A TEST OVER THE HOLY BIBLE - MULTIPLE CHOICE

ANSWERS:

Abram made his beautiful wife Sarai (later called Sarah) lie and say that she was his sister so that the Egyptians wouldn't kill him in order to have her; then Pharaoh took Sarai into his court. What did God do in response to Abram and Sarai's deception?

• Made them wander in the desert
• Afflicted them with boils
• Nothing. He is a very understanding God.
• Took Sarai away from Abram and never let him see her again
• Afflicted Pharaoh's household with serious diseases

What did the merciful God do to Sodom and Gomorrah because the people were sinners?

• Forgave their sins when they offered a sacrifice
• Sent missionaries to convert them to the true way
• Spoke to them from the mountain
• Afflicted them with boils until they turned to the true God
• Burned them to death with fire

The one man whose family was saved when God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah was the man who

• had never sinned.
• preached God's ways to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
• prayed day and night for the souls of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
• had built God a house of worship.
• offered his daughters to the townspeople to be raped.

For what indiscretion did God inflict the death penalty on Lot's wife?

• Having sex with a man other than her husband
• Attacking an angel
• Looking at the burning city of Sodom
• Cursing God
• Murdering a Caananite

When Abraham again lied, this time to the king of Gerar, saying that Sarah was his sister, what did God do?

• Smote Abraham and Sarah with boils
• Nothing. God is very understanding.
• Made Abraham wander in the desert
• Made the king's household infertile
• Made Abraham engrave the commandments into stone

As a result of Abraham's lie to the king of Gerar,

• he lost his firstborn son
• he lost half of his sheep and cattle
• he had to serve the king for three years
• God revoked his covenant with him
• he was rewarded with sheep, cattle and slaves

What did Abraham do to his first son (Ishmael) and his mother (Hagar) according to God's instruction after Isaac was weaned?

• Held a celebration for them
• Bestowed the birthright
• Gave them riches
• Cast them out to wander in the desert

Before Abraham left everything that he owned to his son Isaac, he gave gifts to

• everyone in his household
• the servants who had served him for many years
• Isaac's half-brother, Ishmael
• his bastard children

When Isaac's son Esau came home from hunting empty-handed and famished to the point of death and asked his twin brother Jacob for something to eat, what did Jacob (from whom came the twelve tribes of Israel) do?

• Freely gave him all he could eat
• Gave him half of the little bit he had to eat
• Sold him his supper for 2 shekels of silver
• Cheated him out of his birthright before he would help him

After Isaac lied to the king of Gerar about his wife, God

• struck him down with plagues
• demanded he give the king a gift of cattle to make up for it
• took away all his riches
• blessed him and rewarded him with wealth
• made him inscribe 100 times on stone tablets, "I will not lie"

When Jacob deceived his father, Isaac, into thinking that he was Esau so that his father would bless him, Isaac

• retracted his blessing and gave it to Esau as intended
• blessed Esau equally with Jacob
• gave an even better blessing to Esau than to Jacob
• confirmed that through his deception Jacob would indeed be blessed
• threw up his hands and said, "What am I going to do with these two boys?"(He probably said this, but it's not recorded.)

Isaac had two sons: Esau, his favorite, and Jacob, who lied and took advantage of his brother, cheating him out of both his birthright and his father's blessing. Which one did God choose to prosper and make his great nation from?

• The cheater
• The victim

While taking care of Laban's flocks Jacob became very prosperous with God's help by

• working extra hard for Laban
• growing crops
• manufacturing chariots
• discovering gold
• using a trick to take away Laban's sheep

Jacob's oldest son (and therefore the father of one of the tribes of Israel), Reuben,

• Was celibate
• Was homosexual
• Had 1 wife
• Had 4 wives, 5 concubines, and numerous other sexual partners
• Slept with the mother of two of his half-brothers ("Hey, bubba, guess what mama's like!")

God killed Onan, Jacob's grandson, because he

• killed an innocent person
• killed 12 innocent persons
• raped a woman
• stole some sheep
• wouldn't ejaculate into his sister-in-law after her husband died

Judah was one of Jacob's sons and therefore the father of one of the tribes of Israel. Tamar, who was a widow of one of Judah's sons, had a child by

• her husband, who impregnated her before he died
• her second husband
• an unknown person
• her own brother
• Judah

When God told Moses to go to Pharaoh and ask him to let the Israelites leave, he said that when Moses did so God would

• speak to Pharaoh so that he would accept Moses' request
• soften Pharaoh's heart so that he would be receptive to the request
• show his glory to Pharaoh to convince him to accept the request
• harden Pharaoh' heart so that he would reject the request

After God told Moses to go to Pharaoh and ask him to let the Israelites leave, what did God do to Moses?

