham

The correct answer is Jotham. According to Scripture, Jotham replaced his father Uzziah as king. His mother's name was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

2 Chronicles 27:2 states Jotham, similar to Uzziah, was a good king who did "what was right in the sight of the LORD." The people of Judah, however, still acted "corruptly", Scripture states.

According to Wikipedia, Jotham means 'God is honest'. Matthew 1:9 lists Jotham in the genealogy of Jesus.

If anyone is interested, here are the number of chapters in the Old Testament of the English Bible one goes through before one arrives at the 400th chapter:
Genesis -- 50
Exodus -- 40
Leviticus -- 34
Numbers -- 36
Deuteronomy -- 34 -- 194
Joshua -- 24
Judges 21
Ruth -- 4
1 Samuel -- 30
2 Samuel -- 24
1 Kings -- 22
2 Kings -- 25
1 Chronicles -- 29
2 Chronicles -- 36

The total above, comes to 409 chapters. As a result, 2 Chronicles 27 is the 400th chapter in the Old Testament of the English Bible.

Answer: Jesus

Jesus is the correct answer. The quote by Jesus is contained in Matthew 13:1-9, Scripture known as the Parable of the Sower. (The parable is also found in Mark 4:1-20 and Luke 8:4-15.)

The Parable of the Sower is one of thirty-nine different parables Jesus is quoted as saying in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke.

Here's how the parable appears in its entirety in the NKJV in Matthew:

"On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

"Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: 'Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!'"

If anyone is interested, here are the number of verses in the first 12 chapters of Matthew to determine which verse is Number 400:
Matthew 1 -- 25
Matthew 2 -- 23
Matthew 3 -- 17
Matthew 4 -- 25
Matthew 5 -- 48
Matthew 6 -- 34
Matthew 7 -- 29
Matthew 8 -- 34
Matthew 9 -- 38
Matthew 10 -- 42
Matthew 11 -- 30
Matthew 12 -- 50

The total comes to 395 verses. Add on Matthew 13:1-5, and you end up at the 400th verse.

Answer: It doesn't have 400 chapters

The New Testament does not contain 400 chapters. In fact, it has a a total of 248 chapters. Here's a list of the 26 books of the New Testament with the number of chapters each book contains.

Matthew -- 28
Mark -- 16
Luke -- 24
John -- 21
Acts -- 28
Romans -- 16
1 Corinthians -- 16
2 Corinthians -- 13
Galatians -- 6
Ephesians -- 6
Philemon -- 4
Colossians -- 4
1 Thessalonians -- 5
2 Thessalonians -- 3
1 Timothy -- 6
2 Timothy -- 4
Titus -- 3
Philemon -- 1
Hebrews -- 13
James -- 5
1 Peter -- 5
2 Peter -- 3
1 John -- 5
2 John -- 1
3 John -- 1
Jude -- 1
Revelation -- 22
TOTAL CHAPTERS -- 248

Answer: Egypt

Egypt, of course, is the correct answer. According to Scripture, Jacob and his eleven sons ended up moving to Egypt in a time of famine when it was discovered Joseph was the second most powerful man in Egypt.

Joseph, the son of Jacob and Rachel, ended up in Egypt after his eleven brothers sold him into slavery. The account of Joseph being sold into slavery, his ascension to power and the arrival of Jacob and his family in Egypt can be found in chapters 37 through 50 of Genesis.

While the Isrealites were initially welcomed with open arms by the Pharaoh, things changed drastically to the point they were reviled. The lengthy account of their suffering begins in Exodus 1:8 with the verse telling of the ascension of a new king over Egypt "who did not know Joseph".

Answer: Sarah

The land was purchased by Abraham to bury his wife Sarah, the mother of their son Isaac. According to Genesis 23:1, Sarah was 127 years old when she died, but the cause of her death is not given. (Incidentally, Sarah is the only woman in the Hebrew Bible and the English Bible to have her age given at the time of her death.)

The property Abraham purchased from Ephron for four hundred shekels of silver was in Machpelah. According to Genesis 23:17-19, the property contained a field, a number of trees and a cave, where Sarah was buried. Scripture also states Machpelah "was before Mamre (that is, Hebron)".

