Eli Bible Quiz

Answer key for Eli Bible Quiz

1. Q1: Where did Eli sit when Hannah came to pray? Answer: By a post of the temple of the LORD. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. Reference: 1 Samuel 1:9 (KJV).
2. Q2: What did Eli at first think of Hannah? Answer: That she was drunken. Therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. Reference: 1 Samuel 1:13 (KJV).
3. Q3: What did Eli say to Hannah after she explained? Answer: Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition. Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. Reference: 1 Samuel 1:17 (KJV).
4. Q4: What were the names of Eli's wicked sons? Answer: Hophni and Phinehas. Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. Reference: 1 Samuel 2:12 (KJV).
5. Q5: How did Eli teach Samuel to answer the LORD's voice? Answer: Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. Reference: 1 Samuel 3:9 (KJV).
6. Q6: How did Eli respond to the LORD's word of judgment through Samuel? Answer: It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. Reference: 1 Samuel 3:18 (KJV).
7. Q7: How old was Eli when the ark was captured? Answer: Ninety and eight years old. Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. Reference: 1 Samuel 4:15 (KJV).
8. Q8: How did Eli die? Answer: He fell from off the seat backward and his neck brake. And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. Reference: 1 Samuel 4:18 (KJV).
9. Q9: How long had Eli judged Israel? Answer: Forty years. And he had judged Israel forty years. Reference: 1 Samuel 4:18 (KJV).
10. Q10: What name was given to Phinehas's son born that day, meaning the glory is departed? Answer: Ichabod. And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken. Reference: 1 Samuel 4:21 (KJV).