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Ancient Bible Characters and Modern-Day Music?

This was passed along to me and I'm wondering which is your favorite and if you have other match-ups?

Some of the songs I can't recall, but everyone will surely find some they know and how they relate to Bible Characters. Have fun!

Noah -- Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

Esau -- Born to be Wild

Daniel -- The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Joshua -- Good Vibrations

Peter -- I'm Sorry

Adam & Eve -- Strangers In Paradise

Lazarus -- The Second Time Around

Esther -- I Feel Pretty

Job -- I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues

Moses -- The Happy Wanderer or There's a Place for Us

Samson -- Hair

Salome -- I Could Have Danced All Night

Shadrach, Meshach & Agenego -- Great Balls of Fire

Jonah -- Got a Whale of a Tale

Elijah -- Up, Up and Away

Methuselah - Stayin' Alive

Nebuchadnezzar -- Crazy

Dinah - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

My # 1 Favorite is.....................

Jezebel -- Who Let the Dogs Out

Update:

Michael Bublè...good choice!

Update 2:

Thanks Bamboo Bambi :)

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  • phrog
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Jesus - 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood', by the Animals

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    because of the fact what we now call 'the bible' became in no way meant to be worldwide huge e book study with the aid of billions. The Torah (the old testomony - the Jewish bible) became written down from 1000's of years of Oral custom. It became meant to be a compilation of Jewish mythology, teachings and historic previous. whilst Christianity gained popularity and power and the oral teachings as memories of Jesus have been written down, and different writings compiled with them and the so-pronounced as "bible" became first prepare, unexpectedly the Torah became appropriated with the aid of an completely new faith the place it, at last, grew to grow to be the Holy e book for Christianity. It became in no way meant to be so. The God of the Israelites became very sparkling that that became who He became, the god of Abraham, Issac and Jacob. no longer the god of all...people do exactly no longer choose to pay attention that, although, and that i think of i'm going to get lots of thumbs down for this answer. yet once you study the old testomony carefully, you will discover that that Yahweh is the Tribal God of the Israelites. and that they are the only ones he's attracted to...

  • 1 decade ago

    Boney M 'By the rivers of Babylon' Psalm 137

  • 1 decade ago

    Here's one I thought up myself

    Paul- Now I See The Light (song from the 80's)

    I can't find it on YouTube, so here's a replacement

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNgKW_GmeXo

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That's cute and funny....

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Jesus- Because I Got High.

    Source(s): i was gunna go to church but i got high
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