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THE MINOR PROPHETS

HOSEA
On the birth of his second son, he was told by God to “call him Lo-Ammi” meaning “ye
are not my people”. Who was this prophet? (Hos 1:9)
Ans.: Hosea

What name did the prophet Hosea give to his child by Gomer denoting the utterly ruined
condition of the Kingdom of Israel?
Ans.: Lo-ruhamah

What is the meaning of the biblical name Lo-Ruhamah?

Ans.: not pitied / having obtained no mercy

What is the meaning of the biblical name Hosea?

Ans.: salvation

Who was the father of the prophet Hosea? (Hos 1:1)

Ans.: Beeri (TVJ 2003/04)

What was the name & profession of the wife of the prophet Hosea? (Hos 1:3)
Ans.: Gomer + prostitute (TVJ 2001/02/04)

State any part of the price that Hosea paid to buy back his wife out of harlotry?
Ans.: 15 pieces of silver and 1½ homers of barley

How many children did the prophet Hosea wife leave him with when she went into
harlotry?
Ans.: 3

Who was the father in law of Hosea? (Hos 1:3)

Ans.: Diblaim

What was the name of Hosea’s second son? (Hos 1:9)

Ans.: Lo-Ammi

What is the name of Hosea’s first-born daughter? (Hos 1:6)

Ans.: Lo-Ruhamah

What is the name of Hosea’s first-born son? (Hos 1:4)

Ans.: Jezreel

Which King of Israel ruled during the prophecy of Hosea, Amos and Isaiah?
Ans.: Hoshea

In what order are the first six Minor Prophets listed in the Bible?
Ans.: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah (TVJ 2003)
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What name did the prophet Hosea give to his son denoting the rejection of the Kingdom
of Israel by Jehovah?
Ans.: Lo-ammi

During the reign of which kings of Judah did Hosea prophesy?

Ans.: Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah (Hos 1:1)

During the reign of which king of Israel did Hosea prophesy?

Ans.: Jeroboam II (Hos 1:1)

Complete this line from the book of Hosea, “for they have sown the wind…”?
Ans.: and they shall reap the whirlwind

The name of which child of Hosea was a symbolic of Israel’s pending defeat in a fertile
valley?
Ans.: Jezreel

Which of Hosea’s children had a name that symbolised that God would have no more
mercy on Israel?
Ans.: Lo-Ruhammah

For what price did Hosea purchase the freedom of his adulterous wife?
Ans.: fifteen shekels of silver and one and a half homers of barley (Hos 3:1-3)

What name in Hosea appears as a personal name and the name of a fertile valley?
Ans.: Jezreel

JOEL
Which book of the Bible opens with a description of a great plague of locusts which is
compared to a great army?
Ans.: Joel 1:1 – 2:17

Who was the father of the Minor Prophet Joel? (Joel 1:1)
Ans.: Pethuel (TVJ 2002/04)

What is the name of the valley mentioned in the book of Joel only, as the place at which
after the return of Judah and Jerusalem from captivity, Jehovah would gather all the
heathen and sit to judge them for their misdeeds to Israel?
Ans.: Valley of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:2)

What is the meaning of the biblical name Joel?

Ans.: Jehovah is God

In what order are the first six Minor Prophets listed in the Bible?
Ans.: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah (TVJ 2003)

Where did the prophet Joel say the heathen would gather for judgement?
Ans.: Valley of Jeshoshaphat (3:12)
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Complete this line from the book of Joel, “beat your plowshares into swords…”
Ans.:. …and your pruning hooks into spears” Joel 3:10

In the Acts of the Apostles on the day of Pentecost who said, “this is that which was
spoken by the prophet Joel”?
Ans.: Peter Acts 2:16-36

AMOS
Which minor prophet wrote about the cows of Bashan?
Ans.: Amos 4:1

Who was the king of Israel during the prophecy of Amos?

Ans.: Jeroboam II

Who was the king of Judah during the prophecy of Amos?

Ans.: Uzziah

Which minor prophet was a contemporary of Amos?

Ans.: Hosea

Which high priest charged Amos with making treasonable statements against the King of
Israel and demanded that Amos return to Judah?
Ans.: Amaziah

What two professions did the Minor Prophet Amos follow?

