BIBLE TRIVIA I KINGS. 1. What was the name of the beautiful woman found to keep David warm? 1:3

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1 1. What was the name of the beautiful woman found to keep David warm? 1:3 2. This of David s son who tried to proclaim himself King when David was old and advanced in years?" 1: Which of the following did not support Adonijah's bid to become King? 1: Who did Nathan ask to help him tell David about Adonijah's activities? 1: Who did David swear to Bathsheba would become King after him? 1: Where were Nathan and Zadok to take Solomon in order to anoint him as King? 1: Who brought the news to Adonijah that Solomon had been anointed King? 1: In fear of the newly crowned King Solomon, where did Adonijah flee to? 1: What did David charge Solomon to do, so that he would prosper in all that he did? 2:3 10. Who killed two of the commanders of Israel's armies? 2: Whose sons were Solomon to show kindness to, because of the kindness their father had shown to David? 2:7 12. What request did Adonijah make of Bathsheba? 2: How did Solomon react to Adonijah's request? 2: King Solomon told Abiathar that he deserved to die, but that he would not kill him. Why? 2: Who did Solomon order to kill Joab? 2: Who did Solomon command to stay in Jerusalem, or he would be killed? 2: How long did it take for Shimei to break Solomon's command? 2: How did Solomon seal his alliance with the King of Egypt? 3:1 19. In Solomon's early reign, why were the people still sacrificing at the high places? 3:2 20. Where did King Solomon himself go to offer sacrifices? 3:4

2 21. The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and allowed him to make a request. What did Solomon ask for? 3: How wise did the Lord promise he would make King Solomon? 3: Because God was so pleased with Solomon's request, he not only gave him wisdom but what else as well? 3: Two women came to Solomon with a dispute over which of them was the real mother of a baby. What did Solomon suggest be done to settle the argument? 3: How did Solomon then know who the real mother of the child was? 3: Who was King Solomon's Commander in Chief? 4: How many months each year did each of Solomon's governors have to supply provisions for the royal household? 4:7 28. How many bushels of fine flour did Solomon require daily? 4: How many sheep and goats did Solomon require daily? 4: How many horses did Solomon have? 4: How many proverbs did King Solomon speak? 4: What was Hiram, King of Tyre's initial contribution to the building of the temple? 5: How many stonecutters did Solomon have working in the hills to provide dressed stone for the temple's foundation? 5: In which year of Solomon's reign did he begin to build the temple? 6:1 35. How long was the temple? 6:2 36. How wide was the portico at the front of the main hall of the temple? 6:3 37. What did Solomon use to line the interior walls of the temple? 6: What was to reside in the inner sanctuary of the temple? 6: How long was the inner sanctuary? 6: How high was each of the cherubim made for the inner sanctuary? 6:23-25

3 41. What did Solomon use to overlay the inside of the temple? 6: What did Solomon use to overlay the cherubim? 6: What did Solomon use to cover the floors of the inner and outer rooms of the temple? 6: How long did it take Solomon to build the temple? 6: How long did it take Solomon to build his palace? 7:1 46. How long was Solomon's palace? 7:2 47. The windows in Solomon's palace were set high in groups of...how many? 7:4 48. Who was the skilled craftsman from Tyre who helped Solomon with all of the bronze work for the temple? 7: How high were the bronze pillars that Huram made? 7: Huram made two bronze pillars, and named one of them Jakin. What did he name the other one? 51. 7: What did Solomon use to make the lamp stands for the temple? 7: Where did the Ark of the Covenant reside before it was taken to the temple? 8:1 54. Which month of the year was Ethanim? 8:2 55. Where in the temple was the ark placed? 8:6 56. Why couldn't the priests perform their services after the ark was placed in the temple? 8: What special request did Solomon make of the Lord concerning foreigners who came to the temple to pray? 8: How many sheep and goats did Solomon sacrifice as a fellowship offering at the dedication of the temple? 8: How many days did the people observe the festival following the dedication of the temple? 8:65

