Absalom Bible 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.Whose son was Absalom?
- A. David's ✓
- B. Saul's
- C. Jonathan's
- D. Solomon's
Answer: David's
Now Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar.
Q2.What was the name of Absalom's sister?
- A. Tamar ✓
- B. Abigail
- C. Michal
- D. Bathsheba
Answer: Tamar
Absalom… had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar.
Q3.Whom did Absalom kill in revenge for his sister?
- A. Amnon, his brother ✓
- B. Joab
- C. Adonijah
- D. Uriah
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.
Q4.How was Absalom described in his beauty?
- A. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him ✓
- B. Fair of countenance only
- C. Tall as a cedar
- D. Bright as the sun
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.
Q5.What was famous about Absalom's hair?
- A. He weighed it at two hundred shekels yearly ✓
- B. It was never cut
- C. It was golden
- D. It was braided in seven locks
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.
Q6.How did Absalom steal the hearts of Israel?
- A. He rose early and stood beside the gate, judging the people ✓
- B. He gave them gold
- C. He sent letters to all tribes
- D. He proclaimed a feast
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.
Q7.Where did Absalom proclaim himself king?
- A. Hebron ✓
- B. Jerusalem
- C. Bethel
- D. Gilgal
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.
Q8.Whose counsel did Absalom follow that proved his ruin?
- A. Hushai's, instead of Ahithophel's ✓
- B. Ahithophel's only
- C. Joab's
- D. Nathan's
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.
Q9.What caught Absalom in the wood of Ephraim?
- A. His head was caught in an oak ✓
- B. His foot tripped in a snare
- C. His chariot wheel broke
- D. His sword fell
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.
Q10.What did David cry when he heard of his son's death?
- A. O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee ✓
- B. Vengeance is mine
- C. Praise the LORD
- D. Let his name be cut off
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!