Beginner Bible Quiz: King David (10 Questions and Answers)

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Ten questions on David: the shepherd, Goliath, Jonathan, Bathsheba, Nathan and Psalm 23.

1. What was David doing when Samuel sent for him to anoint him?
   Answer: Looking after the sheep
   Jesse said his youngest was tending the sheep, and Samuel anointed him among his brothers (1 Samuel 16:11-13).
2. Which Philistine warrior from Gath did David defeat?
   Answer: Goliath
   The Philistine was named Goliath, from Gath, and David struck him down (1 Samuel 17:4, 50).
3. What weapon does David use to strike Goliath?
   Answer: A sling and a stone
   With a sling and a stone David overcame the Philistine, with no sword in his hand (1 Samuel 17:49-50).
4. Who makes a covenant with David because he loves him as himself?
   Answer: Jonathan
   Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself (1 Samuel 18:3).
5. Why does David spare Saul in the cave at En Gedi?
   Answer: Because he is the Lord's anointed
   David refused to raise a hand against Saul, because he was the Lord's anointed (1 Samuel 24:4-6).
6. In which city does David reign over all Israel?
   Answer: Jerusalem
   At Hebron David reigned over Judah, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah (2 Samuel 5:5).
7. Which woman does David see bathing from his roof?
   Answer: Bathsheba
   David saw a woman bathing: she was Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite (2 Samuel 11:2-3).
8. Which prophet does God send to David after his sin?
   Answer: Nathan
   The Lord sent Nathan to David, who said to him, You are the man! (2 Samuel 12:1, 7).
9. What does David say to Nathan when he admits his sin?
   Answer: I have sinned against the Lord
   David said, I have sinned against the Lord! Nathan answered that the Lord had forgiven his sin (2 Samuel 12:13).
10. In Psalm 23, what does David call the Lord?
    Answer: My shepherd
    A psalm of David: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall lack nothing (Psalm 23:1).