2 Samuel Chapter 24 HOALTC Bible Bowl 2020

Question 1

18. Why did David insist on paying for the things Araunah offered to give him?

Accepted Answer

David could not sacrifice things that cost him nothing

Question 2

5. When Joab reported the number of fighting men to the king, how many ...men were in Israel who could handle a sword?

Accepted Answer

800,000

Question 3

15. What did Gad instruct David to build on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite?

Accepted Answer

An alter to the LORD

Question 4

4. How long were Joab and his army commanders gone as they traveled around enrolling fighting men?

Accepted Answer

Nine months and twenty days

Question 5

19. How much did David pay for the threshing floor and oxen he purchased from Araunah?

Accepted Answer

Fifty shekels of silver

Question 6

20. What occurred after David made burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD on the altar...?

Accepted Answer

The plague on Israel was stopped

Question 7

6. When Joab reported the number of fighting men to the king, how many...men were in Judah who could handle a sword?

Accepted Answer

500,000

Question 8

13. When did the LORD relent and tell the angel who was afflicting the people to withdraw his hand?

Accepted Answer

As the angel prepared to destroy Jerusalem

Question 9

8. In begging the LORD to take away his guilt ..., what words did David use to describe what he had done?

Accepted Answer

A very foolish thing

Question 10

2. To whom did David assign the duty...to enroll the fighting men [of Israel]...to know how many there were?

Accepted Answer

Joab and the army commanders with him

Question 11

3. When David made a plan to count the fighting men of Israel, who asked why he wanted to do such a thing?

Accepted Answer

Joab

Question 12

9. What role did Gad the prophet fulfill for David the king?

Accepted Answer

His seer

Question 13

7. With what was David stricken after he had counted the fighting men of Israel and Judah?

Accepted Answer

His conscience

Question 14

14. Who did David say the LORD's hand should fall on as punishment for his sin of counting the fighting men?

Accepted Answer

Him [David] and his family

Question 15

12. How many died when the LORD sent a plague on Israel as punishment for David counting the fighting men?

Accepted Answer

70,000

Question 16

11. What did David NOT want his punishment to lead to?

Accepted Answer

David falling into human hands

Question 17

16. What reason did David give to Araunah for why he needed to build an altar on his threshing floor?

Accepted Answer

So the plague on the people would stop

Question 18

17. What did Araunah offer to give David to use as a burnt offering to the LORD?

Accepted Answer

Oxen

Question 19

1. When the anger of the LORD burned against Israel in Chapter 24, what did he incite David to do?

Accepted Answer

Take a census of both Israel and Judah

Question 20

10. How many options for punishment did the LORD tell Gad to present to David?

Accepted Answer

Three

Questions 20