Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

Solomon the Great -- I Kings

Peter Combes – November 12, 2000

(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

 

  1. When David died, his eldest living son was:
  1. Adonijah
  2. Solomon
  3. Ahab
  4. Saul
2.    Solomon's temple was:
  1. 19 feet by 13 feet
  2. 90 feet by 30 feet
  3. 900 feet by 300 feet
  4. 9,000 feet by 3,000 feetl
3.    When two women claimed the same child, Solomon ordered:
  1. The baby be given to the temple
  2. The baby be given to the older woman
  3. The baby be made a ward of court
  4. The baby be cut in two

4.   Solomon built:

  1. pyramids
  2. great ships
  3. ziggurats
  4. a statue of Moses
5.    Solomon married:
  1. the daughter of Pharoah
  2. seven wives
  3. seventy wives
  4. seven hundred wives
6.    After the death of Solomon, the kingdom split.  Jerusalem became the capital of:
  1. Judah
  2. Israel
  3. CaeloSyria
  4. Philistia
7.    Ahab's queen was:
  1. Miriam
  2. Milcah
  3. Deborah
  4. Jezebel

8.    When Elijah was on the run, the Word of God came to him:

  1. in a great wind
  2. in an earthquake
  3. in fire
  4. in a still small voice
9.   Elijah defeated the prophets of Baal in:
  1. battle
  2. debate
  3. a competition to part the Red Sea
  4. a rain-making competition
10.  Ahab died
  1. in his bed
  2. facing his enemies in battle
  3. by assassination
  4. by suicide