Monthly Bible Quiz Competitions
Quiz Number - 130
 Bible Section : 1Sam 4: 10-22 – 1Sam 5: 9
 Closing Date : 2024-10-31

 (Some questions have more than one correct answer, all correct answers must be selected)


1. What was the outcome of the battle with the Philistines?

The Israelites were defeated.
The Israelites fled.
There was a great loss of life.
30,000 Israelite foot soldiers died.
The Ark of God was captured.

2. What was Eli’s situation during the battle with the Philistines?

Eli's sons, Phinehas and Hophni, died.
Eli was disturbed about the Ark of God being captured.
A man from the battlefield brought news to Eli.
Eli had poor eyesight.
Eli was 98 years old.

3. What did the man from the battlefield tell Eli?

"I have come from the battlefield."
"Today, I fled from there."
"The Israelites have fled before the Philistines."
"There was a great loss of life among the people."
"Your two sons, Phinehas and Hophni, are dead."

4. What was Eli's reaction when he heard the battlefield news?

Upon hearing about the Ark being captured, Eli fell backward near the gate.
He broke his neck and died.
He was old and heavy.
He had judged Israel for 50 years.
He had judged Israel for 40 years.

5. What was the situation with Phinehas' wife?

Phinehas' wife was heavily pregnant.
She heard that the Ark had been captured.
She heard that Phinehas had died.
She went into labor due to the news.
She gave birth to a son.

6. What happened when Phinehas' wife gave birth to a son?

The midwife told her, "You have given birth to a son."
She did not respond or care.
She was distressed about the Ark being captured and her father-in-law's death.
She named the child "Ichabod," meaning "The glory has departed from Israel."
She grieved for her husband' death.

7. What did Phinehas' wife say?

"The glory has departed from Israel."
"Because the Ark of God has been captured."
"I am going to the battlefield."
"I can defeat the Philistines."
"Now, I will protect Israel."


8. What did the Philistines do after capturing the Ark of God?

They did not break or destroy it.
They carried it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
They placed the Ark in the temple of Dagon.
The Ark was positioned near Dagon's statue.
The Philistines were afraid when they saw it.

9. What happened when the Philistines placed the Ark in the temple of Dagon?

They placed it near the statue of Dagon.
The next morning, the people of Ashdod found Dagon's statue fallen.
The statue was lying facedown before the Ark of God.
Dagon's statue was lying facedown near the Ark.
The Philistines were afraid when they saw this.

10. What happened after they set up Dagon's statue again?

Dagon's statue fell facedown again before the Ark.
The statue's head had broken off.
The statue's hands were also broken off.
Only the statue’s torso remained.
The Philistines eventually put away the statue.


11. What was the outcome of Dagon's statue being broken?

Dagon’s priests do not step on Dagon’s temple threshold to this day.
The people of Dagon do not step on it either.
The people of Ashdod also avoid stepping on it.
They placed the broken statue beside the Ark.
Because the statue broke, they offered incense in the temple.


12. How did the Lord deal with the people of Ashdod?

The Lord's hand was heavy against the people of Ashdod.
The Lord struck the people of Ashdod and their neighbouring regions.
He afflicted them with tumours.
The people of Ashdod scorned the Lord.
The people of Ashdod offered sacrifices to the Ark.


13. What did the people of Ashdod do when the Lord afflicted them?

They saw that the Lord was punishing them.
They said, "The Ark of the God of Israel cannot remain with us."
"His hand is harsh against us and our god Dagon."
They believed that the God of Israel was the true God.
They said, "We don’t need Dagon anymore."


14. What steps did the people of Ashdod take to deal with the situation?

They sent messengers to gather all the Philistine rulers.
The Philistine leaders discussed what to do with the Ark.
They decided to send the Ark to another city.
They carried out the plan and moved the Ark.
They performed rituals and bathed in preparation.


15. What happened when the Ark was moved to another city?

The Lord’s hand struck that city as well.
The city suffered great destruction.
The leading men of the city were afflicted with tumours.
The common people were also struck with tumours.
The people applied ointments to the tumours.