Rahab Bible Quiz
10 questions · King James Version · biblesundays.com
1.In which city did Rahab live?
- A. Ai
- B. Jericho
- C. Bethel
- D. Gibeon
2.What was Rahab's profession before she believed?
- A. A weaver
- B. A harlot
- C. A priestess
- D. A merchant
3.What did Rahab hide on her roof?
- A. The spies of Israel
- B. Her family
- C. Her idols
- D. Grain
4.What sign did Rahab hang from her window for protection?
- A. A white cloth
- B. A scarlet thread / cord
- C. A lamb's blood
- D. An olive branch
5.What did Rahab confess about the LORD God of Israel?
- A. He is a local god
- B. The LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath
- C. He is one of many gods
- D. He is weaker than the gods of Jericho
6.Who was spared when Jericho fell?
- A. Rahab and her father's household, and all that she had
- B. Only Rahab
- C. The whole city
- D. None
7.In which New Testament chapter is Rahab praised for her faith?
- A. Romans 4
- B. Hebrews 11
- C. James 2
- D. Both Hebrews 11 and James 2
8.Rahab became the mother of whom in the genealogy of Christ?
- A. Boaz
- B. Jesse
- C. Obed
- D. David
9.What did Rahab ask the spies to show her?
- A. Wealth
- B. Kindness to her father's house, and save alive my father, my mother, my brethren, and my sisters
- C. Victory over Jericho
- D. Safe passage to Israel
10.What does Rahab's story demonstrate?
- A. God's grace can save anyone who believes
- B. Only the righteous are saved
- C. Jericho was too strong
- D. The spies were cowards
Answer Key
1.B. Jericho — Joshua 2:1 (KJV)
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
2.B. A harlot — Joshua 2:1 (KJV)
And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
3.A. The spies of Israel — Joshua 2:6 (KJV)
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax.
4.B. A scarlet thread / cord — Joshua 2:18 (KJV)
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by.
5.B. The LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath — Joshua 2:11 (KJV)
For the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
6.A. Rahab and her father's household, and all that she had — Joshua 6:25 (KJV)
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day.
7.D. Both Hebrews 11 and James 2 — Hebrews 11:31 (KJV)
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. (Hebrews 11:31) …Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? (James 2:25)
8.A. Boaz — Matthew 1:5 (KJV)
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse.
9.B. Kindness to her father's house, and save alive my father, my mother, my brethren, and my sisters — Joshua 2:12 (KJV)
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token.
10.A. God's grace can save anyone who believes — Joshua 2 (KJV)
Rahab, a Gentile and a harlot, was saved by faith and became an ancestor of Jesus Christ.