BIBLE QUIZ 2 Samuel

Round 1
Bible Quiz 2 Samuel
Chapters 1-24

Congregation
Division 3-6 Team Number
Score

KNOW THE CHAPTER. Without using your Bible, write in the blank on the left the chapter number in
which each subject heading is found.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.

Absalom Kills Amnon

Absalom Returns to Jerusalem
Absaloms Conspiracy
Absaloms Death
David and Bathsheba
David and Mephibosheth
David and Ziba
David Anointed King Over Judah
David Becomes King Over Israel
David Builds an Altar
David Defeats the Ammonites
David Hears of Sauls Death
David Returns to Jerusalem
Davids Prayer
Davids Song of Praise
Davids Victories
Ish-Bosheth Murdered
Joab Murders Abner
Nathan Rebukes David
Sheba Rebels Against David
The Advice of Ahithophel and Hushai
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
The Gibeonites Avenged
The Last Words of David
War Against the Philistines

KNOW THE CHAPTER. Without using your Bible, write in the blank on the left the chapter number in
which each statement is found.
26. "O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of youO
Absalom, my son, my son!"
27. I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, the young man said, and there was Saul, leaning
on his spear, with the chariots and riders almost upon him.
28. Absalom behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for
justice, and so he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
29. Absalom ordered his men, "Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine
and I say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' then kill him.
30. Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your advice. What should we do?"
31. And Mephibosheth, grandson of your master, will always eat at my table."
32. David asked the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? How shall I make amends so that
you will bless the LORD's inheritance?"
33. David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba son of Bicri will do us more harm than Absalom
did.
34. David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the
hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
35. He won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man. They sent
word to the king, "Return, you and all your men."
36. Joab reported the number of the fighting men to the king: In Israel there were eight
hundred thousand able-bodied men who could handle a sword, and in Judah five
hundred thousand.
37. Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the gateway, as though
to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab
stabbed him in the stomach, and he died.
38. So David and his men continued along the road while Shimei was going along the
hillside opposite him, cursing as he went and throwing stones at him and showering him
with dirt.
39. So he took three javelins in his hand and plunged them into Absalom's heart while
Absalom was still alive in the oak tree.
40. The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there.
41. The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, "There were two men
in a certain town, one rich and the other poor.
42. The man said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the
Hittite?"
43. Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from
your hand."
44. Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, "Come! We must
flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom.
45. Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
46. Then the men of Judah came to Hebron and there they anointed David king over the
house of Judah.
47. These are the names of David's mighty men:
Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was chief of the Three; he raised his spear
against eight hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.
48. They brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had
pitched for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the
LORD.
49. They brought the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Here is
the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who tried to take your life.
50. When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench in David's nostrils, they
hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth Rehob and Zobah, as well as
the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.

BIBLE QUIZ 2 Samuel

Round 2
Bible Quiz 2 Samuel
Chapters 1-6

Congregation
Division 3-6 Team Number
Score

I. WHERE. Write the letter of each location on the right in the blank by its corresponding description on
the left. Each answer is correct in one and only one blank.
Where Abner and the men of Ish-Bosheth met Joab
and Davids men
Where Asahel was buried
Where David was told he would hear the sound of
marching in the balsam trees
Where David went when the Philistines went up in
full force to search for him
Where Ish-Bosheth was stabbed
Where Ish-Bosheth head was buried
Where Joab stabbed Abner in the stomach
Where King David walked in relation to the bier
Where Philistines spread out

A.

Abners tomb

B.
C.

behind
gateway

D.

10. Where the messengers Joab had sent brought Abner

back from

J.

his fathers
tomb
pool of Gibeon
stomach
stronghold
the tops
Valley of
Rephaim
well of Sirah

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

E.
F.
G.
H.
I.

II. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES. Write the letter of each prepositional phrase on the right in the blank
corresponding to the n on the left it is modifies in the text. Each answer is correct in one and only one
blank.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

ark
blood
Book
bow
cake
City
elders
fortress
head
tribe

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.

of Abner
of Benjamin
of David
of God
of Ish-Bosheth
of Israel
of Jashar
of Jonathan
of raisins
of Zion

III. PARENT/CHILD PAIRING. Write the letter of each Parent on the right in the blank on the left
corresponding to that parents child. Each answer may be used more than once.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

Abner
Amnon
Absalom
Asahel
Ish-Bosheth
Joab
Michal
Paltiel
Rizpah
Uzzah

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.

