Saul Bible Quiz

Answer key for Saul Bible Quiz

1. Q1: What tribe was Saul from? Answer: Benjamin. Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. And he had a son, whose name was Saul. Reference: 1 Samuel 9:1 (KJV).
2. Q2: Where was Saul when Samuel came to anoint him? Answer: Hiding among the stuff / baggage. And when they sought him, he could not be found. Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. Reference: 1 Samuel 10:21 (KJV).
3. Q3: What did Saul do to the Ammonites that made the people rejoice? Answer: He defeated them utterly at Jabeshgilead. And the spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly… And Saul put the people in three companies… and they slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Reference: 1 Samuel 11:6 (KJV).
4. Q4: What did Saul offer unlawfully at Gilgal? Answer: The burnt offering before Samuel arrived. And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue. Reference: 1 Samuel 13:13 (KJV).
5. Q5: What did Saul spare when God commanded him to destroy Amalek? Answer: Agag the king and the best of the sheep, oxen, and all that was good. But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. Reference: 1 Samuel 15:9 (KJV).
6. Q6: What did Samuel tell Saul about obedience? Answer: To obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. Reference: 1 Samuel 15:22 (KJV).
7. Q7: Why did Saul become jealous of David? Answer: Because the women sang, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands. Reference: 1 Samuel 18:7 (KJV).
8. Q8: How many times did Saul try to kill David with a spear? Answer: Twice. And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. Reference: 1 Samuel 19:10 (KJV).
9. Q9: Whom did Saul visit at Endor the night before his death? Answer: A woman that had a familiar spirit / a witch / medium. Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. Reference: 1 Samuel 28:7 (KJV).
10. Q10: How did Saul and his sons die? Answer: They fell on mount Gilboa, slain by the Philistines. So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled. Reference: 1 Samuel 31:6 (KJV).