The Fall of Samaria Quiz
Test how well you remember the fall of Samaria from 2 Kings 17. 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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- Who was the last king of Israel?
- Hoshea
- Pekah
- Menahem
- Jeroboam
- Which king of Assyria first came up against Hoshea?
- Tiglath-pileser
- Shalmaneser
- Sennacherib
- Nebuchadnezzar
- What did Hoshea do that the king of Assyria called conspiracy?
- Fled to Damascus
- Sent messengers to So king of Egypt
- Burned the Assyrian tribute
- Killed the Assyrian envoys
- How long was Samaria besieged?
- Seven years
- Six months
- Three years
- One year
- Where was Israel placed after being carried away?
- Babylon and Erech
- Egypt and Ethiopia
- Tyre and Sidon
- Halah, Habor and the cities of the Medes
- Where did Israel build high places?
- Only at Bethel
- Nowhere
- In all their cities
- Only in Samaria
- What did the LORD tell Israel through the prophets and seers?
- Build a new temple
- Turn from your evil ways
- Go down into Egypt
- Make peace with Assyria
- How did Israel respond to the prophets?
- They killed every prophet
- They would not hear
- They repented at once
- They asked for more time
- Which tribe was left after Israel was removed?
- Judah
- Benjamin
- Levi
- Ephraim
- What does the chapter say Judah did?
- Walked in the statutes of Israel
- Turned back to the LORD
- Made war on Assyria
- Sent help to Samaria
The Fall of Samaria 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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Who was the last king of Israel?
Hoshea
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2 kings 17:1 (KJV) -
Which king of Assyria first came up against Hoshea?
Shalmaneser
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
2 kings 17:3 (KJV) -
What did Hoshea do that the king of Assyria called conspiracy?
Sent messengers to So king of Egypt
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
2 kings 17:4 (KJV) -
How long was Samaria besieged?
Three years
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
2 kings 17:5 (KJV) -
Where was Israel placed after being carried away?
Halah, Habor and the cities of the Medes
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 kings 17:6 (KJV) -
Where did Israel build high places?
In all their cities
And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
2 kings 17:9 (KJV) -
What did the LORD tell Israel through the prophets and seers?
Turn from your evil ways
Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
2 kings 17:13 (KJV) -
How did Israel respond to the prophets?
They would not hear
Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
2 kings 17:14 (KJV) -
Which tribe was left after Israel was removed?
Judah
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
2 kings 17:18 (KJV) -
What does the chapter say Judah did?
Walked in the statutes of Israel
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
2 kings 17:19 (KJV)