1 Chronicles Trivia II

1 CHRONICLES TRIVIA II

11) How many towns were allotted to the descendants of Gershon?

1 CHRONICLES 6:62: The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.

12) Which of Shaharaim's wives bore him children?

ALL OF THESE HODESH HUSHIM BAARA

1 CHRONICLES 8:8-10: Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. ⁹By his wife Hodesh he had Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, ¹⁰Jeuz, Sakia and Mirmah.

13) How many were chosen by David and Samuel to be gatekeepers of the tent of meeting?

312 12 112 212

1 CHRONICLES 9:22-23: Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer. ²³They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord--the house called the tent of meeting.

14) What special duty was Mattithiah entrusted with?

PREPARING INCENSE BAKING BREAD PLAYING MUSIC LIGHTING CANDLES

1 CHRONICLES 9:31: A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with the responsibility for baking the offering bread.

15) Where did Saul die?

MOUNT GILBOA MOUNT SINAI MOUNT MORIAH MOUNT TABOR

1 CHRONICLES 10:8-10: The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. ⁹They stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news among their idols and their people. ¹⁰They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung up his head in the temple of Dagon.

16) Where did the elders of Israel anoint David as king?

ENGEDI BETHLEHEM JERICHO HEBRON

1 CHRONICLES 11:3: When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel, as the Lord had promised through Samuel.

17) Who was the chief of David's officers?

SHAMMOTH JASHOBEAM ELEAZAR BENAIAH

1 CHRONICLES 11:11: Jashobeam, a Hakmonite, was chief of the officers; he raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.

18) Who killed Moab's two mightiest warriors?

ELEAZAR SHAMMOTH BENAIAH DAVID

1 CHRONICLES 11:22: Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab's two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

19) Who did God strike down for touching the Ark of the Covenant?

AHIO UZZAH OBED BAALAH

1 CHRONICLES 13:9-10: When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled. ¹⁰The Lord's anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.

20) Which of the Twelve Tribes of Israel was allowed to carry the Ark of the Covenant?

JUDAH ASHER BENJAMIN LEVI

1 CHRONICLES 15:2: Then David said, "No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before him forever."