Daniel's Prayer Quiz
Test how well you remember Daniel's prayer and Gabriel's visit, from Daniel 9. 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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- In whose reign did Daniel pray this prayer?
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Darius the son of Ahasuerus
- Belshazzar
- Cyrus king of Persia
- Which prophet's words did Daniel understand by books?
- Isaiah
- Ezekiel
- Moses
- Jeremiah
- How many years would God accomplish in the desolations of Jerusalem?
- Seventy years
- Forty years
- Four hundred years
- Twelve years
- How did Daniel seek the Lord?
- With a feast and music
- By offering a bull on an altar
- With fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes
- By going up to Jerusalem
- How did Daniel begin his confession?
- They have sinned
- The kings have sinned
- Our enemies have sinned
- We have sinned
- Why did Daniel say he was presenting his supplications?
- For thy great mercies
- For our righteousnesses
- For the king's sake
- Because of his own good works
- Which angel came to Daniel while he was praying?
- Michael
- Gabriel
- Raphael
- The angel is not named
- About what time did Gabriel touch Daniel?
- At midnight
- At sunrise
- About the time of the evening oblation
- On the sabbath day
- What did Gabriel say he had come to give Daniel?
- Skill and understanding
- Gold and silver
- A new name
- Victory over his enemies
- How many weeks did Gabriel say were determined upon Daniel's people?
- Seven weeks
- Forty weeks
- One hundred weeks
- Seventy weeks
Daniel's Prayer 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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In whose reign did Daniel pray this prayer?
Darius the son of Ahasuerus
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
daniel 9:1 (KJV) -
Which prophet's words did Daniel understand by books?
Jeremiah
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
daniel 9:2 (KJV) -
How many years would God accomplish in the desolations of Jerusalem?
Seventy years
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
daniel 9:2 (KJV) -
How did Daniel seek the Lord?
With fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
daniel 9:3 (KJV) -
How did Daniel begin his confession?
We have sinned
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
daniel 9:5 (KJV) -
Why did Daniel say he was presenting his supplications?
For thy great mercies
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
daniel 9:18 (KJV) -
Which angel came to Daniel while he was praying?
Gabriel
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
daniel 9:21 (KJV) -
About what time did Gabriel touch Daniel?
About the time of the evening oblation
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
daniel 9:21 (KJV) -
What did Gabriel say he had come to give Daniel?
Skill and understanding
And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
daniel 9:22 (KJV) -
How many weeks did Gabriel say were determined upon Daniel's people?
Seventy weeks
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
daniel 9:24 (KJV)