Weekly Sermons

How Much Do You Know About Bethlehem?

 

Bethlehem means House of…                                                                     ________________________

 

Wife of a Patriarch buried in Bethlehem                                                    ________________________

 

Name of Bethlehem back in Genesis                                                          ________________________

 

Tribe in the North that also had a Bethlehem                                             ________________________

 

Tribe in the South home to the more famous                Bethlehem                          ________________________

 

Most famous Mother-in-law from Bethlehem                                            ________________________

 

Most famous Moabite woman who lived in Bethlehem                            ________________________

 

Wealthy Kinsman Redeemer from Bethlehem                                           ________________________

 

Number of miles from Bethlehem to Jerusalem                                         ________________________

 

The Bethlehemite Samuel thought was the Lord’s anointed                     _______________________

 

Man with 8 sons who lived in Bethlehem                                                   ________________________

 

Most famous musician (and much more) from Bethlehem                       ________________________

 

Slain by Abner, this warrior was buried in Bethlehem                               ________________________

 

Bible bad guys who built a garrison in Bethlehem                                    ________________________

 

Bethlehem is this many feet above sea level                                              ________________________

 

King who converted Bethlehem into a military stronghold                       ________________________

 

Number of male exiles from Bethlehem that returned after exile             ________________________

 

Prophet who said Messiah would come from Bethlehem                          ________________________

 

Murderous king who had infants killed after Jesus was born                    ________________________

 

Prophet who foresaw the massacre of infants                                             ________________________

 

Descendant of King David forced to return for the census                        ________________________

 

Stinky men who made haste to see baby Jesus                                           ________________________

 

Possible population at time of Jesus’ birth (Albright)                               ________________________

 

Number of people who live in Bethlehem today (Wikipedia)                   ________________________

 

The oldest existing Church in the world is the Church of the                   ________________________

 

Word Bank:       Asahel                  Boaz                     Bread                    David                   Eliab                     Ephrath

Herod                   Jeremiah              Jesse                     Joseph                  Judah                    Micah                   Naomi

Nativity                Philistines            Rachel                  Rehoboam           Ruth                      Shepherds               Zebulon

5                            123                       300                       2550                     25,000

 

References:         Genesis 35:19      Joshua 19:15       Ruth 1:22             Ruth 4:13-14       I Sam. 16:6               I Sam. 16:18

II Sam. 2:32         II Sam. 23:14       II Sam. 23:24       II Chr. 11:6          Ezra 2:21             Jeremiah 31:15               Micah 5:2

Matthew 2:1        Luke 2:4