Josiah Bible Quiz

Answer key for Josiah Bible Quiz

1. Q1: How old was Josiah when he began to reign? Answer: Eight years old. Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. Reference: 2 Kings 22:1 (KJV).
2. Q2: At what age did Josiah begin to seek after the God of David his father? Answer: Sixteen. For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father. Reference: 2 Chronicles 34:3 (KJV).
3. Q3: What did Josiah begin to remove from Judah and Jerusalem? Answer: The high places, groves, carved images, and molten images. For he removed the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves. Reference: 2 Chronicles 34:3 (KJV).
4. Q4: Who found the book of the law in the house of the LORD? Answer: Hilkiah the priest. And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. Reference: 2 Kings 22:8 (KJV).
5. Q5: What did Josiah do when he heard the words of the book of the law? Answer: He rent his clothes. And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. Reference: 2 Kings 22:11 (KJV).
6. Q6: Who did Josiah inquire of concerning the words of the book? Answer: Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum. And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest… saying, Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me… So Hilkiah the priest… went unto Huldah the prophetess. Reference: 2 Kings 22:14 (KJV).
7. Q7: What did Josiah restore and keep the Passover in? Answer: The temple, with the ark restored to its place. Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. Reference: 2 Chronicles 35:1 (KJV).
8. Q8: How is Josiah's heart described in 2 Kings 23:25? Answer: He turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might. And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. Reference: 2 Kings 23:25 (KJV).
9. Q9: How did Josiah die? Answer: In battle against Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt at Megiddo. In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. Reference: 2 Kings 23:29 (KJV).
10. Q10: What prophet foretold that Josiah would sacrifice the priests of the high places on the altar at Bethel? Answer: A man of God from Judah. And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD… O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee. Reference: 1 Kings 13:2 (KJV).