Gedaliah Quiz
Test how well you remember the story of Gedaliah, from 2 Kings 25:22-26 and Jeremiah 41. 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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- Whose son was Gedaliah?
- Ahikam
- Shaphan
- Nethaniah
- Josiah
- What did Nebuchadnezzar make Gedaliah?
- High priest
- Captain of the guard
- A prisoner
- Ruler over the people left in the land
- Where did the army captains gather to Gedaliah?
- Riblah
- Egypt
- Mizpah
- Jerusalem
- What did Gedaliah swear to the captains?
- Rebuild the temple
- Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees
- Rebel against Babylon
- Flee to Egypt
- Who came to Mizpah with ten men in the seventh month?
- Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
- Johanan the son of Careah
- Nebuzar-adan
- Jaazaniah
- What were Gedaliah and Ishmael doing just before the murder?
- Reviewing the army
- Praying
- Traveling to Babylon
- Eating bread together
- What did Ishmael do to Gedaliah?
- Imprisoned him
- Made him king
- Smote him, that he died
- Exiled him
- Who else was killed with Gedaliah at Mizpah?
- The whole city of Jerusalem
- The Jews and the Chaldees that were with him
- Only the Chaldees
- No one else
- Where did the people flee after the murder?
- Egypt
- Babylon
- Riblah
- The wilderness
- Why did the people flee there?
- They were ordered to by Babylon
- Famine in Judah
- To rebuild the temple in exile
- They were afraid of the Chaldees
Gedaliah Quiz Answers & Bible References
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Whose son was Gedaliah?
Ahikam
And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
2 kings 25:22 (KJV) -
What did Nebuchadnezzar make Gedaliah?
Ruler over the people left in the land
And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
2 kings 25:22 (KJV) -
Where did the army captains gather to Gedaliah?
Mizpah
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
2 kings 25:23 (KJV) -
What did Gedaliah swear to the captains?
Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees
And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
2 kings 25:24 (KJV) -
Who came to Mizpah with ten men in the seventh month?
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
2 kings 25:25 (KJV) -
What were Gedaliah and Ishmael doing just before the murder?
Eating bread together
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
jeremiah 41:1 (KJV) -
What did Ishmael do to Gedaliah?
Smote him, that he died
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
2 kings 25:25 (KJV) -
Who else was killed with Gedaliah at Mizpah?
The Jews and the Chaldees that were with him
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
2 kings 25:25 (KJV) -
Where did the people flee after the murder?
Egypt
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
2 kings 25:26 (KJV) -
Why did the people flee there?
They were afraid of the Chaldees
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
2 kings 25:26 (KJV)