Quiz on King Solomon (10 Questions and Answers)

Category: Adults · 10 questions

Ten questions about Solomon: his request for wisdom, the temple, the queen of Sheba and the end of his reign.

1. Where did God appear to Solomon in a dream?
   Answer: At Gibeon
   At Gibeon, the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and told him to ask for whatever he wanted (1 Kings 3:4-5).
2. What did Solomon ask God for?
   Answer: An understanding heart to judge
   Solomon asked for an understanding heart to judge the people and discern between good and evil (1 Kings 3:9).
3. What else did God give Solomon?
   Answer: Riches and honor
   God gave him what he had not asked for, both riches and honor (1 Kings 3:13).
4. How did Solomon find out who the child's real mother was?
   Answer: By proposing to cut the child in two
   The real mother wanted the child saved, and the king gave her son back to her (1 Kings 3:25-27).
5. How many years did Solomon take to build the temple?
   Answer: Seven years
   The temple was finished in seven years, in the eleventh year of his reign (1 Kings 6:38).
6. What wood covered the inner walls of the temple?
   Answer: Cedar
   Solomon lined the inner walls with cedar boards, then overlaid the inner sanctuary with gold (1 Kings 6:15, 20).
7. What did the ark placed in the temple contain?
   Answer: The two stone tablets
   There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets (1 Kings 8:9).
8. Who came to test Solomon with hard questions?
   Answer: The queen of Sheba
   The queen of Sheba heard of his fame and came to test him with hard questions (1 Kings 10:1).
9. What did the queen of Sheba say after seeing Solomon?
   Answer: That she had not been told half of it
   She said she had not been told even half of his wisdom and prosperity (1 Kings 10:7).
10. What turned Solomon's heart away in his old age?
    Answer: His foreign wives
    His wives turned his heart after other gods (1 Kings 11:4).