Who succeeded David as king of Israel?

• Answer: Solomon

• Verse: 1 Kings 1:39 – “Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon. Then they sounded the trumpet, and all the people shouted, ‘Long live King Solomon!'”

What request did Solomon make to God when he became king?

• Answer: Wisdom to govern the people

• Verse: 1 Kings 3:9 – “So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”

What was the name of the queen who visited Solomon to test his wisdom?

• Answer: The Queen of Sheba

1. Verse: 1 Kings 10:1 – “When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relation to the name of the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions.”

What significant structure did Solomon build during his reign?

• Answer: The Temple in Jerusalem

• Verse: 1 Kings 6:2 – “The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.”

How many years did it take to build the Temple?

• Answer: Seven years

• Verse: 1 Kings 6:38 – “In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all its details according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.”

Who was the prophet who confronted King Ahab about his worship of Baal?

• Answer: Elijah

• Verse: 1 Kings 18:1 – “After a long time, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: ‘Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.'”

What miracle did Elijah perform to prove the Lord was God?

• Answer: He called down fire from heaven to consume the offering on Mount Carmel

• Verse: 1 Kings 18:38 – “Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.”

What did Elijah do after the contest on Mount Carmel?

• Answer: He prayed for rain, which ended a three-year drought

• Verse: 1 Kings 18:45 – “Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain came on, and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.”

What was the name of Ahab’s wife who promoted the worship of Baal?

• Answer: Jezebel

• Verse: 1 Kings 16:31 – “He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him.”

What did Elijah do when he fled from Jezebel?

• Answer: He went to Mount Horeb and encountered God in a gentle whisper

• Verse: 1 Kings 19:12 – “After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.”

Who succeeded Elijah as prophet?

• Answer: Elisha

• • Verse: 1 Kings 19:16 – “Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet.”

How did Elisha heal Naaman, the Syrian commander?

• • Answer: He told him to wash seven times in the Jordan River

• Verse: 2 Kings 5:10 – “Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, ‘Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.'”

What did King Solomon ask God to do in his prayer of dedication for the Temple?

• Answer: To hear the prayers of His people and forgive their sins

• Verse: 1 Kings 8:30 – “Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.”

How did Solomon’s wisdom become renowned among the nations?

• Answer: Through his wise judgments and proverbs, and through his interactions with other kings

• Verse: 1 Kings 4:34 – “From all nations people came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.”

What did Solomon use to pay Hiram, king of Tyre, for the materials used in building the Temple?

• Answer: Twenty cities in Galilee

• Verse: 1 Kings 9:11 – “King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had supplied him with cedar and pine logs and gold, as he had desired.”

Who was the prophet that prophesied the division of the kingdom after Solomon’s death?

• Answer: Ahijah

• Verse: 1 Kings 11:29 – “About that time Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem. Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh met him on the way. Ahijah had dressed himself in a new cloak. The two of them were alone out in the country.”

What reason did God give for the division of the kingdom after Solomon’s death?

• Answer: Solomon’s idolatry and failure to follow God’s commands

• Verse: 1 Kings 11:33 – “‘I will do this because they have forsaken me and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molek the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked in my ways, nor done what is right in my eyes, nor kept my statutes and laws as David his father did.'”

What did Jeroboam set up in Bethel and Dan to prevent his people from going to Jerusalem?

• Answer: Golden calves

• Verse: 1 Kings 12:28 – “After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, ‘It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.'”

Who was the prophet that warned Jeroboam about his idolatry?

• Answer: A man of God from Judah

• Verse: 1 Kings 13:1 – “By the word of the Lord a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering.”

What did Elijah do at Mount Carmel to prove that the Lord is the true God?

• Answer: He had a contest with the prophets of Baal and called down fire from heaven

• Verse: 1 Kings 18:38 – “Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.”

How did Ahab die?

• Answer: He was wounded by an arrow in battle and later died from his wounds

• Verse: 1 Kings 22:34 – “But someone drew his bow at random and hit the king of Israel between the sections of his armor. The king told his chariot driver, ‘Wheel around and get me out of the fighting. I’ve been wounded.'”

What was the name of the prophet who confronted Ahab and foretold his death?

• Answer: Micaiah

• Verse: 1 Kings 22:17 – “Then Micaiah answered, ‘I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and the Lord said, “These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.”'”

Who was the wicked queen who persecuted the prophets of the Lord?

• Answer: Jezebel

• Verse: 1 Kings 18:4 – “While Jezebel was killing off the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.”

How did Solomon handle the case of the two women who claimed to be the mother of the same baby?

• Answer: He proposed to divide the baby in two, and the real mother offered to give up her claim to save the child

• Verse: 1 Kings 3:25 – “He then gave an order: ‘Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.'”

Who was the prophet that Elijah sought out for a successor?

• Answer: Elisha

• Verse: 1 Kings 19:16 – “Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet.”

What did Solomon ask God for in his dream at Gibeon?

• Answer: Wisdom to govern the people

• Verse: 1 Kings 3:5 – “At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, ‘Ask for whatever you want me to give
• you.'”

What did King Solomon do when the two women came to him with a dispute over a baby?

• Answer: He proposed to divide the baby in two, revealing the real mother through her willingness to give up her claim

• Verse: 1 Kings 3:26 – “The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved out of love for her son and said to the king, ‘Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!'”

What did Solomon say was the purpose of the Temple he built?

• Answer: To be a place where God’s name would dwell and where people could pray and find forgiveness

• Verse: 1 Kings 8:29 – “May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.”