People and Places: Question:

Ahab was one of the most wicked kings of Israel. He had an equally wicked wife. What was her name?

Jezebel (1 Kings 16:29-31 ).

It was this same Jezebel who later sought to kill Elijah (19:1-3.

Multiple Choice:

God told Elijah to hide himself so Ahab would not find him. By what stream was he told to hide?

(a) The Brook Kidron; (b) The Brook Cherith; or (c) The Brook Kishon.(b) The Brook Cherith (1Kings 17:3 ),
which flowed into the Jordan River.

People and Places: Multiple Choice:

Who was to succeed Solomon as king of all Israel?

(a) Jeroboam; (b) Ahaz; or (c) Rehoboam.

(c) Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:1

He turned the people against him and lost the ten northern tribes of Israel.
Multiple Choice:
Jeroboam was the first king of Israel after the nation was divided. From what city did he rule?

(a) Shechem; (b) Samaria; or (c) Sidon.(a) Shechem (1 Kings 12:25

Shechem actually means ridge.

People and Places: Multiple Choice:

From what country did Solomon get cedar and cypress logs to build the temple?

(a) Syria (b) Assyria; or (c) Lebanon.

(c) Lebanon (1Kings 5 : 6-9 ).

There was peace between Israel and Lebanon during the reigns of David and Solomon.

"Old Cedars of Lebanon"
Fill in the blank:

The queen of --------- came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions. Sheba (1 Kings 10:1)

People: fill in the blank

When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for----------, the King stood up to meet her, bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. He had a throne brought for the king's mother, and she sat down at his right hand.

(1 Kings 2:19 )

Adonijah his brotherQuestion:

King Solomon established his kingdom by removing Abiathar as priest and by executing three men who were potentially dangerous to him. Name one of these three men.

Adonijah, Joab, or Shimei

(1 Kings. 2:13-46).

(Adonijah) tried to become king after David. ( Joab) supported Adonijah. ( Shimei ) had cursed David when he was fleeing from Absalom.

People and Places: Multiple Choice:

What prophet went to David after he had sinned by counting the people, to speak of God's punishment?

(a) Samuel; (b) Gad;or (c) Micah.

(b) Gad (2 Sam. 24: 10 - 12 ).

He also had warned David to flee so Saul could not kill him (1 Sam. 22:5 ).
Multiple Choice:

After Absalom's defeat, a Benjamite led the ten northern tribes in revolt against David. What was that man's name?

(a) Shimei; (b) Sheba; or (c) Barzillai.
(b) Sheba (2 Sam. 20, 1,2 ),

whose revolt ended at Abel of Beth Maachah, where he was beheaded by the people of the city.

People and Places: Fill in the blank:

During his lifetime Absalom had taken a pillar and erected it in the King's Valley as a monument to himself, for he thought, 'I have no son to carry on the memory of my name."He named the pillar after himself, and it is called --------------to this day.

Absalom's Monument

(2 Sam.18: 18 )
Multiple Choice:

Of what group of people was the man who gave David the message of Absalom's death?

(a) Hittites; (b) Ammonites; or (c) Cushites.(c) Cushites (2 Sam. 18 : 32 ).

People: Question:

Which one of Absalom's counselors, Hushai or Ahithophel, purposefully gave Absalom bad advice that saved the lives of David and his men?

Hushal (2 Sam. 17:7 - 13).Multiple Choice:

Who killed Absalom?

(a) Zadok; (b) Joab; or (c) Abner.

(b) Joab (2 Sam. 18: 14 ).

Absalom was helpless when Joab killed him in defiance of David's wishes (v . 12 ).