• Gave him great strength
• Gave him great eloquence
• Showed him a miracle
• Tried to kill him

What saved Moses' life?

• His slyness
• Moses prostrated himself and begged for his life
• Moses gave an eloquent speech
• His wife mutilated their son's penis

When God brought forth frogs to fill the land and plague the people what did the Egyptian sorcerers do?

• The same thing
• Stared in astonishment
• Explained it away as a natural phenomenon
• Gorged themselves on frog's legs

What did God do after each of the plagues that he brought upon Egypt?

• Made the Israelites' lives easier
• Made Pharaoh more friendly toward the Israelites
• Weakened Pharaoh's resolve
• Hardened Pharaoh's heart so that he would not let the Israelites go

The third plague in Exodus chapter 9 that God brought upon the Egyptians was to bring a great hail upon every man and beast in the field. Pharaoh did not listen and left his servants and cattle in the field to be hailed upon. What had God already done in the first plague of chapter 9?

• Brought a flood that destroyed their homes
• Afflicted the Egyptians with boils
• Made the Egyptians sick to the stomach
• Killed the Egyptians' cattle
• Destroyed their silos of grain

What was the final act of God that, after he continually hardened Pharaoh's heart, convinced Pharaoh to let the Israelites leave Egypt?

• A display of glory in the heavens
• God spoke to Pharaoh face-to-face
• Rashes on the bodies of the Egyptians
• A plague of dragonflies
• God murdered the oldest son in every Egyptian household

After escaping from the Egyptians through the Red Sea, Moses and the Israelites praised God for

• his great love
• his great tolerance
• his great mercy
• killing Egyptians

After God made the bitter water drinkable at Marah, he told the Israelites that as long as they followed all his commands he would

• make them prosperous
• protect them from their enemies
• take them to Heaven when they died
• guide them to the promised land
• avoid striking them with horrible diseases

When God gave the 10 Commandments, stating that the Israelites should not create images to worship as gods, who did he say he would punish if someone did so?

• The perpetrator
• The perpetrator along with anyone who knew about the transgression
• The person who created the image
• The perpetrator along with the person who created the image
• The grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the perpetrator

In Exodus 21, the first chapter after the Ten Commandments, the first commandment that God gives allows people to

• buy slaves
• collect interest on loans
• marry only one husband or wife
• work only six days a week

In Exodus chapter 21, a father is allowed to do what with his daughter?

• Choose her husband
• Choose her occupation
• Instruct her
• Sell her
• Nothing except take care of her

What is the penalty for cursing one's parents?

• A fine
• Incarceration
• Both fine and incarceration
• Hard labor
• The death penalty

What is the penalty for sorcery?

• A fine
• Incarceration
• Both fine and incarceration
• Hard labor
• The death penalty

What is the penalty for having sex with an animal?

• A fine
• Incarceration
• Both fine and incarceration
• Hard labor
• The death penalty

What is the penalty for offering a sacrifice to another god?

• A fine
• Incarceration
• Both fine and incarceration
• Hard labor
• The death penalty

What was the penalty for working on the Sabbath day?

• A fine
• Incarceration
• Both fine and incarceration
• Hard labor
• The death penalty

What is the penalty for adultery?

• A fine
• Incarceration
• Both fine and incarceration
• Hard labor
• The death penalty

What is the penalty for a man having sex with a man?

• A fine
• Incarceration
• Both fine and incarceration
• Hard labor
• The death penalty

What is the penalty for prostitution?

• A fine
• Incarceration
• Both fine and incarceration
• Hard labor
• The death penalty

What is the penalty for blasphemy?

• A fine
• Incarceration
• Both fine and incarceration
• Hard labor
• The death penalty

Are you sensing a pattern here?

• Yes
• No
• Your answer here

Would you live in a country with these laws?

• Gladly
• Yes, but not so gladly
• No f___ing way!
• Your choice

What did God command the Israelites to do in regard to the people they would encounter in the land he was leading them to?

• Humbly ask to share their land
• Turn them to the true God
• Live in peace as long as they didn't attack them
• Drive them out and take their land

What did God require the Israelites to do regularly in order to please him?

