King Zedekiah 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.
Q1.Whose brother was Zedekiah?
- A. Josiah
- B. Jehoiakim ✓
- C. Jehoahaz
- D. Manasseh
Answer: Jehoiakim
2 Kings 24:17 (KJV) — Mattaniah, the brother (uncle to Jehoiachin), made king in his stead.
Q2.What was Zedekiah's name before the king of Babylon changed it?
- A. Mattaniah ✓
- B. Eliakim
- C. Azariah
- D. Hananiah
Answer: Mattaniah
2 Kings 24:17 (KJV) — 'changed his name to Zedekiah.'
Q3.How old was Zedekiah when he began to reign?
- A. 18
- B. 21 ✓
- C. 25
- D. 30
Answer: 21
2 Kings 24:18 (KJV) — 'twenty and one years old.'
Q4.How long did Zedekiah reign?
- A. 3 years
- B. 8 years
- C. 11 years ✓
- D. 16 years
Answer: 11 years
2 Kings 24:18 (KJV) — 'reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.'
Q5.Against whom did Zedekiah rebel?
- A. Pharaoh
- B. Sennacherib
- C. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ✓
- D. Cyrus
Answer: Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
2 Kings 24:20 (KJV) — 'Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.'
Q6.Who urged Zedekiah to submit to Babylon?
- A. Isaiah
- B. Jeremiah ✓
- C. Ezekiel
- D. Daniel
Answer: Jeremiah
Jeremiah 38:17 (KJV) — Jeremiah counselled surrender to the king of Babylon's princes.
Q7.How was Zedekiah captured?
- A. He was sold by his servants
- B. He fled by night and was overtaken in the plains of Jericho ✓
- C. He surrendered in the city
- D. He died in battle
Answer: He fled by night and was overtaken in the plains of Jericho
2 Kings 25:4-5 (KJV) — 'overtook him in the plains of Jericho.'
Q8.What was the last thing Zedekiah saw?
- A. His coronation
- B. The slaying of his sons ✓
- C. The temple
- D. His palace
Answer: The slaying of his sons
2 Kings 25:7 (KJV) — 'they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes.'
Q9.What was then done to Zedekiah?
- A. He was crowned again
- B. His eyes were put out, and he was bound with fetters of brass ✓
- C. He was set free
- D. He was made governor
Answer: His eyes were put out, and he was bound with fetters of brass
2 Kings 25:7 (KJV).
Q10.To what city was Zedekiah carried?
- A. Nineveh
- B. Babylon ✓
- C. Damascus
- D. Susa
Answer: Babylon
2 Kings 25:7 (KJV) — 'carried him to Babylon.'