David and Bathsheba Quiz
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- Where did David stay while his army went to war?
- In Jerusalem
- With Joab at the battle
- In the city of Rabbah
- In the land of the Ammonites
- What season was it, when kings normally went out to battle?
- Springtime, after the year was expired
- The middle of winter
- The time of harvest
- The night of the Passover
- Who was the commander David sent to fight the Ammonites?
- Joab
- Nathan
- Uriah
- Eliam
- Whose wife was Bathsheba?
- Uriah the Hittite
- Joab the commander
- Nathan the prophet
- Eliam the elder
- What did David do after he saw Bathsheba?
- He sent for her and sinned by taking another man's wife
- He sent her away untouched
- He asked Nathan for counsel
- He returned to the battle
- Why did David call Uriah home from the battle?
- He hoped to hide his sin
- He wanted to promote him
- He needed a new commander
- He wished to reward his loyalty
- Why would Uriah not go to his own house?
- His fellow soldiers were still camped in the field
- He was angry with the king
- He was too sick to walk
- He had no home in the city
- What did David's letter to Joab order?
- To place Uriah where the fighting was fiercest so he would die
- To send Uriah safely home
- To make Uriah a captain
- To end the siege of Rabbah
- What happened to Uriah?
- He was killed in the battle
- He escaped and fled
- He was taken captive
- He returned home unharmed
- How did God view what David had done?
- It displeased the LORD
- It pleased the LORD
- The LORD ignored it
- The LORD praised David
David and Bathsheba Quiz Answers & Bible References
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Where did David stay while his army went to war?
In Jerusalem
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 11:1 (KJV) -
What season was it, when kings normally went out to battle?
Springtime, after the year was expired
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 11:1 (KJV) -
Who was the commander David sent to fight the Ammonites?
Joab
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 11:1 (KJV) -
Whose wife was Bathsheba?
Uriah the Hittite
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
2 Samuel 11:3 (KJV) -
What did David do after he saw Bathsheba?
He sent for her and sinned by taking another man's wife
And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
2 Samuel 11:4 (KJV) -
Why did David call Uriah home from the battle?
He hoped to hide his sin
And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
2 Samuel 11:8 (KJV) -
Why would Uriah not go to his own house?
His fellow soldiers were still camped in the field
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
2 Samuel 11:11 (KJV) -
What did David's letter to Joab order?
To place Uriah where the fighting was fiercest so he would die
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
2 Samuel 11:15 (KJV) -
What happened to Uriah?
He was killed in the battle
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
2 Samuel 11:17 (KJV) -
How did God view what David had done?
It displeased the LORD
And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
2 Samuel 11:27 (KJV)