Jamb 1984 Christian Religious Studies (CRS / CRK) Questions
Question 16:
David's first reaction after he had been rebuked by God through the prophet Nathan for his sin against Uriah and with Uriah's wife was to
- A Beg for forgiveness
- B Plead with God to preserve the life of his child by Uriah's wife
- C Request that the punishment threatened by God would not come to pass
- D Ask Nathan to beg Uriah's wife to pardon him
- E Simply wait for whatever God would bring on him
Question 17:
'If he (Baal) is a god, let him contend for himself because his altar has been pulled down'. Who pulled down the altar?
- A Moses
- B Joshua
- C Gideon
- D Samson
- E Joash
Question 18:
Hannah prayed to God at Shiloh for a son because
- A Elkanah hated her for being barren
- B Peninnah provoked her sorely
- C She had sinned against the Lord
- D She had only daughters
- E She wanted her son to succeed Eli
Question 19:
God pronounced utter destruction on the Amalekites because
- A They were hostile to the Kenites who lived among them
- B They were hostile neighbours of Israel like the Philistines
- C Saul desired to acquire the Amalekite territory
- D They apposed Israel on their way from Egypt to the Promised Land
- E God wanted to wipe out every element of Baal worship in Canaan
Question 20:
As David was about to die, he charged Solomon to keep God's statutes, commandments,ordinances and testimonies, so that he, solomon might
- A Prosper and the Davidic dynasty be preserved for ever
- B Receive his father's blessing
- C Have children who would succeed him
- D Avenge the enemies of David
- E Complete the temple project