Curiosities of the Bible

Who was put to death by a plague? What's the shortest verse? 446 pages of Bible prize questions, enigmas and curiosities that Victorian Sunday schools competed over.

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38. On what condition could Sodom have been saved from destruction ?

39. How many, and what were the cities known as the cities of refuge?

40. At what age were the Levites no longer allowed to work in the Tabernacle ?

41. What stone, according to the Scriptures, heard all the words of the Lord which he spoke unto the people ?

42. At the destruction of what city were "all her great meu bound in chains?"

43 At what place was the last revelation of God to Abraham ?

44. What celebrated edifice was erected on the spot which was the scene of the greatest instance of human obedience ?

45. Where were 10,000 people cast down from a precipice and killed?

46. What inheritance had the children of Caleb ?

47. What conquered city became a field of salt ?

48. Where, at the touch of a staff, fire rose out of a rock and consumed a feast ?

49. What thirty neighboring cities were ruled over by thirty brothers ?

50. The Mount of Olives, now so blessedly associated with so many epochs in the life of our Lord, had once a very evil name -what was it?

51. What two prophecies refer to the taking of Jerusalem by the Romans ?

52. How many cities were given to the Levites for their use ?

53. By whom was Jericho rebuilt, and what prophecy was then fulfilled ?

54. Why was Zion (Jerusalem) called the City of David ?

55. What mountain was purchased by a King of Israel, upon which he built a city ?

56. On what mountain was a blessing for obedience promised upon the children of Israel ? 57. On what mountain was curses pronounced upon the children of Israel?

58. On what mountain did a King of Israel commit suicide ?

59. How many cities, with their kings and inhabitants, were destroyed by an invading army of Israel?

60. What Bible city suffered the horrors of a famine by a besieging army?

61. Why was the ancient city of Luz changed to Bethel, and subsequently to Bethaven ?

62. On what occasion was a firmly fortified place taken by a mere ceremony ?

63. What place of eminent sacredness in Jewish history, and what prophet, in five words, sadly and solomnly predicted its ruin ?

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