So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites. He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their work required, and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their work required. They were all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest. But Moses did not give any to the Kohathites, because they were to carry on their shoulders the holy things, for which they were responsible.

• Numbers 7:6-9

They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart with the ark of God on it, and Ahio was walking in front of it. David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before the Lord, with castanets, harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.
When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God.

• 2 Samuel 6:3-7

So they selected two chariots with their horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army. He commanded the drivers, “Go and find out what has happened.”

• 2 Kings 7:14

He removed from the entrance to the temple of the Lord the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the room of an official named Nathan-Melek. Josiah then burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.

• 2 Kings 23:11

This quiz is on wheeled conveyances: carts (20), wagons (3), and chariots (154).  The number in parenthesis is the number of times the word is used in the NIV.  Odd that an engineer writes over a hundred quizzes before he gets to one about a wheeled conveyance.

It is also odd that wagons, mentioned three times always are mentioned alongside chariots.  While history records the Chinese using war wagons about the time of Jesus’ ministry, armies from early on probably used the sturdier wagon to carry supplies.  Thus, an army on the move had foot soldiers marching, chariots, men on horseback (cavalry), and wagons to carry supplies and the wounded.

The Questions:

#	Question	Bible References	Answer
1	Of the three wheeled vehicles (wagons, carts, and chariots), which is mentioned first in the Bible and who is riding the vehicle?
2	Who told someone to tell Joseph’s brothers to take carts back to Canaan and pick up the extended families, including Joseph’s father, Jacob (Israel)?
3	Iron chariots seemed to be the stopping point in Israel’s expansion throughout the Promised Land.  Where are chariots fitted with iron first mentioned?
4	Cows, with no human guiding them, took the ark of the Lord from this land to Joshua of Beth Shemesh and eventually to Samuel, after Hophni and Phinehas had lost the ark.  Who placed the ark on the cart and relied on the cows to follow God’s instructions?
5	What is the first reference to “wagons” in reference to in Isaiah?
6	In a prophecy found in Ezekiel about two prostitutes, Oholibah represented Jerusalem.  She would be attacked on all sides by her lovers with weapons, chariots, and what other wheeled conveyance?
7	In a prophecy in Zechariah, he sees four chariots.  The last chariot is driven by dappled horses.  What are the first three chariots driven by?  The colors remind me of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, but not in the same order. Order does not matter here.
8	Part of the judgment of Israel in the book of Amos related, as a metaphor, to something that happens often to a farmer’s cart.  What is it?
9	There are only two mentions of these wheeled conveyances in the New Testament.  The first reference is four mentions in Acts, about a man reading Isaiah while riding a chariot.  Who?
10	The last mention of any of these conveyances is in Revelation, but the reference is not the wheeled device, but a sound that reminds you of the horses and this device.  Of carts, wagons, and chariots, which one?  And for a bonus, which event, the number and (seals, bowls, trumpets), and what is making the sound?

Notice how God had Moses provide carts for the transport of the Tabernacle, but when it came to the holy things, only the Kohathites were allowed to carry them and only over their shoulders.

Then when Uzzah reached out his hand to sturdy the ark of the Lord, he was struck dead.

It is good that we design energy saving devices, but we must pay attention to what God wants for His people.  People say today that moderation is key, but just one mistake in not showing proper respect to God is too much.

Bible References:

#	Question	Bible Reference	Answer
1	Of the three wheeled vehicles (wagons, carts, and chariots), which is mentioned first in the Bible and who is riding the vehicle?	Genesis 41:41-43
2	Who told someone to tell Joseph’s brothers to take carts back to Canaan and pick up the extended families, including Joseph’s father, Jacob (Israel)?	Genesis 45:17-20
3	Iron chariots seemed to be the stopping point in Israel’s expansion throughout the Promised Land.  Where are chariots fitted with iron first mentioned?	N/A
4	Cows, with no human guiding them, took the ark of the Lord from this land to Joshua of Beth Shemesh and eventually to Samuel, after Hophni and Phinehas had lost the ark.  Who placed the ark on the cart and relied on the cows to follow God’s instructions?	1 Samuel 6:7-16
5	What is the first reference to “wagons” in reference to in Isaiah?	Isaiah 66:20
6	In a prophecy found in Ezekiel about two prostitutes, Oholibah represented Jerusalem.  She would be attacked on all sides by her lovers with weapons, chariots, and what other wheeled conveyance?	Ezekiel 23:22-27
7	In a prophecy in Zechariah, he sees four chariots.  The last chariot is driven by dappled horses.  What are the first three chariots driven by?  The colors remind me of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, but not in the same order. Order does not matter here.	Zechariah 6:1-4
8	Part of the judgment of Israel in the book of Amos related, as a metaphor, to something that happens often to a farmer’s cart.  What is it?	Amos 2:13
9	There are only two mentions of these wheeled conveyances in the New Testament.  The first reference is four mentions in Acts, about a man reading Isaiah while riding a chariot.  Who?	Acts 8:28-38
10	The last mention of any of these conveyances is in Revelation, but the reference is not the wheeled device, but a sound that reminds you of the horses and this device.  Of carts, wagons, and chariots, which one?  And for a bonus, which event, the number and (seals, bowls, trumpets), and what is making the sound?	Revelation 9:9

