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David's Census Quiz

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  1. What did David order that displeased the LORD?
    • A census, numbering the people of Israel and Judah
    • The building of a great temple
    • A war against the tribe of Judah
    • A counting of all his gold and silver
  2. Who objected to the census before carrying it out?
    • Joab, the captain of the army
    • Nathan the prophet
    • Gad the seer
    • Abishai the warrior
  3. How many valiant men in Israel drew the sword?
    • Eight hundred thousand
    • Five hundred thousand
    • One million one hundred thousand
    • Seventy thousand
  4. How many fighting men were counted in Judah?
    • Five hundred thousand
    • Eight hundred thousand
    • Four hundred thousand
    • Thirty thousand
  5. How did David respond after the people were numbered?
    • His heart smote him and he confessed he had sinned
    • He rejoiced at his great army
    • He ordered a second, larger count
    • He blamed Joab for the idea
  6. Which prophet brought God’s message to David?
    • Gad
    • Nathan
    • Samuel
    • Elijah
  7. How many choices of judgment was David offered?
    • Three
    • Two
    • Four
    • Seven
  8. Into whose hand did David choose to fall?
    • The hand of the LORD
    • The hand of his enemies
    • The hand of Joab
    • The hand of the king of Assyria
  9. How many people died in the pestilence?
    • Seventy thousand
    • Seven thousand
    • Eight hundred thousand
    • Five hundred thousand
  10. What did David buy in order to build an altar?
    • The threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite
    • A field near Bethlehem
    • The temple mount from Solomon
    • The vineyard of Naboth

David's Census Quiz Answers & Bible References

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  1. What did David order that displeased the LORD?

    A census, numbering the people of Israel and Judah

    And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

    2 Samuel 24:1 (KJV)

  2. Who objected to the census before carrying it out?

    Joab, the captain of the army

    And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

    2 Samuel 24:3 (KJV)

  3. How many valiant men in Israel drew the sword?

    Eight hundred thousand

    And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

    2 Samuel 24:9 (KJV)

  4. How many fighting men were counted in Judah?

    Five hundred thousand

    And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

    2 Samuel 24:9 (KJV)

  5. How did David respond after the people were numbered?

    His heart smote him and he confessed he had sinned

    And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

    2 Samuel 24:10 (KJV)

  6. Which prophet brought God’s message to David?

    Gad

    For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

    2 Samuel 24:11 (KJV)

  7. How many choices of judgment was David offered?

    Three

    Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

    2 Samuel 24:12 (KJV)

  8. Into whose hand did David choose to fall?

    The hand of the LORD

    And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

    2 Samuel 24:14 (KJV)

  9. How many people died in the pestilence?

    Seventy thousand

    So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.

    2 Samuel 24:15 (KJV)

  10. What did David buy in order to build an altar?

    The threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite

    And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

    2 Samuel 24:24 (KJV)