Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

• 1 Samuel 17:33

These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their families.

• 1 Chronicles 5:24

All these were descendants of Asher—heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders. The number of men ready for battle, as listed in their genealogy, was 26,000.

• 1 Chronicles 7:40

Zikri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, second to the king.

• 2 Chronicles 28:7

No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength.

• Psalm 33:16

Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: “I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.

• Psalm 89:19

The End Times Quiz series, at least the birth pains, is complete.  But I am continuing the people of war quizzes, every other week.  We have looked at Commander, Leader, and Soldier.  There should be enough references to officer, centurion and spy (spies) to keep these quizzes going.  There are twelve references to sailor, not all military, but that is a possibility.

We had soldier two weeks ago.  Why distinguish between soldier and warrior?  I like an AI (artificial intelligence) answer to that question.  A soldier is defined by duty, obedience, and training.  But a warrior is defined with a deeper meaning, a spiritual commitment to a righteous cause.  That could mean something when war was not involved.  But, you might say that a warrior is a soldier who distinguished himself in battle, but then again, the act of distinguishing oneself is probably that spiritual commitment.

This quiz is made up of ten questions about verses mentioning a “warrior.”

The verses are in biblical order.  All questions are from the Old Testament.  One heading in Revelation 19 is the only mention of “warrior” in the NIV New Testament, but the headings are not divinely inspired.

The Questions:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	Who is the first person to be identified as a warrior in the NIV?  He was a son of Cush, and he was also called a mighty hunter.  Both Babylon and Ninevah became centers of his kingdom.
2	Who is called a warrior in the song of Moses and Miriam after the Israelites crossed the Red Sea?
3	Who was hiding in a winepress, threshing wheat, so the Midianites would not see him?  And he claimed to be from the smallest Clan in Manasseh and the weakest in his family, but the angel of the Lord called him, “mighty warrior.”
4	Another warrior among the judges, whose father was Gilead and his mother was a prostitute?  He was a good judge, but he made an unwise vow.
5	When the spirit of God left Saul, an evil spirit took His place.  One of Saul’s servants claimed that a young man from Bethlehem who was brave and a warrior could play the lyre to soothe Saul’s troubled spirit.  Who was this young man?
6	A man found someone alive, hanging in a tree, but he did not harm him.  Instead, he told Joab what he saw.  Joab said that if he had killed the man he would have been rewarded coins and a warrior’s belt.  Who did this man see in a tree?
7	After the rebellion of the answer to question 6 was over, Sheba son of Bikri, rebelled. Amasa was sent to quell the rebellion, but why did David send Abishai?
8	How many mighty warriors are mentioned specifically by their number?  Bonus: Jointly, what did this number of mighty warriors do to get special mentioning in the praises of David’s warriors?
9	Two other mighty warriors were also mentioned other than the answer to question 8, listing their exploits.  One was Abishai and what other mighty warrior was the mighty warrior who killed Adonijah and Joab to solidify Solomon’s control of the kingdom?
10	Other than the “Number” of mighty warriors and the two honorable mentions (questions 8 and 9) how many are simply listed by name?

Question 10 speaks of a number of warriors that David felt needed to be mentioned as mighty warriors, although no specific feat of courage or strength is mentioned.

This list begins with Asahel, brother of Joab, thus, nephew of David.  Asahel was a great runner.  He chased Abner, commander of what was once Saul’s army.  Abner repeatedly told Asahel to not follow him, but Asahel was unrelenting.  Abner stopped and held his ground and Asahel became impaled on the blunt end of Abner’s spear.  Joab would soon kill Abner for having killed his brother.  All this bloodshed led to David being the undenied king of all Israel, but too much blood was shed when diplomacy might have worked.

The list ends with Uriah the Hittite.  Could there have been two of them?  I doubt it.  Uriah, who David had killed to cover up for his adultery with Bathsheba was worthy to be on the list of mighty warriors.

Not on the list is Joab.  Joab was the commander of David’s army by virtue of a decree David made, as to who would take Jerusalem and Joab led the first group of warriors into the city.  But shedding blood, some innocent, led to Joab’s eventual demise.  Joab killed Abner, who David had agreed to be his commander, so that the kingdom would be reunified.  David again assigned Amasa as the commander for the same reason.  Amasa had been the army leader under the rebellion of (answer to question 6).  Joab killed both Amasa and struck the first blows in killing the answer to question 6.  And some of this was against David’s commands.  As such, he is not mentioned.

