2 Samuel Chapter 21 HOALTC Bible Bowl 2020

Question 1

15. What was unusual about the huge man who taunted Israel at Gath, and was killed by Jonathan..., David's brother?

Accepted Answer

He had a total of 24 fingers and toes

Question 2

7. What harvest was just beginning when the Gibeonites killed seven of Saul's descendants?

Accepted Answer

Barley

Question 3

1. Regarding what did David seek the face of the LORD in the beginning of 2 Samuel 21?

Accepted Answer

A famine that had lasted for three years

Question 4

14. Whose brother was killed by Elhanan in a battle with the Philistines at Gob?

Accepted Answer

Goliath's

Question 5

11. What weapons did Ishbi-Benob, who said he would kill David, posses?

Accepted Answer

A bronze spearhead weighing three hundred shekels and a new sword

Question 6

5. Why did David spare Mephibosheth when he fulfilled his agreement with the Gibeonites?

Accepted Answer

Because of the oath he made with Jonathan

Question 7

6. What did the Gibeonites do with the bodies of Saul's descendants that they killed?

Accepted Answer

Exposed them on a hill before the LORD

Question 8

12. After Abishai struck down Ishbi-Benob and killed him, what did David's men swear?

Accepted Answer

That David would never go to battle with them

Question 9

13. Why did David's men say he should not go to battle with them?

Accepted Answer

So the lamp of Israel would not be extinguished

Question 10

2. What did the LORD say was the reason Israel was enduring a famine?

Accepted Answer

Because Saul had put the Gibeonites to death

Question 11

4. What did the Gibeonites say David could do for them to make atonement for Saul's actions?

Accepted Answer

Let them kill seven of Saul's male descendants

Question 12

8. Why did Rizpah, mother of two of the men slain by the Gibeonites, spread sackcloth on a rock for herself?

Accepted Answer

So she could stay near the bodies to protect them from birds & wild animals

Question 13

10. In whose tomb were the bones of Saul and Jonthan buried?

Accepted Answer

Saul's father, Kish

Question 14

3. For what purpose did David reach out to the Gibeonites?

Accepted Answer

To ask how he could make atonement for Saul's attempt to annihilate them

Question 15

9. Whose bones did David retrieve from Jabesh Gilead when he learned what Rizpah had done?

Accepted Answer

Saul's and Jonathan's

Questions 15