Caleb Bible Quiz
10 questions · King James Version · biblesundays.com
1.Who was Caleb's father?
- A. Jephunneh the Kenezite
- B. Nun
- C. Zurishaddai
- D. Ammishaddai
2.What did Caleb say about taking Canaan?
- A. Let us flee
- B. Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it
- C. Let us send more spies
- D. Let us wait for reinforcements
3.How many of the twelve spies brought back a good report?
- A. Two — Joshua and Caleb
- B. Three
- C. Six
- D. One — Joshua alone
4.What did Caleb say about the giants in the land?
- A. They are too strong for us
- B. They were bread for us: their defence is departed from them
- C. We should negotiate peace
- D. God will fight for us alone
5.How old was Caleb when Moses sent him to spy out Canaan?
- A. Thirty years old
- B. Forty years old
- C. Fifty years old
- D. Sixty years old
6.How many years wandered in the wilderness because of unbelief?
- A. Twenty years
- B. Thirty years
- C. Forty years
- D. Fifty years
7.What did God say about Caleb?
- A. He wholly followed the LORD God of Israel
- B. He was the youngest spy
- C. He was the strongest warrior
- D. He was Moses' favourite
8.What mountain did Caleb ask for as his inheritance?
- A. Mount Sinai
- B. Mount Zion
- C. Kirjath-arba (Hebron)
- D. Mount Gerizim
9.How old was Caleb when he drove out the sons of Anak from Hebron?
- A. Sixty-five
- B. Seventy
- C. Eighty-five
- D. Ninety
10.Who did Caleb drive out of Hebron?
- A. The Hittites
- B. The Canaanites
- C. The three sons of Anak — Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai
- D. The Philistines
Answer Key
1.A. Jephunneh the Kenezite — Numbers 13:6 (KJV)
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
2.B. Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it — Numbers 13:30 (KJV)
Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
3.A. Two — Joshua and Caleb — Numbers 14:6 (KJV)
Only Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun, brought back faith-filled reports.
4.B. They were bread for us: their defence is departed from them — Numbers 14:9 (KJV)
Caleb and Joshua said, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land… their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
5.B. Forty years old — Joshua 14:7 (KJV)
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land.
6.C. Forty years — Numbers 14:33 (KJV)
Your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms.
7.A. He wholly followed the LORD God of Israel — Numbers 14:24 (KJV)
My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
8.C. Kirjath-arba (Hebron) — Joshua 14:12 (KJV)
Give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day… Kirjath-arba, which city is Hebron.
9.C. Eighty-five — Joshua 14:10 (KJV)
I am this day fourscore and five years old… now therefore give me this mountain.
10.C. The three sons of Anak — Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai — Joshua 15:14 (KJV)
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.