Advanced Bible Quiz: The Kings of Judah (10 Questions and Answers)

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Ten questions on the kings of Judah, from Rehoboam to the fall of Jerusalem, in Kings and Chronicles.

1. Who marched against Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:25)?
   Answer: Shishak, king of Egypt
   In Rehoboam's fifth year Shishak, king of Egypt, marched against Jerusalem and took the treasures of the temple and palace (1 Kings 14:25-26).
2. In which valley near Mareshah did Asa line up for battle against Zerah the Cushite (2 Chronicles 14:10)?
   Answer: The valley of Zephathah
   Asa went out to meet Zerah, and they lined up for battle in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah (2 Chronicles 14:10).
3. Which prophet told Jehoshaphat the Lord would destroy his work after his alliance with Ahaziah (2 Chronicles 20:37)?
   Answer: Eliezer son of Dodavahu
   Eliezer son of Dodavahu prophesied: because you allied with Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy your work (2 Chronicles 20:37).
4. On which part of his body did leprosy break out on Uzziah in front of the priests (2 Chronicles 26:19)?
   Answer: On his forehead
   Uzziah raged at the priests, a censer in his hand, and leprosy broke out on his forehead (2 Chronicles 26:19).
5. What name was given to the bronze snake that Hezekiah broke in pieces (2 Kings 18:4)?
   Answer: Nehushtan
   Hezekiah broke in pieces the bronze snake of Moses, because incense was burned to it: it was called Nehushtan (2 Kings 18:4).
6. What tribute did Sennacherib impose on Hezekiah, king of Judah, from Lachish (2 Kings 18:14)?
   Answer: Three hundred talents of silver and thirty of gold
   The king of Assyria imposed on Hezekiah three hundred talents of silver and thirty of gold (2 Kings 18:14), not Neco's levy (2 Kings 23:33).
7. Where did the commanders of the Assyrian king take Manasseh in chains (2 Chronicles 33:11)?
   Answer: To Babylon
   The Assyrian army commanders seized Manasseh, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon (2 Chronicles 33:11).
8. Under Josiah, who says he found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord (2 Kings 22:8)?
   Answer: Hilkiah the high priest
   Hilkiah the high priest told Shaphan the secretary: I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord (2 Kings 22:8).
9. What was Zedekiah's name before the king of Babylon changed it (2 Kings 24:17)?
   Answer: Mattaniah
   The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah (2 Kings 24:17).
10. Which king of Babylon lifted up the head of Jehoiachin and released him from prison (2 Kings 25:27)?
    Answer: Evil-Merodach
    In the thirty-seventh year of Jehoiachin's exile, Evil-Merodach, king of Babylon, lifted up his head and freed him from prison (2 Kings 25:27).