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Rahab Quiz

Test how well you remember the story of Rahab, from Joshua 2 and Joshua 6:22-25. 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!

  1. Where did the two spies lodge in Jericho?
    • Rahab's house
    • The king's palace
    • A cave outside the walls
    • The city gate
  2. What did Rahab tell the king's messengers?
    • That the men were hiding on her roof
    • That there were no visitors
    • That she had already killed them
    • That she did not know where the men had gone
  3. What did Rahab say had happened to the people of Jericho?
    • They planned to surrender peacefully
    • They did not know about Israel
    • Their hearts did melt, and courage remained in no man
    • They were preparing for war confidently
  4. How did Rahab describe the LORD?
    • Unknown to her
    • God in heaven above, and in earth beneath
    • A god among many gods
    • A god of Israel only
  5. What did Rahab ask the spies to swear?
    • To spare her father's household
    • To make her queen
    • To give her gold
    • To take her out of Jericho immediately
  6. What did the spies promise her?
    • Nothing, they refused
    • Only her own life, not her family's
    • To marry her
    • Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business
  7. How did Rahab get the spies out of the city?
    • Hid them in a wagon
    • Sent them through a tunnel
    • Let them down by a cord through her window
    • Walked them out the main gate
  8. What sign were the spies to look for later?
    • An open gate
    • A scarlet line in the window
    • A white flag on the roof
    • A lit torch
  9. Who did Joshua order to be spared when Jericho fell?
    • Rahab and all with her in the house
    • Every firstborn son in the city
    • Only the king's family
    • No one
  10. What happened to Rahab after Jericho was destroyed?
    • She was sent back into the ruins
    • She returned to her old life
    • She died with the city
    • She dwelleth in Israel even unto this day

Rahab 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. Where did the two spies lodge in Jericho?

    Rahab's house

    And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

    joshua 2:1 (KJV)
  2. What did Rahab tell the king's messengers?

    That she did not know where the men had gone

    And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

    joshua 2:5 (KJV)
  3. What did Rahab say had happened to the people of Jericho?

    Their hearts did melt, and courage remained in no man

    And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

    joshua 2:11 (KJV)
  4. How did Rahab describe the LORD?

    God in heaven above, and in earth beneath

    And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

    joshua 2:11 (KJV)
  5. What did Rahab ask the spies to swear?

    To spare her father's household

    And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

    joshua 2:13 (KJV)
  6. What did the spies promise her?

    Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business

    And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

    joshua 2:14 (KJV)
  7. How did Rahab get the spies out of the city?

    Let them down by a cord through her window

    Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

    joshua 2:15 (KJV)
  8. What sign were the spies to look for later?

    A scarlet line in the window

    Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

    joshua 2:18 (KJV)
  9. Who did Joshua order to be spared when Jericho fell?

    Rahab and all with her in the house

    And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

    joshua 6:17 (KJV)
  10. What happened to Rahab after Jericho was destroyed?

    She dwelleth in Israel even unto this day

    And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

    joshua 6:25 (KJV)