Bible Quiz Joshua 7-12

Why did Israel send only 3000 men to fight against Ai?

• It was reported that Ai was a small city

• Gideon won a victory with just 300 men

• Joshua wanted the others to rest after their victory at Jericho

• Joshua wanted to show Israel that the LORD could save by many or by few

What was done to Achan and his family?

• Hanged

• Stoned

• Burned

Achor means peace

• true

• false

Answer explanation

Achor means "trouble". It is the name of the valley near Jericho.

What military strategy did Joshua use to defeat Ai?

• He built a tower near Ai so his men could climb over the walls

• He had stone throwers knock down their walls

• He formed a blockade around Ai so they could not get food

• Israel pretended to flee, then ambushes Ai and set it on fire

According to the book, Joshua built an

altar for the Lord on what mountain?

• Mount Ebal

• Mount Gerizim

• Mount Sinai

• Mount Carmel

How did the people of Gibeon fool Israel?

Choose the best answer.

• By wearing old clothes and shoes

• By bringing moldy and dry bread

• By pretending to be people from a far country

• All of the above

Answer explanation

"when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, they resorted to a ruse," (9:3,4)

What did the men of Israel fail to do when the Gibeonites came?

Choose the best answer.

• Ask the Lord counsel

• Examine them closely

• Remember the Word of the Lord

• All of the above

Gibeon was an important city

• true

• false

Answer explanation

"Gibeon was an important city, like one of the royal cities." (10:2)

What other miracle happened in Israel's battle

against the Amorite kings?

• The earth opened its mouth and people fell in it

• A flood came

• The earth quaked and destroyed them

• The sun stood still

Answer explanation

Besides hailstones, "the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day". (10:13)

After the battle, where did the five kings of the

Amorites fled and hid?

• in a cave at Makkedah

• ran to the plains and hid in the mountains of Gerizim

• fled back to their land and hid there

• fled and hid at an Israelite's house