• Read the commandments in front of the temple
• Sing songs of praise to him
• Give money to the poor
• Preach God's love to those around them
• Kill animals and burn their carcasses

Because of what act did God make a special priestly caste of the Levites?

• They fasted for 40 days
• They committed themselves to celibacy
• They gave the most pleasing offering to the Lord
• They killed thousands of their fellow Israelites

If a person commits a sin which does not carry the death penalty (apparently there are still some left over), what is done to make it right?

• The culprit pays a fine
• The sinner is incarcerated
• The sinner must do "community service"
• The sinner is banished from the community for a period of time
• An animal is killed

Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu performed a ceremonial rite for which they were not authorized. What was God's response?

• He required them to go through the proper authorization process and do it over
• He barred them from performing any more ceremonial rites
• He required 30 shekels of silver from each of them
• He killed them

A woman who gave birth to a child was considered unclean for seven days thereafter, and had to wait 33 days before being purified. However, there was a certain situation when these time periods were doubled, ie, she was unclean for 14 days and had to wait 66 days to be purified. What made the difference?

• The father had died
• The father was of a different tribe than the woman
• The woman gave birth to twins
• The child was a girl

Which one of the following was Aaron (the High Priest) to do before entering the Most Holy Place?

• Fast for 3 days
• Say a prayer
• Read scripture
• Kill animals

Which of these is not banned in Leviticus?

• Planting two different kinds of seed in the same field
• Wearing a garment woven of two different fibers
• Interbreeding two kinds of animals
• Having sex with one's slaves

In Leviticus 21, who is not allowed to perform the priestly duty of offering "the food of his God"?

• A person who has slept with a prostitute
• A person who has blood on his hands
• A person who has been found guilty of a crime
• A person with a deformity

In Leviticus 26 verse 6 God promises the Israelites peace in their land. What does he promise in the very next verse?

• Prosperity
• That their land will be the greatest of all lands
• That their peace would spread throughout neighboring lands
• That their enemies will fall by their swords

If a man is jealous and suspects his wife of cheating on him what is to be done?

• Nothing; there is no provision for this in the Bible
• Have her questioned by the priests to determine her guilt or innocence
• Set up a public trial to determine her guilt or innocence
• She was to drink bitter water made by adding dirt from the temple floor to see if it harmed her

If a woman was jealous and suspected her husband of cheating on him what was to be done?

• Nothing; there is no provision for this in the Bible
• Have him questioned by the priests to determine his guilt or innocence
• Set up a public trial to determine his guilt or innocence
• He was to drink bitter water made by adding dirt from the temple floor to see if it harmed him

Following God's instruction, a man found gathering wood on the Sabbath Day was

• admired
• forgiven
• forced to do community service
• pelted with stones until dead

When the Israelites blamed Moses for what happened to Korah and his followers, God

• showed his glory around Moses
• spoke to the people of Israel and told them to obey Moses
• commanded extra offerings to be brought to pay for their sins
• afflicted them with boils
• sent a plague that killed over 14,000 of them

When the king of Arad attacked and captured some of the Israelites, the Israelites said to God that if he would give them victory over Arad they would

• teach the people of Arad the ways of the Lord
• continue peaceably thereafter
• sacrifice to God from the flocks of Arad
• completely destroy the people of Arad

God responded by

• sending an angel to save the captured Isrealites and thus avoiding war
• sending angels to convince the king of Arad to return the prisoners
• instructing the Isrealites to take back their captured men, but nothing more
• giving the people of Arad over to the Isrealites to completely destroy them

When the Israelites complained while travelling from Mt. Hor to the Red Sea, God

• heard their complaints and eased their miseries
• ignored them
• sent prophets to teach the people patience
• sent venomous snakes to kill many of them

When Israelites began sleeping with Moabite women God

• sent them back to Egypt
• sent prophets to warn them of their sins
• brought sexually transmitted diseases on all who did so
• killed 24,000 of them with a plague

God sent the Israelites to attack the Midianites, who killed every Midianite man and took the women and children captive. Moses rebuked the officers of the army for this and commanded that they

• make amends for killing non-combatant men
• learn to minimize deaths in future combat
• release the women and children
• kill all the boys and every woman or girl that was not a virgin

The spoils of battle with the Midianites included 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000

• horses
• oxen
• shekels of silver
• virgins

Why, according to Deuteronomy 2, did Sihon king of Heshbon refuse to let the Israelites pass through his land?

