1 Quiz Sheet 2020

QUIZ SHEET 2020 - HEZEKIAH

Suggested age range 5-11 years; children in the lower end of the age group may need extra support.

This year’s quiz looks at some incidents in the life of King Hezekiah. You can read about him in three different books of the Bible. There will be references given to help you in answering the questions.

2 Kings 18–20 2 Chronicles 29–32 Isaiah 36–39.

Section 1 – who was Hezekiah?

1. What were the names of Hezekiah’s mother and father? 2 Kings 18.1–2

______and ______

2. How old was Hezekiah when he began to reign? Circle the correct answer. 2 Kings 18.2

23 29 25

3. Discover the first thing that Hezekiah did when he became King of Judah by using the words below to fill in the verse underneath.

BRAKE CUT DOWN BRAKE IN PIECES

‘He removed the high places, and ______the images, and ______

the groves, and______the brasen serpent that Moses

had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he

called it Nehushtan.’ 2 Kings 18.4

4. Where did King Hezekiah place his trust? 2 Kings 18.5

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Section 2 - Sennacherib and the siege of Jerusalem

1. What were the names of the three men whom Sennacherib, the king of Assyria sent to King Hezekiah? Please read 2 Kings 18.17–18 to answer these two questions

a) ______

b) ______

c) ______

2. What were the occupations of the three men who came out from King Hezekiah to hear their message?

a) ______

b) ______

c) ______

3. Rabshakeh told the people of Jerusalem many dreadful threats and untrue things against both the LORD and Hezekiah. He promised them many things if they would submit to him. Circle those things he falsely promised from among the words below. 2 Kings 18. 23–32

TWO THOUSAND HORSES A LAND OF CORN AND WINE

A HUNDRED CAMELS A LAND OF OIL OLIVE AND OF HONEY

CEDAR TREES A LAND OF BREAD AND VINEYARDS A FLOCK OF SHEEP

4. Colour in the UNDERLINED letters to reveal how the people were commanded to respond. 2 Kings 18.36

2 5. Draw a picture of what Hezekiah received from the messengers in 2 Kings 19.14?

6. Hezekiah took it to the house of the LORD and prayed unto God. Fill in the missing words of his prayer.

‘LORD, bow down thine ………...... , and ………………: open, LORD,

thine ……………., and …………..…: and …………..…..the words of Sennacherib,

which hath sent him to reproach the ………..…… God.’ 2 Kings 19.16

7. The LORD answered the prayer of Hezekiah. Draw a line to match up the correct parts of the text below. 2 Kings 19.32

He shall not come into this … arrow

Nor shoot an …. bank against it

Nor come before it with a … city

Nor cast a …. shield

8. Write out the first half of 2 Kings 19.35 to find out what happened that night.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Kings 19.35

Section 3 - Hezekiah’s sickness and recovery

1. Write out the first sentence of verse 1 in 2 Kings chapter 20?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

2. Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed unto the LORD. Who did the LORD send to visit Hezekiah and give him a message? Look in 2 Kings 20.4 and tick the correct name. Was it …

a) JEREMIAH b) RABSHEKAH c) ISAIAH d) ELIAKIM

3. Can you cross out the incorrect words to leave the message that was delivered to Hezekiah from the LORD.

‘Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy words/prayer, I have seen thy tears/face: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. And I will add unto thy years/days ten/fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this country/city out of the hand of the king of Egypt/Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’ 2 Kings 20.5-6

4. Fill in the text below to find out what sign Hezekiah received from the LORD that He would do the thing that He had spoken of. ‘Behold, I will bring again the ………………………. of the degrees, which is gone

down in the …………. …………… of Ahaz, …………… degrees ……………………’ Isaiah 38.8

5. Apart from his recovery, Hezekiah received another great blessing. Copy out the last part of Isaiah 38 verse 17 below.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4 Here is a list of key words you will have learnt from the story of Hezekiah. Can you find these words in the word search below?

Please fill in your name, age and address below and send your completed answer sheet to: Mrs G. Sayers, 3 Carters Crescent, Faringdon, Oxon. SN7 7LA

Your name ...... Your age ......

Email address ......

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If all your answers are correct, this year we are offering the opportunity for you to send a Romanian Bible to a child in Romania. If you would like to do this, please indicate in the box below that you would like us to arrange this, and we will send a Bible on your behalf.

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