Answer: Esau

The correct answer is Esau. Scripture indicates Jacob was terrified when he saw his brother Esau approach him with an army of four hundred men. And he had good reason to be terrified. After all, according to Genesis 27:41, Esau was plotting to kill Jacob to avenge the fact his younger brother tricked their father Isaac into blessing him while Esau was out hunting game to make a savory dish for Isaac. Scripture goes on to tell of Jacob fleeing to Haran in Padan Aram, also known as Mesopotamia, where his mother Rebekah came from. While in Haran, Jacob ended up marrying Leah and Rachel, two daughters of Laban, who was Rebekah's brother.

While Jacob was expecting the worst when he encountered Esau a number of years later, he had no cause to fear. In fact, it was a heart-warming reunion between the two brothers.

Genesis 32:1-21 tells of Jacob preparing for the worst in his meeting with Esau. Here's how the reunion is recounted in Genesis 33:1-17 in the NKJV:

"Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there, Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. And he put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last. Then he crossed over before them and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and children, and said, 'Who are these with you?'

"So he said, 'The children whom God has graciously given your servant.' Then the maidservants came near, they and their children, and bowed down. And Leah also came near with her children, and they bowed down. Afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed down.

"Then Esau said, '"What do you mean by all this company which I met?' And he said, '"These are to find favor in the sight of my lord.' But Esau said, 'I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.' And Jacob said, 'No, please, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present from my hand, inasmuch as I have seen your face as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me. Please, take my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.' So he urged him, and he took it.

"Then Esau said, 'Let us take our journey; let us go, and I will go before you.' But Jacob said to him, 'My lord knows that the children are weak, and the flocks and herds which are nursing are with me. And if the men should drive them hard one day, all the flock will die. Please let my lord go on ahead before his servant. I will lead on slowly at a pace which the livestock that go before me, and the children, are able to endure, until I come to my lord in Seir.' And Esau said, 'Now let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.' But he said, 'What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.' So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, built himself a house, and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth."

Answer: Wives for the tribe of Benjamin

The young women were rounded up to serve as wives for men who were of the tribe of Benjamin. It's a bit of a long story, but in a nutshell, the other tribes of Israel pledged that none of their daughters should marry a Benjamite. The pledge was made after the eleven other tribes went to war against the Benjamites, as per Judges 20 and 21.

Scripture tells of the Benjamites sustaining enormous losses in the civil war with only a handful of men surviving. In fact, the defeat of the Benjamites was so decisive, Judges 21:1-25 tells of the members of the other eleven tribes being filled with remorse because the tribe of Benjamin was in danger of becoming extinct.

As a result, four hundred young women were kidnapped from the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead and given to the sons of Benjamin as wives.

Answer: David

The correct answer is David. According to Scripture, David was about to stage an attack against Nabal, Abigail's husband, when she took matters into her own hands.

1 Samuel 25:13 tells of David ordering four hundred of his men to get their swords ready and prepare to attack. However, Abigail got advance warning of David's plans and rode on a donkey with her servants to meet the mighty warrior.

According to Verse 18, she took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already dressed, five seahs of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs to present to David.

Her peace offering was accepted by David who cancelled his plans to attack.

The chapter goes on to tell of the sudden death of Nabal and David taking Abigail as his wife.

Incidentally, 1 Samuel 25:3 describes Nabal as being "harsh" and "evil" and Abigail as "a woman of good understanding (intelligent) and beautiful appearance". Incredibly, she is the only woman in the Hebrew Bible and and English Bible to be described as both intelligent and beautiful.

There's no doubt there were other women in the Bible who were both beautiful and intelligent (Esther and Bathsheba leap to mind) but Abigail is the only one of have such a designation in text.

Answer: Theudas

The correct answer is Theudas. However, little is known about him as he is mentioned in passing reference by Gamaliel.

Another false prophet mentioned in the same passage is Judas of Galilee. However, Theudas is the correct answer as the question is based on the name of the false prophet who had four hundred followers. Scripture does not give precise details about the number of people who followed Judas, simply quoting Gamiliel as saying he had "many followers".

Here's how Acts 5:34-42 recounts Gamiliel's message to his fellow Pharisees, as per the NKJV:

"Then one in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in respect by all the people, and commanded them to put the apostles outside for a little while. And he said to them: 'Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do regarding these men. For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody. A number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was slain, and all who obeyed him were scattered and came to nothing. After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the census, and drew away many people after him. He also perished, and all who obeyed him were dispersed. And now I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it -- lest you even be found to fight against God.'

"And they agreed with him, and when they had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ."

Gamiliel's advice would have a profound affect on the spread of Christianity. With less opposition, the apostles found it much easier to preach their Gospel message of salvation through Jesus.