• Because he hated the Israelites
• Because he was afraid of the Isrealites
• Because the prophets of Baal had advised him to do so
• Because, in spite of God's entreaties, he was a bigoted and vengeful man
• Because God made him stubborn so that he would fight a losing war

After recounting how God helped Israel destroy entire kingdoms of people, as well as killing his own people who transgressed, how does Moses describe God in Deuteronomy 4:31?

• Just
• Strong
• Omnipotent
• Merciful

If troublemakers arise who lead a whole town to worship other gods, what is to be done?

• Root out the troublemakers and put them in prison
• Root out the troublemakers and execute them
• Make everyone in the town do penance
• Kill everyone in the whole town

If a murder cannot be solved

• there is nothing more you can do
• give assistance to the victim's family
• bury the victim in a pauper's grave
• kill a cow

If someone has a rebellious son, they are to

• send him to work for the Levites
• keep him locked up in the house
• take him to the elders to have him stoned to death
• disown him

If a man takes a wife and decides afterwards that she was not a virgin

• it's no big deal. So what if she wasn't a virgin!
• she must prove that she was a virgin or be killed
• he must prove she wasn't a virgin, and then the marriage is annulled
• he must prove she wasn't a virgin, and then she is never allowed to marry

If a woman who is not engaged is raped, she must

• do nothing, since she has done nothing wrong
• defend her innocence
• marry the rapist
• receive purification from the priest
• abstain from marrying for a full year thereafter

Which one of the following is barred from the congregation of the Lord according to Deuteronomy chapter 23?

• A man with blood on his hands
• A man with more than one wife
• A man who has sinned
• A man injured in the testicles or penis
• A lunatic

Which one of the following is barred from the congregation of the Lord according to Deuteronomy chapter 23?

• One who has a child out of wedlock
• One who knew that a child was born out of wedlock and didn't report it
• One who was born out of wedlock
• One who was born out of wedlock, along with his descendants for 10 generations

Deuteronomy 28:30 describes a woman being engaged to one man, but being raped by another. This is God's judgment because

• the woman blasphemes God's name
• the woman has not obeyed God's commands
• the man has not obeyed God's commands
• the couple has sex before marriage

Moses is described as the most humble man on earth in Numbers 12:3. What did humble Moses do back in the second chapter of Exodus?

• Bowed before God
• Washed his fellow Israelites' feet
• Waited until last to be served
• Killed an Egyptian

What is the first thing recorded in the Bible that God told Joshua (Moses' successor) to do after Moses died?

• Immerse himself in God's teachings
• Give alms to the poor
• Lead the people in the ways of peace and justice
• Preach God's love among the Gentiles
• Take away the land of the peoples' that lie ahead of them

When the Isrealites conquered the city of Ai they

• made the people slaves
• made the people pay tribute
• taught them the ways of the Lord
• killed them all

When the Israelites went on to conquer the remaining cities of the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills and mountain slopes they

• made the people slaves
• made the people pay tribute
• taught them the ways of the Lord
• killed them all

When the Isrealites continued on and conquered the northern cities they

• made the people slaves
• made the people pay tribute
• taught them the ways of the Lord
• killed them all

According to the 11th chapter of Joshua, why did these cities fight against Israel?

• They were evil and nasty
• They didn't like the color of the Israelites' skin
• They were led by Satan
• God hardened their hearts so that he might exterminate them "without mercy"

The book of Judges begins with the people of Israel, after the death of Joshua, asking who would lead them

• in the ways of righteousness
• according to God's precepts
• with justice and wisdom
• in warring against the Canaanites

In Joshua chapter 10 "Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills and the mountain slopes, together with all their kings. He left no survivors." After the death of Joshua, in Judges chapter 1, Judah "went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev and the western foothills". So

• Judah forgot that Joshua had already done this and went to war against his own people who had already replaced the Canaanites
• God brought the Canaanites who had been destroyed back to life so that Judah could kill them all over again
• God created a rift in the time-space continuum and transported Judah back in time to help Joshua with the fight
• God got a little confused when inspiring the Bible
• You decide!

Gideon, who God raised to save the Israelites from the Mideonites, was

• a herdsman with one wife and two children
• a godly priest who never married
• a blacksmith with two wives and six children
• a prince with four wives and seven children
• a slave-holder with many wives and many children by his wives and slave

How did Samson, one of the most famous of God's judge-deliverers of Israel, obtain clothing to pay the people who solved a riddle he proposed?

• He made the clothing himself
• He paid a seamstress to make them
• He bartered with some Ephraimites
• He killed 30 men

After Samson killed a thousand Philistines with a donkey's jawbone he went to Gaza. What does the Bible record that he did there?

