NLCG Quiz 2026 Biblical Knowledge Study Notes

Vocabulary flashcards covering key biblical figures, names, places, and facts from the NLCG Quiz 2026 lecture notes.

Methuselah

Patriarch in Genesis 5:27 who lived for $969\,\text{years}$.

Nimrod

Descendant of Cush identified in 1 Chronicles 1:10 and Genesis 10:9 as 'a mighty hunter before the Lord'.

Ham

Son of Noah who was the father of Canaan (Genesis 9:18, 1 Chronicles 1:8).

Moab and Ben-Ammi

The two sons born to Lot's daughters (Genesis 19:36-38).

King Abimelech

King of Gerar who took Sarah into his household, believing she was Abraham's sister (Genesis 20:1-2).

Cave of Machpelah Purchase

The field and cave for which Abraham paid Ephron the Hittite $400\,\text{shekels}$ of silver (Genesis 23:16).

Deborah (Rebekah's Nurse)

Nurse of Rebekah who died and was buried under an oak below Bethel (Genesis 35:8).

Shechem

Son of Hamor the Hivite who violated Dinah (Genesis 34:2).

Asenath

Joseph's wife, identified as the daughter of Potiphera (Genesis 41:45).

Jochebed

Mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam (Exodus 6:20).

Gnats

The first plague of Egypt that Pharaoh's magicians could not imitate (Exodus 8:19).

Seventh Plague (Hail)

The plague during which Pharaoh first acknowledged 'I have sinned' (Exodus 9:24-27).

Ark of the Covenant

Sacred chest measuring $2.5\,\text{cubits}$ long, $1.5\,\text{cubits}$ wide, and $1.5\,\text{cubits}$ high (Exodus 25:10).

High Priest's Breastplate Stones

A setting of $12\,\text{stones}$ representing the twelve tribes of Israel (Exodus 28:21).

Aaron and Hur

Two men who held up Moses' hands during the battle against Amalek (Exodus 17:12).

Eldad and Medad

Two men who prophesied in the camp after the Spirit rested on the seventy elders (Numbers 11:26).

Dathan and Abiram

Two Reubenites who joined Korah in his rebellion against Moses (Numbers 16:1-3).

Jawbone of a Donkey (Samson's Feat)

Instrument with which Samson struck down $1{,}000\,\text{men}$ (Judges 15:15).

Oreb and Zeeb

Two Midianite princes captured by the Ephraimites (Judges 7:25).

Zebah and Zalmunna

Two Midianite kings killed directly by Gideon (Judges 8:18).

Jabesh Gilead

Gilead town destroyed to provide $400\,\text{young women}$ as wives for Benjamin (Judges 21:8).

Mahlon and Chilion

The two sons of Naomi (Ruth 1:2).

Ebenezer

The name Samuel gave to the stone erected between Mizpah and Shen (1 Samuel 7:12).

King Agag

Amalekite king spared by Saul and later executed (1 Samuel 15:33).

Ahimelech

Priest at Nob who provided David with the consecrated bread (1 Samuel 21:1-6).

Doeg

Edomite who executed the priests of Nob when Saul's servants refused (1 Samuel 22:18).

En Dor

Location Saul visited to consult a medium the night before his death (1 Samuel 28:7).

Obed Edom

The host in whose house the ark of God remained for three months after Uzzah's death (2 Samuel 6:11).

Benaiah

One of David's mighty men who killed a lion inside a pit on a snowy day (2 Samuel 23:20).

Ahithophel

David's royal counsellor who defected to Absalom and later hanged himself (2 Samuel 17:23).

Jakin and Boaz

The names of the two bronze pillars set up at the porch of Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:21).

Omri

King of Israel who bought the hill of Samaria and founded the city of Samaria (1 Kings 16:23-24).

Ethbaal

King of the Sidonians and the father of Jezebel (1 Kings 16:31).

Micaiah

Prophet, son of Imlah, who foretold Ahab's demise at Ramoth-gilead (1 Kings 22:8).

Obadiah (Ahab's Administrator)

Palace administrator who hid $100\,\text{prophets}$ in caves to preserve them (1 Kings 18:3).

Sennacherib

Assyrian monarch who invaded Judah during the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:13).

Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem

The three primary adversaries who opposed Nehemiah's rebuilding of Jerusalem's wall (Nehemiah 2:19).

Hadassah

The Hebrew name of Queen Esther (Esther 2:7).

Bigthana and Teresh

Two royal eunuchs whose assassination plot against King Ahasuerus was thwarted (Esther 2:21-23).

Songs of Ascents

The designation given to the collection of Psalms spanning Psalms $120\text{--}134$.

Selah

A liturgical or musical term that occurs $71\,\text{times}$ throughout the Psalms.

Shear-Jashub

Son of Isaiah whose prophetic name translates to 'a remnant shall return' (Isaiah 7:3).

Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz

Son of Isaiah whose name signifies 'swift is the plunder, speedy is the spoil' (Isaiah 8:4).

Baruch son of Neriah

The scribe and assistant to the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 36:4).

Ebed-Melech the Cushite

Royal Cushite official who pulled the prophet Jeremiah out of the muddy cistern (Jeremiah 38:7).

MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN

The four mysterious words written on the palace plaster during Belshazzar's banquet (Daniel 5:25).

Quirinius

Governor of Syria during the census decreed when Jesus was born (Luke 2:2).

Bethabara beyond the Jordan

Place where John was baptising when he pointed to Jesus as the Lamb of God (John 1:28).

Bartimaeus

The blind beggar healed by Jesus near Jericho in Mark's Gospel (Mark 10:46).

Cleopas

Named disciple who walked with the risen Jesus on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:18).

Demetrius

Silversmith in Ephesus who instigated a riot over the threat to Artemis's trade (Acts 19:24-29).

Claudius Lysias

Roman tribune who sent Paul under guard to Governor Felix (Acts 23:26-30).

Drusilla

Jewish wife of Governor Felix mentioned in Acts 24:24.

Publius

The chief official of the island of Malta who extended hospitality to Paul (Acts 28:7).

Tertius

The scribe who penned Paul's Epistle to the Romans (Romans 16:22).

Epaphroditus

Messenger who brought gifts to Paul from Philippi and nearly died in service (Philippians 2:25-30).

Hymenaeus and Alexander

Two individuals handed over to Satan by Paul so they would learn not to blaspheme (1 Timothy 1:19-20).

Jannes and Jambres

Two figures noted by Paul in 2 Timothy 3:8 as having stood in opposition to Moses.

Onesiphorus

Believer who often refreshed Paul and showed no shame regarding his imprisonment (2 Timothy 1:16).

Diotrephes

Church member denounced in 3 John 9 for loving to put himself first and rejecting the apostle.

Abaddon and Apollyon

The Hebrew and Greek names, respectively, for the angel of the bottomless abyss (Revelation 9:11).

Armageddon

The gathering place of the kings of the whole world for battle in Revelation 16:16.