2 Samuel Chapter 11 Bible Quiz — David and Bathsheba Flashcards

#1

What was David doing when he saw Bathsheba bathing?

📖 2 Samuel 11:2

#2

What was Bathsheba's husband's name?

📖 2 Samuel 11:3

#3

Where was Uriah stationed when David summoned him to Jerusalem?

📖 2 Samuel 11:1

#4

What instruction did David give to Joab regarding Uriah?

📖 2 Samuel 11:14-15

#5

What did David ask Uriah to do when he first summoned him from the battlefield?

📖 2 Samuel 11:8

#6

Why did Uriah refuse to go to his house as David requested?

📖 2 Samuel 11:11

#7

How many times did David try to get Uriah to go home to his wife?

📖 2 Samuel 11:8-13

#8

Who delivered the letter containing David's instructions to kill Uriah?

📖 2 Samuel 11:14-15

#2

Uriah

Uriah was a Hittite and one of David's mighty men who served in his army. He was the husband of Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11:3).

2 Samuel 11:3

#1

He was walking on the roof of the palace

David saw Bathsheba from the roof of the palace while he was likely taking an evening walk. This vantage point allowed him to see her bathing in her home below (2 Samuel 11:2).

2 Samuel 11:2

#4

Put Uriah in the front of the most intense battle and withdraw from him

David sent a letter to Joab instructing him to place Uriah in the front of the hardest battle and then withdraw so that Uriah would be struck down and killed (2 Samuel 11:14-15).

2 Samuel 11:14-15

#3

Rabbah of the Ammonites

Uriah was fighting at Rabbah of the Ammonites during the siege led by David's general Joab when David brought him back to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 11:1).

2 Samuel 11:1

#6

He said it would be wrong to enjoy comfort while the ark and his fellow soldiers were in the field

Uriah responded that the ark of God and the armies of Israel were in the field, and it would be wrong for him to go to his house to eat, drink, and sleep with his wife while his comrades were in battle (2 Samuel 11:11).

2 Samuel 11:11

#5

Go down to his house and wash his feet

David told Uriah to go down to his house and wash his feet, hoping Uriah would be with his wife Bathsheba so that the child born to her could be assumed to be Uriah's (2 Samuel 11:8).

2 Samuel 11:8

#8

Uriah himself

Ironically, Uriah himself carried the letter to Joab that contained instructions for his own death (2 Samuel 11:14-15). This shows the depth of David's calculated deception.

2 Samuel 11:14-15

#7

Twice

David first sent Uriah home (11:8), and when Uriah refused, David made another attempt by inviting him to eat and drink, getting him drunk, but Uriah still refused to go to his house (2 Samuel 11:8-13).

2 Samuel 11:8-13

#9

What did Bathsheba do when she learned that Uriah had died?

📖 2 Samuel 11:26

#10

What was the Lord's assessment of David's actions at the end of 2 Samuel 11?

📖 2 Samuel 11:27

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#10

The Lord said David's actions were displeasing to him

The final verse of 2 Samuel 11 states that the thing David had done was evil in the sight of the Lord (2 Samuel 11:27). This sets up the confrontation and consequence described in 2 Samuel 12.

2 Samuel 11:27

#9

She mourned for her husband

When Bathsheba heard that Uriah had been killed in battle, she mourned for him (2 Samuel 11:26). After the period of mourning, David took her as his wife.

2 Samuel 11:26

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