God Protects Joash
Name the mother of King Ahaziah who decided she should be queen when her son was killed.
Athaliah
Who was Hezekiah’s father?
Ahaz
Where did Micah prophesy that Jesus would be born?
Bethlehem (Micah 5:2)
What does Immanuel mean?
God with us
How old was Josiah when he became king?
Eight years old
His aunt rescued Joash from his grandmother’s killing spree when he was a year old. Was she Jehobesha, Jehosheba, or Jehoshebet?
Jehosheba
What nation attacked and defeated Israel and its capital city of Samaria during Hezekiah’s reign?
Assyria
What name did Isaiah say the Messiah would be called?
Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14)
How did Josiah die?
He was wounded (by archers) in battle.
What did Hilkiah the priest find when the temple was being cleaned?
The Book of the Law
Where did his aunt take Joash to hide him from his murderous grandmother?
The house of the Lord; the temple
To which prophet of God did Hezekiah send his servants?
Isaiah
How do fulfilled prophecies confirm that the Bible is true?
Only the omniscient God could know and share future details through Micah and Isaiah 700 years before events occurred.
The southern kingdom of Judah was ruled by whose descendants?
King David’s
What special feast did Josiah and all the people celebrate, which hadn’t been done correctly in years?
The Passover
Why was it important that God protected Joash from being killed?
He was the last descendant in the royal line of King David. God saved him to keep his promise to David.
How did God keep his promise to defend and save Jerusalem?
The angel of the Lord killed 185,000 soldiers at night, forcing Sennacherib to leave.
Just as Micah and Isaiah wrote, Jesus was born to a virgin named what?
Mary
Who told King Belshazzar how Daniel had interpreted dreams for King Nebuchadnezzar?
The queen (likely Belshazzar's grandmother).
What promise did God make to Josiah because he had responded with humility and repentance when he heard the words of the Lord?
Josiah would die in peace before God sent the disaster.
How old was Joash when Jehoiada decided to make him king?
Seven years old
Who or what is a "Rabshakeh"?
The ambassador or envoy of the Assyrian army sent by Sennacherib to Jerusalem
What did God lay on Jesus when he died on the cross?
The iniquity (sins) of us all. (Isaiah 53:6)
In the names, Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, and Shadrach, to what did "Nebu," "Bel," and "Ach" refer?
False gods of the Babylonians (Nebo, Bel, Aku).
To whom did Josiah’s officials go to inquire of the Lord: the prophet Isaiah, the prophetess Huldah, or the prophet Jeremiah?
The prophetess Huldah