Book of 1 Samuel Quiz

1. What was the name of Samuel's father?

1. Eli
2. Elkanah
3. Jesse
4. Kish

2. Who was Elkanah's other wife, who had children?

1. Abigail
2. Ahinoam
3. Michal
4. Peninnah

3. Where did Elkanah's family go every year to worship?

1. Bethel
2. Gilgal
3. Jerusalem
4. Shiloh

4. What were the names of Eli's two sons?

1. Eleazar and Ithamar
2. Hophni and Phinehas
3. Joel and Abijah
4. Nadab and Abihu

5. What portion did Elkanah give Hannah at the sacrifice?

1. A double portion
2. Half a portion
3. Nothing
4. The fat portion

6. What did Eli think when he saw Hannah praying with her lips moving?

1. She was a prophet
2. She was drunk
3. She was ill
4. She was mad

7. What did Hannah vow about the son she asked for?

1. He would be a king
2. He would be a soldier
3. He would never marry
4. No razor on his head

8. Why did Hannah name her son Samuel?

1. God remembered her
2. He was her first
3. He was strong
4. She asked the LORD for him

9. What did Hannah bring with Samuel when she took him to Shiloh?

1. A gold ring
2. A lamb
3. A three-year-old bull
4. Two doves

10. How does Hannah's song begin?

1. Hear, O Israel
2. My heart rejoices in the LORD
3. Sing to the LORD
4. The LORD is my shepherd

11. What did Eli's sons use to take meat from the sacrifices?

1. A bronze knife
2. A silver bowl
3. A three-pronged fork
4. Their hands

12. What did Hannah make for Samuel each year?

1. A linen ephod
2. A little robe
3. A pair of sandals
4. A wool blanket

13. What did the man of God say would happen to Hophni and Phinehas?

1. Both die on one day
2. They would be exiled
3. They would become kings
4. They would repent

14. Where was Samuel sleeping when the LORD called him?

1. In Eli's room
2. In his parents' tent
3. In the courtyard
4. In the house of the LORD

15. Who did Samuel think was calling him in the night?

1. An angel
2. Eli
3. His father
4. Hophni

16. What did Eli tell Samuel to say if the voice called again?

1. Here I am, send me
2. I am afraid
3. Speak, your servant listens
4. Who are you, Lord?

17. From where to where did all Israel recognise Samuel as a prophet?

1. Dan to Beersheba
2. Egypt to Babylon
3. Galilee to Judah
4. Jericho to Gaza

18. Who captured the ark of God in battle?

1. The Amalekites
2. The Ammonites
3. The Moabites
4. The Philistines

19. How did Eli die?

1. He fell and broke his neck
2. In battle
3. Of old age in bed
4. Struck by lightning

20. How old was Eli when he died?

1. 120
2. 40
3. 70
4. 98

21. What did Phinehas's wife name her son, born as she died?

1. Abiathar
2. Eleazar
3. Ichabod
4. Samuel

22. In whose temple in Ashdod did the Philistines put the ark?

1. Ashtoreth's
2. Baal's
3. Dagon's
4. Molek's

23. What happened to the statue of Dagon the second morning?

1. Head and hands broken off
2. It bowed to the ark
3. It disappeared
4. It was turned to gold

24. How long was the ark in Philistine territory?

1. Forty days
2. Seven days
3. Seven months
4. Twenty years

25. What gold objects did the Philistines send back with the ark?

1. Calves and cups
2. Lamps and bowls
3. Rings and crowns
4. Tumours and rats

26. What pulled the cart carrying the ark back to Israel?

1. Four horses
2. Philistine men
3. Two cows
4. Two oxen

27. To which town was the ark taken for twenty years?

1. Bethel
2. Jerusalem
3. Kiriath Jearim
4. Shiloh

28. What name did Samuel give the stone he set up after victory at Mizpah?

1. Bethel
2. Ebenezer
3. Gilgal
4. Mizpah

29. In which town was Samuel's home?

1. Bethel
2. Gibeah
3. Ramah
4. Shiloh

30. What were Samuel's sons doing wrong as judges?

1. Accepting bribes
2. Fighting each other
3. Neglecting the ark
4. Worshipping idols

31. What did the elders of Israel ask Samuel for?

1. A king
2. A new priest
3. A temple
4. An army

32. Whom did God say the people had really rejected?

1. God himself
2. Moses' law
3. Samuel
4. The priests

33. What was Saul's father's name?

1. Abner
2. Jesse
3. Kish
4. Ner

34. How is Saul described when we first meet him?

1. A head taller than others
2. Old and wise
3. Ruddy and handsome
4. Short and strong

35. What was Saul looking for when he met Samuel?

1. A lost sheep
2. A runaway servant
3. A wife
4. His father's donkeys

36. How much did Saul's servant offer to give the seer?

1. A gold ring
2. A quarter of a shekel
3. A young goat
4. Ten shekels

37. What did Samuel pour on Saul's head?

1. A flask of olive oil
2. A horn of water
3. Ashes
4. Wine

38. What saying began when Saul prophesied with the prophets?

1. Is Saul among the prophets?
2. Long live the king
3. Saul has slain thousands
4. The LORD is with Saul

39. Where was Saul hiding when he was chosen king?

1. Among the supplies
2. In a cave
3. In the temple
4. Under a tree

40. What did Nahash the Ammonite threaten to do to the men of Jabesh Gilead?

1. Burn their city
2. Gouge out their right eyes
3. Sell them as slaves
4. Take their wives