Question 3 above talks of the first instance of a tribe, or tribes, who did not do as God commanded.  They were afraid of the chariots fitted with iron.  They did not have enough faith to rid their land of these iron chariots.

Judah also failed, according to Judges 1, but in Judges 4, under the leadership of Deborah as Judge and Barak as the army commander, they defeated Sisera’s army with nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.  God’s power was always there.  The Israelites could have freed themselves from oppression after Joshua apportioned the land to each tribe.  They all had that power at their disposal.

In what ways do we think so little of God’s power that we miss out on God’s help?

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The Answers:

#	Question	Bible References	Answer
1	Of the three wheeled vehicles (wagons, carts, and chariots), which is mentioned first in the Bible and who is riding the vehicle?	Genesis 41:41-43	Joseph rode in a chariot after interpreting Pharaoh’s dream and becoming the second to Pharaoh himself.
2	Who told someone to tell Joseph’s brothers to take carts back to Canaan and pick up the extended families, including Joseph’s father, Jacob (Israel)?	Genesis 45:17-20	Pharaoh
3	Iron chariots seemed to be the stopping point in Israel’s expansion throughout the Promised Land.  Where are chariots fitted with iron first mentioned?	N/A	Joshua 17:14-18, where Joshua apportions land to Ephraim and Manasseh that is controlled by people with such chariots, but Joshua states that they can defeat them.  It was their lack of faith that defeated the sons of Joseph.
4	Cows, with no human guiding them, took the ark of the Lord from this land to Joshua of Beth Shemesh and eventually to Samuel, after Hophni and Phinehas had lost the ark.  Who placed the ark on the cart and relied on the cows to follow God’s instructions?	1 Samuel 6:7-16	The Philistines
5	What is the first reference to “wagons” in reference to in Isaiah?	Isaiah 66:20	The remnant of the people of Israel will return on a variety of clean vessels, which includes chariots and wagons, but also on horses, mules, and camels.
6	In a prophecy found in Ezekiel about two prostitutes, Oholibah represented Jerusalem.  She would be attacked on all sides by her lovers with weapons, chariots, and what other wheeled conveyance?	Ezekiel 23:22-27	Wagons
7	In a prophecy in Zechariah, he sees four chariots.  The last chariot is driven by dappled horses.  What are the first three chariots driven by?  The colors remind me of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, but not in the same order. Order does not matter here.	Zechariah 6:1-4	Red, Black, and White.  While the four horsemen of the Apocalypse rode horses that were white, red, black, and pale.
8	Part of the judgment of Israel in the book of Amos related, as a metaphor, to something that happens often to a farmer’s cart.  What is it?	Amos 2:13	God will crush them as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
9	There are only two mentions of these wheeled conveyances in the New Testament.  The first reference is four mentions in Acts, about a man reading Isaiah while riding a chariot.  Who?	Acts 8:28-38	The Ethiopian eunuch.
10	The last mention of any of these conveyances is in Revelation, but the reference is not the wheeled device, but a sound that reminds you of the horses and this device.  Of carts, wagons, and chariots, which one?  And for a bonus, which event, the number and (seals, bowls, trumpets), and what is making the sound?	Revelation 9:9	When the fifth angel sounds the trumpet, a star falls from the sky with a key to the Abyss.  Locusts, which look nothing like the insect, will emerge from the Abyss, making this horrible sound, the sound of horses and CHARIOTS in battle.

Whether you did well on this quiz or, not so well, here is Ed Ames singing the theme song for the movie, The War Wagon.

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Here is the Gaither Vocal Band (Mark Lowry, Michael English, David Phelps, Wes Hampton, and Bill Gaither) singing Low Down the Chariot.

Here is Gaither Vocal Band (a different mixture) and Ernie Haase & the Signature Sound (with some different people than the present make-up) with Marshall Hall of the Gaither Vocal Band and Ernie Haase singing solo parts in Swing Down Chariot.

Here is Johnny Cash singing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.

If you like these Saturday morning Bible quizzes, but you think you missed a few, you can use this LINK. I have set up a page off the home page for links to these Saturday morning posts. I will continue to modify the page as I add more.

Soli Deo Gloria.  Only to God be the Glory.