Hezekiah and the Shadow Quiz
Test how well you remember Hezekiah's illness and the sign of the shadow, from 2 Kings 20. 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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- What did Isaiah tell Hezekiah to do?
- Send for the priests
- Set his house in order
- Call the army
- Go to the house of the LORD
- What did Hezekiah do when he heard it?
- Turned his face to the wall and prayed
- Sent for a physician
- Wrote a will
- Called for Isaiah again
- What did Hezekiah ask God to remember?
- How he had walked before him in truth
- His victories in battle
- The temple repairs
- His father's reign
- Where was Isaiah when the word came back to him?
- His own house
- The temple porch
- The middle court
- The city gate
- What had God seen as well as heard?
- His tears
- His offerings
- His enemies
- His messengers
- How many years were added to his life?
- Twenty
- Five
- Fifteen
- Ten
- What was laid on the boil?
- Oil and wine
- Ashes
- A lump of figs
- A cloth of linen
- What choice did Isaiah offer for the sign?
- Shadow forward or backward ten degrees
- Rain or drought
- Sun or moon
- Day or night
- Which did Hezekiah choose?
- Both
- Backward
- Forward
- Neither
- On what did the shadow move back?
- The dial of Ahaz
- The temple steps
- The wall of the city
- The king's chamber
Hezekiah and the Shadow 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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What did Isaiah tell Hezekiah to do?
Set his house in order
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
2 kings 20:1 (KJV) -
What did Hezekiah do when he heard it?
Turned his face to the wall and prayed
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
2 kings 20:2 (KJV) -
What did Hezekiah ask God to remember?
How he had walked before him in truth
I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
2 kings 20:3 (KJV) -
Where was Isaiah when the word came back to him?
The middle court
And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
2 kings 20:4 (KJV) -
What had God seen as well as heard?
His tears
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
2 kings 20:5 (KJV) -
How many years were added to his life?
Fifteen
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
2 kings 20:6 (KJV) -
What was laid on the boil?
A lump of figs
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
2 kings 20:7 (KJV) -
What choice did Isaiah offer for the sign?
Shadow forward or backward ten degrees
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
2 kings 20:9 (KJV) -
Which did Hezekiah choose?
Backward
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
2 kings 20:10 (KJV) -
On what did the shadow move back?
The dial of Ahaz
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
2 kings 20:11 (KJV)