BBB Bible Series: 2 Samuel Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ish-Bosheth

2 Samuel 4:5-6 of the New International Version, tells us, "Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth and they arrived there in the heat of the day, while he was taking his noonday rest. They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach." For their efforts, David had them killed and had their hands and feet cut off, then hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron.

Answer: Sent back to the city of Jerusalem

David's son Absalom won over the hearts of the men of Israel sending David fleeing for his life. Concerning the ark of God, David had it sent back to the city of Jerusalem thinking that if he found favor with the Lord, he would see it again, if not he was ready for God to do whatever seemed right to him. Here David once again shows how much trust he put in God. 2 Samuel 15:25-26 (NIV)

Answer: Hanun

David wanted to show kindness to Hanun, the king of the Ammonites, so he sent messengers to him expressing sympathy for the death of his father. Hanum's noblemen accused the messengers of being spies. "So Hanum seized David's men, shaved off half of each man's beard, cut off their garments in the middle at the buttocks, and sent them away." 2 Samuel 10:1-4 (NIV)

Answer: Joab

Amasa was rounding up the men of Judah to bring to David in Jerusalem, when he had a deadly encounter with Joab who appeared to be being friendly. "Joab said to Amasa, "How are you, my brother?" Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. Amasa was not on his guard against the dagger in Joab's hand, and Joab plunged it into his belly, and his intestines spilled out on the ground." 2 Samuel 20:9-10 (NIV)

Answer: Uriah

While David was having an affair with Uriah's wife Bathsheba, he got her pregnant. To try to cover up his sin with her, he sent for Uriah to have a couple of days leave from fighting against the Ammonites. But Uriah refused to go home to the comfort of his wife while his army buddies were camped in the open fields. So David sent Uriah back with a letter instructing Joab to place Uriah in the front line where the fighting was the most fierce, so that Uriah would be struck down and killed. 2 Samuel chapter 11 has the full account of David and Bathsheba.

Answer: Sheba

Once again David's men desert him, this time to a troublemaker by the name of Sheba. Sheba shouted out to the men of Judah, "We have no share in David, no part in Jesse's son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!" Sheba lost his head for that one! 2 Samuel 20:1 (NIV)

Answer: The Gibeonites

A long time a go in the days of Joshua, the Gibeonites deceived the Israelites into making a covenant with them. Saul broke that covenant by slaying the Gibeonites. David asked them how he could make things right with them. The Gibeonites refused to accept silver or gold, but because Saul was responsible for the blood that was shed, they requested that seven of his descendants be killed.

The full account of this gruesome story can be found in 2 Samuel 21:1-14 (NIV)

Answer: Ittai

Because Ittai had only just joined David and his men the day before David fled from Absalom, David didn't want to cause him any trouble and told him to go back to Absalom. "But Ittai replied to the king, "As surely as the Lord lives, and as my Lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be." 2 Samuel 15:21 (NIV)

Answer: Shimei

As David was fleeing from Absalom, a man from the same clan as Saul's family came out cursing and pelting David with stones. His name was Shimei. He said to David, "Get out, get out, you man of blood, you scoundrel! The Lord has repaid you for all the blood you shed in the household of Saul, in whose place you have reigned." 2 Samuel 16:8 (NIV)

Answer: Ahithophel

Ahithophel was David's best counsellor. His advise "was like of one who inquires of God." Later he went over to Absalom's side where he helped devise an attack on David. However his advice was not taken on this occasion and he took it to heart, and went home and hung himself. 2 Samuel 16:23 and 17:1-4 (NIV)