4 60. What did God promise he would do for Solomon, providing he (Solomon) Obeyed God's commands? 9: What did God promise would happen if Solomon or his sons turned away from Him? 9: How many towns did King Solomon give to Hiram, King of Tyre, in exchange for his assistance in building the temple and the palace? 9: What was Hiram's reaction to the towns Solomon gave him? 9: How much gold had Hiram given to Solomon? 9: How did Solomon obtain the town of Gezer? 9: How often did Solomon sacrifice burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built? 9: How much gold did Solomon's sailors bring back from Ophir? 9: Who came to visit King Solomon and "test him with hard questions?" 10:1 69. How much gold did the Queen of Sheba give King Solomon? 10: Where did Hiram's ships go to get great quantities of almugwood? 10: How much gold did Solomon receive yearly (not including revenues)? 10: How many large shields of hammered gold did King Solomon make? 10: How many small shields of hammered gold did King Solomon make? 10: King Solomon's great throne was overlaid with gold and inlaid with what? 10: How many lions (total) stood on the 6 steps leading up to King Solomon's throne? 10: Why didn't Solomon make anything of silver? 10: Which King was said to be greater in riches and wisdom than King Solomon? 10: How many wives of royal birth did King Solomon have? 11:3 79. As Solomon grew older, how did his wives lead him astray? 11:4 80. Which of the following was not a god, but a goddess? 11:5-7

5 81. What did the Lord tell Solomon his punishment would be for turning towards other Gods? 11: For the sake of David, how many tribes did the Lord say would remain under the rule of Solomon's son? 11: Solomon's adversary Hadad was from the royal line of what people? 11: What was the name of Solomon's adversary who ruled in Aram? 11: Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who rebelled against Solomon, was a descendant of what tribe? 11: Who was the prophet who told Jeroboam that 10 of the tribes would be handed over to him? 11: Where did Jeroboam flee to when Solomon tried to kill him? 11: How long did Solomon reign as King over Israel? 11: Who succeeded Solomon as King? 11: Where did Rehoboam go in order that the Israelites could make him King? 12:1 91. Jeroboam told Rehoboam that he and all the Israelites would serve him if he did what? 12: To answer Jeroboam, Rehoboam consulted the elders and his friends he grew up with. Which group recommended that he honor Jeroboam's request? 12: To answer Jeroboam, Rehoboam consulted the elders and his friends he grew up with. Which group's advice did Rehoboam follow? 12: Who was stoned to death following Rehoboam's decision to refuse the people's request? 12: Which was the only tribe to remain loyal to the house of David (Rehoboam)? 12: When Rehoboam prepared to wage war on Israel, which prophet did the Lord send to him to tell him not to? 12: What did Jeroboam make for the Israelites to sacrifice at so that they didn't have to go to Jerusalem? 12:26-28

6 98. Jeroboam instituted a festival like the one held in Judah. In which month was Jeroboam's festival to be held? 12: Where did the man of God who prophesied against Jeroboam's altar come from? 13: What was the name of the son that the man of God said would sacrifice Jeroboam's priests on his altar? 13: What happened to Jeroboam when he stretched out his hand and ordered that the man of God be seized? 13: How did Jeroboam get his hand restored? 13: Why did the man of God refuse to eat with King Jeroboam? 13: How did a "certain old prophet" convince the man of God to come home and eat with him? 13: What punishment did the man of God receive for disobeying God's command? 13: Whose tomb was the man of God buried in? 13: Which of Jeroboam's sons became ill, prompting him to inquire of the Lord concerning him? 14: Who did Jeroboam send to Ahijah to inquire of the Lord concerning his sick son? 14: Who told Ahijah that Jeroboam's wife would be coming - and that she would be disguised? 14: Because he had turned away from God, what was the punishment that God decreed for Jeroboam? 14: What did God say would happen to the sick boy? 14: Why did God say that the sick boy would be the only one among Jeroboam's descendants that would be buried? 14: How long did Jeroboam reign as King over Israel? 14: How long did Rehoboam reign as King over Judah? 14: In what year of King Rehoboam's reign was he attacked by Shishak, King of Egypt? 14:25

7 116. Why did Rehoboam make a set of bronze shields to be carried by his guards of the royal palace? 14: Which of Rehoboam's sons succeeded him as King? 14: How long was Abijah King of Judah? 15: Who succeeded Abijah as King of Judah? 15: How long was Asa King of Judah? 15: Who was Asa at war with throughout his entire reign? 15: Whose Asherah pole did Asa cut down and burn in the Kidron valley? 15: Which country did Asa forge an alliance with in order to thwart Baasha? 15: What part of King Asa became diseased in his old age? 15: Who succeeded Asa as King over Judah? 15: Who did Baasha kill to become King of Israel? 15: From what City did Baasha reign over Israel? 15: To which prophet did the Lord send his words against Baasha? 16: Who succeeded Baasha as King over Israel? 16: How long was Elah King over Israel? 16: Who was in charge of the palace at Tirzah during Elah's reign in Israel? 16: Zimri killed Elah and become King in Israel. What did he do as soon as he was seated on the throne? 16: How long did Zimri reign over Israel? 16: Who did the Israelites in camp proclaim King as soon as they heard about Elah? 16: How long was Omri king over Israel? 16: How much did it cost Omri to buy the hill of Samaria? 16:23-24

