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1 Samuel — Group study guide
Part 1 of 3 · chapters 1–10
10 chapters · 90 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
How to use it
Read one chapter per meeting. Each participant can mark their answers and write down what they learned.
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1 Samuel 1 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 1 Samuel 1 (KJV)
1. How many wives did Elkanah have?
1 Samuel 1:2
- A. One
- B. Three
- C. Two
- D. Four
2. Did Hannah have children?
1 Samuel 1:2
- Yes
- No
3. Who was Peninnah?
1 Samuel 1:2
- A. Elkanah's mother
- B. Elkanah's wife
- C. Hannah's sister
- D. Eli's daughter
4. What were the names of Eli's two sons?
1 Samuel 1:3
- A. Eleazar and Abinadab
- B. Hophni and Phinehas
- C. Joel and Abiah
- D. Abiathar and Ahimelech
5. To whom did Elkanah give a worthy portion?
1 Samuel 1:5
- A. To his sons
- B. To Hannah
- C. To Peninnah
- D. To Eli
6. Because Hannah had no children, what did Peninnah do?
1 Samuel 1:6
- A. She prayed for her
- B. She took her to Shiloh
- C. She comforted her
- D. She provoked her sore, to make her fret
7. Elkanah said to Hannah: Am not I better to thee than... what?
1 Samuel 1:8
- A. A thousand shekels of silver
- B. A house full of bread
- C. Ten sons
- D. Thy father and thy mother
8. What did Hannah do in bitterness of soul?
1 Samuel 1:10
- A. She went to her father's house
- B. She rebuked Peninnah
- C. She stopped eating for good
- D. She prayed unto the LORD
9. What vow did Hannah make to God?
1 Samuel 1:11
- A. That she would never complain again
- B. That she would give half her goods
- C. That if He gave her a son, she would give him unto the LORD
- D. That she would live in the temple
10. Eli thought Hannah was... what?
1 Samuel 1:13
- A. Sad
- B. Sick
- C. Drunken
- D. Mad
11. What did Hannah pour out before the LORD?
1 Samuel 1:15
- A. Her tears in a bottle
- B. Her soul
- C. Oil
- D. Wine
12. What was the name of the son Hannah bore?
1 Samuel 1:20
- A. Nathan
- B. Samuel
- C. Joel
- D. Saul
13. After the child Samuel was weaned, to whom was he brought?
1 Samuel 1:25
- A. To Hophni
- B. To Eli
- C. To Elkanah
- D. To Nathan
Notes
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1 Samuel 2 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 1 Samuel 2 (KJV)
