Adonijah Bible Quiz

Answer key for Adonijah Bible Quiz

1. Q1: Who was Adonijah's father? Answer: David. Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king. (1 Kings 1:5) Reference: 1 Kings 1:5 (KJV).
2. Q2: What did Adonijah do without David's knowledge? Answer: Exalted himself, saying, I will be king, and prepared chariots and horsemen. Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. (1 Kings 1:5) Reference: 1 Kings 1:5 (KJV).
3. Q3: Who had not displeased Adonijah at any time? Answer: His father David. And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? (1 Kings 1:6) Reference: 1 Kings 1:6 (KJV).
4. Q4: Whom did Adonijah invite to his sacrificial feast? Answer: All his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants. And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. But he slew not... Zadok the priest, and Benaiah... and Nathan the prophet... And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth... and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants. (1 Kings 1:7-9) Reference: 1 Kings 1:7 (KJV).
5. Q5: Who did Adonijah NOT invite to his feast? Answer: Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, Zadok the priest, and Solomon his brother. But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. (1 Kings 1:10) Reference: 1 Kings 1:10 (KJV).
6. Q6: Who told Bathsheba about Adonijah's claim? Answer: Nathan the prophet. Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? (1 Kings 1:11) Reference: 1 Kings 1:11 (KJV).
7. Q7: What did David command concerning Solomon? Answer: That he should reign after him and sit upon his throne. And David said... Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. (1 Kings 1:30) Reference: 1 Kings 1:30 (KJV).
8. Q8: How was Solomon made king? Answer: Anointed by Zadok the priest at Gihon, riding on David's mule. And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. (1 Kings 1:39) Reference: 1 Kings 1:39 (KJV).
9. Q9: What did Adonijah do when he heard Solomon was made king? Answer: Feared, rose up, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. (1 Kings 1:50) Reference: 1 Kings 1:50 (KJV).
10. Q10: What condition did Solomon set for Adonijah's life? Answer: If he shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. (1 Kings 1:52) Reference: 1 Kings 1:52 (KJV).