Miracles of the Old Testament Quiz

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Miracles of the Old Testament Quiz: Scripture Study & Explanations

The supernatural miracles of the Old Testament reveal the Almighty God as Sovereign Creator and Lord of heaven and earth, intervening in human history to rescue His covenant people. From the parting of the Red Sea, falling manna, and water from the rock to the sun standing still at Gibeon and fire falling from heaven on Mount Carmel, these wonders confirm God's absolute faithfulness across generations.

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Q1.In Exodus 14:21-22, by what divine means did the Red Sea part so that the Israelites walked across on dry ground?

A) Moses stretched out his hand, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night ✓
B) Aaron struck the waters three times with his golden rod
C) A sudden volcanic eruption dammed the northern gulf
D) The people dug a deep trench through the seabed
Scriptural Explanation: Exodus 14:21-22 - 'Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.'

Q2.In Exodus 15:23-25, how were the undrinkable, bitter waters of Marah miraculously made sweet for the thirsty multitude?

A) The Lord showed Moses a tree; he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet ✓
B) Miriam dipped her silver tambourine into the pool
C) The elders poured sacred oil into the four corners of the spring
D) Moses prayed for three days while the people fasted
Scriptural Explanation: Exodus 15:25 - 'And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet.'

Q3.In Exodus 16:13-15, what two miraculous food provisions did God rain down from heaven to sustain Israel in the wilderness?

A) Quail in the evening and Manna in the morning ✓
B) Roasted grain and pomegranates
C) Dried figs and clusters of raisins
D) Honey and fresh barley bread
Scriptural Explanation: Exodus 16:13-15 - 'In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp... when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing... When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" (Manna) For they did not know what it was.'

Q4.In Exodus 17:5-6 at Rephidim, how did God miraculously produce abundant drinking water for the grumbling congregation?

A) Moses struck the rock at Horeb with his staff, and water gushed out ✓
B) Aaron dug a well with his golden shovel
C) Dark rain clouds poured torrential rain over the camp
D) Joshua found an underground river under his tent
Scriptural Explanation: Exodus 17:6 - 'Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink. And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.' (1 Cor 10:4).

Q5.In Numbers 21:8-9, what miraculous antidote did the Lord instruct Moses to make so that anyone bitten by deadly venomous serpents could look and live?

A) A Bronze Serpent mounted atop a pole ✓
B) A golden cup of consecrated water from the Tabernacle
C) An ointment made of crushed olive oil and myrrh
D) A prayer scarf woven of blue and scarlet wool
Scriptural Explanation: Numbers 21:8-9 - 'And the Lord said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live." So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole.' Foretelling Christ lifted up on the cross (John 3:14-15).

Q6.In Joshua 3:14-17, at what exact moment did the overflowing floodwaters of the Jordan River stand still in a heap?

A) As soon as the feet of the priests bearing the Ark of the Covenant dipped in the edge of the water ✓
B) When Joshua threw his spear into the center of the river
C) After the twelve tribes shouted with a great shout for an hour
D) When the sun reached high noon over Gilgal
Scriptural Explanation: Joshua 3:15-16 - 'And as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water... the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap.'

Q7.In Joshua 6:20, what caused the fortified walls of Jericho to collapse flat after Israel marched around the city for seven days?

A) The priests blew the rams' horns, and when the people shouted with a great shout, the wall fell down flat ✓
B) A massive Roman battering ram shattered the city gates
C) Hebrew sappers dug secret tunnels under the wall foundations
D) A meteorite fell from heaven directly upon the watchtowers
Scriptural Explanation: Joshua 6:20 - 'So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.'

Q8.In Joshua 10:12-14 during the battle against the five Amorite kings, what unprecedented astronomical miracle occurred at Joshua's prayer?

A) The sun stood still in the midst of heaven and delayed going down about a full day ✓
B) A lunar eclipse lasted for three consecutive weeks
C) Ten shooting stars set the Amorite tents on fire
D) The earth reversed its rotation backward forty degrees
Scriptural Explanation: Joshua 10:12-14 - '"Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon." And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies... There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded the voice of a man.'

Q9.In Judges 6:36-40, what double miracle with a fleece of wool confirmed to Gideon that God would save Israel by his hand?

A) First night: dew on the fleece only while the ground was dry; second night: fleece dry while ground was wet with dew ✓
B) The fleece turned into solid gold, then melted into wine
C) The fleece caught fire without burning up, then multiplied into twenty fleeces
D) The fleece floated into the air and pointed toward the Midianite camp
Scriptural Explanation: Judges 6:37-40 - Gideon put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. On the first morning, he wrung a bowlful of dew from the fleece while the ground was dry. On the next night, it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.

Q10.In Judges 15:18-19, after Samson struck down 1,000 Philistines with a fresh jawbone of a donkey and was dying of thirst, what miracle occurred?

A) God split open the hollow place at Lehi, and water gushed out (En Hakkore) ✓
B) An eagle brought him a bowl of fresh spring water
C) The jawbone turned into a silver fountain of wine
D) Rain fell only on his open mouth
Scriptural Explanation: Judges 15:19 - 'And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came out from it. And when he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore, which is at Lehi to this day.'

