41 Bible Trivia Questions About Nebuchadnezzar

The mighty king of Babylon conquered Jerusalem, built a golden image and learned the hard way who truly rules. How well do you know Nebuchadnezzar?

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Easy questions

  1. Question 1Easy

    Nebuchadnezzar never regained his sanity or his kingdom.

    Answer: FalseDaniel 4:36
    At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
  2. Question 2Easy

    Under King Nebuchadnezzar’s decree, what were the people commanded to do when they heard the sound of the musical instruments?

    Answer: B. Fall down and worship the gold imageDaniel 3:5
    That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
  3. Question 3Easy

    At the end of their training, King Nebuchadnezzar interviewed Daniel and his friends and found none equal to them.

    Answer: TrueDaniel 1:18-19
    Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
  4. Question 4Easy

    How many men did King Nebuchadnezzar see walking loose in the midst of the fire?

    Answer: D. FourDaniel 3:25
    He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
  5. Question 5Easy

    Because the wise men could not tell the king his dream, Nebuchadnezzar commanded that they all be destroyed.

    Answer: TrueDaniel 2:12
    For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
  6. Question 6Easy

    In the book of Daniel, who is identified as the 'father' or ancestor of King Belshazzar?

    Answer: B. NebuchadnezzarDaniel 5:2
    Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
  7. Question 7Easy

    In Nebuchadnezzar's dream, what did the stone that struck the statue become?

    Answer: A. A great mountain that filled the whole earthDaniel 2:35
    Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
  8. Question 8Easy

    Who did Daniel say was the head of gold on the statue?

    Answer: C. King Nebuchadnezzar (Babylon)Daniel 2:38
    And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
  9. Question 9Easy

    Daniel told King Nebuchadnezzar that no wise man could explain his dream, but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets.

    Answer: TrueDaniel 2:27-28
    Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
  10. Question 10Easy

    In King Nebuchadnezzar's dream, who did Daniel say the great tree represented?

    Answer: C. King NebuchadnezzarDaniel 4:22
    It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

Medium questions

  1. Question 11Medium

    Which king did God say would set his throne over the stones Jeremiah hid in Egypt?

    Answer: A. NebuchadnezzarJeremiah 43:10
    And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
  2. Question 12Medium

    In Nebuchadnezzar's dream, what struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and broke them in pieces?

    Answer: D. A stone cut out without handsDaniel 2:34
    Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
  3. Question 13Medium

    King Nebuchadnezzar's madness was to last until he acknowledged that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to _____.

    Answer: C. Whomever He choosesDaniel 4:25
    That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
  4. Question 14Medium

    Who were the only people left in the land after Nebuchadnezzar's first deportation?

    Answer: B. The poorest people of the land2 Kings 24:14
    And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
  5. Question 15Medium

    What did King Nebuchadnezzar do as soon as his reason returned to him?

    Answer: B. He blessed the Most High and praised Him who lives foreverDaniel 4:34
    And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
  6. Question 16Medium

    Who did Nebuchadnezzar appoint as governor over the people left in Judah?

    Answer: D. Gedaliah son of Ahikam2 Kings 25:22
    And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
  7. Question 17Medium

    How many 'times' (years) were to pass over King Nebuchadnezzar while he had the mind of a beast?

    Answer: D. SevenDaniel 4:16
    Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
  8. Question 18Medium

    Which king did God say He would bring against Tyre from the north?

    Answer: B. NebuchadnezzarEzekiel 26:7
    For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
  9. Question 19Medium

    In what year of Zedekiah's reign did Nebuchadnezzar besiege Jerusalem?

    Answer: C. Ninth year2 Kings 25:1
    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
  10. Question 20Medium

    What position did Nebuchadnezzar give Daniel after he interpreted the king's dream?

    Answer: A. Ruler over the whole province of BabylonDaniel 2:48
    Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
  11. Question 21Medium

    Through the prophet Jeremiah, what title does God give to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon?

    Answer: B. My servantJeremiah 27:6
    And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
  12. Question 22Medium

    When Daniel heard King Nebuchadnezzar's dream about the tree, he was terrified and astonished for one hour before speaking.

