Solomon told Hiram, King of Tyre that he had decided to build a temple for the Lord because

A. the Lord had given him peace and all good things

B. his father David never intended to build one

C. he wanted to force Hiram to come to his aid

D. Hiram had entered into a marriage alliance with his father

During the Ammonite war, Uriah disobeyed King David by refusing to go to his house to sleep because

A. it was wrong to go home drunk

B. his wife would regard him as a coward

C. it would be unpatriotic to break military vow

D. he suspected that the king had lost interest in the battle

Nathan announced all the following forms of punishment for David's sin except that

A. God will raise up evil against his own house

B. his wives will be taken away from him

C. the sword will never depart from his house

D. his son Absalom will challenge him

The wife of Phineas named her premature child Ichabod because

A. Israel had lost the Ark and her husband

B. the Philistines suffered a lot of casualties

C. her husband treated the Lord's sacrifice with contempt

D. Eli failed to restrain his children

The main lesson to be learnt from Elijah's victory at Mount Carmel is

A. God empowers his prophets

B. the failure of false prophets

C. God's supremacy over false gods

D. ability to bring fire from heaven

When Elijah confronted Ahab over the killing of Naboth, Ahab

A. rejected any responsibility for it

B. blamed Jezebel for the ,urder

C. repented with sackcloth and fasting

D. reluctantly accepted responsibility for it

Gehazi became a leper because of his

A. deceitfulness

B. greed

C. wickedness

D. lies

Which of the following events could be attributed to Josiah?

A. Establishing relationship with Assyria

B. Reconstruction of the valley of Hinnon

C. Revival of the feast of the Passover

D. Building walls around Jerusalem

Huldah, the prophetess announced evil upon Judah and its inhabitants because people

A. had burned incense to other gods

B. were marrying foreign women

C. were disobedient to the law of God

D. had failed to keep the sabbath

According to Ezra, the return of the Jews from exile was prophesied by

A. Ezekiel

B. Amos

C. Isiaiah

D. Jeremiah