This Quiz: Bethlehem

1.) Where was Jacob when he told Joseph of the death of his mother, Rachel, and her burial at Bethlehem?
       in Bethlehem.
       in Ur of the Chaldees.
       in the City of Sodom.
       in Egypt.

2.) Who was the judge of Israel who came from Bethlehem and who had 30 sons and 30 daughters?
       Ibzan
       Elon
       Abdon
       Samson

3.) At what time of year did Naomi and Ruth return to Bethlehem from the land of Moab?
       while the ground around them was frozen.
       the beginning of the barley harvest.
       when they were dying from heat and dehydration.
       as the spring flowers were coming into bloom.

4.) Why did the Lord tell the prophet Samuel to go to Bethlehem?
       to proclaim a fast throughout the region.
       to speak death and destruction to the city.
       to dismantle the temple of Dagon there.
       to anoint the next king of Israel from among the sons of Jesse.

5.) How many of David's mighty men broke through the Philistine lines to bring him a drink from the well at Bethlehem?
       Three
       Three dozen
       Three score
       Three hundred

6.) What did David do with the water from the well at Bethlehem when his mighty men delivered it to him?
       drank it all, there and then.
       poured it out on the ground as an offering to the Lord.
       offered it first to the men who had risked their lives to bring it to him.
       watered his livestock with it.

7.) Which prophet made this prophecy about Bethlehem? - "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."
       Isaiah
       Jeremiah
       Micah
       Nahum

8.) Who was the king of Judea at the time of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem?
       Caesar Augustus
       Antiochus Epiphanies
       Pontius Pilate
       Herod

9.) Who told the king about the prophecy concerning where Jesus would be born?
       a little servant girl
       his wife
       the chief priests and scribes
       the pharisees

10.) For what reason were Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem at the time when Jesus was born?
       they were there to attend the funeral of Mary's father.
       their family was holding a sacrifice in the city and commanded them to be there.
       they were there for the census which had been ordered by Caesar.
       they were passing through on the way to see Mary's cousin Elisabeth.