Absalom Bible Quiz

Answer key for Absalom Bible Quiz

1. Q1: Whose son was Absalom? Answer: David's. Now Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar. Reference: 2 Samuel 13:1 (KJV).
2. Q2: What was the name of Absalom's sister? Answer: Tamar. Absalom… had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar. Reference: 2 Samuel 13:1 (KJV).
3. Q3: Whom did Absalom kill in revenge for his sister? Answer: Amnon, his brother. Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine… then kill him. Reference: 2 Samuel 13:28 (KJV).
4. Q4: How was Absalom described in his beauty? Answer: From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. Reference: 2 Samuel 14:25 (KJV).
5. Q5: What was famous about Absalom's hair? Answer: He weighed it at two hundred shekels yearly. And when he polled his head… he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight. Reference: 2 Samuel 14:26 (KJV).
6. Q6: How did Absalom steal the hearts of Israel? Answer: He rose early and stood beside the gate, judging the people. And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate… So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. Reference: 2 Samuel 15:2 (KJV).
7. Q7: Where did Absalom proclaim himself king? Answer: Hebron. And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron. Reference: 2 Samuel 15:7 (KJV).
8. Q8: Whose counsel did Absalom follow that proved his ruin? Answer: Hushai's, instead of Ahithophel's. And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. Reference: 2 Samuel 17:14 (KJV).
9. Q9: What caught Absalom in the wood of Ephraim? Answer: His head was caught in an oak. And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. Reference: 2 Samuel 18:9 (KJV).
10. Q10: What did David cry when he heard of his son's death? Answer: O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee. O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! Reference: 2 Samuel 18:33 (KJV).