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 ).

People: Multiple Choice:

What man, who had been David's counselor, became Absalom's counselor in his conspiracy against David?

(a) Ahithophel; (b) Hushai; or (c) Ahimaaz.

(a) Ahithophel ( 2 Sam. 15: 12 ),

who gave the wisest of counsel both to David and then to Absalom.
Multiple Choice :

When David fled Jerusalem before Absalom, he left the two priests and their sons there. One priest was named Zadok. What was the name of the other?

(a) Eleazer; (b) Ahimelech; or (c) Abiathar.



(c) Abiathar (2 Sam. 15: 29 ).
These two men kept David informed of Absalom's plans while David was outside Jerusalem.

People and Places: Multiple Choice:

David called the son born to Bathsheba and him Solomon. But the Lord, through Nathan, gave him what other name?

(a) Jehoiakim; (b) Josiah; or (c) Jedidiah.

(c) Jedidiah (2 Sam. 12 : 24,25 )
Multiple Choice:

In what city did Absalom declare himself king in rebellion against his father David?

(a) Bethel; (b) Hebron; or (c) Ramah.
(b) Hebron (2 Sam. 15: 7-12 ),

about twenty miles south of Jerusalem. He went there on the pretense
of paying a vow to the Lord.

People: Multiple Choice:

What was the name of Jonathan's crippled son to whom King David showed great kindness?

(a) Ishbosheth; (b) Mephibosheth; or (c) Ziba.

(b) Mephibosheth (2 Sam. 9 ).
Question:

What prophet confronted David about his sin with Bathsheba?
Nathan (2 Sam. 12: 1, 10 ).