1 Chronicles Quiz — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.Who is the first person named in the opening genealogy of 1 Chronicles?
- A. Noah
- B. Adam ✓
- C. Abraham
- D. Seth
Answer: Adam
The book begins its vast genealogy with the first man, Adam.
Q2.Which son of Jesse was the youngest, whom the Lord chose to be king?
- A. Eliab
- B. Abinadab
- C. David ✓
- D. Shimea
Answer: David
David is listed as the seventh son of Jesse in the genealogical record.
Q3.Jabez called on the God of Israel, asking that He would bless him and do what to his coast?
- A. Enlarge it ✓
- B. Protect it
- C. Cleanse it
- D. Fortify it
Answer: Enlarge it
Jabez prayed, 'Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast.'
Q4.Who died for his transgression because he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit?
- A. Uzza
- B. Saul ✓
- C. Abner
- D. Ishbosheth
Answer: Saul
Saul died for his unfaithfulness and for seeking a medium instead of the Lord.
Q5.What was the name of the stronghold of Zion that David took from the Jebusites?
- A. The city of David ✓
- B. The tower of Shechem
- C. The gate of Benjamin
- D. The hill of Samaria
Answer: The city of David
David took the castle of Zion, which is thereafter called the city of David.
Q6.Why did the Lord smite Uzza while they were bringing up the ark of God?
- A. He spoke against the king
- B. He offered strange fire
- C. He put forth his hand to hold the ark ✓
- D. He refused to sing praises
Answer: He put forth his hand to hold the ark
The anger of the Lord was kindled because Uzza touched the ark when the oxen stumbled.
Q7.When David brought the ark to Jerusalem, what did Michal, Saul's daughter, do when she saw him dancing?
- A. She joined him
- B. She wept for joy
- C. She despised him in her heart ✓
- D. She fell on her face
Answer: She despised him in her heart
Seeing King David dancing and playing, Michal despised him in her heart.
Q8.What did the Lord tell David regarding the building of a house for His name?
- A. David must build it immediately
- B. David's son would build it ✓
- C. The Levites alone must build it
- D. No house should ever be built
Answer: David's son would build it
God declared that David's seed, who should come after him, would build the house.
Q9.Who provoked David to number Israel, leading to a plague upon the land?
- A. Joab
- B. Satan ✓
- C. The Philistines
- D. The elders of Israel
Answer: Satan
The text states that 'Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.'
Q10.From whom did David buy the threshingfloor to build an altar to stay the plague?
- A. Hiram of Tyre
- B. Ornan the Jebusite ✓
- C. Obed-edom
- D. Barzillai
Answer: Ornan the Jebusite
David purchased the place from Ornan for six hundred shekels of gold by weight.