1 Kings Chapter 3 — Solomon's Wisdom Quiz Flashcards

#1

At what location did Solomon go to offer sacrifices and where God appeared to him in a dream?

📖 1 Kings 3:4-5

#2

What did God offer to give Solomon in his dream?

📖 1 Kings 3:5

#3

What did Solomon ask God to give him?

📖 1 Kings 3:9

#4

How did God respond to Solomon's request for wisdom?

📖 1 Kings 3:11-13

#5

In Solomon's famous judgment case, what were the two women disputing over?

📖 1 Kings 3:16-22

#6

How did Solomon decide which woman was the true mother of the living child?

📖 1 Kings 3:24-27

#7

What was the result of Solomon's judgment in the case of the two mothers?

📖 1 Kings 3:28

#8

Who had recently died before Solomon's dream at Gibeon?

📖 1 Kings 2:10-3:1

#2

Anything he desired

In the dream, God said to Solomon, 'Ask for whatever you want me to give you' (1 Kings 3:5), meaning anything he desired.

1 Kings 3:5

#1

Gibeon

Solomon went to Gibeon, the great high place, where he offered sacrifices and God appeared to him in a dream (1 Kings 3:4-5).

1 Kings 3:4-5

#4

God was pleased and granted his request, and also gave him wealth and honor

God was pleased with Solomon's choice and said He would give him 'a wise and discerning heart,' along with riches and honor that no king had before or after (1 Kings 3:11-13).

1 Kings 3:11-13

#3

A discerning heart to understand justice

Solomon asked for 'a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong' (1 Kings 3:9), showing his desire for wisdom and justice rather than selfish desires.

1 Kings 3:9

#6

He ordered the child cut in two, and the true mother revealed herself by her compassion

Solomon proposed cutting the living child in two and giving half to each woman; the true mother begged him to give the child to the other woman rather than kill it, revealing her true love (1 Kings 3:24-27).

1 Kings 3:24-27

#5

A living child and a dead child

Two women came to Solomon, both claiming to be the mother of a living child; one had accidentally killed her baby and switched the babies at night (1 Kings 3:16-22).

1 Kings 3:16-22

#8

Solomon's father King David

1 Kings 3:1 and surrounding context indicate that King David, Solomon's father, had recently died, leading to Solomon's secure establishment on the throne before his dream at Gibeon.

1 Kings 2:10-3:1

#7

Israel realized Solomon had divine wisdom and feared him

When all Israel heard of Solomon's judgment, they held him in awe, recognizing that God's wisdom was in him to administer justice (1 Kings 3:28).

1 Kings 3:28

#9

What did Solomon do to show his love for the Lord at the beginning of 1 Kings 3?

📖 1 Kings 3:3-4

#10

What promise did God make to Solomon regarding his life, in addition to granting him wisdom?

📖 1 Kings 3:14

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#10

He would live a long life if he kept God's statutes

God told Solomon that if he would walk in His statutes and keep His commands as his father David did, God would lengthen his days (1 Kings 3:14).

1 Kings 3:14

#9

He walked in the statutes of his father David and sacrificed at Gibeon

Solomon walked in the statutes of his father David and showed his devotion by sacrificing and burning offerings at Gibeon, the great high place (1 Kings 3:3-4).

1 Kings 3:3-4

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