50 Bible Trivia Questions About King Saul

Saul was tall, handsome and chosen as Israel's first king, yet his reign ended in tragedy on Mount Gilboa. Test what you know about his rise and fall.

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Easy questions

  1. Question 1Easy

    How did King Saul die?

    Answer: C. He fell on his own sword1 Samuel 31:4
    Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
  2. Question 2Easy

    What instrument did David play to soothe Saul?

    Answer: C. Harp/Lyre1 Samuel 16:23
    And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
  3. Question 3Easy

    Saul and his three sons died on the same day.

    Answer: True1 Chronicles 10:6
    So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
  4. Question 4Easy

    Who was the father of Michal?

    Answer: A. King Saul1 Samuel 18:27
    Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
  5. Question 5Easy

    The Lord turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse after Saul's death.

    Answer: True1 Chronicles 10:14
    And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
  6. Question 6Easy

    Who unknowingly broke Saul's oath by eating honey?

    Answer: C. Jonathan1 Samuel 14:27
    But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
  7. Question 7Easy

    What news did a messenger from Saul's camp bring to David?

    Answer: A. Saul and Jonathan are dead2 Samuel 1:4
    And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
  8. Question 8Easy

    After cutting King Saul's robe, David was conscience-stricken.

    Answer: True1 Samuel 24:5
    And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
  9. Question 9Easy

    The Strength of Israel (God) will not lie nor change his mind.

    Answer: True1 Samuel 15:29
    And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
  10. Question 10Easy

    David behaved more wisely than all of Saul's servants, and his name became highly esteemed.

    Answer: True1 Samuel 18:30
    Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
  11. Question 11Easy

    What is the name of the lament David sang for Saul and Jonathan?

    Answer: B. The Song of the Bow2 Samuel 1:17-18
    And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

Medium questions

  1. Question 12Medium

    What saying became a proverb in Israel concerning King Saul?

    Answer: C. Is Saul also among the prophets?1 Samuel 10:11-12
    And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
  2. Question 13Medium

    Whom did King Saul ask the medium to bring up?

    Answer: C. Samuel1 Samuel 28:11
    Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
  3. Question 14Medium

    How did Michal help David escape from Saul?

    Answer: D. She let him down through a window and put an idol in the bed1 Samuel 19:12-13
    So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
  4. Question 15Medium

    Who did David mock for failing to protect King Saul?

    Answer: D. Abner1 Samuel 26:15-16
    And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that …
  5. Question 16Medium

    What did David do to Saul in the cave at En Gedi?

    Answer: D. He cut off a corner of Saul's robe1 Samuel 24:4
    And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
  6. Question 17Medium

    Who did King Saul speak to about killing David?

    Answer: A. Jonathan and all his attendants1 Samuel 19:1
    And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
  7. Question 18Medium

    Where was Saul hiding when he was chosen as king?

    Answer: B. Among the supplies/baggage1 Samuel 10:22
    Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
  8. Question 19Medium

    What did the men of Jabesh Gilead do after burying Saul's bones?

    Answer: A. Fasted seven days1 Samuel 31:13
    And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
  9. Question 20Medium

    What did David do to the Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul?

    Answer: D. He ordered him to be killed2 Samuel 1:15
    And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
  10. Question 21Medium

    Why did David decide to go to the land of the Philistines?

    Answer: D. To escape King Saul completely1 Samuel 27:1
    And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
  11. Question 22Medium

    Who bravely retrieved the bodies of King Saul and his sons?

    Answer: C. The valiant men of Jabesh Gilead1 Chronicles 10:11-12
    And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
  12. Question 23Medium

    What happened to Saul's messengers when they saw the company of prophets prophesying?

    Answer: D. The Spirit of God came on them, and they also prophesied1 Samuel 19:20
    And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
  13. Question 24Medium

    What did the Philistines do with King Saul's body?

    Answer: B. They fastened it to the wall of Beth Shan1 Samuel 31:10
    And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
  14. Question 25Medium

    What did Abishai want to do to the sleeping King Saul?

    Answer: C. Pin him to the ground with a spear1 Samuel 26:8
    Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
  15. Question 26Medium

    Why did David refuse to kill Saul?

