2 Chronicles Quiz

Not So Easy

BACKGROUND NOTE: 1 and 2 Chronicles cover the same time period as 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings. However, 1 and 2 Chronicles are not a mere repetition. While 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings give a political history of Israel and Judah, 1 and 2 Chronicles present a religious history of the Davidic dynasty of Judah.

1. Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, allied himself with Ahaziah, king of Israel, and built a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber. What happened to the ships?

2. Name the location famous for its gold deposits.

3. With King Uzziah's great success came pride. Briefly describe his sin and its penalty.

4. The ark of the covenant was finally brought to the Temple. What was inside the ark?

5. Name the mount on which the Temple was built.

6. Name the king of Judah of whom it is recorded, 'He burned incense in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.'

7. The seventy-year captivity fulfilled the word of God spoken by which prophet?

8. Jehoram, king of Judah, was not a godly king. He no doubt was influenced by his wicked wife, Athaliah. Who was Athaliah's father?

9. Name the Assyrian king who laid siege against the city of Lachish in the kingdom of Judah.

10. Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king of Judah. Who was the king who bound him with fetters and carried him off to Babylon?

11. Who was the prophet who warned Ahab and Jehoshaphat not to go to battle at Ramoth-Gilead?

12. Name the king of Judah who set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.

13. Name the king of Judah who could be called an agriculturist because he 'loved the soil.'

14. Solomon had many other building projects beside the temple, and for these he used forced labor drawn from the descendants of the people not driven out of the land. Name two of the five nations left.

15. In which kingdom did each of the following men reign?

    1. Ahab

    2. Sennacherib

    3. Uzziah

    4. Jeroboam

    5. Nebuchadnezzar

    6. Hezekiah

    7. Ben-Hadad

    8. Shishak

    9. Rehoboam

    10. Cyrus

    11. Jehoshaphat