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The Still Small Voice Quiz

Test how well you know the story of Elijah at Horeb and the still small voice. Each question comes straight from 1 Kings 19. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!

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  1. Why did Elijah flee into the wilderness after Mount Carmel?
    • Jezebel threatened to kill him
    • Ahab banished him from the land
    • A famine had returned to Israel
    • The people of Israel stoned him
  2. To which city did Elijah first flee?
    • Beersheba
    • Jericho
    • Bethel
    • Samaria
  3. Under what did Elijah sit down when he asked to die?
    • A juniper tree
    • An oak tree
    • A fig tree
    • A cedar tree
  4. What did Elijah ask the LORD to do for him in his despair?
    • Take away his life
    • Send fire on his enemies
    • Give him a new servant
    • Restore the prophets
  5. Who touched Elijah and told him to arise and eat?
    • An angel
    • His servant
    • The prophet Elisha
    • A traveler
  6. What food did Elijah find when he looked?
    • A cake baken on the coals and a cruse of water
    • Bread and wine left by ravens
    • Meal and oil from a widow
    • Manna gathered from the ground
  7. How long did Elijah travel in the strength of that food?
    • Forty days and forty nights
    • Three days and three nights
    • Seven days and seven nights
    • Twelve days and twelve nights
  8. To which mountain did Elijah travel?
    • Horeb
    • Carmel
    • Sinai only by name
    • Nebo
  9. After the wind, earthquake, and fire, how did the LORD speak to Elijah?
    • In a still small voice
    • In a clap of thunder
    • Through a dream at night
    • By a written scroll
  10. How many in Israel did God say had not bowed to Baal?
    • Seven thousand
    • Three thousand
    • Ten thousand
    • One hundred

The Still Small Voice Quiz Answers & Bible References

Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.

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  1. Why did Elijah flee into the wilderness after Mount Carmel?

    Jezebel threatened to kill him

    Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

    1 kings 19:2 (KJV)

  2. To which city did Elijah first flee?

    Beersheba

    And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

    1 kings 19:3 (KJV)

  3. Under what did Elijah sit down when he asked to die?

    A juniper tree

    But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

    1 kings 19:4 (KJV)

  4. What did Elijah ask the LORD to do for him in his despair?

    Take away his life

    But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

    1 kings 19:4 (KJV)

  5. Who touched Elijah and told him to arise and eat?

    An angel

    And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

    1 kings 19:5 (KJV)

  6. What food did Elijah find when he looked?

    A cake baken on the coals and a cruse of water

    And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

    1 kings 19:6 (KJV)

  7. How long did Elijah travel in the strength of that food?

    Forty days and forty nights

    And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

    1 kings 19:8 (KJV)

  8. To which mountain did Elijah travel?

    Horeb

    And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

    1 kings 19:8 (KJV)

  9. After the wind, earthquake, and fire, how did the LORD speak to Elijah?

    In a still small voice

    And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

    1 kings 19:12 (KJV)

  10. How many in Israel did God say had not bowed to Baal?

    Seven thousand

    Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

    1 kings 19:18 (KJV)