Delilah 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.Of which people was Delilah?
- A. Israelite
- B. Philistine ✓
- C. Moabite
- D. Egyptian
Answer: Philistine
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. (Judges 16:4) — The valley of Sorek was in Philistine territory.
Q2.What did the lords of the Philistines offer Delilah?
- A. A kingdom
- B. Eleven hundred pieces of silver from each lord ✓
- C. Gold and jewels
- D. Land and cattle
Answer: Eleven hundred pieces of silver from each lord
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth... And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? (Judges 16:5, 15)
Q3.How many times did Samson lie to Delilah about the source of his strength before telling the truth?
- A. Two times
- B. Three times ✓
- C. Four times
- D. Five times
Answer: Three times
Samson deceived her three times: with green withs, new ropes, and weaving his hair into a web. (Judges 16:6-14)
Q4.What was Samson's first false answer about his strength?
- A. If bound with seven green withs ✓
- B. If shaved
- C. If bound with new ropes
- D. If tied with a web
Answer: If bound with seven green withs
If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak. (Judges 16:7)
Q5.What was Samson's second false answer?
- A. If bound with new ropes ✓
- B. If bound with a web
- C. If shaved
- D. If put in chains
Answer: If bound with new ropes
If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak. (Judges 16:11)
Q6.What was Samson's third false answer?
- A. If his hair were woven into a web ✓
- B. If he drank wine
- C. If he fasted
- D. If he touched a dead body
Answer: If his hair were woven into a web
If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. (Judges 16:13)
Q7.How did Delilah finally get Samson to reveal the truth?
- A. She threatened him
- B. She pressed him daily with her words until his soul was vexed unto death ✓
- C. She bribed him
- D. She prayed to her gods
Answer: She pressed him daily with her words until his soul was vexed unto death
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; That he told her all his heart. (Judges 16:16-17)
Q8.What was the true secret of Samson's strength?
- A. His diet
- B. His prayer life
- C. His Nazarite vow — he had never shaved his head ✓
- D. His training
Answer: His Nazarite vow — he had never shaved his head
There hath not come a rasor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb. (Judges 16:17)
Q9.What did Delilah do while Samson slept on her knees?
- A. Bound him with ropes
- B. Called for a man to shave off the seven locks of his head ✓
- C. Sang him a lullaby
- D. Prayed to Dagon
Answer: Called for a man to shave off the seven locks of his head
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head. (Judges 16:19)
Q10.What happened to Samson after his hair was cut?
- A. He escaped
- B. His strength left him, and the Philistines took him ✓
- C. He killed Delilah
- D. He prayed and was restored
Answer: His strength left him, and the Philistines took him
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. But the Philistines took him. (Judges 16:20-21)