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Solomon Builds the Temple Quiz

Test what you remember about Solomon building the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem. Each question is drawn straight from 1 Kings 5 through 8. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!

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  1. How many years after Israel came out of Egypt did Solomon begin to build the temple?
    • 480 years
    • 40 years
    • 400 years
    • 120 years
  2. In which year of Solomon's reign did the building of the temple begin?
    • The fourth year
    • The first year
    • The seventh year
    • The twelfth year
  3. Which king supplied Solomon with cedar timber from Lebanon?
    • Hiram king of Tyre
    • Pharaoh of Egypt
    • Ben-hadad of Syria
    • Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
  4. What was notably not heard at the temple site while it was being built?
    • The sound of hammer, axe, or iron tools
    • The singing of the Levites
    • The blowing of trumpets
    • The reading of the law
  5. What did Solomon use to line the inside walls of the temple?
    • Cedar wood
    • Bronze plating
    • Marble slabs
    • Woven curtains
  6. What did Solomon overlay the inside of the house with?
    • Gold
    • Silver
    • Ivory
    • Polished bronze
  7. What was the inner sanctuary, the oracle, prepared to hold?
    • The ark of the covenant
    • The bronze altar
    • The table of showbread
    • The golden lampstand
  8. In God's word 'concerning this house,' what did God call Solomon to do?
    • Walk in God's statutes and keep his commandments
    • Offer a thousand burnt offerings
    • Number the people of Israel
    • Tear down every high place
  9. How long did it take Solomon to build the temple?
    • Seven years
    • Three years
    • Twenty years
    • Forty years
  10. When the ark was brought in and the priests came out, what filled the house of the LORD?
    • A cloud, the glory of the LORD
    • A pillar of fire
    • A rushing wind
    • Smoke from the altar

Solomon Builds the Temple Quiz Answers & Bible References

Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.

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  1. How many years after Israel came out of Egypt did Solomon begin to build the temple?

    480 years

    And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

    1 kings 6:1 (KJV)

  2. In which year of Solomon's reign did the building of the temple begin?

    The fourth year

    And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

    1 kings 6:1 (KJV)

  3. Which king supplied Solomon with cedar timber from Lebanon?

    Hiram king of Tyre

    And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.

    1 kings 5:1 (KJV)

  4. What was notably not heard at the temple site while it was being built?

    The sound of hammer, axe, or iron tools

    And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

    1 kings 6:7 (KJV)

  5. What did Solomon use to line the inside walls of the temple?

    Cedar wood

    And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

    1 kings 6:15 (KJV)

  6. What did Solomon overlay the inside of the house with?

    Gold

    And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

    1 kings 6:22 (KJV)

  7. What was the inner sanctuary, the oracle, prepared to hold?

    The ark of the covenant

    And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

    1 kings 6:19 (KJV)

  8. In God's word 'concerning this house,' what did God call Solomon to do?

    Walk in God's statutes and keep his commandments

    Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:

    1 kings 6:12 (KJV)

  9. How long did it take Solomon to build the temple?

    Seven years

    And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

    1 kings 6:38 (KJV)

  10. When the ark was brought in and the priests came out, what filled the house of the LORD?

    A cloud, the glory of the LORD

    And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

    1 kings 8:10-11 (KJV)