Ans.: shepherd and gatherer of sycamore fruit (Amos 7:14) (TVJ 2002)

In what order are the first six Minor Prophets listed in the Bible?
Ans.: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah & Micah (TVJ 2003)

What did Amos call the rich women of Samaria who oppressed the poor?
Ans.: the cows of Bashan (4:1)

In which city was Amos told never to prophesy again because it was the residence of
the king of Israel? (Amos 7:13)
Ans.: Bethel

Where did Amaziah the priest tell Amos to go and prophesy when he ordered him out of
Israel?
Ans.: Judah (7:12)

What event took place two years before Amos began his prophesies?
Ans.: an earthquake (1:1)

In which book of the bible is it written, “I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of
bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord”?
Ans.: Amos 8:11
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OBADIAH
Which prophet prophesied judgement against Edom, a neighbouring country?
Ans.: Obadiah

Name two biblical characters mentioned in the Old Testament who were called Obadiah?
Ans.: 1. Palace governor to the household of King Ahab who hid 100 priests from
Jezebel
2. Prophet who had a vision of the fall of Edom

How many verses are there in the book of Obadiah?

Ans.: 21

Where did Obadiah say the people of Edom lived?

Ans.: in the clefts of the rock (Obad 3)

What is the meaning of the biblical name Obadiah?

Ans.: servant of the Lord / worshipper of Jehovah

Which city of Edom did Obadiah connect with mighty men?

Ans.: Teman (Obad 9)

Who was the common ancestor of the people of Edom?

Ans.: Esau

JONAH
To what city did God send Jonah to preach against its wickedness?
Ans.: Nineveh (1:1-2)

How many chapters make up the book of Jonah?

Ans.: 4

In which country would you find the ancient ruins of Nineveh?

Ans.: Iraq

To which city did Jonah attempt to flee instead of going to Nineveh as instructed?
Ans.: Tarshish (TVJ 2003)

At which port, did Jonah board a ship to Tarshish in his bid to escape his calling to
preach to the city of Nineveh? (Jon 1:3)
Ans.: Joppa

What was the current name of the ancient city of Joppa?

Ans.: Jaffa

What was Jonah doing when the ship came upon a mighty tempest at sea?
Ans.: sleeping
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How did the sailors establish that Jonah was the cause of the storm? (Jonah 1:7)
Ans.: cast lots

What did Jonah tell the sailors to do to in order to calm the stormy seas?
Ans.: throw him overboard (1:12)

What did God prepare to save Jonah from drowning after he was cast into the sea?
Ans.: a great fish to swallow him (1:17)

For how long was Jonah in the belly of the great fish?
Ans.: three days and three nights (1:17)

Who was the father of the Minor Prophet Jonah?

Ans.: Amittai (TVJ 2001/02/03/04)

Of which tribe was the Minor Prophet Jonah?

Ans.: Zebulun

The city of Nineveh would fall in how many days if the people did not change their
ways?
Ans.: 40 days

Where was Jonah when he prayed, “I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the
Lord”?
Ans.: in the belly of the fish

What kind of plant did the Lord prepare as a shelter for Jonah at night?
Ans.: gourd

What kind of animal did the Lord prepare to destroy the gourd plant which sheltered
Jonah?
Ans.: worm (Jon 4:7)

According to Jonah, what was the population of Nineveh?

Ans.: six-score thousand (120,000) (Jon 4:11)

In the book of Jonah, who issued a decree of fasting and repentance for the people of
Nineveh? (Jon 3:5-9)
Ans.: king of Nineveh
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MICAH
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks”.
Where were these lines taken from?
Ans.: Micah 4:3 & Isaiah 2:4

What is the meaning o the biblical name Micah?

Ans.: who is like God / Jehovah

Under which three Kings of Judah did the prophet Micah prophesy? (Mic 1:1)
Ans.: Jotham, Ahaz & Hezekiah (TVJ 2001)

In what order are the first six Minor Prophets listed in the Bible?
Ans.: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah (TVJ 2003)

Which major prophet was a contemporary of Micah?

Ans.: Isaiah

According to Micah, which city will god make as an “heap of the field”?
Ans.: Samaria (Mic 1:6)

NAHUM
What was the name of the prophet from the Elkoshite people?
Ans.: Nahum (TVJ 2004)

About which empire’s doom did Nahum prophesy?

