1 Samuel 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 Samuel's mother?
- A. Peninnah
- B. Hannah ✓
- C. Elisabeth
- D. Deborah
Answer: Hannah
Hannah… wept, and did not eat… she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid.
Q2.Where was Samuel brought after he was weaned?
- A. The temple at Jerusalem
- B. The house of the LORD in Shiloh ✓
- C. Bethel
- D. Hebron
Answer: The house of the LORD in Shiloh
She took him up with her… unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh.
Q3.How did God first speak to Samuel?
- A. By an angel
- B. By a voice in the night ✓
- C. By a dream
- D. Through Eli
Answer: By a voice in the night
The LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
Q4.What happened to the ark when Eli's sons took it to battle?
- A. It was captured by the Philistines ✓
- B. It returned to Shiloh
- C. It was destroyed
- D. It was hidden
Answer: It was captured by the Philistines
The ark of God was taken… and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
Q5.What god fell before the ark in the Philistine temple?
- A. Baal
- B. Dagon ✓
- C. Ashtaroth
- D. Molech
Answer: Dagon
When they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD.
Q6.Who was the first king of Israel?
- A. David
- B. Saul ✓
- C. Samuel
- D. Jonathan
Answer: Saul
Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
Q7.What sin caused God to reject Saul?
- A. He offered sacrifice instead of waiting for Samuel
- B. He spared Agag and the best of the sheep
- C. Both ✓
- D. He consulted a witch
Answer: Both
Saul… offered the burnt offering… thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God.
Q8.Whom did Samuel anoint as king after Saul?
- A. Solomon
- B. David ✓
- C. Jonathan
- D. Absalom
Answer: David
Samuel… anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward.
Q9.What weapon did David use against Goliath?
- A. A sword
- B. A sling and a stone ✓
- C. A spear
- D. A bow
Answer: A sling and a stone
David… took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead.
Q10.What did David do to Saul in the cave?
- A. Killed him
- B. Cut off the skirt of his robe
- C. Refused to harm him
- D. Both cutting the skirt and refusing to harm him ✓
Answer: Both cutting the skirt and refusing to harm him
David… cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily… The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed.