Zedekiah Quiz
Test how well you remember the story of Zedekiah and the fall of Jerusalem, from 2 Kings 24 and 25. Each question is answered directly from the passage, and the King James verse is shown with every answer. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!
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- What was Zedekiah's name before Babylon changed it?
- Mattaniah
- Jehoiachin
- Jehoiakim
- Eliakim
- How old was Zedekiah when he began to reign?
- Eight
- Twenty-one
- Eighteen
- Twenty-five
- How long did he reign in Jerusalem?
- Thirty-one years
- Fifty-five years
- Eleven years
- Three months
- What did Zedekiah do against Babylon?
- Paid tribute
- Fled to Egypt
- Surrendered the city
- Rebelled
- What prevailed in the city during the siege?
- Famine
- Plague
- Fire
- Flood
- Where was Zedekiah captured?
- Megiddo
- The plains of Jericho
- The gate of Jerusalem
- Riblah
- What was done to Zedekiah at Riblah?
- He was set free
- He was made a scribe
- His eyes were put out
- He was crowned again
- What did he see last, before his eyes were put out?
- The temple burning
- The walls fall
- Nebuchadnezzar
- His sons killed
- Who burned the house of the LORD?
- Nebuzar-adan
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Zedekiah
- Pharaoh-nechoh
- Who was left in the land?
- Nobody
- The poor, as vinedressers and husbandmen
- The priests
- The men of war
Zedekiah 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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What was Zedekiah's name before Babylon changed it?
Mattaniah
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
2 kings 24:17 (KJV) -
How old was Zedekiah when he began to reign?
Twenty-one
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 kings 24:18 (KJV) -
How long did he reign in Jerusalem?
Eleven years
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 kings 24:18 (KJV) -
What did Zedekiah do against Babylon?
Rebelled
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
2 kings 24:20 (KJV) -
What prevailed in the city during the siege?
Famine
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
2 kings 25:3 (KJV) -
Where was Zedekiah captured?
The plains of Jericho
And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
2 kings 25:5 (KJV) -
What was done to Zedekiah at Riblah?
His eyes were put out
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
2 kings 25:7 (KJV) -
What did he see last, before his eyes were put out?
His sons killed
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
2 kings 25:7 (KJV) -
Who burned the house of the LORD?
Nebuzar-adan
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
2 kings 25:9 (KJV) -
Who was left in the land?
The poor, as vinedressers and husbandmen
But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
2 kings 25:12 (KJV)