Rehoboam 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 Rehoboam's father?
- A. David
- B. Solomon ✓
- C. Jeroboam
- D. Abijah
Answer: Solomon
1 Kings 11:43 (KJV) — 'Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.'
Q2.Where did all Israel come to make Rehoboam king?
- A. Jerusalem
- B. Shechem ✓
- C. Hebron
- D. Bethel
Answer: Shechem
1 Kings 12:1 (KJV) — 'Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.'
Q3.Whose counsel did Rehoboam forsake?
- A. The young men
- B. The old men ✓
- C. The priests
- D. The Levites
Answer: The old men
1 Kings 12:8 (KJV) — 'He forsook the counsel of the old men.'
Q4.What did Rehoboam threaten with regarding chastising the people?
- A. Whips and rods
- B. Whips replaced by scorpions ✓
- C. Bonds and chains
- D. Fire and sword
Answer: Whips replaced by scorpions
1 Kings 12:11 (KJV) — 'My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.'
Q5.How many tribes remained loyal to Rehoboam?
- A. One
- B. Two (Judah and Benjamin) ✓
- C. Three
- D. Ten
Answer: Two (Judah and Benjamin)
1 Kings 12:21 (KJV) — He assembled 'the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin.'
Q6.Who became king over the ten tribes that revolted?
- A. Jeroboam ✓
- B. Baasha
- C. Omri
- D. Ahab
Answer: Jeroboam
1 Kings 12:20 (KJV) — 'They sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel.'
Q7.Which Egyptian king came up against Jerusalem in Rehoboam's fifth year?
- A. Pharaoh-nechoh
- B. Shishak ✓
- C. Hophra
- D. Tirhakah
Answer: Shishak
1 Kings 14:25 (KJV) — 'Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.'
Q8.What did Shishak take from the temple?
- A. The ark
- B. The treasures and shields of gold ✓
- C. The altar
- D. The veil
Answer: The treasures and shields of gold
1 Kings 14:26 (KJV) — He 'took away the treasures of the house of the LORD... and the shields of gold.'
Q9.With what did Rehoboam replace the gold shields?
- A. Silver shields
- B. Brass shields ✓
- C. Wooden shields
- D. None
Answer: Brass shields
1 Kings 14:27 (KJV) — 'King Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields.'
Q10.How old was Rehoboam when he began to reign?
- A. Forty-one ✓
- B. Twenty-one
- C. Thirty
- D. Sixty
Answer: Forty-one
1 Kings 14:21 (KJV) — 'Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign.'