Ans.: Assyria (3:18-19)

“Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery”, which city was condemned by
these words by the prophet Nahum?
Ans.: Nineveh (3:1)

What is the first sentence in the book of Nahum?

Ans.: the burden of Nineveh

What was the capital of the Assyrian empire?

Ans.: Nineveh (TVJ 2004)

In what order are the last six Minor Prophets listed in the Bible?
Ans.: Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi

What is the meaning of the biblical name Nahum?

Ans.: compassionate or full of comfort

HABAKKUK
What is the meaning of the name ‘Habakkuk’?
Ans.: love’s embrace or embracer (JBC 1997)
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The book of Habakkuk is a written dialogue, between which two speakers?

Ans.: Habakkuk and God

Which word occurs 71 times in the Psalms and 3 times in Habakkuk?

Ans.: Selah

In the book of Habakkuk, how many questions are discussed between the prophet and
God?
Ans.: 2 (Hab 1:3; Hab 1:12)

What was the profession of Habakkuk?

Ans.: prophet

ZEPHANIAH
Which Minor Prophet foretold the day of the Lord’s wrath upon Israel & Judah?
Ans.: Zephaniah

Who was the father of the prophet Zephaniah? (Zeph 1:1)

Ans.: Cushi (TVJ 2001/02/04)

During the reign of which King of Judah did the prophet Zephaniah have his visions?
Ans.: Josiah (TVJ 2000/04)

Zephaniah was the contemporary of which Major Prophet?

Ans.: Jeremiah

What is the meaning of the biblical name Zephaniah?

Ans.: hidden by Jehovah

HAGGAI
Which prophet rebuked the people for dwelling in panelled houses while the temple of
the Lord lay in ruins? (Hag 1:4)
Ans.: Haggai (TVJ 2003/04)

What is the meaning of the name Haggai?

Ans.: festive or born on a festival day

During which King’s reign did the prophets Haggai and Zechariah have visions? (Hag
1:1, Zech 1:1)
Ans.: King Darius

Who was the governor of Judah during the prophecy of Haggai?

Ans.: Zerubbabel (Hag 1:1; 2:21)

Who was the high priest during the prophecy of Haggai?

Ans.: Joshua (Hag 1:12)
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How many chapters are in the book of Haggai?

Ans.: 2

Which two prophets directed their energies to the building of the second temple?
Ans.: Haggai and Zechariah (TVJ 2001)

ZECHARIAH
Which Old Testament prophet had a vision of four (4) chariots?
Ans.: Zechariah

Who was the father of the prophet Zechariah?

Ans.: Berechiah (TVJ 2004)

Who was the father of Berechiah and grandfather of the prophet Zechariah?
Ans.: Iddo the prophet

Of which tribe was the prophet Zechariah?

Ans.: Levi

What is the meaning of the Biblical name Zachariah or Zechariah?

Ans.: remembered by Jehovah

MALACHI
Which prophet rebuked the people for stealing tithes and offering that were meant for
God?
Ans.: Malachi

What is the meaning of the biblical name Malachi?

Ans.: my messenger

How many chapters are there in the book of Malachi?

Ans.: 4

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In which of the Minor Prophets is it written, “My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge”?
Ans.: Hosea 4:6

At the birth of which child to the prophet Hosea did God promise to cause the Kingdom
of the house of Israel to cease?
Ans.: Jezreel

At the birth of which child to the prophet Hosea did God say “I will no more have mercy
upon the house of Israel”?
Ans.: Lo-ruhamah

Which of the Minor Prophets predicted the outpouring of the spirit of God on all people?
Ans.: Joel
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Which book of the Bible falls between Joel and Obadiah?

Ans.: Amos (TVJ 2003)

Which priest of Bethel went to King Jeroboam of Israel saying that Amos had conspired
against the King?
Ans.: Amaziah

What was the profession of Amos?

Ans.: Shepherd/dresser of sycamore trees (TVJ 2001/02)

Which of the Minor Prophets prophesied against the Edomites?

Ans.: Obadiah (JBC 1994)

Which book of the Bible comes after Obadiah?

