1 Samuel 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.What was the name of Samuel's mother, who prayed fervently at the tabernacle in Shiloh?
- A. Peninnah
- B. Hannah ✓
- C. Michal
- D. Abigail
Answer: Hannah
She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
Q2.To which priest was the child Samuel brought to serve the Lord?
- A. Eli ✓
- B. Phinehas
- C. Hophni
- D. Zadok
Answer: Eli
Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
Q3.How many times did the Lord call Samuel in the night before Eli perceived it was the Lord?
- A. Once
- B. Twice
- C. Three times ✓
- D. Seven times
Answer: Three times
Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child after the third time.
Q4.What happened to the idol Dagon when the Philistines placed the ark of God beside it?
- A. It turned to gold
- B. It spoke a prophecy
- C. It fell upon its face to the earth ✓
- D. It was consumed by fire
Answer: It fell upon its face to the earth
Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord.
Q5.From which tribe of Israel was Saul, the first king, chosen?
- A. Judah
- B. Benjamin ✓
- C. Levi
- D. Ephraim
Answer: Benjamin
Saul was the son of Kish, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
Q6.What did Samuel tell Saul was better than sacrifice?
- A. To obey ✓
- B. To pray
- C. To fast
- D. To give alms
Answer: To obey
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Q7.Where did Jesse live, the father of David, when Samuel came to anoint the next king?
- A. Jerusalem
- B. Hebron
- C. Bethlehem ✓
- D. Nazareth
Answer: Bethlehem
The Lord sent Samuel to Jesse the Bethlehemite to provide a king among his sons.
Q8.What weapon did David use to slay Goliath the Philistine?
- A. A brass shield
- B. A spear
- C. A sling and a stone ✓
- D. Saul's sword
Answer: A sling and a stone
David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone.
Q9.Which son of Saul loved David as his own soul?
- A. Abinadab
- B. Malchishua
- C. Ishbosheth
- D. Jonathan ✓
Answer: Jonathan
The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David.
Q10.Where did Saul go to consult a woman with a familiar spirit before his final battle?
- A. Endor ✓
- B. Gilgal
- C. Ramah
- D. Engedi
Answer: Endor
Saul sought a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.