1. There is no rock like... whom?
1 Samuel 2:2
- A. Like mount Zion
- B. Like our God
- C. Like the rock of Horeb
- D. Like the house of the LORD
2. Who weighs actions?
1 Samuel 2:3
- A. The priest
- B. The LORD
- C. The judge
- D. The king
3. From where does the LORD raise up the poor?
1 Samuel 2:8
- A. From the sea
- B. From the wilderness
- C. Out of the dust
- D. Out of prison
4. Who shall prevail by his own strength?
1 Samuel 2:9
- A. No man
- B. The valiant
- C. The king
- D. The wise
5. The child ministered unto the LORD before... whom?
1 Samuel 2:11
- A. Before Elkanah
- B. Before Hannah
- C. Before Eli
- D. Before the people
6. Did Eli's two sons know the LORD?
1 Samuel 2:12
- Yes
- No
7. Why was the sin of the young men very great before the LORD?
1 Samuel 2:17
- A. Because they worshipped Baal
- B. Because they did not keep the sabbath
- C. Because men abhorred the offering of the LORD
- D. Because they stole the gold of the tabernacle
8. How often did Hannah see her son Samuel?
1 Samuel 2:19
- A. Every month
- B. Once a year
- C. Every seven years
- D. Every week
9. How many more sons and daughters did Hannah have?
1 Samuel 2:21
- A. Five more
- B. Seven more
- C. Two more
- D. Three more
10. What sin did Eli's sons commit at the door of the tabernacle?
1 Samuel 2:22
- A. They lay with the women that assembled at the door
- B. They sold the shewbread
- C. They offered strange fire
- D. They drove away the poor
11. If one man sin against another, who shall judge him?
1 Samuel 2:25
- A. The king
- B. The elders
- C. The judge
- D. The priest
12. If a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him?
1 Samuel 2:25
- A. The priest
- B. The Levites
- C. No one
- D. The prophet
13. What had the LORD decided to do with Eli's sons?
1 Samuel 2:25
- A. To slay them
- B. To cast them out of the tabernacle
- C. To forgive them
- D. To make them kings
14. Whom did Eli honour more: the LORD or his sons?
1 Samuel 2:29
- A. The LORD
- B. His sons
Notes
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1 Samuel 3 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 1 Samuel 3 (KJV)
1. What was precious (scarce) in the days of young Samuel?
1 Samuel 3:1
- A. Priests
- B. Bread
- C. The word of the LORD
- D. Water
2. And what was not frequent?
1 Samuel 3:1
- A. Open vision
- B. Rain
- C. Feasts
- D. Sacrifice
3. When the LORD first called Samuel, what did he think?
1 Samuel 3:5
- A. That it was an angel
- B. That it was Eli calling him
- C. That it was his mother
- D. That he was dreaming
4. Why did Samuel not realize it was the LORD calling him?
1 Samuel 3:7
- A. Because he was asleep
- B. Because he did not yet know the LORD, nor was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him
- C. Because the voice came from far away
- D. Because Eli had not taught him to pray
5. The third time the LORD called Samuel, what did Eli perceive?
1 Samuel 3:8
- A. That someone had entered the temple
- B. That Samuel wanted to go home
- C. That Samuel was sick
- D. That the LORD had called the child
6. What instruction did Eli give Samuel for when the LORD called him?
1 Samuel 3:9
- A. To run and wake him
- B. To fall on the ground
- C. To answer: Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth
- D. To light the lamp
7. Did Eli restrain his sons when they made themselves vile?
1 Samuel 3:13
- Yes
- No
8. Was Samuel afraid to show Eli the vision?
1 Samuel 3:15
- Yes
- No
9. What did the LORD not let fall to the ground of Samuel's?
1 Samuel 3:19
- A. His ephod
- B. His lamp
- C. His mantle
- D. Any of his words
Notes
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1 Samuel 4 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 1 Samuel 4 (KJV)
1. When Israel came back from the battle to the camp, what did the elders say?
1 Samuel 4:3
- A. Let us set a king over us
- B. Let us flee to Shiloh
- C. Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines?
- D. Let us return to Egypt
2. Why did they bring the ark of the LORD into the camp?
1 Samuel 4:3
- A. To offer sacrifices
- B. That it might save them out of the hand of their enemies
- C. To hide it
- D. To hand it over to the Philistines
3. How did Israel react when the ark came into the camp?
1 Samuel 4:5
- A. They shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again
- B. They fled in fear
- C. They kept silent
- D. They wept bitterly
4. And how did the Philistines react?
1 Samuel 4:7
- A. With indifference
- B. With joy
- C. With mockery
- D. With fear
5. Even though the ark had come into the camp, did the Philistines defeat Israel?
1 Samuel 4:10
- Yes
- No
6. Why did Eli's heart tremble?
1 Samuel 4:13
- A. For the ark of God
- B. Because of his old age
- C. Because of Samuel
- D. Because of his sons
7. What happened to Eli when he heard the ark had been taken?
1 Samuel 4:18
- A. He went to the battle
- B. He died
- C. He went blind
- D. He rent his clothes and fled
8. What was the name of the child born to Phinehas?
1 Samuel 4:21
- A. Ahitub
- B. Eleazar
- C. Abiathar
- D. Ichabod
9. When she gave him that name, what did his mother say?
1 Samuel 4:21
- A. God hath made me to laugh!
- B. The glory is departed from Israel!
- C. The LORD hath looked upon my affliction!
- D. Hitherto hath the LORD helped us!