Ans.: Jonah

Name the city in which the people repented after receiving God’s warning through the
prophet Jonah?
Ans.: Nineveh

Which prophet was from the people of Moresheth? (Micah 1:1)

Ans.: Micah the Morasthite (TVJ 2002/03/04)

Elkosh was the birthplace of which Minor Prophet?

Ans.: Nahum (TVJ 2004)

Which Old Testament prophet wrote, “the just shall live by faith”?
Ans.: Habakkuk (2:4)

Which book of the Bible falls between Habakkuk and Haggai?

Ans.: Zephaniah (JBC 1997/TVJ 2004)

Under which King of Judah did the prophet Zephaniah prophesy?

Ans.: Josiah (Zeph 1:1) (TVJ 2000/04)

Which minor prophet began his prophecy to in the second year of Darius, King of
Persia?
Ans.: Haggai / Zechariah

Which prophet had a vision of the angel of the lord among the myrtle trees?
Ans.: Zechariah (Zech 1:11)

Who was the grandfather of the prophet Zechariah?

Ans.: Iddo

Which book of the Bible comes just before Matthew?

Ans.: Malachi (TVJ 2002/03)
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“Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me.” In which book of the bible is this
written?
Ans.: Malachi 3:8

In the Bible, which Old Testament prophet spoke of the destruction of people because
of a lack of knowledge?
Ans.: Hosea 4:6

At the birth of which child to the prophet Hosea did God say to Israel “ye are not my
people and I will not be your God”?
Ans.: Lo-ammi

Which biblical name means “Jehovah is God”?

Ans.: Joel

Which Minor Prophet prophesied that God would pour out his spirit on all humans, men
and women, old and young alike, with visions and prophecies?
Ans.: Joel 2:28

Which prophet did God show a vision of a swarm of grasshoppers devouring the grass of
the land at the beginning of the late crop after the King’s mowing?
Ans.: Amos (7:1)

Which priest told Amos to leave Bethel, go back to Judah and preach his message
there?
Ans.: Amaziah

Which book of the Bible comes just before Jonah?

Ans.: Obadiah

Whose destruction did the minor prophet Obadiah predict?

Ans.: Edom

To whom were these words spoken ‘What meanest thou, O sleeper, arise and call upon
thy God’?
Ans.: Jonah

Which city did Jonah not pity after the Lord had saved it?
Ans.: Nineveh

Which Minor Prophet predicted that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem?
Ans.: Micah (5:2)

In which Old Testament book would you find the line ‘I will lift your skirt over your face,
I will show the nations your nakedness’?
Ans.: Nahum (3:5)

Which city did the prophet Nahum call “the bloody city”?
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Ans.: Nineveh (Nah 3:1)

Which prophet questioned God’s fairness and positioned himself on a watchtower to
listen for God’s answers?
Ans.: Habakkuk (2:1)

Which book of the Bible comes after Habakkuk?

Ans.: Zephaniah (TVJ 2004)

Which Minor Prophet was the first of those who prophesied after the captivity?
Ans.: Haggai

Which prophet had eight night visions?

Ans.: Zechariah (Zech 1:7 -6:8)

In Zechariah’s vision of the four chariots and coloured horses, what was the colour of
the horses?
Ans.: red, black, white and bay (brown with black feet, face, tail)

Zechariah was a contemporary of which other Minor Prophet?

Ans.: Haggai

Who was the author of the last book of the Old Testament?
Ans.: Malachi

Diblaim was the father of which minor prophet’s wife?

Ans.: Hosea

Which minor prophet prophesied, “The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to
blood”?
Ans.: Joel 2:31

From which book of the Bible is the following line taken, ‘they have sown the wind, and
they shall reap the world wind’?
Ans.: Hosea 8:7

“Let judgement run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream”, in which
book of the Minor Prophets is this written?
Ans.: Amos 5:24

Which book is the shortest in the Old Testament?

Ans.: Obadiah (TVJ 2003)

Which book of the Bible comes just before Micah?

Ans.: Jonah (TVJ 2003/04)

Which great city repented after God sent the prophet Jonah to them?
Ans.: Nineveh
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Which prophet did God show a basket of summer fruit? (Amos 8:1)
Ans.: Amos (TVJ 2003)

Which people was described as those “who dwell in the clefts of the rock” by the
prophet Obadiah?
Ans.: Edom (Obad 3)

To which prophet did the Lord say, “the vision is yet for an appointed time…wait for it…
because it will surely come”?
Ans.: Habakkuk 2:2

Which prophet’s name means ‘he whom Jehovah has hidden’?

