Key OT People

Question 1

Adam

Answer 1

First Man, Federal Head (Gen 1-4)

Question 2

Abraham

Answer 2

Father of Those who believe, First Patriarch, Jewish Father, Covenant of Promise (Gen 11-25)

Question 3

Joseph

Answer 3

Son of Jacob, Sold into slavery in Egypt, God used it to save his people (Gen 37-50)

Question 4

Moses

Answer 4

Let Israel in the Exodus, Received the Law (Ex 2-Deut 34)

Question 5

Joshua

Answer 5

Moses’ Assistant, Let Israel into the land (Joshua, parts of Ex, Num, Deut)

Question 6

Deborah

Answer 6

Prophetess who saved Israel and served as a Judge (Judges 4-5)

Question 7

Gideon

Answer 7

Saved Israel from the Midianites (Judges 6-8)

Question 8

Ruth

Answer 8

Went with Naomi from Moab, became the great grandmother of David (Ruth)

Question 9

Samuel

Answer 9

Last Judge of Israel, anointed the kings (1 Samuel 1-16, 19, 25)

Question 10

David

Answer 10

Man after God’s own heart, The King all are measured up to, Davidic Covenant (1-2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, Psalms)

Question 11

Solomon

Answer 11

David’s son, wisest man, built the temple, fell away (2 Samuel 12, 1 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon)

Question 12

Rehoboam

Answer 12

Son of Solomon, King who had Israel ripped from him, 1st king of Judah (1 Kings 11-15, 2 Chronicles 10-12)

Question 13

Jeroboam (Son of Nebat)

Answer 13

1st King of the northern Kingdom - Israel, did not stay faithful (1 Kings 11-16, 2 Chronicles 10-13)

Question 14

Elijah

Answer 14

Prophesied against Northern Kingdom of Israel (1 Kings 17-21, 2 Kings 1-2, 2 Chronicles 21)

Question 15

Elisha

Answer 15

Disciple of Elijah, Carried on Elijah’s ministry (1 Kings 19, 2 Kings 2-9, 13)

Question 16

Hezekiah

Answer 16

King of Judah, brought reform, good king, Assyrian Invasion, Babylonian Visitation (2 Kings 18-20, 2 Chronicles 28-32, Isaiah 36-39)

Question 17

Josiah

Answer 17

Rediscovered the law, destroyed idols, died fighting Egypt (2 Kings 21-23, 2 Chronicles 34-35)

Question 18

Jeremiah

Answer 18

Weeping prophet, prophesied in Judah at the time of the exile (Jeremiah, 2 Chronicles 35-36)

Question 19

Ezekiel

Answer 19

Prophesied during the exile from Chaldea (Ezekiel)

Question 20

Daniel

Answer 20

Served in Babylon under foreign kings during the exile (Daniel)

Question 21

Nehemiah

Answer 21

Was the cupbearer to Artaxerxes and led exiles back rebuild Jerusalem’s walls (Nehemiah)

Question 22

Malachi

Answer 22

Last of the minor prophets (Malachi)