Bathsheba 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.Who was Bathsheba's husband before David?
- A. Joab
- B. Uriah the Hittite ✓
- C. Nathan
- D. Abner
Answer: Uriah the Hittite
2 Samuel 11:3 (KJV) — The woman was 'Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.'
Q2.What was Bathsheba doing when David first saw her?
- A. Washing herself ✓
- B. Praying at the temple
- C. Walking in the garden
- D. Offering sacrifice
Answer: Washing herself
2 Samuel 11:2 (KJV) — David 'saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.'
Q3.What happened to the child born of David and Bathsheba's first union?
- A. He became a prophet
- B. He died after seven days ✓
- C. He was sent away
- D. He became king
Answer: He died after seven days
2 Samuel 12:18 (KJV) — The LORD struck the child, and 'it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died.'
Q4.What was the name of the son Bathsheba bore after the first child's death?
- A. Absalom
- B. Solomon ✓
- C. Nathan
- D. Shammua
Answer: Solomon
2 Samuel 12:24 (KJV) — 'She bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.'
Q5.Who comforted Bathsheba after her first child's death?
- A. Nathan the prophet
- B. David ✓
- C. Her mother
- D. The women of Jerusalem
Answer: David
2 Samuel 12:24 (KJV) — 'And David comforted Bathsheba his wife.'
Q6.What did Nathan the prophet call Bathsheba when he confronted David?
- A. The lamb of the poor man
- B. The ewe lamb ✓
- C. The lost sheep
- D. The precious vessel
Answer: The ewe lamb
2 Samuel 12:3 (KJV) — Nathan's parable described the poor man's lamb as 'his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom.'
Q7.In 1 Kings, what did Bathsheba remind David of concerning Solomon?
- A. That Solomon was his firstborn
- B. That he had sworn to make Solomon king ✓
- C. That Solomon had built an altar
- D. That Adonijah feared Solomon
Answer: That he had sworn to make Solomon king
1 Kings 1:17 (KJV) — Bathsheba said, 'My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me.'
Q8.Who else went with Bathsheba to speak to King David about Solomon's succession?
- A. Zadok the priest
- B. Nathan the prophet ✓
- C. Benaiah
- D. Abiathar
Answer: Nathan the prophet
1 Kings 1:11-14 (KJV) — Nathan instructed Bathsheba to speak, then he would enter and confirm her words.
Q9.In Matthew's genealogy, Bathsheba is called the wife of whom?
- A. David
- B. Uriah ✓
- C. Solomon
- D. Nathan
Answer: Uriah
Matthew 1:6 (KJV) — 'And David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias.'
Q10.What did Adonijah ask Bathsheba to request from Solomon?
- A. The throne
- B. Abishag the Shunammite for a wife ✓
- C. Wealth
- D. A position as priest
Answer: Abishag the Shunammite for a wife
1 Kings 2:17 (KJV) — Adonijah asked Bathsheba to 'speak for him unto king Solomon, that he give him Abishag the Shunammite to wife.'