JAMB Christian Religious Studies 2005 Question 49

Question 49

Joshua and the Judges

When the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, He gave them into the hand of the Philistines for

  1. A.thirty years
  2. B.fifty years
  3. C.twenty years
  4. D.forty years.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: D (forty years.)

Explanation

Judges 13:1 says the LORD gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years, before the birth of Samson.