Ans.: Zephaniah

Which prophet had a vision of a surveyor with a measuring line to measure the length
and width of Jerusalem? (Zech 2:1-2)
Ans.: Zechariah

Which prophet had a vision of Joshua the High Priest, Satan and the angel of the Lord?
Ans.: Zechariah 3:1

Which prophet rebuked the priests for their dishonesty when they offered sickly
sacrifices to God and kept the healthy animals for themselves?
Ans.: Malachi

Which book of the Bible comes just before Joel?

Ans.: Hosea

In which book of the Bible would you find the following lines, “beat your ploughshares
into sword and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong”?
Ans.: Joel 3:10

“Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown”, which prophet spoke these words?
Ans.: Jonah 3:4

Which prophet prophesied during the days of Jotham, Ahaz & Hezekiah, kings of Judah?
Ans.: Micah (TVJ 2000/01)

Which book of the Bible is the record of a dialogue between its author and God?
Ans.: Habakkuk

To which of the Minor Prophets did God say, “I will search Jerusalem with candles”?
Ans.: Zephaniah

Which prophet was a contemporary of Haggai?

Ans.: Zechariah
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Which prophet had a vision of four horns and four craftsmen (carpenters)?
Ans.: Zechariah (Zech 1:18) (TVJ 2001)

Who was the last of the Minor Prophets in the Old Testament?
Ans.: Malachi

Which Old Testament book ends with an important prophecy about Elijah that Matthew
later applies to John the Baptist?
Ans.: Malachi

Which book of the Bible speaks of the “great and terrible day of the lord” to come”?
Ans.: Joel / Zephaniah

“The day of the lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come”,
which of the Minor Prophets wrote these lines?
Ans.: Joel 1:15

Who bought his wife for 15 pieces of silver and 1 & ½ homers of barley?
Ans.: Hosea 3:2 (TVJ 2002)

Which book of the Bible comes after Haggai?

Ans.: Zechariah

Which prophet had a vision of two women who had wings like a stork carrying a basket
with a woman sitting inside?
Ans.: Zechariah 5:5-11

Which prophet was best known for his impassioned plea concern for rebuilding the
temple at a time when most Israelites were overwhelmed with apathy?
Ans.: Haggai

Which prophet questioned God as to why He says nothing when “the wicked devours
the man that is more righteous”?
Ans.: Habakkuk 1:13

Which book of the Bible begins, “the burden of Nineveh”?

Ans.: Nahum

In which of the Minor Prophets is the quote: but that they shall sit every man under his
vine and under his fig tree?
Ans.: Micah 4:4

Which minor prophet said: “for thy violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall
cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever”?
Ans.: Obadiah

In the Bible, which Old Testament prophet declared that the virgin of Israel is fallen?
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Ans.: Amos
About which person did Amos predict, “thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy
sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword”?
Ans.: Amaziah, the priest (7:10-17)

In which book of the Minor Prophets is it written, “rend your heart, and not your
garments, and turn unto the Lord your God”?
Ans.: Joel 2:13

Which minor prophet wrote, “break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the
Lord”?
Ans.: Hosea 10:12

Which prophet to Israel prophesied through the same time span as Isaiah did in Judah?
Ans.: Hosea (Hos 1:1; Isa 1:1)

To which prophet did God show himself standing on a wall with a plumb line in his
hands? (Amos 7:7-9)
Ans.: Amos

Which priest of the golden calf at Bethel endeavoured to drive the prophet Amos from
Israel into Judah?
Ans.: Amaziah (Amos 7:10-14)

For which prophet did the Lord prepare a gourd plant as shelter and then at dawn
prepared a worm to devour the plant until it withered?
Ans.: Jonah (4:7)

The people of which city did God say could not discern between their right hand and
their left hand? (Jon 4:11)
Ans.: Nineveh

Which book of the Bible falls between Nahum and Zephaniah?

Ans.: Habakkuk

Which prophet had a vision of a flying scroll measuring 20 by 10 cubits?

Ans.: Zechariah (Zech 5:1-2)

Which book of the Bible comes after Zechariah?

