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    Uriah the Hittite 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.

    1. Q1.Of what people was Uriah?

      • A. Amalekite
      • B. Hittite ✓
      • C. Philistine
      • D. Edomite

      Answer: Hittite

      2 Samuel 11:3 (KJV) — 'Uriah the Hittite.'

      Read 2 Samuel 11:3 (KJV)

    2. Q2.Whose husband was Uriah?

      • A. Abigail
      • B. Michal
      • C. Bathsheba ✓
      • D. Tamar

      Answer: Bathsheba

      2 Samuel 11:3 (KJV) — 'Bath-sheba... the wife of Uriah the Hittite.'

      Read 2 Samuel 11:3 (KJV)

    3. Q3.At what city was Uriah fighting?

      • A. Jericho
      • B. Rabbah ✓
      • C. Gath
      • D. Lachish

      Answer: Rabbah

      2 Samuel 11:1 (KJV) — Joab 'besieged Rabbah.'

      Read 2 Samuel 11:1 (KJV)

    4. Q4.Where did Uriah sleep when sent home?

      • A. In his own house
      • B. At the door of the king's house with the servants ✓
      • C. At the temple
      • D. With his soldiers

      Answer: At the door of the king's house with the servants

      2 Samuel 11:9 (KJV) — 'Uriah slept at the door of the king's house.'

      Read 2 Samuel 11:9 (KJV)

    5. Q5.Why would Uriah not go home?

      • A. The army was in the field ✓
      • B. He was angry with his wife
      • C. He was on duty at the gate
      • D. He feared an ambush

      Answer: The army was in the field

      2 Samuel 11:11 (KJV) — 'shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink...?'

      Read 2 Samuel 11:11 (KJV)

    6. Q6.What did David send by Uriah's hand to Joab?

      • A. A sword
      • B. A letter ✓
      • C. Gold
      • D. A ring

      Answer: A letter

      2 Samuel 11:14 (KJV) — 'David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.'

      Read 2 Samuel 11:14 (KJV)

    7. Q7.What did the letter command?

      • A. Reward Uriah
      • B. Set him in the forefront of the hottest battle ✓
      • C. Send him home
      • D. Make him captain

      Answer: Set him in the forefront of the hottest battle

      2 Samuel 11:15 (KJV).

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    8. Q8.Who slew Uriah?

      • A. David
      • B. Joab himself
      • C. The men of the city of Rabbah ✓
      • D. Doeg

      Answer: The men of the city of Rabbah

      2 Samuel 11:17 (KJV) — 'the men of the city... Uriah the Hittite died also.'

      Read 2 Samuel 11:17 (KJV)

    9. Q9.Whom did Nathan say David had killed with the sword?

      • A. Goliath
      • B. Uriah ✓
      • C. Absalom
      • D. Abner

      Answer: Uriah

      2 Samuel 12:9 (KJV) — 'thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword.'

      Read 2 Samuel 12:9 (KJV)

    10. Q10.Uriah's wife is named in the genealogy of whom?

      • A. Moses
      • B. David
      • C. Jesus Christ ✓
      • D. Paul

      Answer: Jesus Christ

      Matthew 1:6 (KJV) — 'David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias.'

      Read Matthew 1:6 (KJV)