King Solomon Quiz

Answer key for King Solomon Quiz

1. Q1: Who were Solomon's parents? Answer: David and Bathsheba. David comforted Bathsheba his wife… and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon. Reference: 2 Samuel 12:24 (KJV).
2. Q2: What did Solomon ask of God in a dream at Gibeon? Answer: An understanding heart. Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people. Reference: 1 Kings 3:9 (KJV).
3. Q3: What famous judgment did Solomon make between two women? Answer: A child to be divided with a sword. Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. Reference: 1 Kings 3:25 (KJV).
4. Q4: What did Solomon build for the LORD in Jerusalem? Answer: The temple. And Solomon built the house, and finished it. Reference: 1 Kings 6:14 (KJV).
5. Q5: How many years did it take to build the temple? Answer: 7. In seven years was he in building it. Reference: 1 Kings 6:38 (KJV).
6. Q6: Which foreign queen visited Solomon to test him with hard questions? Answer: The Queen of Sheba. When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon… she came to prove him. Reference: 1 Kings 10:1 (KJV).
7. Q7: How many wives did Solomon have? Answer: 700. He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. Reference: 1 Kings 11:3 (KJV).
8. Q8: What turned Solomon's heart away from the LORD? Answer: His foreign wives and their gods. His wives turned away his heart after other gods. Reference: 1 Kings 11:4 (KJV).
9. Q9: Which book of wisdom begins, 'Vanity of vanities'? Answer: Ecclesiastes. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher. Reference: Ecclesiastes 1:2 (KJV).
10. Q10: Who succeeded Solomon as king? Answer: Rehoboam. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. Reference: 1 Kings 11:43 (KJV).