Monthly Bible Quiz Competitions
Quiz Number - 131
 Bible Section : 1 Samuel 5:10-12 to 1 Samuel 6:1-15
 Closing Date : 2024-11-30

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


1. What happened when the Ark of God was sent to Ekron?

"The Ark of God has come to destroy us."
"The Ark of the God of Israel has come to destroy our people."
The people cried out, "They have brought the Ark of God to Ekron!"
The Ark rose from there and went to the Israelites.
The Philistine leader was both shocked and pleased by this event.

2. What did the crowd do when they opposed the Ark of God coming to Ekron?

They gathered all the Philistine leaders.
They gathered people
"Send the Ark of the God of Israel back to its place!"
"Let it not kill us and our people!"
God descended among them in the form of Dagon.

3. How did the people understand the disaster related to the Ark of God?

They realised that the hand of God had severely struck the people of that city.
They understood that the hand of God had struck the people of that city severely and caused deaths.
They saw that those who didn’t die were afflicted with tumours.
The hand of God struck the people so severely that they cried out in fear, "We don’t want the Ark of God!"
Dagon God came and calmed them down.

4. How long did the Ark of the Lord remain in the land of the Philistines?

Seventy years
Six months
Seven years
Seven months
Six years

5. What did the Philistines do to decide what to do with the Ark of the Covenant?

They summoned priests.
They called for diviners.
They asked what should be done with the Ark of the Lord.
They sought advice on how to send the Ark of the Lord back to its place.
Dagon God fled saying he didn’t want the Ark of the Lord.

6. What advice did the Philistines receive when they consulted priests and diviners about the Ark of the Covenant?

"If you send the Ark of the God of Israel back, do not send it empty-handed."
"You must offer a guilt offering for it."
"Then you will be healed."
"You will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you."
"Offer a cow as a sacrifice."

7. What did the priests and diviners say when they were asked what offering should be made?

"What guilt offering should we pay Him?" they asked.
They said the offering should match the number of Philistine leaders.
"Make five gold tumors."
"Make five gold rats."
"The same affliction has struck both you and your leaders."


8. What further advice did the priests and diviners give?

"Make images of gold tumors."
"Make images of gold rats."
"Make these and give glory to the God of Israel."
"Then His hand will be lifted from you and your gods."
"Then you shall receive Him."

9. How did they remind the people of what happened during the Israelites' previous deliverance?

"The Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts."
"Why should you harden your hearts?"
"They afflicted them and eventually let the Israelites go."
"Like Israel’s father-in-law said, you should attack them."
"Make a great golden calf and worship it."

10. How did the Philistine leaders decide to get rid of the Ark?

"Make a new cart."
"Take two milking cows that have never been yoked and harness them to the cart."
"Separate their calves and take them back home."
"Do not feed the milking cows."
"The cows will naturally pour out milk."


11. After making the new cart, what did they advise should be done with the Ark of the Lord?

"Place the Ark of the Lord on the cart."
"Place the gold images next to it in a chest."
"Then send the cart off."
"Let it go on its own."
"It will rush off on its own."


12. What did the counselors say about the Ark?

"If it goes along the border road to Beth Shemesh, we will know the one who caused this great disaster is Him."
"If not, we will know that His hand has not touched us."
"Instead, we will understand it happened by chance."
"We will milk the cow and everyone will drink."
"If one cow dies, we will move the cart with the remaining cow."


13. What did they do to get rid of the Ark?

They harnessed two milking cows to the cart.
They confined their calves in a pen.
They placed the Ark of the Lord and the chest with the gold rats and tumors on the cart.
The cows went straight down the road to Beth Shemesh without turning left or right.
The leaders followed them to the border of Beth Shemesh.


14. What did the people do when the Ark reached Beth Shemesh?

The people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat.
They rejoiced when they saw the Ark.
The cart came to a stop in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
There was a large rock there.
They split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.


15. What did the Levites do with the Ark?

They took down the Ark of the Lord.
They also removed the chest with the gold images and placed it on the rock.
The people of Beth Shemesh offered sacrifices to the Lord that day.
They offered burnt offerings to the Lord.
The Ark went on its own to the Lord.