Bible References:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	Who is the first person to be identified as a warrior in the NIV?  He was a son of Cush, and he was also called a mighty hunter.  Both Babylon and Ninevah became centers of his kingdom.	Genesis 10:8-11
2	Who is called a warrior in the song of Moses and Miriam after the Israelites crossed the Red Sea?	Exodus 15:3
3	Who was hiding in a winepress, threshing wheat, so the Midianites would not see him?  And he claimed to be from the smallest Clan in Manasseh and the weakest in his family, but the angel of the Lord called him, “mighty warrior.”	Judges 6:12
4	Another warrior among the judges, whose father was Gilead and his mother was a prostitute?  He was a good judge, but he made an unwise vow.	Judges 11:1
5	When the spirit of God left Saul, an evil spirit took His place.  One of Saul’s servants claimed that a young man from Bethlehem who was brave and a warrior could play the lyre to soothe Saul’s troubled spirit.  Who was this young man?	1 Samuel 16:18-19
6	A man found someone alive, hanging in a tree, but he did not harm him.  Instead, he told Joab what he saw.  Joab said that if he had killed the man he would have been rewarded coins and a warrior’s belt.  Who did this man see in a tree?	2 Samuel 11:12
7	After the rebellion of the answer to question 6 was over, Sheba son of Bikri, rebelled. Amasa was sent to quell the rebellion, but why did David send Abishai?	2 Samuel 20:4-7
8	How many mighty warriors are mentioned specifically by their number?  Bonus: Jointly, what did this number of mighty warriors do to get special mentioning in the praises of David’s warriors?	2 Samuel 23:8-17
9	Two other mighty warriors were also mentioned other than the answer to question 8, listing their exploits.  One was Abishai and what other mighty warrior was the mighty warrior who killed Adonijah and Joab to solidify Solomon’s control of the kingdom?	2 Samuel 23:20-22 and the reference to the two that he killed is in 1 Kings 2:25-34
10	Other than the “Number” of mighty warriors and the two honorable mentions (questions 8 and 9) how many are simply listed by name?	2 Samuel 23:24

In doing research for this quiz, I ran into a video from Tim Tebow.  He talked about the combination of questions 8 through 10.

He gave the Hebrew word for mighty men and for men.

Then he challenged the audience.  Are you satisfied being a man or do you want to be a mighty man?

Then he gave the ways how to be a mighty man in the family and at your job.  You can be a prayer warrior, a Bible study warrior, and you can take your family to church.

Mighty men are those who stand up for their faith, even when there is opposition.  Mighty men of faith are those who show love to their fellow man when everyone else preaches hatred and anger.

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The Answers:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	Who is the first person to be identified as a warrior in the NIV?  He was a son of Cush, and he was also called a mighty hunter.  Both Babylon and Ninevah became centers of his kingdom.	Genesis 10:8-11	Nimrod
2	Who is called a warrior in the song of Moses and Miriam after the Israelites crossed the Red Sea?	Exodus 15:3	The Lord.  At this point, the Israelites had not fought anyone to defend themselves.
3	Who was hiding in a winepress, threshing wheat, so the Midianites would not see him?  And he claimed to be from the smallest Clan in Manasseh and the weakest in his family, but the angel of the Lord called him, “mighty warrior.”	Judges 6:12	Gideon
4	Another warrior among the judges, whose father was Gilead and his mother was a prostitute?  He was a good judge, but he made an unwise vow.	Judges 11:1	Jephthah
5	When the spirit of God left Saul, an evil spirit took His place.  One of Saul’s servants claimed that a young man from Bethlehem who was brave and a warrior could play the lyre to soothe Saul’s troubled spirit.  Who was this young man?	1 Samuel 16:18-19	David
6	A man found someone alive, hanging in a tree, but he did not harm him.  Instead, he told Joab what he saw.  Joab said that if he had killed the man he would have been rewarded coins and a warrior’s belt.  Who did this man see in a tree?	2 Samuel 11:12	Absalom
7	After the rebellion of the answer to question 6 was over, Sheba son of Bikri, rebelled. Amasa was sent to quell the rebellion, but why did David send Abishai?	2 Samuel 20:4-7	Amasa was not pursuing Sheba with haste, allowing him to reach a fortified city, thus not following David’s command to him.  This is when Joab murdered Amasa and regained control of David’s army by force.
8	How many mighty warriors are mentioned specifically by their number?  Bonus: Jointly, what did this number of mighty warriors do to get special mentioning in the praises of David’s warriors?	2 Samuel 23:8-17	They were known as The Three. Josheb-Basshebeth, Eleazar, and Shammah.  When David wished for water from a specific well, they broke through the Philistine defenses to get him that water, but David refused to drink it since blood had been shed in obtaining it.
9	Two other mighty warriors were also mentioned other than the answer to question 8, listing their exploits.  One was Abishai and what other mighty warrior was the mighty warrior who killed Adonijah and Joab to solidify Solomon’s control of the kingdom?	2 Samuel 23:20-22 and the reference to the two that he killed is in 1 Kings 2:25-34	Benaiah son of Jehoiada
10	Other than the “Number” of mighty warriors and the two honorable mentions (questions 8 and 9) how many are simply listed by name?	2 Samuel 23:24	Thirty, and the conspicuous name not on the list was Joab.

Whether you did well on this quiz or, ummm, not so well, for the first video, here is Steven Curtis Chapman singing Warrior.  This comes from the movie War Room.

Here is Hannah Kerr singing Warrior.

Here is TribeSong singing Warrior Bride.

Here is Tasha Cobbs Leonard singing Warrior of Heaven.

We can be a warrior in faith, but never forget from whence our strength is realized.  Jesus will win the battle.  We do not have to fight.  Jesus Christ, my Champion, is standing by my side.

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.