Abinadab
Aiah
Ahinoam
Laish
Maacah
Ner
Saul
Zeruiah

IV. NUMBERS. Write the letter of each number on the right in the blank on the left corresponding to the
phrase that it modifies in the text. Each answer is correct in one and only one blank.
31. Number of Benjamites with Abner that Davids men
had killed
32. Number of Davids men found missing after Joab
returned from pursuing Abner
33. Number of men Abner had with him when he came to
David at Hebron
34. Number of months the ark of the LORD remained in
the house of Obed-Edom
35. Number of steps those carrying the ark of the LORD
had taken when David sacrificed a bull and a fattened
calf
36. Number of years David ruled over all Israel and Judah
in Jerusalem
37. Number of years Ish-Bosheth reigned
38. Number of years old David was when he became king
39. Number of years old Ish-Bosheth was when he
became king of Israel
40. Number of years old Mephibosheth was when the
news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

19

F.

20

G.
H.
I.

30
33
40

J.

360

V. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Each of the following thoughts may be completed with one of the following
four choices. Place the letter of the correct answer in the blank. Only one answer is correct in each blank.
41. What the house of Israel was celebrating with
A. trumpets B. harps C. banjos D. flutes
42. Wife of David
A. Mary B. Aiah C. Abigail D. Rizpah
43. What David gave to each person in the crowd
A. skin of wine B. cake of raisins C. cake of prunes D. stinky sock
44. Son of Rimmon
A. Abner B. Mephibosheth C. Ish-Bosheth D. Recab
45. What David and all the men with him did when they received the news that Saul
and Jonathan were dead
A. mourned B. celebrated C. laughed D. rejoiced
46. What Hiram king of Tyre sent David
A. soldiers B. carpenters C. army tanks D. crude oil
47. Was stabbed in the stomach
A. Joab B. Hiram C. Ish-Bosheth D. David
48. What Michal saw David doing
A. choking B. dancing C. killing D. crying
49. Where the Philistines abandoned their idols
A. Baal Perazim B. Hebron C. Jerusalem D. Helkath Hazzurim
50. Asahel was said to be
A. old B. scrawny C. short D. fleet-footed

BIBLE QUIZ 2 Samuel

Round 3
Bible Quiz 2 Samuel
Chapters 7-12

Congregation
Division 3-6 Team Number
Score

I. WHERE. Write the letter of each location on the right in the blank by its corresponding description on
the left. Each answer is correct in one and only one blank.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

David took this place from control of the Philistines

From where David took a great quantity of bronze
Hadadezer was king of
One place where David put garrisons
The house of Makir was in
Tou was king of
Where David struck down eighteen thousand Edomites
Where David told men to stay until their beards had grown
Where David took a crown that weighed a talent
Where David took the gold shields that belonged to the
officers of Hadadezer

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.

Edom
Hamath
Jericho
Jerusalem
Lo Debar
Metheg Ammah
Rabbah
Tebah and Berothai
Valley of Salt
Zobah

II. FIND THE VERSE. Locate each of the following verses by giving the chapter number and verse
number in which it is found.
11. "How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we
have heard with our own ears.
12. David thought, "I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me."
13. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live.
14. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there.
15. I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day.
16. In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole
Israelite army.
17. Nathan replied, "The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.
18. So Mephibosheth ate at David's table like one of the king's sons.
19. You and your sons and your servants are to farm the land for him and bring in the crops, so that your
master's grandson may be provided for.
20. Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was secretary;
III. SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION. Complete each of the sentences below by placing the letter of each
phrase on the right in the blank on the left to which each phrase corresponds. Each answer is correct in one
and only one blank.
21. ________________the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun
succeeded him as king.
22. When the Ammonites ____________________they fled before Abishai
and went inside the city.
23. "Put Uriah _____________where the fighting is fiercest.
24. One evening David got up from his bed and walked around
________________
25. But because by doing this _____________the son born to you will die."
26. ______________and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it.
27. "Here I am, _______________while the ark of God remains in a tent."
28. King David dedicated these articles to the LORD, as he had done with
the silver and gold ________________
29. Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, and all the members of
Ziba's household _______________
30. ________________of Saul's household named Ziba.

A. from all the nations he

had subdued:
B. In the course of time,
C. in the front line
D. living in a palace of
cedar,
E. Now there was a servant
F. on the roof of the palace.
G. saw that the Arameans
were fleeing,
H. So David mustered the
entire army
I. were servants of
Mephibosheth.
J. you have made the
enemies of the LORD
show utter contempt,