    Answer: D. Because Saul was the Lord's anointed1 Samuel 24:6
    And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
  16. Question 27Medium

    What did King Saul order Doeg to do to the priests of Nob?

    Answer: B. Kill them all1 Samuel 22:18
    And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
  17. Question 28Medium

    Who recommended David to Saul as a harp player?

    Answer: C. One of the servants1 Samuel 16:18
    Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
  18. Question 29Medium

    When the medium at Endor saw Samuel during King Saul's visit, how did she react?

    Answer: B. She cried out with a loud voice1 Samuel 28:12
    And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
  19. Question 30Medium

    What group of people had King Saul expelled from the land?

    Answer: C. Mediums and spiritists1 Samuel 28:3
    Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
  20. Question 31Medium

    On what mountain did King Saul and his sons, including Jonathan, die in battle against the Philistines?

    Answer: D. Mount Gilboa1 Samuel 31:1
    Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
  21. Question 32Medium

    David and his men fasted until evening to mourn King Saul and his son Jonathan.

    Answer: True2 Samuel 1:12
    And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
  22. Question 33Medium

    To which Philistine king did David flee to escape Saul?

    Answer: B. Achish king of Gath1 Samuel 27:2
    And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
  23. Question 34Medium

    Whom did King Saul spare after defeating the Amalekites, contrary to God's command?

    Answer: C. Agag, king of the Amalekites1 Samuel 15:9
    But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
  24. Question 35Medium

    What did Saul admit after David spared his life the second time?

    Answer: A. I have sinned; I have acted foolishly1 Samuel 26:21
    Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

Hard questions

  1. Question 36Hard

    Who volunteered to go down into Saul's camp with David at night?

    Answer: A. Abishai1 Samuel 26:6
    Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
  2. Question 37Hard

    What were the names of King Saul's two daughters?

    Answer: A. Merab and Michal1 Samuel 14:49
    Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
  3. Question 38Hard

    Where was King Saul sitting, spear in hand, when he accused his servants of conspiring against him?

    Answer: C. Under the tamarisk tree at Gibeah1 Samuel 22:6
    When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
  4. Question 39Hard

    Who was the commander of King Saul's army?

    Answer: C. Abner son of Ner1 Samuel 14:50
    And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
  5. Question 40Hard

    What cruel condition did Nahash the Ammonite propose for making a treaty with Jabesh Gilead?

    Answer: A. He would gouge out the right eye of everyone1 Samuel 11:2
    And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
  6. Question 41Hard

    Which daughter did Saul originally promise to David, but gave to Adriel instead?

    Answer: C. Merab1 Samuel 18:17-19
    And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's …
  7. Question 42Hard

    What stopped Saul from capturing David in the Desert of Maon?

    Answer: D. A messenger came saying the Philistines were raiding the land1 Samuel 23:27
    But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
  8. Question 43Hard

    Who was the priest wearing the ephod with Saul during the battle of Michmash?

    Answer: D. Ahijah1 Samuel 14:3
    And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
  9. Question 44Hard

    Saul was willing to kill his own son Jonathan because Jonathan had eaten honey in violation of Saul's oath.

    Answer: True1 Samuel 14:43-44
    Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die. And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
  10. Question 45Hard

    When David fled from King Saul, in which cave did his family and 400 men join him?

    Answer: D. Adullam1 Samuel 22:1
    David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
  11. Question 46Hard

    What was the name of the rock where Saul stopped pursuing David?

    Answer: B. Sela Hammahlekoth (Rock of Parting)1 Samuel 23:28
    Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
  12. Question 47Hard

    What did Jesse send to Saul along with David?

    Answer: B. A donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat1 Samuel 16:20
    And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
  13. Question 48Hard

    Where did the men of Jabesh Gilead bury the bones of Saul and his sons?

    Answer: A. Under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh1 Samuel 31:12-13
    All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
  14. Question 49Hard

    What city served as the capital and royal residence of King Saul?

    Answer: A. Gibeah1 Samuel 11:4
    Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
  15. Question 50Hard

    Which city was threatened by Nahash the Ammonite?

