Q 01/05

Which order by King David does the Bible say brought a deadly plague on Israel?

A) A census of his people

B) A tax on the temple

C) A treaty with Egypt

D) A royal feast day

Answer · why

A) A census of his people

A census of his people; one biblical account says God incited David to count them, while the later retelling in 1 Chronicles blames Satan instead.

Q 02/05

David's father Jesse came from which town?

A) Hebron

B) Bethlehem

C) Nazareth

D) Jericho

Answer · why

B) Bethlehem

Bethlehem; because Micah foretold a ruler would come from Bethlehem, Matthew's Gospel says the Messiah had to be born in David's hometown.

Q 03/05

The Book of Ruth names David as the great-grandson of Ruth and which man?

A) Obed

B) Elimelech

C) Boaz

D) Mahlon

Answer · why

C) Boaz

Boaz noticed Ruth, a Moabite widow, gleaning grain in his fields and married her; their son Obed became David's grandfather.

Q 04/05

Which prophet was sent by God to anoint the young David as king?

A) Nathan

B) Elijah

C) Gad

D) Samuel

Answer · why

D) Samuel

Samuel first assumed David's tall eldest brother Eliab was the chosen one, until God told him that the Lord looks at the heart.

Q 05/05

What was David's job before he entered Saul's service?

A) Shepherd

B) Fisherman

C) Carpenter

D) Scribe

Answer · why

A) Shepherd

Shepherd; David told Saul he had killed a lion and a bear that attacked his father's sheep, so he could take on the giant too.