1 Samuel 16-24

Question 1

Ch 16. God sends Samuel to the house of Jesse the Bethlehemite. What does He tell Samuel to take with him?

Answer 1

A heifer (1 Samuel 16:2).

Question 2

Ch 16. How many sons, including David, did Jesse have?

Answer 2

8 sons (1 Samuel 16:5-10).

Question 3

Ch 16. What is David’s physical description?

Answer 3

“Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking.” (1 Samuel 16:12).

Question 4

Ch 16. What are the servant’s suggested solution to help Saul deal with the distressing spirit?

Answer 4

To seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp (1 Samuel 16:16).

Question 5

Ch 16. How does the servant describe David to King Saul?

Answer 5

”. . . skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the Lord is with him.” (1 Samuel 16:18).

Question 6

Ch 17. What was Goliath’s height?

Answer 6

Six cubits and a span (1 Samuel 17:4).

Question 7

Ch 17. What were the names of David’s 3 older brothers who went to war against the Philistines?

Answer 7

Eliab the firstborn, Abinadab the second born, and the third Shammah (1 Samuel 17:13).

Question 8

Ch 17. What did Jesse command David to bring to his brothers?

Answer 8

An ephah of dried grain, ten loaves, and ten cheeses (1 Samuel 17:17-18).

Question 9

Ch 17. What did King Saul promise to give to the soldier who killed Goliath?

Answer 9

Great riches, his daughter, and his father’s house will be exempt from taxes (1 Samuel 17:25).

Question 10

Ch 17. What were the weapons that David took when facing against Goliath?

Answer 10

His staff, five smooth stones, and his sling in hand. (1 Samuel 17:40).

Question 11

Ch 17. “Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a _____, with a _____, and with a _______. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.”

Answer 11

Sword, Spear, Javelin (1 Samuel 17:45).

Question 12

Ch 17. How did David finish Goliath?

Answer 12

By using Goliath’s own sword to decapitate his head (1 Samuel 17:51).

Question 13

Ch 18. What was the song that the woman sang, which enraged King Saul?

Answer 13

“Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands.”
(1 Samuel 18:7).

Question 14

Ch 18. What was the name of Saul’s daughter who loved David?

Answer 14

Michal (1 Samuel 18:20).

Question 15

Ch 18. For David to become King Saul’s son-in-law, how many of the Philistines foreskins did David bring back?

Answer 15

Two hundred foreskins (1 Samuel 18:27).

Question 16

Ch 19. Who helped David escape from King Saul’s soldiers?

Answer 16

Michal, David’s wife, helped him escape by lowering him down through a window (1 Samuel 19:12).

Question 17

Ch 19. Where did David go after escaping from King Saul’s soldiers?

Answer 17

David went to Ramah, where he met with Samuel (1 Samuel 19:18).

Question 18

Ch. 20. What did David tell Jonathan to tell Saul regarding his absence from the royal feast?

Answer 18

David suggested to tell Saul that he had gone to Bethlehem for a yearly sacrifice (1 Samuel 20:9, 28).

Question 19

Ch 20. David hid in the field, as Jonathan inquired to know what Saul thought of David. What was the name of the stone that was near David?

Answer 19

Ezel (1 Samuel 20:19).

Question 20

Ch 20. How did Saul respond to Jonathan’s defense of David?

Answer 20

Saul cast a spear at Jonathan in anger, indicating his determination to kill David (1 Samuel 20:33).

Question 21

Ch 21. Who did David meet at Nob?

Answer 21

Ahimelech the priest (1 Samuel 21:1).

Question 22

Ch 21. What did David request from Ahimelech?

Answer 22

David requested five loaves of bread or whatever could be found (1 Samuel 21:3).

Question 23

Ch 21. What did David do as he was afraid before Achish, the king of Gath?

Answer 23

He pretended to be mad (1 Samuel 21:12).

Question 24

Ch 22. How many men were with David at the cave of Adullam?

Answer 24

There were about four hundred men with him (1 Samuel 22:2).

Question 25

Ch 22. What did the prophet Gad tell David?

Answer 25

The prophet Gad told David not to stay in the stronghold of Moab and to go to the land of Judah (1 Samuel 22:5).

Question 26

Ch 22. Where did David go after receiving advice from the prophet, Gad?

Answer 26

David went into the forest of Hereth (1 Samuel 22:5).

Question 27

Ch 22. Who reported to Saul that Ahimelech helped David?

Answer 27

Doeg the Edomite (1 Samuel 22:9).

Question 28

Ch 22. Saul commanded that the priests who helped David in the city of Nob be killed. How many priests died?

Answer 28

85 men (1 Samuel 22:18).

Question 29

Ch 23. What is the name of the city that David and his 600 men saved?

Answer 29

The city of Keilah (1 Samuel 23:1-13).

Question 30

What did the Ziphites tell Saul?

Answer 30

The Ziphites informed Saul that David was hiding with them in the strongholds in the woods.

Question 31

What did Saul ask the Ziphites to do?

Answer 31

Saul asked them to find out for sure where David was hiding and to deliver him into the king's hand.

Question 32

Where was David hiding when Saul sought him?

Answer 32

David was in the Wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.

Question 33

What happened when Saul pursued David?

Answer 33

Saul and his men encircled David and his men on either side of the mountain.

Question 34

What caused Saul to stop pursuing David?

Answer 34

A messenger came to Saul saying that the Philistines had invaded the land.

Question 35

What was the place called where Saul returned from pursuing David?

Answer 35

The place was called the Rock of Escape.

Question 36

Where did David dwell after leaving the Rock of Escape?

Answer 36

David went up from there and dwelt in strongholds at En Gedi.