Seed of the Word
2 Kings — Group study guide
Part 1 of 2 · chapters 1–11
11 chapters · 90 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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2 Kings 1 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 2 Kings 1 (KJV)
1. What did Moab do after the death of Ahab?
2 Kings 1:1
- A. It asked Israel for peace
- B. It joined with Syria
- C. It paid double tribute
- D. It rebelled against Israel
2. Why did God tell Ahaziah that he would die?
2 Kings 1:3-4
- A. For falling through the lattice
- B. For building an altar to Baal
- C. For sending to inquire of Baalzebub
- D. For killing the prophets
3. After the messengers described the prophet Elijah to the king, did he know who it was?
2 Kings 1:8
- Yes
- No
4. What happened to the captain Ahaziah sent to Elijah with his fifty men?
2 Kings 1:10
- A. They were consumed by fire
- B. They were struck with blindness
- C. They went back to the king without Elijah
- D. They were killed by bears
5. What happened to the second captain Ahaziah sent to Elijah?
2 Kings 1:11-12
- A. He humbled himself and lived
- B. He brought Elijah before the king
- C. He fled with his fifty men
- D. The same; they perished by fire
6. What happened to the third captain sent to Elijah?
2 Kings 1:13
- A. He was killed by a lion
- B. He was struck with leprosy
- C. He lived because he humbled himself before the prophet Elijah
- D. He was consumed by fire
7. Was Elijah afraid of the captains?
2 Kings 1:15
- Yes
- No
8. Why did Jehoram reign after Ahaziah?
2 Kings 1:17
- A. Because Ahaziah had no son
- B. Because Jehoram killed Ahaziah
- C. Because Elijah anointed him
- D. Because the people chose him
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2 Kings 2 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 2 Kings 2 (KJV)
1. How did the LORD intend to take Elijah up?
2 Kings 2:1
- A. In a cloud
- B. In a dream
- C. By an angel
- D. By a whirlwind
2. What did Elisha answer when Elijah told him: tarry here?
2 Kings 2:2
- A. I will go to Bethel and wait for thee
- B. Bless me before thou goest
- C. As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee
- D. I will do according to thy word
3. Who said to Elisha: Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day?
2 Kings 2:3
- A. Gehazi his servant
- B. The sons of the prophets that were at Bethel
- C. King Ahaziah
- D. An angel of the LORD
4. What happened when Elijah smote the waters with his mantle?
2 Kings 2:8
- A. The waters were divided
- B. The waters turned to blood
- C. The waters were healed
- D. The waters dried up for seven days
5. What was Elisha's request when Elijah told him: 'Ask what I shall do for thee'?
2 Kings 2:9
- A. That he give him his mantle
- B. That he take him with him to heaven
- C. That he be king over Israel
- D. That a double portion of his spirit be upon him
6. What had to happen for Elisha to know his request was granted?
2 Kings 2:10
- A. Fire falling from heaven
- B. Hearing the voice of the LORD
- C. Seeing Elijah when he was taken from him
- D. Parting the Jordan with his mantle
7. What was Elisha's cry when Elijah was taken up?
2 Kings 2:12
- A. Blessed be the God of Elijah!
- B. My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!
- C. LORD, save my master's life!
- D. Come back to me, man of God!
8. Elisha took Elijah's mantle and parted the waters. What did the sons of the prophets say when they saw it?
2 Kings 2:15
- A. The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha
- B. Elijah has come back from heaven
- C. Elisha will be king in Israel
- D. The LORD has dried up the Jordan
9. What did the sons of the prophets want to do with the fifty strong men?
2 Kings 2:16
- A. Attack the Moabites
- B. Build a house for Elisha
- C. Bring Elisha before the king
- D. Go and seek Elijah's body
10. How many days did they seek Elijah's body?
2 Kings 2:17
- A. Forty days
- B. One day
- C. Three days
- D. Seven days
11. Some young people mocked Elisha, crying 'Go up, thou bald head.' What happened to them?
2 Kings 2:24
- A. The earth opened and swallowed them
- B. Two she bears tare them
- C. They were struck with leprosy
- D. Fire fell from heaven on them
12. How many of those who mocked Elisha were judged?
2 Kings 2:24
- A. Forty-two
- B. Twelve
- C. Fifty
- D. Seventy
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2 Kings 3 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 2 Kings 3 (KJV)