Ans.: Malachi

Which prophet’s name means ‘Jehovah has saved’?

Ans.: Hosea

Which Minor Prophet did Peter quote to explain that the Pentecost was the fulfilment of
prophetic words?
Ans.: Joel
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Which biblical name translates to mean, “burden bearer”?

Ans.: Amos

Which Minor Prophet had prophetic visions two years before the earthquake, during the
reign of Uzziah, King of Judah and Jeroboam II, King of Israel?
Ans.: Amos (1:1)

Which prophet name means ‘servant of the Lord’?

Ans.: Obadiah

According to Obadiah, which people watched, rejoiced and even helped the Babylonians
to destroy Judah?
Ans.: Edomites

The prophecies of which Minor Prophets were directed mainly towards Assyria?
Ans.: Nahum & Jonah

Which Old Testament prophet was from Morashite people?

Ans.: Micah (TVJ 2004)

Which Minor Prophet composed a psalm extolling the virtues of his encounter with God?
Ans.: Habakkuk

Which Minor Prophet wrestled with a problem raised commonly in the Bible; why does
God allow evil in the world?
Ans.: Habakkuk

Which prophet had a vision of a large basket (ephah) containing a woman being carried
out of the land by two women who had wings like the wings of a stork?
Ans.: Zechariah (5:5-10)

Which prophet stated that the priests would not offer such sickly sacrifices even to their
governor yet they offered it to the Lord?
Ans.: Malachi

“Go take unto thee a wife of whoredoms”, to which prophet did God issue this
command?
Ans.: Hosea 1:2

Which prophet had visions during the reign of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz & Hezekiah, Kings
of Judah and Jeroboam II, King of Israel?
Ans.: Hosea 1:1

Which prophet prophesied the plague of chewing, swarming, crawling and consuming
locusts and worms on Judah?
Ans.: Joel 1:4
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Tekoah is the birthplace of which Minor Prophet?

Ans.: Amos (TVJ 2003/04)

Which prophet did God show a vision of a great flaming fire devouring the land?
Ans.: Amos (7:4-6)

Which Old Testament prophet predicted doom for Edom?

Ans.: Obadiah

Which Minor Prophet was a native of Gath-hepher?

Ans.: Jonah

The siege and destruction of Nineveh is vividly outlined in which book of the Minor
Prophets?
Ans.: Nahum

Which book of the Bible comes after Nahum?

Ans.: Habakkuk

Which prophet had the vision of the lampstand and the two olive trees, one each on the
left and right?
Ans.: Zechariah

Which prophet did an angel show a vision of Joshua the high priest standing before the
angel of the Lord and Satan standing on his right opposing him?
Ans.: Zechariah 3:1

Which prophet rebuked the people for openly doubting if there was any purpose in
serving God?
Ans.: Malachi

Which book of the Bible comes after Daniel?

Ans.: Hosea

Which prophet had visions during the reign of Jeroboam, King of Israel and Uzziah,
Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, Kings of Judah?
Ans.: Hosea (1:1)

Which minor prophet prophesied impending calamity on Judah of a two-fold character—

want of water and a plague of locusts?
Ans.: Joel

Which Old Testament prophet predicted that God would send a famine on the land, not
a famine of bread, nor thirst of water, but of hearing the word of the Lord?
Ans.: Amos 8:11
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Which high priest charged Amos with treasonous statements against King Jeroboam of
Israel and demanded that he return to Judah and prophesy there? (Amos 7:10-17)
Ans.: Amaziah

Which book of the Bible comes after Amos?

Ans.: Obadiah

Amittai was the father of which Minor Prophet?

Ans.: Jonah (TVJ 2002/03/04)

Who was the only prophet to whom Jesus likened Himself?

Ans.: Jonah (in the tomb three days as Jonah had been in the fish – Matt 12:39)

Which book of the Bible comes just before Nahum?

Ans.: Micah

Which book of the Bible falls between Zephaniah and Zechariah?

Ans.: Haggai

Which book of the Bible comes just before Haggai?

