1 Kings 5-11 Feb2-8 2025 Answers...
2\1 Kings 5
What king was always friendly with David?
1 Kings 5:5:1 When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David.
King Solomon provided food in exchange for what?
1 Kings 5:9 My men will haul them down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will float them in rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate them and you can take them away. And you are to grant my wish by providing food for my royal household." NIV
How many stonecutters did King Solomon have?
1 Kings 5:15 Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills NIV
3\1 Kings 6
In what year of King Solomon’s reign did he begin to build the temple of the Lord?
1 Kings 6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the LORD. NIV
What iron tools were heard at the temple site?
1 Kings 6:7 In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built. NIV
What was not to be seen inside the temple?
1 Kings 6:18 The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was to be seen. NIV
On the walls around the temple, what was carved in both the inner and outer rooms?
1 Kings 6:29 On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers. NIV
4\1 Kings 7
Solomon made a throne hall, whose daughter did he make a palace for that was similar in design to the throne hall?
1 Kings 7:8 And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married. NIV
Who was highly skilled and experienced in all kinds of bronze work?
1 Kings 7:14 whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was a man of Tyre and a craftsman in bronze. Huram was highly skilled and experienced in all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him.
What did King Solomon bring in the temple after everything was done?
1 Kings 7:51 When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the LORD was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated-the silver and gold and the furnishings-and he placed them in the treasuries of the LORD's temple. NIV
5\1 Kings 8
What did the cherubim overshadow?
1 Kings 8:7 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles. NIV
What prevented the priests from performing their service?
1 Kings 8:10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the LORD. 11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled his temple.
How many cattle, sheep and goats did Solomon sacrifice for a fellowship offering?
1 Kings 8:63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the LORD: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the temple of the LORD. NIV
6\1 Kings 9
If King Solomon walked in integrity of heart and uprightness, what would God establish?
1 Kings 9:4 "As for you, if you walk before me in integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws, 5 I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, 'You shall never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.' NIV
If King Solomon rejected God, what would happen?
1 Kings 9:7 then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
Where did King Solomon build his ships?
1 Kings 9:26 King Solomon also built ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. 27 And Hiram sent his men-sailors who knew the sea-to serve in the fleet with Solomon's men. NIV
7\1 Kings 10
Why did the Queen of Sheba go to Solomon to test him with hard questions?
1 Kings 10:10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions. NIV
According to the Queen of Sheba, King Solomon was made king to...
1 Kings 10:9 Praise be to the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD's eternal love for Israel, he has made you king, to maintain justice and righteousness." NIV
In comparison to the other kings of the earth, how much wealth did King Solomon have?
1 Kings 10:23 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.
8\1 Kings 11
Why was King Solomon not supposed to marry those who worshiped other gods?
1 Kings 11:2 They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. NIV
As Solomon grew old, what problem came up?
1 Kings 11:4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. NIV
Who fled to Egypt?
1 Kings 11:40 Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled to Egypt, to Shishak the king, and stayed there until Solomon's death. NIV
1 Kings 12-18 February 9-15 Answers
9\1 Kings 12
Who did Rehoboam reject and whose advice did he follow?
1 Kings 12:8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. NIV
How many fighting men did Rehoboam gather up to fight?
1 Kings 12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mustered the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin-a hundred and eighty thousand fighting men-to make war against the house of Israel and to regain the kingdom for Rehoboam son of Solomon.
Jeroboam appointed priests even though they were not from what tribe?
1 Kings 12:31 Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites. NIV
10\1 Kings 13
What happened to King Jeroboam’s hand when he tried to grab the man of God?
1 Kings 13:4 When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, "Seize him!" But the hand he stretched out toward the man shriveled up, so that he could not pull it back. NIV
What killed the man of God?
1 Kings 13:24 As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was thrown down on the road, with both the donkey and the lion standing beside it. What was the sin that led to King Jeroboam’s downfall?
1 Kings 13:33 Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways, but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places. 34 This was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its downfall and to its destruction from the face of the earth. NIV
11\1 Kings 14
When was King Jeroboam’s boy going to die?
1 Kings 14:12 "As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die. NIV
How old was Rehoboam when he became king?
1 Kings 14:21 Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. NIV
Who succeeded Rehoboam as king?
1 Kings 14:31 And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. And Abijah his son succeeded him as king.
12\1 Kings 15
Who did right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done?
1 Kings 15:11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done. NIV
Who deposed of his grandmother Maacah?
1 Kings 15:13 He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive Asherah pole. Asa cut the pole down and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Who killed Jeroboam’s whole family?
1 Kings 15:28 Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king.
29 As soon as he began to reign, he killed Jeroboam's whole family. He did not leave Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all, according to the word of the LORD given through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite- NIV
13\1 Kings 16
Who succeeded Baasha as king?
1 Kings 16:6 Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son succeeded him as king.
Who killed off Baasha’s whole family?
1 Kings 16:10 Zimri came in, struck him down and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah. Then he succeeded him as king.
11 As soon as he began to reign and was seated on the throne, he killed off Baasha's whole family. He did not spare a single male, whether relative or friend. NIV
Who married Jezebel?
1 Kings 16:30 Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before him. 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.
14\1 Kings 17
Who told King Ahab, there would not be any rain?
1 Kings 17:17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word." NIV
What bird fed Elijah?
1 Kings 17:4 You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there."
5 So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. NIV
Who did the Widow blame for killing her son?
1 Kings 17:18 She said to Elijah, "What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?" NIV
15\1 Kings 18
Who was a devout believer in the Lord?
1 Kings 18:3 and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of his palace. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the LORD. NIV
How many prophets did Obadiah hide in caves?
1 Kings 18:13 Haven't you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred of the LORD's prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water.NIV
What did King Ahab call Elijah?
1 Kings 18:17 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is that you, you troubler of Israel?"
18 "I have not made trouble for Israel," Elijah replied. "But you and your father's family have. You have abandoned the LORD's commands and have followed the Baals. NIV