2 Samuel Bible Bowl questions

After Saul's death, and after David had returned from the slaughter of the amalekites, how many days did David abode in ziklag?

2 days

What things of Saul's did the young Amalekite bring David?

His crown & bracelet

Where is it written that the children of Israel be taught the use of the bow?

The book of jasher

Where were the men from who buried Saul?

Judah

Name the three son of Zeruiah:

Jacob, Abishai & Asahel

How many sons were born to David at Hebron?

6

Who was Michal, David's first wife,married to when David requested that she be brought to him?

Phaltiel

Who smote ishbosbeth under his fifth rib while he laid n a bed at noon

The sons of rimion the berothite, rechab & Baanah

Who did Rechab and Baanah take the head of Ishbosheth to?

David to hebron

Who sent messengers to David and cedar trees, & carpenters and masons & built David a house?

Hiram King of Tyre

Who did David perceive had made him king of Israel ?

The lord

In chapter 6, how many of the chosen men of Israel did David gather?

30,000

In chapter 6, where did god dwell on the ark?

Between the Cherubims

In chapter 7, King David asked Nathan the prophet where does the ark of god dwell?

Within curtains

What Were the shields made of that David took from the servant of Hadadezer?

Gold

Name the three types of vessels Toi sent to Joram, his son to David?

Silver, gold, brass

In chapter 8, when David resigned over all Israel who did he appoint over the host?

Joab the son of zeruiah

Who asked he question, is there yet any left in the house of Saul?

David

How many sons did Ziba have?

15

After the king of Ammon died, who resigned in his stead?

Hanun

Who shaved off one half of David's servants beard?

Hanun

Who did David send with his servants and all Israel to destroy Ammon and besiege Rabbah?

Joab

At eventide after David had arose from off his bed and went upon the roof of the king's house what did he see?

A woman washing herself

Who did David tell to go down to thy house and wash thy feet?

Uriah

Who did the lord send into the city to tell David about the two men in one city, one being rich and one being poor?

Nathan

After David comforted Bathsheba his wife, he laid with her and she bare him a son, what did they name him?

Solomon

How were Tamar, Absalom & Ammon related?

They are the children of David

Who loved Tamar?

Ammon

Name three things Tamar did after her brother forced her to lay with him?

Put ashes on her head, cried, & rent her garment

Who was it that fetched the wise woman of Tekoah to fool the king?

Joab

Who did David tell his servants in Jerusalem would overtake us and smite the city with the edge of the sword?

Absolom

In chapter 15, how many men from Gath passed on before the king?

600

In chapter 16, ho was it that cursed the king?

Shimei

Who said unto the king, "why should this dead dog curse the lord my king?"

Abishai

After listening to Ahithophel's plan concerning the pursuit of David, whose advice did absolom seek next ?

Hushai

To whom did Hushai give this message for David, " lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over: lest the king be swallowed up and all the people that are with him"?

Zodok & Abiathar the preist

David numbered the people into three groups and placed three men over each group. Name the three men he placed over each group.

Joab , Abishai, ittal'

What two things did Joab say he would have given the man who saw absalom hanging in an oak tree if he killed absolom?

Ten shekels of silver & a griddle

When David showed grief over absaloms death, who told him that he loved his enemies and hated his friends?

Joab

To whom was Zadok and Abithar o give this message, "art thou of my bone and of my flesh?"

Amasa

Representatives of what tribe of Israel met David at gilgal to conduct him over the Jordan?

Judah

What is the name of shebea's father and what tribe is he belong?

Berchi of benjamite

At that great stone which is Gibeon, what did joab take in his right hand so that he could kiss amasa

Amasa by the beard

The gibeonites were not children of Israel, but were a remnant of what tribe?

Amorites

In whose sepulcher were the bones of Saul & Jonathan buried?

Kish

In chapter 22, in David's song what compasses him about?

Waves of death & the sorrows of hell

In David's song, who was David's lamp to lighten his darkness?

The Lord

Who was David's father?

Jesse

In chapter 23, what did David say god made with him?

An everlasting covenant

How long did it take joab nd the captains of the host to number the people?

9 months and 20 days

When David inquired of the man out of Saul's camp, where he come from, he said out the camp of Israel.

True

David asked the man out of Saul's camp who art thou, he answered I am an amalekite

True

Ishbosheth was the son of Jonathan

False

There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David

True

Baanah and Rechab were the sons of rimmon, a beerothite

True

Mephibosheth, Jonathan's son became lame when he fell while the gardener was fleeing with him

False

David enquired of the army saying, shall I go up to the philistines

True

Solomon, David's sin was born in Jerusalem

True

And they set the ark of god upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of abinadab that was Gibeah

True

And Jonathan danced before the lord with all his might and Jonathan was girded with a Linen ephod

False

And samuel said to the king, go do all that is in thine heart; for the lord is with thee

False

David smote also Hadadezer, the son of rehop, king of zobah as he went to recover his border at the river of Euphrates

True

And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand

True

There were found no servants left in the house of Saul

False

King David enquired, if there were any left of the house of ziba that he may show kindness

True

The children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of bethrehob and the Syrians of zoba

True

Hanun took David's servants and cut off their garments in the middle even to their buttocks and sent them away

True

Joab sent David and his servants with him, and all Israel ; and they destroyed the children of Ammon

True

And when the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead she mourned for her husband

True

And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, as the lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall not die

False

And he sent by the hand of jedidiah the prophet, and he called his name Nathan because of the lord

False

Ammon loved Tamar after he laid with her

false

After he forced Tamar, Ammon told his servants to throw her out and bold the door

True

The wise woman was told to go and tell absalom a lie

False

The two hundred men that went forth with absolom knew all about his plans

False

Shimei was out of the house of David

False

Hushai hung himself because his advice was rejected by absolom

False

Ahimaaz son of zadok asked joab for permission to bear the news of absaloms death to David

True

Joab told David to go forth and speak comfortably unto thy servants

True

Sheba's head was cut off and thrown out to Joab

True

The giant saph owned a sword that was like a weaver's beam

False

In David's song, salvation from his enemies will come from David's men

False

In David's song, strangers shall fade away and they shall be afraid out their close places

True

Adino lifted up his spear against 800 men

True

According to Joabs count , there were five hundred thousand mean in Judah

True

The mother of David's second son was

Abigal

David had ____ sons and daughters born to gim in Jerusalem

11

And it was so that when they bare the ark of the lord and sacrificed oxen and fatlings, how many places did they go

6

As for mephiboseth said the king, shall eat at my table as one of the ___

Kings son

And Joab sent messengers to David and said I have fought against ____ and have taken the city of rivers

Rabbah

And unto absalom there were born ___ sons and ___ whose name was

3, daughter, Tamar

Absalom prepared __ and __ and __ __to run before him

Chariots, horses, 50, men

So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found and we will light up him as the __ falleth on the __

Dew, ground

For all my __ were but__ __ before my lord the king

Fathers, dead, men

When the waves of __ compassed me, the __ of ungodly men made me __

Death, floods, afraid

So the lord was entreated from the land and the

Plague was stayed from Israel

Then men of David sware unto him saying, "thou shalt go no more out with us to battle

That thou quench not the light of Israel

And king David sent to zadok and to abiathar the preist saying speak unto the elders of Judah saying why are ye the last to bring the king

Back to his house

Then said ahimaz the son of zadok, let me now run and bear the kings tiddings now that the

Lord hath averaged him of his enemies

And the king said to the wise woman is not the hand of

Joab with thee install this