Page 1 of 11The First Topic: The earthQuestion 1: Pottery in the words of the prophets Pottery was used, among other purposes, for storage and safeguarding. Scripture tells of the prophet Jeremiah who was ordered prior to Jerusalem’s destruction to place proprietary documents in pottery “that they may continue many days”.1. What was Jeremiah commanded to buy at that time?*2. What did this action symbolize?*Question 2: Clay and its Joining The pottery and clay were joined after being processed in the furnace to obtain the finished product. Scripture tells of a construction project which made use of burning clay and turning it into building material: “And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter”.1. What was the structure that was built?*2. What was its fate?*Question 3: The Crushing of Clay One of the prophet's prophecies that a savior will rise for Israel who will crush the nations like clay: “and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay”.1. Who is the prophet?*2. From where will the future savior come?*Question 4: The Head of the Earth Scripture tells of a tragic event, during which the ground opened its mouth and swallowed many people of Israel: “And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses {...} and all their goods”.1. Who headed the rebellious assembly?*2. Why did the earth swallow the people?*NextThe Second Topic: The SeaQuestion 5: By Way of the Sea The ancient times were a challenge for human beings, who wished to reach wonderful and distant places to achieve praise and wealth. Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, made ships to go and get gold in the land of Tarshish, but the ships broke on the way.1. Where did the ships break?*2. What suggestion was advised to him by Ahaziah, the king of Israel, following this?*Question 6-The Sea as a Path to Wealth About a certain king Scripture states that he made ships to go to Ophir for gold and even succeeded in his mission1. Who was the king? *2. Specify another maritime venture this king undertook.*Question 7-The Sea as a Place of Danger The sea can be a dangerous place. Scripture tells of a storm that took place at sea, when a prophet who attempted to escape from a mission thrust upon him stayed on a ship. 1. Who is the prophet?*2. What was the mission that was imposed on him?*Question 8-Miracles of the Water Scripture states that after a miracle performed in the waters of the sea, Israel’s enemies were filled with fear: “Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away”.1. What was the miracle that happened at sea? *2. How did the women acknowledge the miracle?*BackNextThe Third Topic: FireQuestion 9-Gold and Fire Fire was used to smelt metals, turning them into tools. Scripture states that a number of gold rings were melted for gold, and a new item was formed from them. After winning a war, a leader asked the people for the rings which they looted from the battle, in order to create an item: “I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey”. 1. Who was the leader?*2. What was built with the gold?*Question 10-The Refiner For most of the Biblical period, coins were not used. Trade was carried out with pieces of metal such as raw material, gold, silver, and copper. The same silver would also be used to make tools and decorations. About one woman, Scripture states that she gave from her silver to the refiner, in order that he form with it a ‘graven image and a molten image’. 1. Who was the woman?*2. What was the fate of the molten and graven images?*Question 11-Miracle Fire Scripture describes a miraculous fire which descended from Heaven and consumed the altar erected by Elijah the Prophet: “Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench”.1. Where did this occasion occur?*2. Who did the prophet compete with during this event?*Question 12-Destructive Fire Scripture describes fire and sulfur that descended from Heaven and caused the destruction of cities in Israel as a divine punishment. 1. Specify two of the names of the cities.*2. Why were the cities destroyed?*BackNextFirst Contestant- Earth Answer the four following questions.1. Who saw “a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks”?*A. MosesB. JonahC. ElijahD. Elisha2. Which king cast clay vessels “in the clay ground”?*A. DavidB. SolomonC. HiramD. Hezekiah3. Who said: “Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth”?*A. JeremiahB. BalaamC. EzekielD. Isaiah4. Which prophet became faint after a “vehement east wind” blew on him?*A. ElijahB. ElishaC. JonahD. EzekielBackNextSecond Contestant- Mountains Answer the four following questions.1. Who prophesied that at the end of days “the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills”?*A. DavidB. IsaiahC. The PsalmistD. Jeremiah2. Which person mentioned in his prayer: “I went down to the bottoms of the mountains”?*A. JonahB. IsaiahC. DavidD. Solomon3. Which foreign king decided to wage war with Israel on a plain, claiming that “for their gods are gods of the hills”?*A. Sennacherib/The king of AssyriaB. Pharaoh/The king of EgyptC. Nebuchadnezzar/ The king of BabylonD. Benhadad/The king of Syria4. Who said: “Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together”?*A. The PsalmistB. DavidC. Miriam and the womenD. IsaiahBackNextThird Contestant- Metals Answer the four following questions.1.Which leader made a snake out of brass when he wanted to save the nation from an epidemic?*A. MosesB. GideonC. JoshuaD. Hezekia2. Who stole a “wedge of gold”?*A. GehaziB. AchanC. The AmalekiteD. Solomon3. Who was made a “defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land”?*A. JeremiahB. EzekielC. MosesD. Elijah4. About which land is it stated: “there is bdellium and the onyx stone”?*A. MoabB. AssyriaC. EthiopiaD. HavilahBackNextFourth Contestant- Fire Answer the four following questions.1. To whom did an angel of G-d appear to in a “flame of fire”?*A. ElijahB. GideonC. ManoahD. Moses2. Who was the prophet who caused the burning by fire of officers in charge of fifty men?*A. IsaiahB. ElijahC. ElishaD. Samuel3. Which animals did Samson use in order to ignite a fire in the fields of the Philistines?*A. DeerB. LionsC. FoxesD. Sheep4. About which tree does the prophet Ezekiel say that after its burning it will be of no use in working?*A. The cedarB. The hyssopC. The olive treeD. The vine/grape treeBackNextFifth Contestant- Water Answer the four following questions.1. Who was commanded by a prophet of Israel to immerse himself in the waters of the Jordan River in order to be healed of leprosy?*A. ElijahB. BenhadadC. NaamanD. Amaziah2. Who saw visions of G-d on the river of Chebar?*A. IsaiahB. EzekielC. SamuelD. Jeremiah3. Who prophesied: “I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water”?*A. IsaiahB. JeremiahC. The PsalmistD. Balaam4. Who stated regarding the sea: “So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts”?*A. JonahB. IsaiahC. The PsalmistD. EzekielBackNextSixth Contestant- Deserts Answer the four following questions.1. Who led the flock of his father-in-law “to the backside of the desert”?*A. MosesB. JacobC. GideonD. Elisha2. Who hid during his wanderings in the wilderness of Ziph?*A. ElijahB. MosesC. CainD. David3. Who was the prophet who compared Israel to a ‘wild ass used to the wilderness’?*A. BalaamB. SamuelC. JeremiahD. Isaiah4. According to Ezekiel, in which wilderness will G-d judge Israel?*A. The wilderness of EgyptB. The wilderness of the nationsC. The wilderness of MoabD. The wilderness of ParanBackNextOn the Topic of the Land of Israel1. Who said: “And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof”?*2. Who mentions in his words He “that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built”?*3. In whose days was the following said: “Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel”?*4. Who requested: “and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers”?*5. Who said: “And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks”?*BackNext6. To whom was the following said: “for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries”?*7. To whom was the following said: “Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you”?*8. Who said: “And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself”?*9. To whom was the following said: “Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared”?*10. To whom did G-d promise: “thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel”?*BackSendThis field should be left blank