1. Why did the kings of Judah and Edom run out of water?
2 Kings 3:9
- A. Because the Moabites poisoned the wells
- B. Because it had not rained in three years
- C. Because the sun had dried up the river
- D. Because they had been seven days in the wilderness
2. Out of regard for whom did Elisha hear the one seeking a word from God through him?
2 Kings 3:14
- A. The king of Edom
- B. Elijah
- C. Jehoshaphat
- D. Jehoram
3. What did Elisha ask them to bring him before he prophesied?
2 Kings 3:15
- A. Water from the Jordan
- B. A minstrel
- C. A new cruse
- D. Elijah's mantle
4. Why did Elisha prophesy that they should make ditches?
2 Kings 3:16-17
- A. Because God would fill the valley with water
- B. To trap the Moabites
- C. To water Moab's horses
- D. Because it would rain forty days
5. What was water to the Israelites — what was it to the Moabites?
2 Kings 3:22
- A. Fire
- B. Ice
- C. A river of oil
- D. Blood
6. What did the king of Moab do when he saw the battle was too sore for him?
2 Kings 3:27
- A. He fled to Egypt
- B. He killed himself with his sword
- C. He offered his eldest son for a burnt offering upon the wall
- D. He surrendered to Jehoshaphat
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2 Kings 4 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 2 Kings 4 (KJV)
1. A wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to the prophet Elisha. Why?
2 Kings 4:1
- A. Because her husband was sick
- B. Because the creditor wanted to take her two sons
- C. Because her son had died
- D. Because she had no house to live in
2. What did Elisha tell the widow to do with the vessels she had borrowed?
2 Kings 4:3-4
- A. Fill them with oil
- B. Sell them in the market
- C. Return them to her neighbours
- D. Take them to the temple
3. What did the prophet tell the widow to do with the oil in the vessels?
2 Kings 4:7
- A. Offer it to the LORD
- B. Save it for the famine
- C. Share it among the prophets
- D. Sell it and pay her debt
4. Why did the woman ask her husband to build a chamber for Elisha?
2 Kings 4:9
- A. Because Elisha asked her to
- B. Because the king ordered it
- C. Because she perceived he was an holy man of God
- D. Because she wanted a son
5. What was the name of Elisha's servant?
2 Kings 4:12
- A. Jehu
- B. Gehazi
- C. Naaman
- D. Ahaziah
6. What reward did the woman receive for building the chamber?
2 Kings 4:14-16
- A. To have a son
- B. To receive land from the king
- C. To be spared from famine
- D. To receive gold and silver
7. Where did the Shunammite lay her dead son?
2 Kings 4:21
- A. On her husband's bed
- B. In the reapers' field
- C. At the door of her house
- D. On the bed of the prophet Elisha
8. Where did the Shunammite find Elisha?
2 Kings 4:25
- A. In Jericho
- B. In Gilgal
- C. At mount Carmel
- D. In Samaria
9. When the Shunammite caught Elisha by the feet, what did he understand?
2 Kings 4:27
- A. That her husband had died
- B. That her soul was vexed within her
- C. That she wanted another son
- D. That she came to ask for money
10. Elisha sent his servant to attend to the dead child. Did it work?
2 Kings 4:31
- Yes
- No
11. After Elisha stretched himself upon the dead child, how many times did the child sneeze?
2 Kings 4:35
- A. Three times
- B. Once
- C. Twelve times
- D. Seven times
12. What was in the pot, according to those who tasted it?
2 Kings 4:40
- A. Manna from heaven
- B. Oil and meal
- C. Death; the food was poisoned
- D. Lamb's meat
13. How did Elisha solve the problem of the pot?
2 Kings 4:41
- A. By throwing the food into the river
- B. By casting meal into it
- C. By casting salt into it
- D. By praying seven times
Notes
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2 Kings 5 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 2 Kings 5 (KJV)
