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Manasseh Quiz

Test how well you remember the story of Manasseh from 2 Kings 21 and 2 Chronicles 33. 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 Manasseh when he began to reign?
    • Twenty
    • Twelve
    • Seven
    • Eight
  2. How long did Manasseh reign in Jerusalem?
    • Twenty-nine years
    • Sixteen years
    • Fifty-five years
    • Thirty-one years
  3. What did Manasseh rebuild?
    • The temple doors
    • The dial of Ahaz
    • The high places Hezekiah had destroyed
    • The wall of Samaria
  4. Where did Manasseh build altars for the host of heaven?
    • On the mount of Olives
    • At Bethel
    • In the valley of Gihon
    • In the two courts of the house of the LORD
  5. What did the LORD say would happen to whoever heard of the coming judgment?
    • He shall not believe it
    • Both his ears shall tingle
    • He shall flee the city
    • He shall weep aloud
  6. How would Jerusalem be wiped?
    • As wind drives chaff
    • As a man wipeth a dish
    • As rain washes a roof
    • As fire burns stubble
  7. What else did Manasseh fill Jerusalem with?
    • Foreign traders
    • Grain from Egypt
    • Assyrian soldiers
    • Innocent blood
  8. Where was Manasseh taken by the Assyrians?
    • Lachish
    • Babylon
    • Nineveh
    • Damascus
  9. What did Manasseh do when he was in affliction?
    • Refused to eat
    • Humbled himself before God
    • Cursed the prophets
    • Called for Egypt
  10. What did Manasseh do after God brought him back?
    • Left Jerusalem
    • Crowned his son
    • Took away the strange gods
    • Rebuilt the groves

Manasseh 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 Manasseh when he began to reign?

    Twelve

    Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.

    2 kings 21:1 (KJV)

  2. How long did Manasseh reign in Jerusalem?

    Fifty-five years

    Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.

    2 kings 21:1 (KJV)

  3. What did Manasseh rebuild?

    The high places Hezekiah had destroyed

    For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

    2 kings 21:3 (KJV)

  4. Where did Manasseh build altars for the host of heaven?

    In the two courts of the house of the LORD

    And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

    2 kings 21:5 (KJV)

  5. What did the LORD say would happen to whoever heard of the coming judgment?

    Both his ears shall tingle

    Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

    2 kings 21:12 (KJV)

  6. How would Jerusalem be wiped?

    As a man wipeth a dish

    And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

    2 kings 21:13 (KJV)

  7. What else did Manasseh fill Jerusalem with?

    Innocent blood

    Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

    2 kings 21:16 (KJV)

  8. Where was Manasseh taken by the Assyrians?

    Babylon

    Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

    2 chronicles 33:11 (KJV)

  9. What did Manasseh do when he was in affliction?

    Humbled himself before God

    And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

    2 chronicles 33:12 (KJV)

  10. What did Manasseh do after God brought him back?

    Took away the strange gods

    And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

    2 chronicles 33:15 (KJV)