Q11.In 1 Samuel 5:1-4, what happened to the idol Dagon in Ashdod when the Philistines captured the Ark of God and placed it in Dagon's temple?

A) Dagon fell face downward before the Ark; the next morning his head and both hands were cut off on the threshold ✓
B) The statue of Dagon began speaking prophecies in Hebrew
C) The idol turned into solid bronze
D) The Philistines crowned Dagon with Solomon's gold crown
Scriptural Explanation: 1 Samuel 5:3-4 - 'When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord... And when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold.'

Q12.In 1 Kings 17:4-6, what miraculous provision sustained the prophet Elijah while hiding by the Brook Cherith during the drought?

A) Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he drank from the brook ✓
B) An angel dropped golden baskets of manna from heaven daily
C) A friendly merchant from Sidon hid provisions in a hollow tree
D) Elijah miraculously fasted without food or water for three and a half years
Scriptural Explanation: 1 Kings 17:6 - 'And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.'

Q13.In 1 Kings 17:14-16, what miracle occurred in the home of the destitute widow of Zarephath who baked a small cake for Elijah?

A) The jar of flour was not spent, and the jug of oil did not become empty until rain returned ✓
B) Her small clay pot turned into a chest of silver coins
C) Her barren field produced a thousand bushels of wheat in one night
D) A spring of sweet grape juice welled up inside her kitchen
Scriptural Explanation: 1 Kings 17:16 - 'The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.'

Q14.In 1 Kings 18:38 on Mount Carmel, how did God dramatically demonstrate His supremacy over the 450 false prophets of Baal?

A) The fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, the dust, and licked up the water in the trench ✓
B) A violent hailstorm struck only the altar of Baal
C) An earthquake swallowed the 450 prophets of Baal alive
D) A glowing angel with an iron sword appeared from heaven
Scriptural Explanation: 1 Kings 18:38-39 - 'Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, "The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God."''

Q15.In 2 Kings 2:11, how was the prophet Elijah miraculously taken up into heaven without dying?

A) Chariots of fire and horses of fire appeared, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven ✓
B) He boarded a golden ark that sailed into the clouds
C) He walked into a dense fog on Mount Nebo and disappeared
D) Four angels carried him on a silver throne into the sky
Scriptural Explanation: 2 Kings 2:11 - 'And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.'

Q16.In 2 Kings 4:1-7, how did the prophet Elisha save a deceased prophet's widow and her two sons from being taken as debt slaves?

A) Her single small jar of olive oil miraculously multiplied to fill every borrowed vessel in the neighborhood ✓
B) Elisha gave her three bags of royal gold from King Joram
C) The creditor's written promissory scrolls vanished into thin air
D) Her two sons found a buried treasure of rubies in their garden
Scriptural Explanation: 2 Kings 4:5-6 - 'So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her. When the vessels were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not another." Then the oil stopped flowing.' She sold the oil and paid the debt.

Q17.In 2 Kings 4:32-35, what physical sign accompanied the miraculous resurrection of the Shunammite woman's young son through Elisha's prayer?

A) The child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes ✓
B) The child immediately sang Psalm 23
C) A bright halo of light surrounded the room
D) The bed of the child floated off the floor
Scriptural Explanation: 2 Kings 4:35 - 'Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.'

Q18.In 2 Kings 5:10-14, how was Naaman, commander of the Syrian army, miraculously cleansed of his incurable leprosy?

A) He dipped himself seven times in the Jordan River according to Elisha's word, and his flesh was restored like a little child's ✓
B) Elisha came out, laid both hands on his forehead, and waved a golden wand
C) He washed in the rivers of Damascus, Abana and Pharpar
D) He paid forty talents of silver to the priests of Samaria
Scriptural Explanation: 2 Kings 5:14 - 'So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.'

Q19.In 2 Kings 6:5-7, what defiance of the laws of physics occurred when a young prophet dropped a borrowed iron axe head into the deep Jordan River?

A) Elisha cut a stick and threw it in, and the heavy iron axe head floated to the surface ✓
B) The Jordan River dried up instantly revealing the axe on the dry bed
C) A large fish swallowed the axe and jumped into the boat
D) The axe head dissolved into liquid and recrystallized on the riverbank
Scriptural Explanation: 2 Kings 6:6 - 'The man of God said, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there and made the iron float.'

Q20.In Daniel 3:24-25, when Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown bound into Nebuchadnezzar's blazing furnace, what astonished the Babylonian king?

A) He saw four men unbound, walking unharmed in the midst of the fire, and the appearance of the fourth was like the Son of God ✓
B) The furnace immediately turned into ice and snow
C) The three men flew out of the furnace on golden wings
D) The Babylonian guards were converted and jumped into the fire to pray
Scriptural Explanation: Daniel 3:25 - 'He answered and said, "Look! I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods."' Not even the smell of smoke was upon their garments (Dan 3:27).

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