• Repented of his violent ways
• Made a sacrifice to God
• Read the commandment to the Gazites
• Organized an army
• Slept with a prostitute

When a Levite spent the night, along with his concubine, in the house of an old man in the Benjamite (Israelite) city of Gibeah, the men of the city came to the house and demanded that the old man send the visiting man out to have sex with them. The priestly Levite sent his concubine out in his place for the men to rape, killing her. What did the Levite then do?

• Buried her quietly, ashamed of his own actions
• Turned himself over to the authorities for helping to kill his own concubine
• Implored other Levites to preach to the people of Gibeah
• Held a big funeral so that everybody around would know what happened
• Cut up her body and sent pieces throughout the land

In the previous account the Bible refers to the woman as the man's "concubine", but refers to the man as her "husband". So were they married?

• Yes.
• No.
• He was married to her, but not her to him.
• She was married to him, but not him to her.
• God couldn't quite remember
• Your choice!

The previous story claims that the owner of the house offered his virgin daughter along with the man's concubine to the men, but they wouldn't listen. Why were they then satisfied when he sent out only the Levite's concubine?

• They suddenly became heterosexual
• It was only the virgin daughter that they objected to, not the concubine
• The concubine looked like a man
• The writer of the book of Judges got a little confused
• Your choice, again!

The Israelites went to war with the Benjamites because of the preceding incident. After the war, how did the Israelites, who had pledged not to let a Benjamite marry their daughters, obtain wives for the surviving Benjamites?

• They didn't. The Benjamites died without wives.
• They reneged on their vow and allowed the Benjamites to marry their daughters
• They allowed the Benjamites safe passage through the rest of Israel so they could go to other nations looking for wives
• They went to Jabesh Gilead, killed everyone except the virgins, and gave those to the Benjamites

When the previous method didn't produce enough wives for the Benjamites, how were more obtained?

• They weren't; it was just tough luck
• The Israelites relented on their pledge and gave them wives
• The Benjamites married Canaanite women
• As the rest of the Israelites instructed, the Benjamites kidnapped them when they danced at the Festival of the Lord and forced them to be their wives

Why does the Bible tells us that Eli the priest's sons wouldn't listen to their father's rebuke?

• Because they were controlled by Satan
• Because Eli was delirious
• Because Eli had done a poor job of raising them
• Because they were just naturally evil men
• Because God wanted an excuse to kill them

When the Ark of the Covenant was returned to the Israelite city of Beth Shemesh, God killed 70 of the city's inhabitants because

• they blasphemed against God and his ark
• they handled the ark roughly
• they tried to destroy the ark
• they looked inside the ark

When God told King Saul to attack the Amalekites he said to

• make slaves of them
• teach them the ways of God
• only fight as much as necessary to get the Amalekites to surrender to God
• kill all the soldiers and take the rest back to Israel
• completely destroy the Amalekites, killing everyone

After King Saul defeated the Amalekites, God (again) rejected Saul as king because Saul

• showed lack of courage during the fight
• showed unnecessary ferocity during the battle
• killed women and children
• didn't brutally kill every last Amalekite

After God rejected him, an evil spirit troubled Saul. Where did the evil spirit come from?

• The Devil
• Baal
• His own sinful soul
• God

Saul offered his daughter to David in marriage. In order to marry her, though, David was required to

• pay a bride price.
• kill a man, which he was not willing to do.
• kill 2 men, which he did reluctantly.
• kill 100 men, which he did enthusiastically and actually killed 200.

After David married Saul's daughter, Saul again tried to kill him because

• David betrayed the king
• David mistreated Saul's daughter
• David had been plotting against Saul
• David was unsuccessful in battle
• God sent an evil spirit on Saul to make him do so

In 1 Samuel chapter 15 Saul destroyed the Amalekites, killing every one of them. In chapter 27, David attacked and annihilated the Amalekites. So

• David forgot that Saul had already done this and actually went to war against his own people who had already replaced the Amalekites
• God brought the Amalekites who had been destroyed back life so that David could kill them all over again
• God created a rift in the time-space continuum and transported David back in time to help Saul with the fight
• God got a little confused when inspiring the Bible
• Your choice here.

What did David do while living in the land of the Philistines?

• Kept a low profile
• Herded sheep
• Spied on them for Israel
• Taught them the ways of the Lord
• Raided neighboring lands and annihilated all their people - men, women and children

When David, who had been anointed of God to be king of Israel, was in the land of the Philistines, the Philistines went to war against the Israelites. What did David do?

