Can you name the Gentile Rulers?

created by bamachile
  • Enter a ruler in the box below
  • Correctly named rulers will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Source: kjv online
  • Research is my own; list is not comprehensive. Hopefully it is a broad enough sample to get you thinking, though. KJV spellings used. Enjoy.
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1) SalemGenesis 14:18/Hebrews 5,6,7 / ...and a priest, too
2) EgyptExodus, everywhere / Yul Brynner
3) Egypt2Chronicles 35:20 / Josiah's nemesis
4) EgyptJeremiah 44:30 / doomed to fall after Judah
5) Syria1Kings 20 / Ahab's foe
6)Syria2Kings 8 / murdered #5, oppressed Israel
7) Syria2Kings 16:5 / enemy of Israel, slain by Assyrian king #15
8) Edom1Kings 11:14 / adversary of Solomon
9) SodomGenesis 14:2 / offered to reward Abram
10) BabylonDaniel 1-5, head of gold
11) BabylonDaniel 5 / saw the writing on the wall
12) Assyria2Kings 18:9 / conquered Samaria
13) Assyria2 Kings 19, Isaiah 37 / Hezekiah's foe
14) AssyriaIsaiah 20:1 / existence once doubted, now proven
15) Assyria2Chronicles 28:20 / carried much of northern kingdom away captive
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16) Medes/PersiansEzra 4:5, Daniel 5:31 / first Medo-Persian king
17) Medes/PersiansEzra 1:1, 5:13 / issued decree to rebuild temple
18) Medes/PersiansEsther 1-10 / Esther's husband
19) Medes/PersiansEsther 1 / Queen, deposed before Esther
20) RomeLuke 2:1 / ruled at time of Christ's birth
21) RomeLuke 3:1 / ruled during Christ's ministry
22) JudahAll Gospels / governor, ruled during Christ's trial
23) BashanDeuteronomy 3 / last of the giant kings
24) Heshbon (Amorites)Deuteronomy 2 / often paired with #23
25) Tyre1 Kings 5 / loved David; helped Solomon build temple
26) Babel, Asshur, Shinar, NinevehGenesis 10:8-10 / a mighty hunter before the LORD
27) Philistines/GerarGenesis 20, 26 / lied to by both Abraham and Isaac
28) Amalekites1Samuel 15 / spared by Saul; slain by Samuel
29) Jerusalem, BezekJoshua 10:1,Judges 1:5-7 / had his thumbs cut off
30) MoabNumbers 22-24 / hired Balaam
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Gentile Rulers Quiz

  1. by bamachile
  • Created Feb 10, 2011 in Religion
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