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Old Testament People
Old Testament Figure
Clues | Answer |
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War of the Kings Saved nephew Lot Wife Sarah bore Isaac when she was 90 First Patriarch Buried at Cave of Machpela | Abraham |
nearly sacrificed by father on Mt. Moriah Married Rebeccah, gave birth to Esau and Jacob | Isaac |
Stole birthright from brother Esau (Esau went on to found the Edonites on Mt. Seir) Loved Rachel, but tricked into marrying Leah first Also had children with Bilhah and Zilpah Children = 12 tribes of Israel | Jacob |
attendant to Moses one of 12 spies sent to Canaan, gave a positive report - rewarded destroyed walls of Jericho with ram's horn (shofarim) | Joshua |
one of the Judges (governed Hebrews in Canaan between death of Joshua and establishment of monarchy) With Barak, she defeated Jabin- his general Sisera's chariots got stuck in the river of Kishon | Deborah |
Nephew of Abraham fled destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah but wife looked back- turned into pillar of salt daughters got him drunk and had sex with him- led to Moab and Ammonite nations | Lot |
chosen to surive flood Children: Shem- semitic people Ham- African Japheth- various other races | Noah |
children of Adam and Eve | Cain, Abel, and Seth |
Moabite, converted to Judaism Stayed with mother-in-law Naomi married Boaz Her book is read on Shavuot | Ruth |
first king | Saul |
Prophet Samuel helps married Bathsheba put down son Absalom's rebellion | David |
built Temple | Solomon |
interpreted dreams for Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar's feast- predicted king's downfall Daniel locked in lion's den | Daniel |
Helped rebuild Temple after Nebuchadnezzar destroyed it- he appealed to King Darius while Israel's neighbors tried to convince King Artaxerxes not to let them rebuild it | Ezra |