1st & 2nd Samuel, Kings And Chronicles
This quiz is based on the teachings from the books of 1st & 2nd Samuel, Kings and Chronicles, October 6, 2010.
- 1.1st Samuel is about the people of Israel wanting
- A.
Meat instead of Manna
- B.
To go back to Egypt
- C.
To be ruled by a king instead of a judge
- D.
To be able to worship who they wanted to worship
- 2.Samuel was a
- A.
Prophet
- B.
King
- C.
Judge
- D.
Priest
- E.
A and B
- F.
A and C
- 3.The very first king who ruled in Israel was
- A.
Joshua
- B.
Amalek
- C.
Jonathan (Saul's son)
- D.
David
- E.
Saul
- 4.The thing that launched David into his stardom and popularity with the people of Israel was
- A.
His fantastic musical ability
- B.
His 'ruddy' good looks
- C.
Killing the giant Goliath
- D.
Killing a lion in the open field though he was a shepherd
- 5.God blesses David as King and the nation of Israel prospers and succeeds until
- A.
David writes a song that falls off the charts
- B.
David finally meets a Philistine giant he can't knock off
- C.
David starts worshiping a golden idol
- D.
David commits adultery and murder
- E.
Other
- 6.As 1st and 2nd Samuel was about David's Rein as king, 1st Kings is about
- A.
Solomon's reign as king
- B.
Elijah's reign as king
- C.
Absalom's reign as king
- D.
Saul's reign as the first king
- E.
All of the above
- 7.The book of 1st Kings describes the division of the Israelites into two competing kingdoms. The kings of Israel (The Northern Kingdom) were invariably idolatrous while the kings of Judah (The Southern Kingdom) were sometimes good and sometimes evil.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Solomon became world famous for his
- A.
Wisdom
- B.
Writing of Psalms
- C.
Wealth
- D.
Spirituality
- E.
A and C
- F.
B and D
- 9.One of the great achievements of Solomon was
- A.
Bringing the Ark of the Covenant back to Jerusalem
- B.
The many wives he had
- C.
The confirmation of Elijah as a prophet
- D.
The building of the Temple
- E.
All of the above
- 10.The Northern Kingdom is Judah and the Southern Kingdom is Israel
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Two of the greatest prophets in 1st and 2nd Kings were
- A.
Shadrach and Meshach
- B.
David and Solomon
- C.
Caleb and Joshua
- D.
Jeroboam and Rehoboam
- E.
Elijah and Elisha
- 12.Out of the 39 kings after Israel and Judah divided, only 8 of those kings were good (or mostly good), and all of them were in Judah.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.One of the ways 1st Chronicles differs from 1st and 2nd Samuel is that it focuses on David's greatness and not as much on his personal failures.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Another major reason Chronicles was written was because the person writing Chronicles (possibly Ezra) wanted to give the exiles a reason to stay where they were and not to return to their God-forsaken land.
- A.
True
- B.
False