Guess Who. Biblical Game

[Alexa]

10 hours ago, Tortuga said:

Musical instrument?

Yes dear brother  

[Alexa]

To ease the question, what are these two musical instruments? :-)

 

 

[Omoyeme]

A bit of Bible trivia: 

 

From memory, can you recall the four prominent named characters in the Bible who committed suicide?

(No googleling!)   

 

 

[rocket]

On 1/12/2017 at 8:06 PM, Omo_Yeme said:

A bit of Bible trivia: 

 

From memory, can you recall the four prominent named characters in the Bible who committed suicide?

(No googleling!)   

 

 

 

Two are:

Samson

Judas Iscariot

[Omoyeme]

Correct! Somebody give Bro. Lynn two chocolate chip cookies! 

 

Can anyone guess the remaining two characters?

[Tortuga]

6 minutes ago, Omo_Yeme said:

Correct! Somebody give Bro. Lynn two chocolate chip cookies! 

 

Can anyone guess the remaining two characters?

Adam and Eve?

[Witness1970]

On 1/12/2017 at 11:06 PM, Omo_Yeme said:

A bit of Bible trivia: 

 

From memory, can you recall the four prominent named characters in the Bible who committed suicide?

(No googleling!)   

 

 

 

I thought of King Saul.  I can not give any more answers because I learned of the others while reading, not from memory.

[Omoyeme]

Yes, King Saul was another!  1 Sam. 31:4 reads:

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 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer: “Draw your sword and run me through with it, so that these uncircumcised men+ may not come and run me through and deal ruthlessly* with me.” But his armor-bearer was unwilling, because he was very much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

 

 

Finally, the last one named in the Bible is ??

(Clue:  Hebrew Scriptures)

[rocket]

Two More suicides:

 

Ahithophel     2 Sam.17:23

 

Zimri     1 Kings 16:18

 

Technically Abimelech was not a suicide as he ask his armor bearer to kill him as he didn't want others to say that he was killed by a woman.   Judges 9:54

Edited January 18, 2017 by rocket

[Omoyeme]

Quite right! The last character was Ahithophel. 

(Side note: I was mainly thinking about those who used some sort of instrument or apparatus to put themselves to death but yes, anything or object can be used that hastens such a manner of death is applicable.) So, technically there are 5 suicides recorded in the scriptures.  Nice work!

 

 

[Witness1970]

9 hours ago, Omo_Yeme said:

Quite right! The last character was Ahithophel. 

(Side note: I was mainly thinking about those who used some sort of instrument or apparatus to put themselves to death but yes, anything or object can be used that hastens such a manner of death is applicable.) So, technically there are 5 suicides recorded in the scriptures.  Nice work!

 

 

 

Some say that Samson was not so much a suicide since his purpose was to kill Philistines but he died in the process.

[rocket]

This Apostle of Christ' name might make one think that he belonged to a Jewish party opposed to the Romans but maybe it was just  his religious zeal.  He has the identifying attribute of a saw because tradition says he was killed by being sawn in half.

[Patinage]

Isaiah was sawn in two but he was not an apostle of Christ

I thought about James because he was called Son of Thunder, but he was killed by the sword

So I don't know...

[2EVES]

On 2/5/2017 at 2:00 AM, rocket said:

This Apostle of Christ' name might make one think that he belonged to a Jewish party opposed to the Romans but maybe it was just  his religious zeal.  He has the identifying attribute of a saw because tradition says he was killed by being sawn in half.

Simon the Zealot? (acts 1:13)

[shali]

John the Baptist?  They cut off his head - that means he was left in two pieces.

[rocket]

On 2/4/2017 at 11:00 PM, rocket said:

This Apostle of Christ' name might make one think that he belonged to a Jewish party opposed to the Romans but maybe it was just  his religious zeal.  He has the identifying attribute of a saw because tradition says he was killed by being sawn in half.

 

On 3/30/2017 at 10:58 AM, EVE 2015 said:

Simon the Zealot? (acts 1:13)

 

Correct

[rocket]

New:

 

Oh boy could she judge others and she was the only one in the Bible.

[Patinage]

Deborah was a prophetess but she was also a judge.

[rocket]

On 4/6/2017 at 6:59 AM, Patinage said:

Deborah was a prophetess but she was also a judge.

Correct - Deborah was the only female Judge recorded in the Bible.

 

New: My father though old gave me a tunic because I was his favorite.

Edited April 13, 2017 by rocket

[Witness1970]

On 4/12/2017 at 8:16 PM, rocket said:

Correct - Deborah was the only female Judge recorded in the Bible.

 

New: My father though old gave me a tunic because I was his favorite.

 

 

Joseph

[rocket]

On 4/12/2017 at 5:16 PM, rocket said:

New: My father though old gave me a tunic because I was his favorite.

 

 

3 hours ago, Witness1970 said:

Joseph

 

Correct

 

New: Because of bitterness I told people to call me Mara.

[bohemian]

Naomi

[rocket]

On 4/16/2017 at 8:30 AM, rocket said:

 

New: Because of bitterness I told people to call me Mara.

 

On 4/16/2017 at 8:36 AM, bohemian said:

Naomi

 

Correct

 

New:  My dad was a synagogue presiding officer who asked Jesus to heal me.

[shali]

On 4/12/2017 at 8:16 PM, rocket said:

Correct - Deborah was the only female Judge recorded in the Bible.

 

New: My father though old gave me a tunic because I was his favorite.

 

But she is not recorded as among the 12 judges of Isreal, so even though she "judged" she is not included in the judges - just a clarification for those who might think she was among the 12 judges of Isreal.

[Skye]

13 minutes ago, rocket said:

 

 

Correct

 

New:  My dad was a synagogue presiding officer who asked Jesus to heal me.

Jairus