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1. Let's start with what should be an easy one. According to 1 Kings 11:3, what Israelite king had seven hundred wives?

Answer: Solomon

Solomon, of course, is the correct answer. 1 Kings 11:3 states he had seven hundred wives/princesses and three hundred concubines. According to Scripture, Solomon had "many" foreign wives who led him astray with him worshiping other gods.

Solomon was the son of David and his reign is seen by historians as Israel's golden period.

2. Judges 20:16 tells of seven hundred select men who were left-handed with every one capable of slinging "a stone at a hair's breadth and not missing." The men were part of a civil war that saw eleven Israelite tribes declare war on one tribe. What was the Israelite tribe that was forced to battle against the eleven other tribes?

Answer: Benjamites

Eleven tribes of Israel went to war against the Benjamites after the brutal rape of an unnamed woman who was the concubine of a Levite man, as per Judges 20.

No name is given for the Levite man or his concubine. According to Judges 19, the Levite man and his concubine were in Gibeah in Benjamin when the savage sexual assault took place. Judges 19:25 states the poor woman was abused "all night until morning" by an unspecified number of men. When the Levite man found the body of his concubine in the morning, he cut her into twelve pieces and sent the body parts "throughout all the territory of Israel."

Scripture goes on to tell of the eleven other tribes of Israel being enraged against the Benjamites over the dastardly treatment of the woman and a bloody civil war ensued. Judges 20:15-16 tells of the Benjamites going into battle with more than twenty-six thousand soldiers, including seven hundred select men who were left-handed. The Benjamites, however, were greatly outnumbered and suffered enormous losses. Judges 20:35 states the LORD "defeated Benjamin before Israel." Scripture goes on to tell of all the Benjamite soldiers being slaughtered, with only six hundred surviving.

3. 2 Samuel 10:18 tells of an Israelite king leading his country into battle and killing a large number of enemy soldiers, including seven hundred Syrian charioteers. Who was the king?

Answer: David

David is the correct answer, as per 2 Samuel 10:18. In addition to slaying seven hundred charioteers, the verse states David's army killed forty thousand horsemen of the Syrians and "struck Shobach the commander of their army, who died there".

Chapter 10 of 2 Samuel is devoted to some of the spectacular military victories of David. His military commander at the time was Joab. Scripture states Joab was the son of Zeruiah and a nephew of David.

4. Scripture tells of David commanding a large number of soldiers, including seven hundred horsemen, and scoring decisive victories over a number of Israel's enemies. In which book in the Old Testament do you read such details?

Answer: 2 Samuel

The correct answer is 2 Samuel. The first thirteen verses of 2 Samuel 8 tell of a series of victories David scored over Israel's enemies. The enemies included the Moabites, Philistines, Syrians and the Ammonites.

According to 2 Samuel 8:4, David's army consisted of seven hundred horsemen as well as one thousand chariots and twenty thousand foot soldiers.

5. According to 2 Kings 3:26, the Israelites were besieging the forces of a foreign king and when the battle became "too fierce for him he took with him seven hundred men who drew swords" to break through the lines to seek help from the king of Edom. Who was the king who took seven hundred men with him to break through the Israelite lines?

Answer: Mesha, king of Moab

Scripture tells of Mesha, king of Moab, taking seven hundred men to break through the Israelite lines to seek help from the king of Edom. However, Mesha's attempt to break out ended in dismal failure.

According to 2 Kings 3:24-27, the king ended up sacrificing his son as a "burnt offering upon the wall". The king's son is not named, but according to Verse 27 he was the king's oldest son and would've been next in line to ascend to the throne.

2 Kings 3:4 states that in addition to being the king of Moab, Mesha was a sheepbreeder.

6. In what book in the Old Testament do you read about Asa, king of Judah, and his people offering 700 bulls in sacrifice to the LORD?

Answer: 2 Chronicles

After Asa, king of Judah, pledged he and his people would follow the LORD wholeheartedly, 2 Chronicles 15:11 tells of the people offering seven hundred bulls, as well as seven thousand sheep as a sacrifice. According to Verse 10, the people gathered in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

Scripture goes on to tell of Asa becoming severely diseased in his feet and seeking the help of physicians rather than the LORD. According to 2 Chronicles 16:13, he died in the forty-first year of his reign.

7. Count the chapters and the seven hundredth chapter in the Old Testament of the Protestant Bible is Isaiah 13. According to the first verse in the chapter, who was Isaiah's father?

Answer: Amoz

Amoz was the father of Isaiah. Using the NKJV, Amoz's name appears thirteen times. However, little is known about him as in every case in which his name appears, Scripture simply says he was the father of Isaiah.

