Shoftim

Shoftim

Multiple Choice

Which tribe was Gidon from?

• Ephraim

• Menashe

• Naftali

• Dan

Gidon says "My thousand is the most impoverished of Menashe, and I am the youngest of my father's house"

Multiple Select

Which of these Shoftim judged for 40 years?

• Osniel ben Kenaz

• Ehud ben Gera

• Devorah

• Gidon ben Yoash

Ehud ben Gera judged for 80 years; the longest of all the shoftim

Multiple Choice

How long does the daughter of Yiphtach weep in the mountains?

• 2 months

• 4 days

• 3 months

• 1 year

She weeps for 2 months in the mountains; and the daughters of Israel weep for her for 4 days of the year

Fill in the Blank

How many Plishtim did Shamgar ben Anas strike with a cattle goad?

Multiple Choice

Who said; "70 kings with there thumbs and big toes cut off used to glean under my table; as I did, so G-d requited me"

• Cushan Rishataim king of Aram Naharaim

• Eglon king of Moav

• Adoni Bezek king of Bezek

• Yavin king of Chatzor

Yehudah and Shimon together strike Bezek, killing 10,000 men and then capturing the king, Adoni Bezek

Multiple Choice

How many Plishtim did Shimshon kill with a jawbone of a donkey in Ramat Lechi?

• 3000

• 1000

• 10,000

• 11,000

After the 3000 men of Yehudah arrest Shimshon from the rock of Etam to prevent war with the Plishtim; he breaks the new ropes that bind him, finds a jawbone of a donkey and then kills 1000 Plishtim with it.

Multiple Choice

Who "killed 70 men at one rock" in Ophrah?

• Gidon

• Yotam

• Gaal ben Eved

• Avimelech

After Avimelech ben Gidon explains to the people of Shechem why he should be their king, he kills all his 70 brothers (though Yotam; the youngest escapes)

Multiple Choice

Who said; "Turn aside, my lord, turn aside and do not fear"?

• Devorah

• Ehud ben Gera

• Yael

• Achsah

Yael (wife of Chever Hakeini) says this to Sisera. She then covers him with a blanket and gives him milk, and kills him with a tent peg and hammer

Fill in the Blank

How many iron chariots did Sisera have?

Multiple Choice

To which nation did Gidon say; "When I return in peace, I shall break down this tower!"

• Pnuel

• Succos

• Karkor

• Tavor

When Gidon is pursuing Tzevach and Zalmuna, the cities Succos and Pnuel refuse to give him food. So, he promises to thrash the elders of Succos with desert thorns and briars; and he promises to break down the tower in Pnuel

Multiple Choice

How many men of Ephraim were killed in the "Shibolet incident"?

• 10,000

• 42,000

• 20,000

• 1,000

When Ephraim are jealous that they weren't invited to fight alongside Yiphtach, war is declared. This is achieved by asking the people of Ephraim to say "shibolet". However, they had some kind of lisp and said "Sibolet". In this way BY could identify who the "enemy" was; and they killed 42,000 men of Ephraim.

Multiple Choice

Who "slid off a donkey"?

• Yael

• Devorah

• Achsah

• Delilah

When Achsah marries her uncle, Osniel ben Kenaz, she asks her father, Calev, for a "source of blessing" as she had been given a "dry and arid land"

Multiple Choice

Who was from the tribe of Binyamin, with a "withered right hand"?

• Shimshon ben Manoach

• Osniel ben Kenaz

• Elon Hazevuluni

• Ehud ben Gera

The fact that Ehud is a righty allows him to disguise his double edged sword on his right thigh, which he uses to kill Eglon king of Moav

Multiple Choice

When Gidon gathers his army, Hashem tells him that there are too many people in it, so at Har Gilad; 22,000 men of the army leave as they're scared and 10,000 stay. Later, the army is too big still, so a water test narrows it down.

How many people pass this test by drinking the water respectfully?

• 200

• 300

• 20

• 3,000

It is with 300 men that Gidon beats the army of Midian, despite their camels being "countless", and their foot soldiers being "as numerous as the sand on the seashore".

Multiple Choice

After Shimshon's wife was given away, how many foxes does he take to burn down the Plishti grain, saying "this time I will be blamelss from the Plishtim when I do evil to them!"

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 400

After he burns the Plishti grain, he goes to the Rock of Etam where he is arrested by 3000 people from the tribe of Yehudah

Poll

How do I now feel about the story of Shoftim?

Pick any option that describes you.

• That was really difficult. I need to go over this again, there are some stories I don't understand at all.

• The questions were hard, but as soon as I saw the explanation I understood where it had come from.

• The questions were quite easy. Seeing the explanation was helpful though.

• I would like to do more quizziz like this in future.

• Although I could answer the questions, there are still some stories I don't understand.