Friday Trivia: Women of the Bible

1. Which woman was the Jewish queen of Persia?

Answer: Esther. Esther 2:5-17)

2. Which woman did Peter raise from the dead?

Answer: Dorcas (Acts 9:36-43).

3. This woman was barren, but when God answered her prayer for a child, she dedicated her newborn son’s life to the Lord’s work. Who is she?

Answer: Hannah (I Samuel 1:1-28).

4. Which woman committed adultery with David, but a few years later gave birth to Solomon, the wisest king in the Bible?

Answer: Bathsheba (II Samuel, chapters 11-12).

5. She was an 84-year-old woman who saw baby Jesus when he was brought to the temple for his circumcision. 

Answer: Anna (Luke 2:36-38).

6. Which woman was a prostitute who married Hosea, the Old Testament prophet?

Answer: Gomer (Hosea 1:1-3).

7. Which woman was a Gentile and the great-grandmother of King David, placing her in the genealogy of Jesus Christ?

Answer: Ruth (Ruth 4:13-22 and Matthew 1:5).

8. Which woman was Jacob’s first wife? 

Answer: Leah (Genesis 29:16-25).

9. Which woman was Moses and Aaron’s sister?

Answer: Miriam (Exodus 15:20).

10. Which woman bore the twins Jacob and Esau?

Answer: Rebekah (Genesis 25:20-26).

BONUS QUESTION: Who was Solomon’s foreign lover who came to test him with hard questions?

Answer: Queen of Sheba – 1 Kings 10:1-13