IV. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Each of the following thoughts may be completed with one of the following
four choices. Place the letter of the correct answer in the blank. Only one answer is correct in each blank.
31. Number of sons Ziba had
A. 15 B. 20 C. 50 D. 100
32. Benaiah son of Jehoida was over the
A. Arameans B. Kerethites C. Ammonites D. Edomites
33. What David did to some horses
A. drowned B. burned C. ate D. hamstrung
34. This man was secretary
A. Zadok B. Ahilud C. Seraiah D. Joab
35. Where David was when he saw a woman bathing
A. Rabbah B. roof C. bedroom D. chariot
36. Where David told Uriah to go
A. his house B. Rabbah C. the entrance to the palace D. the roof
37. What David sent with Uriah
A. money B. a sword C. a millstone D. a letter
38. What the LORD sent word to name Solomon
A. Jeroboam B. Zadok C. Davidson D. Jedidiah
39. David consigned the people of Rabbah to do labor with
A. toothbrushes B. water hoses C. iron picks D. welding torches
40. Day on which David and Uriahs wifes child died
A. first B. seventh C. second D. third
V. WHO SAID IT? Place the letter of the person on the right in the blank corresponding to the statement
which he/she made. Each answer may be used more than once.
41. Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that
you have brought me this far?
42. "Do you think David is honoring your father by sending men
to you to express sympathy? Hasn't David sent them to you to
explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?"
43. "I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.
44. "If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to come
to my rescue; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you,
then I will come to rescue you.
45. "Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can
show kindness for Jonathan's sake?"
46. "The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my
master Joab and my lord's men are camped in the open fields.
47. "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in both feet."
48. "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like
me?"
49. "Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the
LORD is with you."
50. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man
and prepared it for the one who had come to him."

A.

Ammonite nobles

B.

David

C.
D.

Joab
Mephibosheth

E.

Nathan

F.

Uriah

G.

Ziba

BIBLE QUIZ 2 Samuel

Round 4
Bible Quiz 2 Samuel
Chapters 13-18

Congregation
Division 3-6 Team Number
Score

I. ABSALOM. Write the letter of each answer on the right in the correct blank on the left. Each answer
may be used more than once.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Absalom had this many sons

Absalom ordered his men to strike this man down
Absaloms daughter
Absaloms sister
After Absalom was thrown into a pit in the forest, this
was piled over him
6. Number of men Absalom provide himself to run
ahead of him
7. Owner of the field Absalom told his servants to set on
fire
8. Type of tree in which Absaloms hair caught
9. What Absalom was riding when his hair became
caught
10. Where Absalom went when he fled

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Amnon
fifty
Geshur
Joab
mule

F.

oak

G.

rocks

H.
I.

Tamar
three

II. MODIFIER MATCH. Write the letter of each adjective on the right in the blank on the left
corresponding to the noun that it modifies in the text. Each answer is correct in one and only one blank.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

appearance
bear
branches
bread
confusion
grain
sister
soldier
son
woman

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.

banished
beautiful
bravest
great
handsome
roasted
special
thick
wild
wise

III THINGS. Write the letter of each thing on the right in the correct blank on the left. Each answer is
correct in one and only one blank.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.

Absalom provided himself with this

Jonathan and Ahimaaz climbed down into this
This was pitched on the roof for Absalom
What Absalom erected in the Kings Valley
What Amnons personal servant bolted after he put
Tamar out
26. What grain was scattered over
27. What Joab plunged into Absaloms heart

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

a chariot
a covering
a pillar
a tent
a well

F.
G.

28. What of Absaloms weighed two hundred shekels by

the royal standard
29. What Shobi, Makir, and Barzillai brought David
30. What Tamar tore

H.

a door
an ornamented
robe
hair

I.
J.

pottery
three javelins

IV. TRUE OR FALSE. Each of the statements is either true or false. If the statement is false, place an F
in the blank. If the statement is true, place a T in the blank.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.

Absalom appointed Amasa over the army

Absalom fled and went to Talmai king of Geshur
Absalom set Davids field on fire
Ahithophel hanged himself
Amnon fell in love with Tamar
Amnon killed Absalom
David left ten concubines to take care of the palace
Joab had a wise woman brought from Tekoa
Mephibosheth pelted David with stones
The Cushite outran Ahimaaz

V. BEFORE OR AFTER. If the event in the first column occurred before the event in the second column
in the text of 2 Samuel, place a B in the blank. If after, place an A in the blank.
41.
42.
43.

A covering spread out over the opening

of a well
A field set on fire
A wise woman brought from Tekoa

44.
45.
46.
47.

Absalom ordered men to kill Amnon

Absalom went to Geshur
Ahithophel hanged himself
Amnon pretended to be ill

48.

David left ten concubines to take care of

the palace
Shimei pelted David with stones
Two men climbed out of a well

49.
50.

