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The King Burns the Scroll Quiz

Test how well you remember the king who burned the scroll, from Jeremiah 36. 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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  1. Who wrote down the words of the LORD from Jeremiah's mouth?
    • Elishama the scribe
    • Jehudi
    • Michaiah
    • Baruch the son of Neriah
  2. Why did Jeremiah send Baruch to read the scroll instead of going himself?
    • Jeremiah was shut up and could not go into the house of the LORD
    • Jeremiah was sick
    • Jeremiah could not read
    • Jeremiah had gone to Babylon
  3. Whose chamber did Baruch read from in the temple?
    • Elishama the scribe
    • Gemariah the son of Shaphan
    • Jehudi the son of Nethaniah
    • Jehoiakim the king
  4. How did the princes react when Baruch read the words to them?
    • They arrested him
    • They laughed at him
    • They were afraid both one and other
    • They tore up the roll
  5. What did the princes tell Baruch and Jeremiah to do?
    • Come before the king at once
    • Read the roll again in the temple
    • Go and hide
    • Leave Jerusalem for Egypt
  6. Who read the scroll to the king?
    • Baruch
    • Jeremiah
    • Gemariah
    • Jehudi
  7. Where was the king sitting when the scroll was read?
    • In his garden
    • In the winterhouse, with a fire on the hearth
    • On his throne in the temple
    • At the city gate
  8. What was used to cut the scroll?
    • An axe
    • A sword
    • A penknife
    • A pair of shears
  9. Which three men begged the king not to burn the roll?
    • Elnathan, Delaiah and Gemariah
    • Baruch, Jehudi and Michaiah
    • Shaphan, Hilkiah and Josiah
    • Jerahmeel, Seraiah and Shelemiah
  10. What was different about the second scroll?
    • It was shorter
    • It left out the warnings
    • Many like words were added to it
    • The king wrote it himself

The King Burns the Scroll 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. Who wrote down the words of the LORD from Jeremiah's mouth?

    Baruch the son of Neriah

    Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

    jeremiah 36:4 (KJV)

  2. Why did Jeremiah send Baruch to read the scroll instead of going himself?

    Jeremiah was shut up and could not go into the house of the LORD

    And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

    jeremiah 36:5 (KJV)

  3. Whose chamber did Baruch read from in the temple?

    Gemariah the son of Shaphan

    Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people.

    jeremiah 36:10 (KJV)

  4. How did the princes react when Baruch read the words to them?

    They were afraid both one and other

    Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

    jeremiah 36:16 (KJV)

  5. What did the princes tell Baruch and Jeremiah to do?

    Go and hide

    Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.

    jeremiah 36:19 (KJV)

  6. Who read the scroll to the king?

    Jehudi

    So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.

    jeremiah 36:21 (KJV)

  7. Where was the king sitting when the scroll was read?

    In the winterhouse, with a fire on the hearth

    Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

    jeremiah 36:22 (KJV)

  8. What was used to cut the scroll?

    A penknife

    And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

    jeremiah 36:23 (KJV)

  9. Which three men begged the king not to burn the roll?

    Elnathan, Delaiah and Gemariah

    Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.

    jeremiah 36:25 (KJV)

  10. What was different about the second scroll?

    Many like words were added to it

    Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.

    jeremiah 36:32 (KJV)