Bible Study Questions for Third Quarter, Lesson 3

by Helen Lee Robinson

Go above and beyond with Guide’s weekly Scripture challenge! Use your Bible and lesson materials to answer these questions. (Bible references come from the NIV. Find the complete text of books by Ellen White at www.whiteestate.org.)

1. Two women came to King Solomon fighting over ___ (1 Kings 3:22).

a. a basket

b. a baby

c. a boat

2. T or F: The two women lived together in the same house (1 Kings 3:17, 18).

3. T or F: One of their babies died during the night (1 Kings 3:19).

4. What did King Solomon tell his servants to bring? (1 Kings 3:24).

5. Unscramble the words to see what Solomon ordered. "(tuc)_____ the (vgniil)_________ child in (otw)_____ and give (flha)______ to one and (hfal)______ to the other" (1 Kings 3:25).

6. T or F: The woman whose son was alive wanted the king to kill the baby (1 Kings 3:26).

7. What did the other woman say? "Neither _____ nor _____ shall have him" (1 Kings 3:26).

8. T or F: Solomon knew the baby belonged to the first mother (1 Kings 3:27).

9. Where did Solomon obtain the wisdom to administer justice? (1 Kings 3:28).

10. Fill in the missing vowels: King Solomon "displayed so much w_sd_m and sympathy in restoring a h_lpl_ss babe to its unfortunate m_th_r" (Prophets and Kings, p. 57).