Notes
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1 Samuel 5 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 1 Samuel 5 (KJV)
1. Where did the Philistines put the ark of God?
1 Samuel 5:2
- A. In the king's house
- B. In the field
- C. In the house of Dagon
- D. In a cave
2. How did the Philistines find Dagon the next day?
1 Samuel 5:3
- A. Covered with gold
- B. Burned
- C. Fallen upon his face before the ark of God
- D. Split in two
3. How did they find Dagon the second time?
1 Samuel 5:4
- A. Fallen, with his head and both hands cut off
- B. Outside the temple
- C. Covered with ashes
- D. Standing beside the ark
4. How did God destroy the people of Ashdod?
1 Samuel 5:6
- A. With emerods (tumors)
- B. With drought
- C. With locusts
- D. With fire from heaven
5. What did the Ekronites say when the ark was brought there?
1 Samuel 5:10
- A. Blessed be the God of Israel
- B. Let us offer sacrifices to it
- C. Let us put it in the house of Dagon
- D. They have brought about the ark to us, to slay us
6. Why did the Philistines decide to send the ark of God back to Israel?
1 Samuel 5:11
- A. Because Israel bought it
- B. So that they would not keep dying
- C. Because it broke
- D. Because Samuel asked for it
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1 Samuel 6 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 1 Samuel 6 (KJV)
1. How long was the ark in the country of the Philistines?
1 Samuel 6:1
- A. Twenty years
- B. Seven days
- C. Seven years
- D. Seven months
2. What went in the coffer beside the ark of God when it was returned to Israel?
1 Samuel 6:8
- A. Bread and wine
- B. Jewels of gold for a trespass offering
- C. The tables of the law
- D. Dagon's head
3. If the cart with the ark went up by the way to Beth-shemesh, what did that mean?
1 Samuel 6:9
- A. That the LORD had done this great evil to the Philistines
- B. That the kine were lost
- C. That Israel would attack
- D. That the ark wanted to return to Shiloh
4. What did the men of Beth-shemesh do with the kine that brought the ark?
1 Samuel 6:14
- A. They sold them
- B. They left them in the field
- C. They offered them as a burnt offering
- D. They returned them to the Philistines
5. Why did the men of Beth-shemesh die?
1 Samuel 6:19
- A. Because they ate of the grain
- B. Because they looked into the ark
- C. Because they touched the kine
- D. Because they did not offer sacrifice
6. How many men died?
1 Samuel 6:19
- A. Seventy men
- B. Thirty thousand men
- C. Fifty thousand and threescore and ten men
- D. A thousand men
7. Facing the slaughter, what did the men of Beth-shemesh say?
1 Samuel 6:20
- A. Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God?
- B. The LORD hath forsaken us
- C. Let us offer more sacrifices
- D. Let us return the ark to the Philistines
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1 Samuel 7 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 1 Samuel 7 (KJV)
1. How long was the ark of God in Kirjath-jearim?
1 Samuel 7:2
- A. Seven months
- B. Forty years
- C. Twenty years
- D. Three years
2. If Israel wanted to return to God with all their hearts, what were they to do?
1 Samuel 7:3
- A. Build a temple
- B. Put away the strange gods
- C. Go to war
- D. Ask for a king
3. What happened as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering?
1 Samuel 7:10
- A. Fire came down from heaven
- B. The king of Moab arrived
- C. The Philistines drew near to battle against Israel
- D. Eli died
4. What did the LORD do then?
1 Samuel 7:10
- A. He made the sun stand still
- B. He sent hail
- C. He thundered with a great thunder upon the Philistines
- D. He opened the earth
5. What name did Samuel give the stone he set between Mizpeh and Shen?
1 Samuel 7:12
- A. Peniel
- B. Beth-el
- C. Eben-ezer
- D. Gilgal
6. What does Eben-ezer mean?
1 Samuel 7:12
- A. Hitherto hath the LORD helped us
- B. The LORD will provide
- C. God with us
- D. House of God
7. Where did Samuel live?
1 Samuel 7:17
- A. In Shiloh
- B. In Bethlehem
- C. In Ramah
- D. In Gilgal
Notes
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1 Samuel 8 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 1 Samuel 8 (KJV)
