This Quiz: Arrows in the Bible

1.) Jonathan called after the boy and said, "Is the arrow not beyond you? Make speed, haste, and stay not." And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. What was unusual about this event?
       None of these arrows had struck the target, although Jonathan was an excellent marksman.
       Three of these arrows were in a man's heart.
       It was a coded message for David, who was hiding nearby.
       Nothing.

2.) Who shot king Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart; and he died?
       Jehu
       Jedekiah
       Jeremiah
       Joash

3.) In which direction did the prophet Elisha direct the King of Israel shoot an arrow?
       northward
       southward
       eastward
       westward

4.) Proverbs 7 describes a man who allows himself to be seduced, and likens the man to:
       An ox going to the slaughter.
       A stag toward the trap until an arrow pierces its entrails.
       A bird rushing into a snare.
       All of the above.

5.) In the book of Lamentations the writer says of God, "He bent His bow and set me as a target for His arrow." What did he call to mind to give him hope?
       The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases.
       "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."
       The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
       All of the above.

6.) Of what tribe were the archers who could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right hand or the left?
       Benjaminites
       Levites
       Simeonites
       Reuben

7.) Who was the king that had engines to shoot arrows installed on the walls of Jerusalem?
       Obadiah
       Uzziah
       Hezekiah
       Jedediah

8.) As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are...
       children of one's youth.
       friends in the day of trouble.
       words spoken without guile.
       servants who obey.

9.) As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, so is...
       the man who succumbs to the wiles of a harlot.
       the man who is angry against his neighbor.
       the man who deceives his neighbor, and says, I was only joking.
       the man who repeats a rumor.

10.) Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for...
       it has been prophesied that Babylon shall fall.
       she has sinned against the LORD.
       she is a wayward people, given to evil.
       you will be able to gather them again.