Book of 1 Kings Quiz

1. What did Solomon ask God for at Gibeon?

1. A discerning heart
2. Great riches
3. Long life
4. Victory in war

2. What did Solomon order to settle the case of the two mothers?

1. Ask the father
2. Cut the baby in two
3. Draw lots
4. Give each a turn

3. How long did it take Solomon to build the temple?

1. Forty years
2. Seven years
3. Three years
4. Twenty years

4. What filled the temple when the ark was brought in?

1. A cloud
2. Fire
3. Light
4. Smoke from incense

5. What did God warn the temple would become if Israel turned to other gods?

1. A Babylonian shrine
2. A grain store
3. A heap of rubble
4. A royal palace

6. What did the Queen of Sheba say about the reports of Solomon?

1. Not even half was told
2. They were exaggerated
3. They were lies
4. They were too short

7. How many wives of royal birth did Solomon have?

1. One thousand
2. Seven hundred
3. Seventy
4. Three hundred

8. Which king answered the people harshly, splitting the kingdom?

1. Asa
2. Jeroboam
3. Rehoboam
4. Solomon

9. Where did Jeroboam set up his two golden calves?

1. Bethel and Dan
2. Hebron and Beersheba
3. Samaria and Jezreel
4. Shiloh and Gilgal

10. Which future king did the man of God name as the one who would defile Bethel's altar?

1. David
2. Hezekiah
3. Jehu
4. Josiah

11. Which king of Judah did what was right, as his father David had done?

1. Abijah
2. Ahab
3. Asa
4. Rehoboam

12. From whom did Omri buy the hill of Samaria?

1. Ahab
2. Hiram
3. Naboth
4. Shemer

13. Whose sins did the kings of Israel keep repeating?

1. Jeroboam's
2. Rehoboam's
3. Saul's
4. Solomon's

14. Whose daughter was Jezebel?

1. Ben-Hadad
2. Ethbaal of Sidon
3. Hiram of Tyre
4. Pharaoh

15. What brought Elijah food at the Kerith Ravine?

1. A widow
2. An angel
3. Doves
4. Ravens

16. How many prophets of Baal did Elijah face on Mount Carmel?

1. 100
2. 40
3. 450
4. 850

17. Under what kind of bush did Elijah ask to die?

1. A broom bush
2. A fig tree
3. A juniper tree
4. A thornbush

18. After the wind, earthquake and fire, how did God speak to Elijah?

1. A burning bush
2. A gentle whisper
3. A loud trumpet
4. Through an angel

19. Whose vineyard did Ahab want?

1. Elijah's
2. Jehu's
3. Naboth's
4. Obadiah's

20. Where was Ahab killed in battle?

1. Jezreel
2. Megiddo
3. Ramoth Gilead
4. Samaria

21. Who was brought to keep the old King David warm?

1. Abigail
2. Abishag
3. Bathsheba
4. Michal

22. Which son of David tried to make himself king before Solomon?

1. Absalom
2. Adonijah
3. Amnon
4. Nathan

23. At which spring was Solomon anointed king?

1. Bethesda
2. En Rogel
3. Gihon
4. Siloam

24. What did Adonijah take hold of when he feared Solomon?

1. A sword
2. Solomon's robe
3. The ark
4. The horns of the altar

25. What was David's charge to Solomon as he died?

1. Be strong, act like a man
2. Build me a tomb
3. Forgive your enemies
4. Marry for peace

26. Where was the priest Abiathar banished?

1. Anathoth
2. Egypt
3. Nob
4. Shiloh

27. Whose daughter did Solomon marry to make an alliance?

1. Ahab's
2. Hiram's
3. Pharaoh's
4. The Queen of Sheba's

28. Besides wisdom, what did God also give Solomon though he had not asked?

1. A long life
2. Many sons
3. Peace with Egypt
4. Wealth and honour

29. How many proverbs did Solomon speak?

1. One thousand
2. Seven thousand
3. Three hundred
4. Three thousand

30. Which king supplied cedar logs for the temple?

1. Ben-Hadad
2. Hiram of Tyre
3. Nebuchadnezzar
4. Pharaoh

31. How many years after the exodus did Solomon begin building the temple?

1. 1,000
2. 40
3. 430
4. 480

32. What could not be heard at the temple site while it was being built?

1. Footsteps
2. Iron tools
3. Prayer
4. Singing

33. How long did Solomon take to build his own palace?

1. Forty years
2. Seven years
3. Thirteen years
4. Three years

34. What were the two bronze pillars at the temple called?

1. Gog and Magog
2. Hophni and Phinehas
3. Jakin and Boaz
4. Urim and Thummim

35. What stood under the great bronze Sea?

1. Four lions
2. Seven pillars
3. Twelve bulls
4. Two cherubim

36. What was inside the ark when it was placed in the temple?

1. Gold coins
2. Manna and a staff
3. Nothing
4. The two stone tablets

37. What did Solomon say even the highest heaven cannot do?

1. Contain God
2. Hide sin
3. Hold the stars
4. Reach Jerusalem

38. What did Hiram call the towns Solomon gave him in Galilee?

1. Kabul
2. Ophir
3. Tadmor
4. Tarshish

39. How many talents of gold did Solomon receive yearly?

1. 1,000
2. 120
3. 666
4. 70

40. What was Solomon's great throne made of?

1. Cedar and silver
2. Ivory overlaid with gold
3. Marble and jasper
4. Solid bronze