Trivia quiz questions with answers about King Solomon
Who was King Solomon's father according to the
Bible?
Answer: King David.
Which book of the Bible describes King Solomon's reign?
Answer: First Kings.
How did King Solomon become king?
Answer: He was chosen by his father David to succeed him.
How many wives did King Solomon have?
Answer: 700.
How many concubines did King Solomon have?
Answer: 300.
What was King Solomon's greatest achievement?
Answer: Building the Temple in Jerusalem.
What did God ask King Solomon to do when He appeared to
him in a dream?
Answer: To ask for anything he wanted.
What did King Solomon ask God for?
Answer: Wisdom to rule the people of Israel.
How did King Solomon test the two women who were
arguing over a baby?
Answer: He suggested cutting the baby in half and giving each woman half.
Who was the Queen of Sheba?
Answer: A queen from Ethiopia who visited King Solomon to test his wisdom.
What was King Solomon's response when the Queen of
Sheba tested him with riddles?
Answer: He was able to answer all of her questions.
How long did it take to build the Temple in Jerusalem?
Answer: Seven years.
What was the purpose of the Temple in Jerusalem?
Answer: To house the Ark of the Covenant and serve as the center of worship
for the Israelites.
How did King Solomon accumulate his vast wealth?
Answer: Through trade and tribute from other nations.
What was the name of the woman who caused King Solomon
to sin?
Answer: Queen of Sheba.
What was King Solomon's sin?
Answer: He worshiped false gods.
What did God do in response to King Solomon's sin?
Answer: He took away some of his kingdom and promised to punish his
descendants.
How many proverbs are attributed to King Solomon in the
Bible?
Answer: 3,000.
What was the name of King Solomon's palace?
Answer: The House of the Forest of Lebanon.
How did King Solomon die?
Answer: He died of old age.
What was the name of King Solomon's son who succeeded
him as king?
Answer: Rehoboam.
Who was the prophet who warned King Solomon of God's
judgment?
Answer: Ahijah.
What was the name of the city that King Solomon built
as his new capital?
Answer: Jerusalem.
How did King Solomon acquire the land to build the
Temple in Jerusalem?
Answer: He purchased it from the Jebusites.
What was the name of the queen who came to visit King
Solomon with gifts of spices and gold?
Answer: The Queen of Sheba.
What was the name of the queen who caused King Solomon
to sin?
Answer: Queen of Sheba.
How long did King Solomon reign as king?
Answer: 40 years.
What was the name of the man who tried to rebel against
King Solomon?
Answer: Jeroboam.
What did King Solomon ask God for when he dedicated the
Temple?
Answer: To hear the prayers of his people when they prayed toward the
Temple.
What was the name of the woman who was falsely accused
of stealing a baby and was spared from being cut in half by King Solomon's
wisdom?
Answer: She was not named in the Bible.
