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Jeconiah Quiz

Test how well you remember the story of Jeconiah, from 2 Kings 24-25 and Jeremiah 22. 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. How old was Jehoiachin when he began to reign?
    • Twenty-one
    • Twelve
    • Eighteen
    • Eight
  2. How long did he reign in Jerusalem?
    • Eleven years
    • One year
    • Thirty-one years
    • Three months
  3. What did he do when Babylon besieged the city?
    • Went out to the king of Babylon
    • Fled by night
    • Burned the treasury
    • Called for Jeremiah
  4. What did Nebuchadnezzar do to Solomon's gold vessels?
    • Sold them
    • Cut them in pieces
    • Melted them down
    • Left them
  5. How many captives were carried away?
    • Seven hundred
    • Fifty thousand
    • Ten thousand
    • One thousand
  6. Who was left in the land?
    • The priests
    • The craftsmen
    • The soldiers
    • The poorest sort of the people
  7. What name does Jeremiah use for him?
    • Coniah
    • Mattaniah
    • Eliakim
    • Zedekiah
  8. What did Jeremiah say to write about him?
    • Write nothing
    • Write ye this man childless
    • Write him a king forever
    • Write him among the prophets
  9. Who lifted him out of prison?
    • Cyrus
    • Nebuzar-adan
    • Evil-merodach
    • Nebuchadnezzar
  10. How did the book of Kings end for him?
    • Returning to Jerusalem
    • Dying in prison
    • Leading a revolt
    • Eating bread before the king all his life

Jeconiah 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. How old was Jehoiachin when he began to reign?

    Eighteen

    Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

    2 kings 24:8 (KJV)

  2. How long did he reign in Jerusalem?

    Three months

    Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

    2 kings 24:8 (KJV)

  3. What did he do when Babylon besieged the city?

    Went out to the king of Babylon

    And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

    2 kings 24:12 (KJV)

  4. What did Nebuchadnezzar do to Solomon's gold vessels?

    Cut them in pieces

    And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.

    2 kings 24:13 (KJV)

  5. How many captives were carried away?

    Ten thousand

    And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

    2 kings 24:14 (KJV)

  6. Who was left in the land?

    The poorest sort of the people

    And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

    2 kings 24:14 (KJV)

  7. What name does Jeremiah use for him?

    Coniah

    As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;

    jeremiah 22:24 (KJV)

  8. What did Jeremiah say to write about him?

    Write ye this man childless

    Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

    jeremiah 22:30 (KJV)

  9. Who lifted him out of prison?

    Evil-merodach

    And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

    2 kings 25:27 (KJV)

  10. How did the book of Kings end for him?

    Eating bread before the king all his life

    And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.

    2 kings 25:29 (KJV)