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1 Samuel Dig 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who were the Philistines? (LG)
a)
A nation of people
b)
People who lived near the Mediterranean Sea
c)
Enemies of the Israelites
d)
All answers are correct
2.
Where did the Israelites camp during their battle against the Philistines? 
a)
Ashdod
b)
Gath
c)
Ephraim
d)
Ebenezer
3.
Where did the Philistines camp?
a)
Aphek
b)
Gaza
c)
Ekron
d)
All answers are correct
4.
After the Philistines killed 4 thousand Israelites in battle, what did the Elders decide to do?
a)
Go home
b)
Fight harder
c)
Bring the Ark of the Covenant into the camp
d)
Get David to fight with them
5.
What is in the Ark of the Covenant?
a)
The Ten Commandments
b)
Aaron's staff
c)
Manna
d)
All answers are correct
6.
Why did the ground shake when the Ark entered the camp?
a)
The Lord shook the ground
b)
The Isrealites raised such a great shout
c)
The Ark was heavy
d)
All answers are correct
7.
How did the Philistines feel when they heard the shouts and learned the Ark had entered the Israelite camp?
a)
Scared of the "mighty gods" who had struck Egypt with plagues
b)
That they were doomed 
c)
Determined to fight harder to defeat the Israelites
d)
All answers are correct
8.
What did NOT happen in the second battle with the Philistines?
a)
Thirty thousand foot soldiers died
b)
Hophni and Phinehas died
c)
Eli died
d)
The Ark was captured
9.
Why did bringing the Ark into battle not help the Israelites?
a)
Because the Ark is not magic
b)
Because the Israelites did not ask God for help
c)
Because God was angry that they put their faith in an object and not Him
d)
All answers are correct
10.
Why did Eli sit by the side of the road watching?
a)
He was worried about his sons.
b)
He was old and blind and his servants left him there
c)
His heart feared for the Ark of God
d)
He was waiting for Samuel
11.
Who brought the news of the battle back to Shiloh and made the whole town send up a cry?
a)
A Benjamite with torn clothes and dusty head
b)
Samuel
c)
Hophni and Phinehas
d)
Nobody - God told them
12.
How old was Eli when he died?
a)
108
b)
88
c)
98
d)
78
13.
Why did Eli die?
a)
He was old and heavy
b)
He fell from his chair
c)
He was upset about the news of the Ark's capture
d)
All answers are correct
14.
What does the name "Ichabod" mean?
a)
Son of Phinehas
b)
God save us
c)
No glory
d)
All answers are correct
15.
Where did the Philistines take the Ark? 
a)
Back to Shiloh
b)
To Dagon's Temple in Gath
c)
To Bethsheba
d)
To Dagon's Temple in Ashdod
16.
Who/what was Dagon? (LG)
a)
One of the gods the Philistines worshiped
b)
A fish god
c)
A grain god
d)
All answers are correct
17.
Why did the Philistines put the Ark in Dagon's Temple? (LG)
a)
To keep it dry
b)
To hide it
c)
They thought Dagon was more powerful.
d)
As a sacrifice to Dagon
18.
What happened the 2nd time Dagon fell before the Ark?
a)
Dagon was smashed
b)
Dagon's head and hands broke off
c)
Dagon was missing
d)
All answers are correct
19.
What happened to the people of Ashdod?
a)
They were afflicted with tumors
b)
They died instantly
c)
They lost all their livestock
d)
They began worshiping the Ark of God
20.
Where did the people of Ashdod send the Ark?
a)
Gath then Ekron
b)
Gaza then Ashkelon
c)
Ebenezer
d)
Back to Shiloh