Evening star., 1922-04-16
ANSWERS GIVEN !.
IN BIBLE CONTEST
Based on Seventh Ten Of 100
Questions in Community
Contest No. 4.

uueSti0nS III Community
Contest No. 4.
The. answers to the seventh ten Of
1oo, questions in the community Bible
contest. Mo- 4. on the kings and
prophets of Israel. being conducted
by The Bible department of the Dis
trietof Columbia, rhe Star co-pperat-
ihs- are as follows. -
slsr(a) AS Elisha prophesied. 50
a measure of fne flour was sold for
d shsker, and stwotmsasures OF barley
for y shekel, according to the word
of:the Lord. Ql Kings. IL. 18, 1S.)
Gb) The attendant upon whom the
kias leaned was trod upon in the
gate and he died, as the man of God
had said. I'll Kings, 1.17). (c)% And
the woman, (Shumanite) arose, and
did after the saying of the man OF
Of the Philistines seven. years. tu
with Geha.i. the man Of God, saying,
Toll me. pray thee, all the great
fhinEs that Elisha hath done. III
>lsa. cal The man of God wept.
tI Kings. SLID Obi Jehoram dor
afn) the son Of Jehoshaphat King of
Judah, began to reign. The daugh-
ter OF Ahab was his wife: and he dio
the Lord QI Kings, SIG, ls.) (c)
In the twelfth year, Of JoraIn. (Jehor-
amy, the son Of Ahab King Of Israel.
did -Ahaziah. son OF Jehoram King
Of Judah. begin to reign. uI Kings.
S.25.}.' (d) God told Elisha to say
snointed thee king over, Israel
I'll Kings, 9.3.)
sa. (a) They hasted and took every
man his garment, and put 1t under
with trumpets. saying. Jehu is king.
QI Kings. S.13). (b) The watchman
said. The driving is like the drivins
OF Jehu the son Of Nimshi; for he
driveth ,furiously. I'll Kings. $500 (a)
Ahaziah King of judah. the same
day. QI Kings, s.2I, 27.) (d) She
tJe1ebeD painted her face and tired
her head and looked out at the win
dow. II Kings. s.30.)
her than the skull. and the feet. and
the palms Of her hands. uI Kings,
$3.50 (b) by the word of the Lord.
Elijah had brophesied. In the portion
of FJe1reel shall dogs eat the flesh
Of Jezebel. III Kings. $3.50 (c}
house Of Ahab in Jezreel. (II Kings.
16.11.). (d) Jehu said to Jehonadab,
Come with me and see my zeal for the
Lord. UI Kings. l0.16D
Lord. yet. he (Jehu) departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam who made
Israel to sin. (II Kings. 1929 b)
God said to Jehu. Because thou hast
done well. - thy children of the
throne Of Israel. I'll Kings. 1o.3o.)
(c) In those days God began to cut
Israel short, and Hazael smote them
in all the coasts Of Israel. III Kings.
1854, tdl After Aha1iah King of OF
mother, a daughter Of Ahab and Jeze-
beI. destroyed all the seed royal In
order to sit on the throne. uI Kings.
&c. (a) Jehosheba. - the sister of
ASaxiah, stole little Joash~ from
among his brothers and hid him so
that he was not slain. (II Kings.
11.2.) (b) Six years Jehoida and
= Jehosheba kept Joash In hiding: In
the meantime. Athaliah reigned in
the day that Joash was. b1 1the people.
proclaimed king over Israel (II
Kings, 11.l3-16.) (dt Jehoida made
. covenant between the Lord and the
King e., Of the people .n,a that thy Kin1s fhould
q. (a) Jehoash (Joash) did that
which was right In the sight Of the
Lord all the days of his life. wherein
I'll Kings. 12.2.) (b) Jehoash (Joash)
commanded Jehoida to repair the
house Of the Lord. (II Kings. l27.)
(c) Jehoida, the priest. took chest
and bored a hole in the lid of and
ast Il beside the altar ".' and the
priests - - put therein all the money
that was brought into the house of
the Lord. (II Kings, 12.9) (d) Jeho-
ash (Joash) took all the hallowed
things out of the house Of the Lord
and gave them to the King of Syria.
QI Kings, 12.1s.)
6s. (a) His servants arose and
slew Joash. II Kings. 12.2O) (b) He
(Jehoahaz) did that which was evil
In the sight Of the Lord. and followed
Nebat which made Israel to sin
lII Kings 13.11.) (c) The Lord gave
Israel savior, so that they went
out from under the hand of the
Syrian. II Kings. 1850 (d) He
In the sight Of the Lord : and made
Israel to sin. III Kings, 13.11.)
Comment: In the account Of Joash
King Of Israel, as a child. he ap-
pears e be called Joash. but as a
IS. ca Jeroboam II was Jehu's
great-grandson. Gil Kings, 1871, 10, 49, }
.(b) o. my father. my father. the
chariot of Israel and the horsemen
thereof. UI Kings, 1910 (c) They
(the Moabites) cast the man into the
sepulcher of Elisha: and when the
man was let down, and touched the
bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood
up on his feet. Gil Kings, 13.2I.J
(d) Amaziah King of Judah, did that
which was right in the sight of the
Lord. yet not like David, his father.
II Kings, 14.1-3.)
Comment: An ancestor was recoT-
nised as ones father. and often a
descendant, though distant, was called
son. I'll Kings, 14.1-3.)
10. (a) The children Of the MUIR
derers ne slew not: according unto
that which Is written in the law of
Moses. wherein the Lord commanded,
saying: The fathers shall not be put
to death for the children, nor the
ehildren be put to death for the
TO death for his own sins. (II Kings.
14.6-6) (b) War broke out between
the ten tribes of Israel, under Jehoash,
and the ttribe of Judah. under
Amaziah. for. The first time In the
history OF the Hebrew race. (II KINGS.
1A6-1l.) (cl, Jehoash King of Israel
took Amasiah King Of judah .
and broke down the wall Of Jeru-
s4feni. Later conspiracy was form
ed against Amaziah, In which he was
slain: (lI Kings. 14.12-i9.) (d) Azariah
(Uz1iah) was sixteen years old when
ehthroned as King of Judah: he reign
cd nfty-two years, and was therefore
s1xty-efght years old when he died.
(fi Kings, 16.2.)