Altars of Worship
1.) Who was slain while holding the horns of the Altar in the tabernacle?
1.) Joab was slain while holding the horns of the Altar in the tabernacle.
1Kings 2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. :29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
2.) Where did Joshua build an altar with stones that were taken from the Jordan?
2.) Joshua built an altar with stones that were taken from the Jordan at Gilgal.
Joshua 4:20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
3.) Who was slain between the altar and the temple?
3.) Zacharias was slain between the altar and the temple.
Matthew 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
4.) In which city was there an altar to the unknown god?
4.) Athens was the city with an altar TO THE UNKNOWN GOD
Acts 17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. :23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
5.) Which Judge cut down his father's altar to Baal?
5.) Gideon was the judge that cut down his father's altar to Baal.
Judges 6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
Judges 6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
6.) What was the name of Abraham's son who he almost sacrificed upon the altar at God's command?
6.) Isaac was the name of Abraham's son who he almost sacrificed upon the altar at God's command.
Genesis 22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. :10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. :11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. :12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
7.) At Bethel, when King Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, what happened?
7.) At Bethel, when King Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, it shriveled up.
1 Kings 13:4And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
8.) What wood was the altar in the tabernacle made from?
8.) The altar in the tabernacle was made from shittim wood.
Exodus 38:1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
9.) Who took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it?
9.) Josiah took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it.
2 Kings 23:16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
10.) Who's lips were touched by a coal from the altar in the temple?
10.) Isaiah's lips were touched by a coal from the altar in the temple.
Isaiah 6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.....:6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: :7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
