Nabal 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 what house was Nabal?
- A. Judah
- B. Caleb ✓
- C. Levi
- D. Benjamin
Answer: Caleb
1 Samuel 25:3 (KJV) — 'he was of the house of Caleb.'
Q2.Where did Nabal live?
- A. Hebron
- B. Maon, with his works in Carmel ✓
- C. Ziklag
- D. Bethlehem
Answer: Maon, with his works in Carmel
1 Samuel 25:2 (KJV).
Q3.How was Nabal described?
- A. Generous and kind
- B. Churlish and evil in his doings ✓
- C. Wise and just
- D. Old and weak
Answer: Churlish and evil in his doings
1 Samuel 25:3 (KJV) — 'the man was churlish and evil in his doings.'
Q4.Who was Nabal's wife?
- A. Abigail ✓
- B. Ahinoam
- C. Michal
- D. Bathsheba
Answer: Abigail
1 Samuel 25:3 (KJV) — 'the name of his wife Abigail.'
Q5.What season was it when David sent to Nabal?
- A. Passover
- B. Sheepshearing ✓
- C. Harvest
- D. Tabernacles
Answer: Sheepshearing
1 Samuel 25:4 (KJV) — 'Nabal did shear his sheep.'
Q6.How many sheep and goats did Nabal own?
- A. 100 sheep
- B. 1,000 sheep and 3,000 goats
- C. 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats ✓
- D. 500 of each
Answer: 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats
1 Samuel 25:2 (KJV) — 'three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats.'
Q7.How did Nabal answer David's young men?
- A. With great gifts
- B. Who is David? Shall I take my bread...? ✓
- C. With promises
- D. By inviting them
Answer: Who is David? Shall I take my bread...?
1 Samuel 25:10-11 (KJV).
Q8.What did Abigail prepare for David?
- A. Gold and silver
- B. Bread, wine, sheep, parched corn, raisins, figs ✓
- C. Only bread
- D. A letter only
Answer: Bread, wine, sheep, parched corn, raisins, figs
1 Samuel 25:18 (KJV).
Q9.What happened to Nabal's heart when Abigail told him?
- A. It rejoiced
- B. It died within him, and he became as a stone ✓
- C. It feared God
- D. It softened
Answer: It died within him, and he became as a stone
1 Samuel 25:37 (KJV).
Q10.How long after, did the LORD smite Nabal?
- A. 3 days
- B. About ten days ✓
- C. A month
- D. A year
Answer: About ten days
1 Samuel 25:38 (KJV) — 'about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal.'