1. Who was the captain of the host of Syria?
2 Kings 5:1
- A. Naaman
- B. Benhadad
- C. Hazael
- D. Gehazi
2. What disease did Naaman have?
2 Kings 5:1
- A. He was blind
- B. He was lame
- C. He had a fever
- D. He was a leper
3. How did Naaman learn there was a prophet in Israel who could heal him?
2 Kings 5:2-3
- A. Through a dream
- B. Through the priests of Syria
- C. Through a little maid of Israel who was a captive
- D. Through a letter from the king of Israel
4. What did the king of Israel do with his clothes after reading the letter?
2 Kings 5:7
- A. He burned them
- B. He rent his clothes
- C. He put on purple
- D. He gave them to Naaman
5. What instructions did Elisha give Naaman?
2 Kings 5:10
- A. To wash in Jordan seven times
- B. To offer a burnt offering in the temple
- C. To show himself to the priests
- D. To fast three days
6. What did Naaman's flesh become like?
2 Kings 5:14
- A. White as snow
- B. Like an old man's
- C. Like a leper's
- D. Like the flesh of a little child
7. Did Elisha accept the present Naaman offered him?
2 Kings 5:16
- Yes
- No
8. Why did Naaman's leprosy cleave to Gehazi?
2 Kings 5:26-27
- A. Because he disobeyed the king
- B. Because he took Naaman's present by deceit
- C. Because he touched Naaman
- D. Because he washed in the Jordan
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2 Kings 6 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 2 Kings 6 (KJV)
1. Why did the sons of the prophets want to build a new dwelling?
2 Kings 6:1
- A. Because the place where they dwelt was too strait
- B. Because their house had burned
- C. Because the king ordered it
- D. Because they wanted to live near Elisha in Samaria
2. Why did the man cry out when the axe head fell into the water?
2 Kings 6:5
- A. Because it was gold
- B. Because he cut himself with it
- C. Because it was the only one they had
- D. Because it was borrowed
3. How did the man of God recover the axe head?
2 Kings 6:6
- A. He made the river dry up
- B. He prayed and a fish brought it
- C. He cast a stick into the water and the iron swam
- D. He went into the river to look for it
4. The king of Syria thought there was a spy among his men, but who was telling the king of Israel what the king of Syria planned?
2 Kings 6:11-12
- A. A servant of the king of Syria
- B. The prophet Elisha
- C. Gehazi
- D. Naaman
5. Elisha's servant was alarmed when he saw the Syrian host compass the city. What did Elisha tell him?
2 Kings 6:16
- A. Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them
- B. Let us flee to the mountain before they come
- C. Go and warn the king of Israel
- D. Surrender, for they are many
6. How was Elisha's servant able to see the heavenly host?
2 Kings 6:17
- A. Because he went up the mountain
- B. Because an angel touched him
- C. Because he washed in the Jordan
- D. Because Elisha prayed God to open his eyes
7. What did Elisha pray God to do to the Syrians?
2 Kings 6:18
- A. Make them flee
- B. Smite them with leprosy
- C. Smite them with blindness
- D. Consume them with fire
8. Why did the bands of Syria come no more into the land of Israel?
2 Kings 6:22-23
- A. Because there was famine in Syria
- B. Because Elisha spared their lives and they were sent away in peace
- C. Because Israel defeated them in battle
- D. Because the king of Syria died
9. Because Benhadad besieged Samaria, what did two women do with the son of one of them?
2 Kings 6:28-29
- A. They ate him because of the famine
- B. They sold him to the Syrians
- C. They hid him in the temple
- D. They took him to Elisha
10. How did the king react when he heard what these women had done?
2 Kings 6:30-31
- A. He surrendered to Benhadad
- B. He ordered the women killed
- C. He opened the storehouses to the people
- D. He rent his clothes and ordered Elisha killed
Notes
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2 Kings 7 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 2 Kings 7 (KJV)
1. A lord doubted the prophetic word Elisha gave. What was his punishment?
2 Kings 7:2
- A. He would be carried captive to Syria
- B. He would be struck with leprosy
- C. He would see it with his eyes, but not eat thereof
- D. He would go blind
2. Who discovered that the Syrian camp had been abandoned?
2 Kings 7:3-5
- A. Gehazi
- B. Four leprous men
- C. Two of the king's spies
- D. The sons of the prophets
3. God made a noise in the Syrian camp. What did the Syrians think?
2 Kings 7:6
- A. That the king of Israel had hired other kings against them
- B. That the earth was shaking
- C. That fire was coming from heaven
- D. That Elisha was coming with an army of angels
4. The lepers realized they did not well to eat alone. What did they do?
2 Kings 7:9
- A. They hid the spoil
- B. They went back to their place outside the city
- C. They fled with the Syrians
- D. They decided to tell the king the good tidings
5. How did the king interpret the lepers' news?
2 Kings 7:12
- A. That the lepers were lying
- B. That Elisha had worked a miracle
- C. That the Syrians were using cunning to draw them out of the city
- D. That the LORD had defeated the Syrians
6. The king sent spies to the Syrian camp. How did they know the Syrians had fled?
2 Kings 7:15
- A. The lepers led them as far as the Euphrates
- B. On the way they found garments and vessels cast away in haste
- C. They saw their tents burned
- D. They found a message from the king of Syria
7. What happened to the lord who had doubted Elisha's word?
2 Kings 7:17
- A. The people trode upon him in the gate and he died
- B. He was carried captive to Syria
- C. He became a leper
- D. He fled the city
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2 Kings 8 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 2 Kings 8 (KJV)
1. Why did the woman whose son Elisha restored to life go to the land of the Philistines?
2 Kings 8:1
- A. Because the king took her house
- B. Because her husband died
- C. Because the Syrians besieged the city
- D. Because the prophet told her seven years of famine would come
2. This same woman came back to the king to cry for her house and land. What was Elisha's servant doing with the king at that moment?