Ans.: Zephaniah

Which prophet had a vision of a golden lampstand with seven lamps and two olive trees
one each on the left and right?
Ans.: Zechariah (4:1-3)

Which prophet had vision of four chariots with four coloured horses?
Ans.: Zechariah 6:1-3

Which prophet had visions during the reign of Jeroboam, son of Joash, King of Israel
and Uzziah, Jjotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, Kings of Judah?
Ans.: Hosea (1:1)

“The day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision”, in which of the Minor Prophets is
this written?
Ans.: Joel 3;14

Which Minor Prophet spoke against the hypocrisy of keeping up a religious front while
turning “justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood?
Ans.: Amos

Which prophet gave his occupation as a “herdsman and a tender of sycamore fruit”?
Ans.: Amos (7:14)

In what order are the first six Minor Prophets listed in the Bible?
Ans.: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah & Micah (TVJ 2003)
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Which prophet was displeased when the Lord spared the city of Nineveh from
destruction?
Ans.: Jonah 4:1

Pethuel was the father of which Minor Prophet?

Ans.: Joel (TVJ 2002/04)

Which book of the Bible falls between Jonah and Nahum?

Ans.: Micah

Which book of the Bible comes just before Zephaniah?

Ans.: Habakkuk

Which book of the Bible comes after Zephaniah?

Ans.: Haggai (TVJ 2004)

Which book of the Bible falls between Daniel and Joel?

Ans.: Hosea (TVJ 2001)

“I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh,” in which of the minor prophets are these
words?
Ans.: Joel 2:28

Which book of the Bible comes after Joel?

Ans.: Amos

‘Out of the belly of Sheol, I cried’ is a part of the prayer of which Old Testament
prophet?
Ans.: Jonah

Which book of the Bible comes after Jonah?

Ans.: Micah

Which Minor Prophet imposed on the ‘city of bloodshed’ the same death sentence its
people freely meted out to others?
Ans.: Nahum

Through which prophet four oracles or messages were the Israelites directed to
reconsider their priorities and focus on God and their spiritual responsibilities?
Ans.: Haggai

Which book of the Bible falls between Micah and Habakkuk?

Ans.: Nahum (JBC 1996)

Which prophet had a vision of a man with a measuring line to measure the length and
width of Jerusalem? (Zech 2:1-2)
Ans.: Zechariah
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Which book of the Bible comes just before Zechariah?

Ans.: Haggai

Which of the Minor Prophets prophesied against Nineveh?

Ans.: Nahum and Jonah (TVJ 2000)

Which prophet was a contemporary of Haggai?

Ans.: Zechariah

Which Minor Prophet was the first to proclaim that God is the ruler of the whole
universe?
Ans.: Amos

Which Old Testament prophet was a dresser of sycamore trees? (Amos 7:14)
Ans.: Amos (TVJ 2002/2003)

In the Bible, which Old Testament prophet spoke of the land refreshed?
Ans.: Joel

Which book of the Bible comes after Hosea?

Ans.: Joel

Which book of the Bible falls between Amos and Jonah?

Ans.: Obadiah

Which minor prophet announced that God would destroy the people of Assyria because
of their cruelty in war?
Ans.: Nahum

Which prophet had a vision of a man riding on a red horse which stood among the
myrtle trees and behind him stood horses: red, speckled and white?
Ans.: Zechariah (1:8)

Which prophet was among the sheep breeders of Tekoa? (Amos 1:1)
Ans.: Amos (TVJ 2002)

Which book of the Bible comes just before Habakkuk?

Ans.: Nahum

Which book of the Bible falls between Haggai and Malachi?

Ans.: Zechariah

In an alphabetical listing of biblical books, which one is the penultimate?

Ans.: Zechariah

Which book of the Bible comes just before Amos?

Ans.: Joel
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Which book of the Bible falls between Obadiah and Micah?

Ans.: Jonah

In which Old Testament book would you find the line ‘Oh, how Esau shall be searched
out!’?
Ans.: Nahum

Which book of the Bible comes just before Malachi?

Ans.: Zechariah

Which book of the Bible comes just before Obadiah?

Ans.: Amos (TVJ 2004)

Which book of the Bible falls between Hosea and Amos?

Ans.: Joel

Which book of the Bible comes after Micah?

Ans.: Nahum

Which prophet had a vision of four craftsmen (carpenters)? (Zech 1:20)

Ans.: Zechariah (TVJ 2001)

Which two prophets directed their energies to support the building of the second
temple?
Ans.: Haggai and Zechariah (TVJ 2001)