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Hezekiah and the Letter Quiz

Test how well you remember Hezekiah and the letter from 2 Kings 18 and 19. 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. Which king of Assyria came up against the fenced cities of Judah?
    • Cyrus
    • Sennacherib
    • Shalmaneser
    • Nebuchadnezzar
  2. What did Hezekiah cut off to pay the tribute?
    • The gold from the temple doors
    • The bronze sea
    • The crown jewels
    • The cedar beams
  3. What did Rab-shakeh call Egypt?
    • A broken sword
    • A dry well
    • A bruised reed
    • A strong tower
  4. Why did Hezekiah's officials want Rab-shakeh to use the Syrian language?
    • Because he spoke Hebrew badly
    • To keep the terms secret from Assyria
    • Because it was the language of treaties
    • So the people on the wall would not understand
  5. How did the people answer Rab-shakeh?
    • They shouted back
    • They opened the gate
    • They threw stones
    • They held their peace
  6. What did Hezekiah do when he heard the words?
    • Rent his clothes and went into the house of the LORD
    • Called up the army
    • Sent gold to Egypt
    • Fled the city
  7. Who did Hezekiah send his servants to?
    • Isaiah the prophet
    • Huldah the prophetess
    • Hilkiah the priest
    • Shaphan the scribe
  8. What did Isaiah tell Hezekiah's servants?
    • Pay the tribute again
    • Leave Jerusalem
    • Be not afraid of the words
    • Surrender the city
  9. What did Hezekiah do with the letter?
    • Spread it before the LORD
    • Burned it
    • Sent it back unopened
    • Read it to the army
  10. What did Hezekiah say the gods of the nations were?
    • Older than Israel
    • The work of men's hands, wood and stone
    • Powerful but distant
    • Servants of the LORD

Hezekiah and the Letter 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. Which king of Assyria came up against the fenced cities of Judah?

    Sennacherib

    Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.

    2 kings 18:13 (KJV)

  2. What did Hezekiah cut off to pay the tribute?

    The gold from the temple doors

    At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

    2 kings 18:16 (KJV)

  3. What did Rab-shakeh call Egypt?

    A bruised reed

    Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

    2 kings 18:21 (KJV)

  4. Why did Hezekiah's officials want Rab-shakeh to use the Syrian language?

    So the people on the wall would not understand

    Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

    2 kings 18:26 (KJV)

  5. How did the people answer Rab-shakeh?

    They held their peace

    But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

    2 kings 18:36 (KJV)

  6. What did Hezekiah do when he heard the words?

    Rent his clothes and went into the house of the LORD

    And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

    2 kings 19:1 (KJV)

  7. Who did Hezekiah send his servants to?

    Isaiah the prophet

    And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

    2 kings 19:2 (KJV)

  8. What did Isaiah tell Hezekiah's servants?

    Be not afraid of the words

    And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

    2 kings 19:6 (KJV)

  9. What did Hezekiah do with the letter?

    Spread it before the LORD

    And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

    2 kings 19:14 (KJV)

  10. What did Hezekiah say the gods of the nations were?

    The work of men's hands, wood and stone

    And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

    2 kings 19:18 (KJV)