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Trees in Bible Times

From: Messages of God's Love: 2015

Narrator: Chris Genthree

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Many of you children can remember the names of trees that you have learned about in school, especially if you made a leaf collection as a science project. This little quiz today is about the names of some of the trees the Bible tells us about. Some of these answers will be easy to match, but some you may have to look up in the Bible references that are included.

Cedar

Juniper

Fig

Mulberry

Palm

Fir

Sycomore

When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a young donkey, the people cut down ______________ branches and spread them on the road. (John 12:13¹³Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. (John 12:13))

Zacchaeus climbed up into a ______________ tree so he could see Jesus.

(Luke 19:4⁴And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. (Luke 19:4))

The wood from ______________ trees was used to make musical instruments.

(2 Samuel 6:5⁵And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. (2 Samuel 6:5))

Wood from ______________ trees was used to build King David’s house.

(2 Samuel 5:11¹¹And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. (2 Samuel 5:11))

Adam and Eve sewed aprons out of ______________ leaves from this tree.

(Genesis 3:7⁷And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. (Genesis 3:7))

God told King David to go into battle when he heard the sound of marching in the tops of the ______________ trees. (1 Chronicles 14:15¹⁵And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. (1 Chronicles 14:15))

Elijah slept under a ______________ tree, until an angel touched him.

(1 Kings 19:5⁵And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. (1 Kings 19:5))

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