1. Who was David's sister?
Answer: Zeruiah
2 Samuel 2:18
And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.
1 Chronicles 2:11-17
Nahshon fathered Salmon, Salmon fathered Boaz, 12 Boaz fathered Obed, Obed fathered Jesse. 13 Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. 16 And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. 17 Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
2. How old was David when he became King of Israel?
Answer: 30 Years
2 Samuel 5:4
"David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years." If you look at the lineage of Jesus Christ found in the New Testament, David is a direct ancestor of Joseph.
3. What king did Rechab and Baanah kill while he was taking his noonday rest?
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."
4. How long did David stay in Ziklag after King Saul died?
Answer: 2 days
2 Samuel 1:2 "Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag."
5. Who killed Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar?
Answer: Absalom
2 Samuel chapter 13:28-30
6. For Jonathan's sake, King David was kind to one of Saul's descendants. Who was it?
ANSWER: Mephibosheth
2 Samuel 9:6-7 ESV
And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, “Mephibosheth!” And he answered, “Behold, I am your servant.”7 And David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and you shall eat at my table always.”
7. Who murdered Amasa while pretending to kiss him?
Answer: Joab
2 Samuel 20:9-10 (NIV
"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." ) NOTE: Amasa was a nephew of King David.
8. Who rebelled against David and said, "We have no share in David, every man to his tent, O Israel"?
ANSWER: Sheba
2 Samuel 20:1 (NIV)
"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!
9. Complete this line from David's song of Praise from 2 Samuel 22:2, "The Lord is my ______ and my fortress..."
ANSWER: Rock
2 Samuel 22:2
He said, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,"
Psalm 18:2 ESV
"The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold."
10. Who said to David, "Whether it means life or death, there will your servant be"?
Answer: Ittai
NOTE: When Absalom rebelled against David, David didn't want to cause him any trouble and told him to go back to Absalom. But Ittai answered the king, “As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be.”
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