    Answer: C. Jabesh Gilead1 Samuel 11:1
    Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

Answer key

  1. C. He fell on his own sword (1 Samuel 31:4)
  2. C. Harp/Lyre (1 Samuel 16:23)
  3. True (1 Chronicles 10:6)
  4. A. King Saul (1 Samuel 18:27)
  5. True (1 Chronicles 10:14)
  6. C. Jonathan (1 Samuel 14:27)
  7. A. Saul and Jonathan are dead (2 Samuel 1:4)
  8. True (1 Samuel 24:5)
  9. True (1 Samuel 15:29)
  10. True (1 Samuel 18:30)
  11. B. The Song of the Bow (2 Samuel 1:17-18)
  12. C. Is Saul also among the prophets? (1 Samuel 10:11-12)
  13. C. Samuel (1 Samuel 28:11)
  14. D. She let him down through a window and put an idol in the bed (1 Samuel 19:12-13)
  15. D. Abner (1 Samuel 26:15-16)
  16. D. He cut off a corner of Saul's robe (1 Samuel 24:4)
  17. A. Jonathan and all his attendants (1 Samuel 19:1)
  18. B. Among the supplies/baggage (1 Samuel 10:22)
  19. A. Fasted seven days (1 Samuel 31:13)
  20. D. He ordered him to be killed (2 Samuel 1:15)
  21. D. To escape King Saul completely (1 Samuel 27:1)
  22. C. The valiant men of Jabesh Gilead (1 Chronicles 10:11-12)
  23. D. The Spirit of God came on them, and they also prophesied (1 Samuel 19:20)
  24. B. They fastened it to the wall of Beth Shan (1 Samuel 31:10)
  25. C. Pin him to the ground with a spear (1 Samuel 26:8)
  26. D. Because Saul was the Lord's anointed (1 Samuel 24:6)
  27. B. Kill them all (1 Samuel 22:18)
  28. C. One of the servants (1 Samuel 16:18)
  29. B. She cried out with a loud voice (1 Samuel 28:12)
  30. C. Mediums and spiritists (1 Samuel 28:3)
  31. D. Mount Gilboa (1 Samuel 31:1)
  32. True (2 Samuel 1:12)
  33. B. Achish king of Gath (1 Samuel 27:2)
  34. C. Agag, king of the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:9)
  35. A. I have sinned; I have acted foolishly (1 Samuel 26:21)
  36. A. Abishai (1 Samuel 26:6)
  37. A. Merab and Michal (1 Samuel 14:49)
  38. C. Under the tamarisk tree at Gibeah (1 Samuel 22:6)
  39. C. Abner son of Ner (1 Samuel 14:50)
  40. A. He would gouge out the right eye of everyone (1 Samuel 11:2)
  41. C. Merab (1 Samuel 18:17-19)
  42. D. A messenger came saying the Philistines were raiding the land (1 Samuel 23:27)
  43. D. Ahijah (1 Samuel 14:3)
  44. True (1 Samuel 14:43-44)
  45. D. Adullam (1 Samuel 22:1)
  46. B. Sela Hammahlekoth (Rock of Parting) (1 Samuel 23:28)
  47. B. A donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat (1 Samuel 16:20)
  48. A. Under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh (1 Samuel 31:12-13)
  49. A. Gibeah (1 Samuel 11:4)
  50. C. Jabesh Gilead (1 Samuel 11:1)
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Who was King Saul?

Saul, the son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin, was Israel's first king. He was a choice young man, taller than anyone else from his shoulders upward (1 Samuel 9:2). While searching for his father's lost donkeys, he met the prophet Samuel, who anointed him with oil (1 Samuel 10:1). Saul led Israel to victory over the Ammonites at Jabesh-gilead and was made king at Gilgal.

Saul's reign was marked by disobedience. He offered a burnt offering instead of waiting for Samuel, and later spared King Agag and the best of the Amalekite animals, so God rejected him as king (1 Samuel 15:23). He grew jealous of David and tried to kill him with a javelin (1 Samuel 18:11). Before his last battle he consulted a woman with a familiar spirit at Endor, and he died on Mount Gilboa along with his sons (1 Samuel 31:6).

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