Q 01/05

Which tall young man, sent to find his father's lost donkeys, was anointed the first king of Israel?

A) David

B) Saul

C) Gideon

D) Samson

Answer · why

B) Saul

Saul was found hiding among the baggage on the day he was to be presented as king, though he stood a head taller than anyone else.

Q 02/05

What did the young David try on and then refuse to wear when he went out to fight Goliath?

A) The king's own armour

B) A shepherd's cloak

C) A priest's linen ephod

D) A Philistine's helmet

Answer · why

A) The king's own armour

The king's own armour, bronze helmet and coat of mail included, was untested in David's eyes, so he took it off and walked out with a staff, a sling a...

Q 03/05

Which king of Israel settled two women's claim to the same baby by ordering the child cut in two?

A) David

B) Uzziah

C) Solomon

D) Amaziah

Answer · why

C) Solomon

Solomon never used the sword he called for: the real mother gave up her claim to save the child, and that told him whose baby it was.

Q 04/05

King David sent which loyal soldier to die in battle so that he could marry the man's wife, Bathsheba?

A) Abner

B) Benaiah

C) Amasa

D) Uriah

Answer · why

D) Uriah

Uriah carried his own death warrant: David sent him back to the front with a letter telling the commander to leave him exposed in the fiercest fightin...

Q 05/05

Which Phoenician princess married King Ahab of Israel and filled his court with prophets of Baal?

A) Jezebel

B) Delilah

C) Vashti

D) Maacah

Answer · why

A) Jezebel

Jezebel was a king's daughter herself: her father Ethbaal ruled the Sidonians, and hundreds of pagan prophets ate at her table.