Answers to June 11 Questions

Who did Ahaziah want to consult about his injury? Baal-Zebub, god of Ekron

What message did Elijah send Ahaziah? Ahaziah would not leave his bed but die

What happened to the first two groups of men Ahaziah sent for Elijah? Elijah called for fire to come down from heaven to kill them

Why didn’t this happen to the third group of fifty? The captian begged for mercy and God told Elijah to spare him

Who became king of Israel after Ahaziah? Joram

Where did God send Elijah from Gilgal? Bethel

Where did God send Elijah from Bethel? Jericho

Where did He go after Jericho? To the Jordan

What was unusual about their crossing of the Jordan? Elijah struck the waters with his cloak and the waters separated

What did Elisha ask for when Elijah asked him what he wanted from him? A double portion of his Spirit

List each event in chapter 2 that confirms that Elisha received Elijah’s Spirit. He saw Elijah taken into heaven with chariots of fire; he struck the Jordan and it parted like it did for Elijah; he healed the waters of Jericho by throwing salt into the water; he cursed 42 juvenile delinquents who were mocking him on the way to Bethel

What good thing did Joram do? He removed the Baal idol

What bad thing did he do? He continued the state religion of the two golden calves

What three kings united to fight Moab? Joram of Israel, Jehoshaphat of Judah, and the king of Edom

What is the difference between the attitudes of Joram and Jehoshaphat? Joram is faithless, Jehoshaphat had faith in God and desired God’s guidance

What did Elisha tell Israel to do? Dig ditches which would be filled with water for them and their animals to drink

What problem did this solve? They had run out of water after seven days in the desert of Edom

How did this help Israel win the war with Moab? The Moabites saw the red morning sun reflected by the water and assumed it was blood from the three countries killing each other; they didn’t expect to find all that water in the desert, so they walked into a trap

What did the men do to the land of Moab? Destroyed the towns and put rocks in all their fields, stopped up all the springs and cut down all the trees

What did the king of Moab do when he lost the battle with Israel? He tried to attack Edom; he even sacrificed his son for his gods’ favor but to no avail