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The 185,000 Assyrians Quiz

Test how well you remember the night the Assyrian army fell, from 2 Kings 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!

  1. Who sent the LORD's answer to Hezekiah?
    • Elisha
    • Isaiah the son of Amoz
    • Huldah the prophetess
    • Hilkiah the priest
  2. Who had Sennacherib really reproached, according to the word?
    • The elders of Judah
    • The king of Egypt
    • His own captains
    • The Holy One of Israel
  3. What had Sennacherib boasted of cutting down?
    • The tall cedar trees of Lebanon
    • The gates of Jerusalem
    • The groves of Samaria
    • The olive trees of Judah
  4. What would God put in Sennacherib's nose?
    • A cord
    • A hook
    • A ring
    • A chain
  5. What was promised about the remnant of Judah?
    • It would be scattered forever
    • It would take root downward and bear fruit upward
    • It would be carried to Babylon
    • It would flee into Egypt
  6. What would Sennacherib not do to the city?
    • Send a letter
    • Speak to its elders
    • Camp near it
    • Shoot an arrow there
  7. For whose sake did God say he would defend the city?
    • Isaiah's sake
    • The priests' sake
    • His own sake and his servant David's
    • Hezekiah's sake
  8. Who went out against the Assyrian camp?
    • The army of Judah
    • The Egyptians
    • The Ethiopians
    • The angel of the LORD
  9. How many were smitten in the camp?
    • 185,000
    • 18,500
    • 5,000
    • 1,000
  10. Where did Sennacherib go after that night?
    • Nineveh
    • Lachish
    • Babylon
    • Damascus

The 185,000 Assyrians 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. Who sent the LORD's answer to Hezekiah?

    Isaiah the son of Amoz

    Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

    2 kings 19:20 (KJV)
  2. Who had Sennacherib really reproached, according to the word?

    The Holy One of Israel

    Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

    2 kings 19:22 (KJV)
  3. What had Sennacherib boasted of cutting down?

    The tall cedar trees of Lebanon

    By the messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

    2 kings 19:23 (KJV)
  4. What would God put in Sennacherib's nose?

    A hook

    Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

    2 kings 19:28 (KJV)
  5. What was promised about the remnant of Judah?

    It would take root downward and bear fruit upward

    And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

    2 kings 19:30 (KJV)
  6. What would Sennacherib not do to the city?

    Shoot an arrow there

    Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

    2 kings 19:32 (KJV)
  7. For whose sake did God say he would defend the city?

    His own sake and his servant David's

    For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

    2 kings 19:34 (KJV)
  8. Who went out against the Assyrian camp?

    The angel of the LORD

    And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

    2 kings 19:35 (KJV)
  9. How many were smitten in the camp?

    185,000

    And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

    2 kings 19:35 (KJV)
  10. Where did Sennacherib go after that night?

    Nineveh

    So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

    2 kings 19:36 (KJV)