A Cushite ran off

A tent pitched
Absalom asked the king to let him go to
Hebron
Absalom thrown into a pit
Absaloms head got caught in a tree
Amnon hated Tamar
David continued up the Mount of
Olives
Joab plunged three javelins into
Absaloms heart
Tamar tore her ornamented robe
Ziba met David with a string of
donkeys

BIBLE QUIZ 2 Samuel

Round 5
Bible Quiz 2 Samuel
Chapters 19-24

Congregation
Division 3-6 Team Number
Score

I. WHO. Write the letter of each person on the right in the blank corresponding to the description on the
left. Each answer is correct in one and only one blank.
1. Who had not trimmed his mustache from the day
A. Adoniram
the king left until the day he returned
2. Who killed a man with six fingers on each hand
B. Araunah the Jebusite
and six toes on each foot
3. Who killed eight hundred men in one encounter
C. Barzillai
4. Who killed Goliath the Gittite
D. Benaiah son of Jehoiada
5. Who killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha
E. Elhanan son of JaareOregim
6. Who was eighty years of age
F. Jonathan son of Shimeah
7. Who was in charge of forced labor
G. Josheb-Basshebeth
8. Who went down into a pit on a snowy day and
H. Mephibosheth
killed a lion
9. Whos head was thrown to Joab
I. Sheba son of Bicri
10. Whos threshing floor did David buy
J. Sibbecai the Hushathite
II. WHERE. Write the letter of each location on the right in the blank by its corresponding description on
the left. Each answer is correct in one and only one blank.
11. When the angel of the LORD stretched out his hand to A. Abel Beth Maacah
strike this place, the LORD told the angel, Enough!
12. Where a battle took place where there was a huge man B. Beth Shan
with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each
foot
13. Where Elhanan son of Dodo was from
C. Bethlehem
14. Where Gibeonites asked to expose bodies
D. Gath
15. Where Igal son of Nathan was from
E. Gibeah of Saul
16. Where Ira son of Ikkesh was from
F. Gilboa
17. Where Joab besieged Sheba
G. Jerusalem
18. Where Sauls bones were buried
H. Tekoa
19. Where the Philistines had hung Sauls bones
I. Zela
20. Where the Philistines struck down Saul
J. Zobah
III. QUOTES. Locate each of the following quotes by giving the chapter number and verse number in
which it is found.
21. "Go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and enroll the fighting men, so
that I may know how many there are."
22. "Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."
23. "It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to
death."
24. "Now Sheba son of Bicri will do us more harm than Absalom did.
25. "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
26. "The oracle of David son of Jesse,
the oracle of the man exalted by the Most High,
the man anointed by the God of Jacob,
Israel's singer of songs:
27. We have no right to demand silver or gold from Saul or his family, nor do we have the
right to put anyone in Israel to death."
28. A man named Sheba son of Bicri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand
against the king, against David.
29. O king, Araunah gives all this to the king."
30. You have made it clear today that the commanders and their men mean nothing to you. I see
that you would be pleased if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead.

IV. FIND THE VERSE. Locate each of the following verses by giving the chapter number and verse
number in which it is found.
31. Abishai the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah was chief of the Three.
32. But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the
Philistines down, and the LORD brought about a great victory.
33. He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who killed and exposed them on a hill before the
LORD.
34. He won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man. They sent
word to the king, "Return, you and all your men."
35. Joab reported the number of the fighting men to the king: In Israel there were eight hundred
thousand able-bodied men who could handle a sword, and in Judah five hundred thousand.
36. Once again there was a battle between the Philistines and Israel.
37. So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed
Barzillai and gave him his blessing, and Barzillai returned to his home.
38. The king's word, however, overruled Joab and the army commanders; so they left the
presence of the king to enroll the fighting men of Israel.
39. Then the LORD answered prayer in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.
40. Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice, and they cut off the head of
Sheba son of Bicri and threw it to Joab.
V. SAYINGS OF DAVID. Each saying of David has been split into two parts. Place the letter of the
corresponding phrase in the correct blank on the left. Each answer is correct in one and only one blank.
41. "As for God, his way is perfect;
the word of the LORD is flawless.

A.

according to the cleanness of

my hands he has rewarded me.

42. "The LORD has dealt with me

according to my righteousness;

B.

and grant me my every desire?

43. "The Spirit of the LORD spoke through

me;

C.

and have kept myself from sin.

44. But evil men are all to be cast aside like

thorns,

D.

burning coals blazed out of it.

45. I have been blameless before him

E.

46. In my distress I called to the LORD;

I called out to my God.

F.

From his temple he heard my

voice;
my cry came to his ears.
He is a shield
for all who take refuge in him.

47. Smoke rose from his nostrils;

consuming fire came from his mouth,

G.

his word was on my tongue.

48. The cords of the grave coiled around

me;

H.

the snares of death confronted

me.

49. They cried for help, but there was no

one to save them

I.

to the LORD, but he did not

answer.

50. Will he not bring to fruition my

salvation

J.

which are not gathered with

the hand.