Answers
- Deep sleep may follow exhausting activity (1 Ki 19:3-5) but it can also be brought on by laziness. (Pr l9:15)
- Thirst makes the infant's tongue stick to the roof of its mouth. (La 4:4)
- The Ephraimites could not say 'Shibboleth', and this led to their being recognised and killed by the men of Gilead. (Jdg 12:4-6) The Dutch employed similar tactics to identify German imposters during the Second World War.
Know Your Bible 14
- How did King Josiah die?
- Whose father was healed of fever and dysentery?
- Who was healed instantly of a chronic condition and was subsequently criticised for carrying his mat on the Sabbath?
