Quiz 6 Flashcards
(15 cards)
What was the name of the last king of the northern kingdom of Israel?
Hoshea
True or false? King Hezekiah was known as being one of Judah’s worst kings.
False. King Hezekiah was known as one of Israel’s best kings (2 Kings 18:1-12)
Who was the king of Assyria who conquered the northern kingdom of Israel when Hoshea was king?
Shalmaneser
Who was King Hezekiah’s son who became a wicked king in Judah?
Manasseh
Who was the king of Judah who rediscovered the law?
King Josiah
Who was the Babylonian king who conquered the southern kingdom of Judah?
King Nebuchadnezzar
Who was the first king from Judah who was taken prisoner to Babylon?
King Jehoiachin
Which king of Judah was blinded immediately after seeing his sons put to death and was then deported to Babylon?
King Zedekiah
What was the name of the king of Persia who decreed that the temple should be rebuilt in Jerusalem?
King Cyrus
Who led the people of Israel from Babylon back to Jerusalem during the reign of King Artaxerxes?
Ezra
Who was a cupbearer to King Artaxerxes who petitioned this king so that he could return to Jerusalem to rebuild the city’s walls?
Nehemiah
Which Israelite renewed the covenant with the Lord following the rebuilding of the temple and the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem?
Ezra
Who did King Xerxes divorce before he married Esther?
Vashti
Who influenced King Xerxes to decree that all of the Jews throughout his entire kingdom should be killed?
Haman
Who persuaded King Xerxes to permit all of the Jews within his kingdom to defend themselves against their enemies?
Esther