1. What did Samuel do with his sons when he was old?
1 Samuel 8:1
- A. He sent them to war
- B. He made them judges over Israel
- C. He disinherited them
- D. He made them priests
2. What was the name of Samuel's firstborn son?
1 Samuel 8:2
- A. Abiah
- B. Jonathan
- C. Joel
- D. Hophni
3. Did Samuel's sons walk in his ways?
1 Samuel 8:3
- Yes
- No
4. After what did Samuel's sons turn aside?
1 Samuel 8:3
- A. After idols
- B. After foreign women
- C. After lucre
- D. After wine
5. What did the elders of Israel ask of Samuel when they gathered at Ramah?
1 Samuel 8:5
- A. That he judge his sons
- B. A new priest
- C. A king
- D. That the ark be returned
6. Did Israel's request please Samuel?
1 Samuel 8:6
- Yes
- No
7. In asking for a king, whom was Israel rejecting?
1 Samuel 8:7
- A. The LORD God
- B. Samuel
- C. The priests
- D. The judges
8. Why would the king take the tenth of Israel's seed and vineyards?
1 Samuel 8:15
- A. For the temple
- B. For the Levites
- C. For the poor
- D. To give to his officers and to his servants
9. What will the LORD do when Israel cries out to Him because of the king?
1 Samuel 8:18
- A. Deliver them quickly
- B. Take the king away
- C. Not hear them
- D. Send them a judge
10. Did the LORD give Israel the chance to change their minds about the king they asked for?
1 Samuel 8:19
- Yes
- No
Notes
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1 Samuel 9 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 1 Samuel 9 (KJV)
1. What was the name of Saul's father?
1 Samuel 9:1
- A. Jesse
- B. Ner
- C. Kish
- D. Abiel
2. What did Saul's father lose?
1 Samuel 9:3
- A. A servant
- B. The asses
- C. The sheep
- D. A ring
3. He who is now called a Prophet, what was he called in Samuel's time?
1 Samuel 9:9
- A. Judge
- B. Levite
- C. Priest
- D. Seer
4. Why did the people wait for Samuel to come before they would eat?
1 Samuel 9:13
- A. Because he blessed the sacrifice
- B. Because he brought the bread
- C. Because he was the king
- D. Because it was a fast day
5. What did the LORD reveal in Samuel's ear?
1 Samuel 9:16
- A. That Israel would lose the war
- B. That his sons would die
- C. That He would send Saul for Samuel to anoint him captain
- D. That the ark would return
6. Samuel said to Saul: "On whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee?" How did Saul respond?
1 Samuel 9:21
- A. He fled home
- B. He asked for a sign
- C. He acknowledged that his family and tribe were among the smallest
- D. He was filled with pride
7. Why did Samuel ask Saul to bid the servant pass on before them?
1 Samuel 9:27
- A. To look for the asses
- B. To prepare the meal
- C. Because he wanted to show him the word of God
- D. To anoint him secretly without witnesses
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1 Samuel 10 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 1 Samuel 10 (KJV)
1. What did Samuel do with the vial of oil?
1 Samuel 10:1
- A. He poured it upon Saul's head
- B. He gave it to Saul
- C. He kept it in the ark
- D. He put it on the altar
2. How many signs did Samuel give Saul?
1 Samuel 10:2-6
- A. Twelve
- B. Seven
- C. Four
- D. Two
3. In summary, what were those signs?
1 Samuel 10:2-6
- A. A lion on the road; fire on the altar; rain in harvest; a voice from heaven
- B. The asses would return alone; Samuel would die; the Philistines would flee; the ark would return
- C. An angel in Gilgal; a chariot of fire; water from the rock; a dove
- D. Two men with news of the asses; three men who would give him two loaves; a company of prophets; Saul would prophesy and be turned into another man
4. How many days was Saul to wait for Samuel in Gilgal?
1 Samuel 10:8
- A. Seven days
- B. Ten days
- C. Three days
- D. Forty days
5. Did Saul tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingdom?
1 Samuel 10:16
- Yes
- No
6. Where was Saul hiding when he was proclaimed king?
1 Samuel 10:22
- A. Among the stuff
- B. In a cave
- C. In his father's house
- D. Behind the altar
7. Who went with Saul after he was proclaimed king?
1 Samuel 10:26
- A. The priests of Shiloh
- B. The Philistines
- C. Samuel's sons
- D. A band of men whose hearts God had touched
8. What did some children of Belial say about Saul?
1 Samuel 10:27
- A. God save the king
- B. Is Saul also among the prophets?
- C. How shall this man save us?
- D. Is not this the son of Kish?