Bible Quiz, Intermediate Level: Samuel, Prophet and Judge (10 Questions and Answers)

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Ten questions on Samuel: Hannah at Shiloh, the ark among the Philistines, King Saul, then the anointing of David.

1. In which city does Hannah pray so intensely that Eli thinks she is drunk?
   Answer: Shiloh
   Hannah prayed silently at Shiloh, and the priest Eli mistook her for a drunken woman (1 Samuel 1:9-14).
2. What are the names of Eli's two sons, priests at Shiloh?
   Answer: Hophni and Phinehas
   Hophni and Phinehas, Eli's sons, were priests at Shiloh and died on the same day (1 Samuel 1:3; 4:11).
3. At which call does Eli realize that the LORD is calling Samuel?
   Answer: At the third call
   After the third call, Eli understood that it was the LORD who was calling the boy (1 Samuel 3:8).
4. How do the people of Ashdod find Dagon on the second morning?
   Answer: Head and hands cut off on the threshold
   Dagon's head and both hands lay on the threshold, before the ark of the LORD (1 Samuel 5:4).
5. What name does Samuel give to the stone set up between Mizpah and Shen?
   Answer: Ebenezer
   Samuel named the stone Ebenezer: "Thus far the LORD has helped us" (1 Samuel 7:12).
6. Why do the elders of Israel demand a king at Ramah?
   Answer: Samuel is old and his sons do not follow his ways
   Samuel was old, his sons did not walk in his ways, and the people wanted a king like the nations (1 Samuel 8:5).
7. What is Saul looking for when he first meets Samuel?
   Answer: His father Kish's donkeys
   Saul was searching for his father Kish's lost donkeys when his servant led him to the seer (1 Samuel 9:3-6).
8. What does Saul do at Gilgal when Samuel is late?
   Answer: He offers the burnt offering himself
   After seven days of waiting, Saul offered the burnt offering himself, and Samuel told him his reign would not last (1 Samuel 13:8-14).
9. According to Samuel, what is better than sacrifice?
   Answer: Obedience
   "To obey is better than sacrifice," Samuel told Saul after the campaign against Amalek (1 Samuel 15:22).
10. Where is David when Samuel asks Jesse if he has any other sons?
    Answer: Tending the sheep
    Jesse's youngest son was tending the sheep, and Samuel anointed him in the midst of his brothers (1 Samuel 16:11-13).