• Left the Philistines and went back to Israel to help them fight the Philistines
• Stayed in the land of the Philistines, but kept a low profile
• Left for a foreign land
• Offered to join the Philistines to fight against his own people

After David became king he fetched the Ark of the Covenant from the city of Baalah. Along the way the oxen stumbled and a man named Uzzah reached out to steady the ark. How did God repay Uzzah's kindness?

• Made him a priest
• Gave him riches
• Made him a chief officer in David's kingdom
• Killed him

When David defeated the Moabites, what did he do with the captives?

• Made them slaves
• Let them return with promise to be peaceful
• Killed those with blood on their hands and spared the rest
• Measured them off with a length of cord, killing every first two lengths and sparing the third

After David got another man's wife pregnant and then had the man killed to cover up the affair, how did God punish David's sin?

• Sent David to wander in the wilderness
• Removed David from kingship
• Struck David with painful boils
• Struck David dead
• Killed the child that was born

King Saul had massacred the Gibeonites, and God wouldn't answer the Israelites' prayers. What did King David do that made God answer their prayers again?

• Prayed incessantly for 40 days
• Made a burnt offering of 7 bulls and 7 lambs
• Provided lands and flocks to the remaining Gibeonites
• Paid the remaining Gibeonites a sum of money
• Killed seven of Saul's children

In David's song to the Lord in 2 Samuel 22, he praised God for helping him to defeat all his enemies. Do you find it interesting that he fails to mention that, while living in the land of the Philistines, his own people were his enemies?

• Yes, that is very interesting
• It is somewhat interesting
• No, that is not interesting
• Oh my God! Are you kidding me?!
• Your choice

In the last chapter of 2 Samuel God killed 70,000 of the Isrealites because

• they had sinned
• they had rejected the true God
• they were about to rebel against King David
• King David had conducted a census

Why is it that David had done this sinful act that God punished so severely?

• He had fallen away from the true God
• He listened to the advice of evil men
• In order to tax the people of Israel
• God told him to do it

2 Samuel chapter 23 and 1 Chronicles chapter 11 list David's military captains. How many times does the Bible list his holy men? Prominent doctors? Important teachers? Envoys of peace?

• 2, 1, 3, 0
• 1, 2, 2, 1
• 2, 1, 0, 1
• 0, 0, 0, 0

When David was about to die he called his son Solomon to him and commanded him to

• not commit the sins that David had committed
• rule according to God's precepts
• lead his country in the ways of peace
• wreak revenge upon David's enemies

Solomon promised to kill his own brother Anonijah because

• he had worshipped false gods
• he had profaned God's name
• he had led a rebellion
• he asked Solomon if he could marry a woman who had taken care of their father

The temple was built by

• volunteers
• well paid artisans
• the king's family
• slave labor

Jeroboam was an evil king. God told him that the only person in his whole household in which God found any good was his child, Abijah. After God told him this

• Jeroboam fell sick
• Jeroboam lost the throne
• Jeroboam's wicked sons died
• God caused the good child to die

After Jehu was anointed king of Israel by the prophet Elisha, he carried out God's will by

• destroying the altars of Baal
• returning the people to the worship of the true God
• establishing peace throughout the land
• killing the entire household of the previous king of Israel, as well as the king of Judah and many of his relatives

Elisha told Jehoash, king of Israel, that he would defeat the armies of Aram. However, he said that the defeat would only be partial - they would not completely destroy them because Jehoash had

• sinned
• allowed the Israelites to sin
• not lived in peace with neighboring nations
• not trained enough soldiers
• hit the ground with his arrows three times instead of five or six times

Azariah, king of Judah, "did what was right in the eyes of the Lord". God

• rewarded him with great treasures
• rewarded him with a long life
• gave him victory over all his enemies
• afflicted him with leprosy all his life

Amaziah, king of Judah, Jehoash, king of Israel, "did evil in the eyes of the Lord". God

• allowed him to be captured by his enemies
• afflicted him with leprosy all his life
• took away all his riches
• allowed him to triumph over the king of Judah who "did what was right in the eyes of the Lord"

When Queen Esther saved the Jews from annihilation by an evil man named Haman, the Jews expressed their gratitude by

• throwing a festival in honor of the king who had issued the edict that saved them
• throwing a festival in honor of Queen Esther who had risked her life to bring the matter to the king's attention
• bringing offerings to thank the king and the queen
• killing over 75,000 people that they considered enemies