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    King Jehoiakim Bible Quiz — Questions and Answers

    All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.

    1. Q1.What was Jehoiakim's name before Pharaoh changed it?

      • A. Mattaniah
      • B. Eliakim ✓
      • C. Shallum
      • D. Azariah

      Answer: Eliakim

      2 Kings 23:34 (KJV) — 'Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim... king... and turned his name to Jehoiakim.'

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    2. Q2.Who made Jehoiakim king?

      • A. The people
      • B. Pharaoh-nechoh ✓
      • C. Nebuchadnezzar
      • D. The prophets

      Answer: Pharaoh-nechoh

      2 Kings 23:34 (KJV).

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    3. Q3.Whose son was Jehoiakim?

      • A. Josiah ✓
      • B. Hezekiah
      • C. Manasseh
      • D. Amon

      Answer: Josiah

      2 Kings 23:34 (KJV) — Eliakim 'the son of Josiah.'

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    4. Q4.How long did Jehoiakim reign?

      • A. 3 months
      • B. 3 years
      • C. 11 years ✓
      • D. 31 years

      Answer: 11 years

      2 Kings 23:36 (KJV) — 'reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.'

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    5. Q5.What did Jehoiakim do to the prophet's roll?

      • A. Read it and wept
      • B. Cut it with a penknife and cast it into the fire ✓
      • C. Hid it
      • D. Sent it to Babylon

      Answer: Cut it with a penknife and cast it into the fire

      Jeremiah 36:23 (KJV).

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    6. Q6.Who told the king of the words of the roll?

      • A. Hilkiah
      • B. Jehudi (who read it) ✓
      • C. Baruch in person
      • D. Shaphan

      Answer: Jehudi (who read it)

      Jeremiah 36:21 (KJV) — 'Jehudi read it in the ears of the king.'

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    7. Q7.Whom did Jehoiakim seek to take, but the LORD hid them?

      • A. Baruch and Jeremiah ✓
      • B. Daniel and Ezekiel
      • C. Hilkiah and Shaphan
      • D. Nathan and Gad

      Answer: Baruch and Jeremiah

      Jeremiah 36:26 (KJV) — 'the LORD hid them.'

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    8. Q8.Jeremiah prophesied Jehoiakim's burial would be like that of what?

      • A. A king
      • B. An ass ✓
      • C. A priest
      • D. A pauper

      Answer: An ass

      Jeremiah 22:19 (KJV) — 'buried with the burial of an ass.'

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    9. Q9.Whom did the LORD send against Jehoiakim?

      • A. Bands of the Chaldees, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites ✓
      • B. Only the Egyptians
      • C. Only the Philistines
      • D. Only the Edomites

      Answer: Bands of the Chaldees, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites

      2 Kings 24:2 (KJV).

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    10. Q10.Who succeeded Jehoiakim?

      • A. Zedekiah
      • B. Jehoiachin his son ✓
      • C. Jehoahaz
      • D. Pharaoh-nechoh

      Answer: Jehoiachin his son

      2 Kings 24:6 (KJV) — 'Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.'

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