8 137. Who succeeded Omri as King over Israel? 16: How long was Ahab king over Israel? 16: Who was the daughter of Ethbaal that Ahab married? 16: Who rebuilt Jericho while Ahab was King? 16: Which prophet told Ahab that there would be no rain until he (the prophet) gave the word? 17: How did the Lord provide food for Elijah while he was in the Kerith Ravine? 17: After the brook he had been drinking from dried up, where did the Lord command Elijah to go? : When Elijah first saw the widow at Zarephath, what was she doing? 17: When Elijah asked for bread, what did the widow say she had instead? 17: According to Elijah's prophecy, how long would the widow's flour and oil last? 17: When Elijah prayed to the Lord to restore the life of the widow's son, how many times did he stretch himself out upon the boy? 17: Who did Ahab summon during the famine to help him search the springs for food? 18: How many prophets did Obadiah save by hiding them from Jezebel in caves? 18: What did Elijah tell Obadiah to tell Ahab? 18: Why was Obadiah afraid to tell Ahab about Elijah? 18: When Ahab met Elijah at the end of the famine, what did he call him? 18: What did Elijah say was the sin Ahab had committed that brought about Israel's troubles in the first place? 18: Upon which mountain did Elijah have his famous showdown with the prophets of Baal? 18:19-20

9 156. Both Elijah and the prophets of Baal were to setup sacrifices to their Gods. How would the people know which was the real God? 18: How long did the prophets of Baal call upon their god with no response? 18: How many stones did Elijah use to build his altar to God? 18: Elijah told Ahab to go to Jezreel via chariot before the rain stopped him. How did Elijah himself get to Jezreel? 18: After Elijah had the prophets of Baal killed, who threatened to kill him? 19: After Elijah had gone a day's journey into the desert, what did he ask the Lord to do? 19: Elijah fell asleep under a broom tree in the desert. What did the angel who woke him say to him? 19: What had the angel provided Elijah to eat? 19: Strengthened by the food the angel provided, how long did Elijah travel to get to Mount Horeb? 19: What was the first word of the Lord that came to Elijah in the cave at Mount Horeb? 19: While Elijah was in the cave, what came first: 19: While Elijah was in the cave, what came after the wind, earthquake, and fire? 19: Who did the Lord tell Elijah to anoint as King over Aram? 19: Who did the Lord tell Elijah would succeed him as prophet? 19: How many did the Lord reserve in Israel "whose knees have not bowed to Baal?" 19: What was Elisha doing when Elijah found him? 19: Which King of Aram besieged Samaria while Ahab was King? 20: What was Ben-Hadad's first demand of Ahab? 20: What was Ben-Hadad's second demand of Ahab? 20:5-6

10 175. What was Ben-Hadad doing when he heard of Ahab's refusal to meet his second demand? 20: Who, did the prophet tell Ahab, should start the battle against Ben-Hadad? 20: How many Israelites total did Ahab have to fight against Ben-Hadad? 20: After Ahab had routed the Arameans, when, did the prophet tell him, would the Aramean's attack again? 20: Where did the Aramean advisors tell the King they should fight their next battle with Ahab? 20: After Ahab had routed the Arameans on the plains, what did he do with Ben-Hadad? 20: Whose vineyard did Ahab want since it was close to his palace? 21: Who forbid Naboth to give his vineyard to Ahab? 21: Who offered to get Ahab Naboth's vineyard for him? 21: How was Naboth, the vineyard owner, killed? 21: Who did the Lord send word to inform Ahab of his (God's) judgment upon him? 21: When Elijah approached Ahab to deliver God's message to him concerning Naboth, how did Ahab greet him? 21: What did Ahab do that convinced the Lord to transfer his judgment to his son instead of him? 21: Who did King Ahab ask to help him fight against Ramoth Gilead? 22: What position did Jehoshaphat occupy when King Ahab asked for his help to fight Ramoth Gilead? 22: What did Jehoshaphat request be done before they fought against Ramoth Gilead? 22: How many prophets did King Ahab bring together to ask their counsel concerning the fight against Ramoth Gilead? 22:6

11 192. When Jehoshaphat asked for a prophet of the LORD, who did Ahab say was the only one left? 22: What special request did the messenger sent to get Micaiah make of him? 22: When Micaiah called Ahab's prophets liars, which one of them slapped him? 22: Who succeeded Ahab as king of Israel? 22: How old was Jehoshaphat when he became King of Judah? 22: How long was Ahaziah King over Israel? 22:51