According to Wikipedia, a Talmudic tradition is that when the name of a prophet's father is given, the father was also a prophet. Using this yardstick, Amoz would've been a prophet of God like his son.

Wikipedia also states there is a belief in some circles that Amoz was the brother of Amaziah, king of Judah at the time. In other words, Isaiah would've been a member of the royal family.

If anyone is interested, here are the number of chapters in the Old Testament of the Protestant Bible one goes through before arriving at the 700th chapter:
Genesis -- 50
Exodus -- 40
Leviticus -- 27
Numbers -- 36
Deuteronomy -- 34
Joshua -- 24
Judges 21
Ruth -- 4
1 Samuel -- 30
2 Samuel -- 24
1 Kings -- 22
2 Kings -- 25
1 Chronicles -- 29
2 Chronicles -- 45
Ezra -- 10
Nehemiah -- 13
Esther -- 10
Job -- 42
Psalms -- 150
Proverbs -- 31
Ecclesiastes -- 12
Song of Solomon -- 8

The total above, comes to six hundred and eighty-seven chapters. As a result, Isaiah 13 is the seven hundredth chapter in the Old Testament of the Protestant Bible.

8. Count the verses and the seven hundredth one in the Old Testament of the Protestant Bible (NKJV), is Genesis 26:7. The verse tells of Isaac pretending his wife was actually his sister. What was the name of Isaac's wife?

Answer: Rebekah

Rebekah is the correct answer. The 26th chapter of Genesis tells of Isaac and Rebekah moving to Gerar in Philistine during a time of famine. While in Gerar, Isaac and Rebekah pretended to be brother and sister. They apparently took such action to prevent Isaac from being killed.

According to Old Testament times, the king would want to add Rebekah to his harem and if he knew she was married he would've killed her husband.

Genesis 26:12-15 tells of Isaac prospering in Gerar with the LORD blessing him immensely. The passage tells of Isaac reaping a hundredfold and possessing a large number of flocks, herds and "a great number of servants." Verse 16 tells of Abimelech, king of the Philistines, requesting Isaac to leave the land "for you are much mightier than us."

Verse 17 tells of Isaac following Abimelech's suggestion and departing.

If anyone is interested, the first 25 chapters of Genesis contain 693 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
Genesis 17 -- 27 verses
Genesis 18 -- 33 verses
Genesis 19 -- 38 verses
Genesis 20 -- 18 verses
Genesis 21 -- 34 verses
Genesis 22 -- 24 verses
Genesis 23 -- 20 verses
Genesis 24 -- 67 verses
Genesis 25 -- 34 verses

Add on seven more verses (Genesis 26:1-7) and you get the total of seven hundred verses.

9. Count the verses and the 700th one in the New Testament of the NKJV is Matthew 21:18. The verse tells of Jesus being hungry, with later verses telling of Christ seeing a tree by the road with nothing on it but leaves. Scripture states Jesus proclaimed, "let no fruit grow on you ever again" and the tree withered. What type of a tree was it?

Answer: Fig

Matthew 21:18-19 tells of Jesus being hungry and seeing a fig tree by the roadside. When Jesus saw the fig tree had no fruit, He proclaimed, "Let no fruit grow on you ever again" and immediately the tree withered away.

Verses 20 and 21 go on to tell of the disciples questioning Jesus about the withered tree. Scripture quotes Jesus as responding, "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done. And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

Notes in the NKJV Study Bible give this explanation about the withered fig tree: "The withering of the fig tree illustrates God's judgment on unbelieving Israel, but it also became a means for Jesus to teach His disciples that faith works miracles and is the basis for the answered prayer."

If anyone is interested, here are the number of verses in the first 17 chapters of Matthew to determine which verse is Number 700:
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
Matthew 13 -- 58
Matthew 14 -- 36
Matthew 15 -- 39
Matthew 16 -- 28
Matthew 17 -- 27
Matthew 18 -- 35
Matthew 19 -- 30
Matthew 20 -- 34

The total comes to 682 verses. Add on Matthew 21:1-18, and you end up at the 700th verse.

10. Using the KJV, the NKJV and the NIV, the number seven hundred does not appear in the New Testament.

Answer: True

True. The number seven hundred does not appear in the New Testament. Depending on which translation one uses, it can be found a number of times in the Old Testament. For example, the number seven hundred appears no less than thirteen times in the Old Testament using the NKJV. However, the number cannot be found in the New Testament using the KJV, the NKJV and the NIV.

Source: Author Cowrofl

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It's my 700th quiz with FunTrivia so I thought I would have some fun with the No. 700 as it appears in Scripture. A profound thank you to my long-suffering editors and people from the four corners of the world who play my quizzes.

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