Quiz Answers II

1.The only tribe nor given any land was Levi.

2.The tribe of Mary was Judah.

3.Hannah was married to an Ephramite.

4.No tribal affiliation is given to some of the women, such as Rahab, but because of where they lived we think that Rahab was from the tribe of Benjamin, though she married into Judah.

5.Mary and Martha lived in Bethany in the area of Benjamin, near the tribe of Judah.

6.Mary Magdalene came from a small village on the western coast of the Sea of Galilee, associated with the tribe of Naptali.

7.Ruth married into the tribe of Judah.

8.Esther was from the tribe of Benjamin.

9.All the queens (southern/Judah) i.e. Athaliah, married into the tribe of Judah.

10The only female judge of Israel was Deborah. She lived in the area of Ephraim.

11 Jesus chose Capernaum for his home base. The entire area west of the Sea of Galilee was the tribe of Naphtali.

12.Jesus grew up in Nazareth. The tribal area is not sure. It is on the border of the tribes of Zebulun, Issachar and Manasseh. As I study the tribes and the land allocations more closely I am finding that the borders of the tribes were flexible. The tribes lived and moved around from one area to another. (For more information see the article by Adam Zertle, The Trek of the Tribess as They Settled in Canaan BAR Sept/Oct 1991. 17:05).


13.Modern Day geography.
Gaza – Judah

Jerusalem – Benjamin (Benjamin and Judah were the only two tribes that “stayed” when the kingdoms were divided.

Ramala – the area of Manasseh or Ephraim.

Masada and Quamran – Judah.

Sderot – (the area that is getting the daily rocket attacks) in Judah.