2 Kings 8:4-5
- A. Bringing him a message from Elisha
- B. Accusing him of idolatry
- C. Telling him the story of this woman and her son restored to life
- D. Asking him for money
3. What did the king do after hearing the woman's own testimony?
2 Kings 8:6
- A. He gave her a house in Samaria
- B. He restored all that was hers
- C. He sent her to Elisha
- D. He banished her from the kingdom
4. Why did the man of God weep before Hazael?
2 Kings 8:12
- A. Because he saw the evil Hazael would do to the children of Israel
- B. Because Benhadad was going to die
- C. Because Hazael threatened him
- D. Because he remembered Elijah
5. Who murdered Benhadad?
2 Kings 8:15
- A. Jehu
- B. Naaman
- C. Joram
- D. Hazael
6. Why did Joram go back to Jezreel?
2 Kings 8:29
- A. To hide from Jehu
- B. To hold a feast
- C. To be healed of the wounds the Syrians gave him
- D. To marry Jezebel
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2 Kings 9 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 2 Kings 9 (KJV)
1. What did Elisha tell one of the sons of the prophets to do with Jehu?
2 Kings 9:1-3
- A. Warn him
- B. Anoint him king over Israel
- C. Kill him
- D. Take him to Samaria
2. Why did the LORD want Jehu to smite the house of Ahab?
2 Kings 9:7
- A. To avenge the blood of his servants the prophets
- B. To take their riches
- C. Because Ahab was his personal enemy
- D. To get Naboth's vineyard
3. Did Jehu tell his companions what the servant Elisha sent had said to him?
2 Kings 9:12
- Yes
- No
4. What did Jehu's companions say when he told them he had been anointed king?
2 Kings 9:13
- A. Tell no one
- B. Let us go to Samaria
- C. Jehu is king
- D. This is madness
5. What question did the horseman who went to check Jehu's company ask?
2 Kings 9:17-18
- A. Where goest thou?
- B. Is it peace?
- C. Who art thou?
- D. Comest thou from Elisha?
6. Why did they send a second horseman to check on Jehu?
2 Kings 9:18
- A. Because the first did not come back
- B. Because the first died
- C. Because the king did not believe the first
- D. Because another army was coming
7. What did Joram understand from Jehu's answer, when he mentioned Jezebel's whoredoms?
2 Kings 9:22-23
- A. That he came in peace
- B. That Jezebel had died
- C. That Elisha had sent him to help
- D. That Jehu was committing treachery
8. Who threw Jezebel down out of the window?
2 Kings 9:32-33
- A. The sons of the prophets
- B. Her own maids
- C. Some eunuchs
- D. Jehu's soldiers
9. When Jehu sent men to bury Jezebel, what did they find?
2 Kings 9:35
- A. Her jewels and her crown
- B. Only the skull, the feet and the palms of her hands
- C. Her whole body
- D. Nothing, for she had vanished
Notes
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2 Kings 10 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 2 Kings 10 (KJV)
1. How many sons did Ahab have in Samaria?
2 Kings 10:1
- A. Seventy
- B. Twelve
- C. Forty-two
- D. Seven
2. What did they do with Ahab's sons?
2 Kings 10:7
- A. They carried them captive
- B. They made them servants
- C. They let them flee
- D. They slew them
3. Where did Jehu kill the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah?
2 Kings 10:14
- A. In Naboth's vineyard
- B. At the gate of Samaria
- C. At the pit of the shearing house
- D. In the house of Baal
4. Why did Jehu invite the prophets of Baal to worship Baal with him?
2 Kings 10:19
- A. To give them gifts
- B. He did it in subtilty to destroy them
- C. Because he wanted to serve Baal
- D. To make peace with them
5. When the worshippers of Baal went into the house, what did Jehu make sure of?
2 Kings 10:23
- A. That none of the servants of the LORD were there
- B. That they were all dressed in white
- C. That the doors stayed open
- D. That the king of Judah was present
6. Despite all the good Jehu did, did he turn away from the LORD?
2 Kings 10:31
- Yes
- No
Notes
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2 Kings 11 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: 2 Kings 11 (KJV)
1. What did Athaliah do when she saw that Ahaziah was dead?
2 Kings 11:1-2
- A. She fled to Egypt
- B. She called Jehoiada to reign
- C. She destroyed the seed royal, though not all of them
- D. She put on mourning
2. Who escaped from Athaliah's hands?
2 Kings 11:2
- A. Amaziah
- B. Joash
- C. Ahaziah
- D. Jehoiada
3. Who helped Joash recover the kingdom?
2 Kings 11:4, 12
- A. Jehoiada
- B. Jehosheba
- C. Jehu
- D. Elisha
4. Why did Jehoiada order Athaliah taken out of the temple?
2 Kings 11:15
- A. Because she was unclean
- B. To bring her before the king
- C. So she could see the coronation
- D. Because he did not want her slain there
5. How old was Joash when he began to reign?
2 Kings 11:21
- A. Sixteen years old
- B. Eight years old
- C. Seven years old
- D. Twelve years old