    Answer: TrueDaniel 4:19
    Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
  13. Question 23Medium

    Nebuchadnezzar ends his letter declaring: 'Those who walk in _____, He is able to humble.'

    Answer: D. PrideDaniel 4:37
    Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
  14. Question 24Medium

    Whom did Daniel approach to inquire why King Nebuchadnezzar's decree to execute the wise men was so urgent?

    Answer: C. Arioch, captain of the king's guardDaniel 2:14-15
    Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
  15. Question 25Medium

    In Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the statue, what material made up its belly and thighs?

    Answer: C. BronzeDaniel 2:32
    This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
  16. Question 26Medium

    How much hotter did Nebuchadnezzar command the furnace to be heated?

    Answer: D. Seven times moreDaniel 3:19
    Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
  17. Question 27Medium

    In the prophecy of Ezekiel, by whose hand did God promise to bring an end to the wealth of Egypt?

    Answer: A. Nebuchadnezzar king of BabylonEzekiel 30:10
    Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

Hard questions

  1. Question 28Hard

    Where was Pharaoh Neco's army defeated by Nebuchadnezzar?

    Answer: C. CarchemishJeremiah 46:2
    Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
  2. Question 29Hard

    Who did Nebuchadnezzar make king in place of Jehoiachin, changing his name to Zedekiah?

    Answer: B. Mattaniah2 Kings 24:17
    And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
  3. Question 30Hard

    How tall was the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar set up on the plain of Dura?

    Answer: C. 60 cubits (about 90 feet)Daniel 3:1
    Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
  4. Question 31Hard

    In King Nebuchadnezzar's dream, what did the feet of iron mixed with clay represent?

    Answer: C. A divided kingdom, partly strong and partly fragileDaniel 2:41-43
    And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle …
  5. Question 32Hard

    What did the great image (statue) in Nebuchadnezzar's dream look like?

    Answer: B. Its splendor was excellent, and its form was awesomeDaniel 2:31
    Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
  6. Question 33Hard

    Nebuchadnezzar boasted, 'Is not this great Babylon, that I have built... by my mighty power and for the honor of my _____?'

    Answer: A. MajestyDaniel 4:30
    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
  7. Question 34Hard

    How did King Nebuchadnezzar react when Daniel finished telling him the dream and its interpretation?

    Answer: C. He fell on his face, prostrate before DanielDaniel 2:46
    Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
  8. Question 35Hard

    In King Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the tree, the watcher commanded the stump to be bound with which materials?

    Answer: A. Iron and bronzeDaniel 4:15
    Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
  9. Question 36Hard

    In what year of King Jehoiakim's reign did Nebuchadnezzar besiege Jerusalem?

    Answer: A. The third yearDaniel 1:1
    In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
  10. Question 37Hard

    What impossible task did King Nebuchadnezzar demand of his wise men regarding his dream?

    Answer: B. To tell him the dream itself and its interpretationDaniel 2:1-5
    And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the …
  11. Question 38Hard

    God says He will send for all the families of the north and Nebuchadnezzar against Judah.

    Answer: TrueJeremiah 25:9
    Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
  12. Question 39Hard

    In Nebuchadnezzar's dream, what did the 'watcher' from heaven command regarding the great tree?

    Answer: C. Chop down the tree and cut off its branchesDaniel 4:14
    He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
  13. Question 40Hard

    How long after Daniel interpreted the dream did the judgment fall upon King Nebuchadnezzar?

    Answer: D. Twelve monthsDaniel 4:29
    At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
  14. Question 41Hard

    What did God say Nebuchadnezzar's army would do with the stones, timber, and soil of Tyre?

    Answer: A. Throw them into the midst of the seaEzekiel 26:12
    And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

Answer key

  1. False (Daniel 4:36)
  2. B. Fall down and worship the gold image (Daniel 3:5)
  3. True (Daniel 1:18-19)
  4. D. Four (Daniel 3:25)
  5. True (Daniel 2:12)
  6. B. Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 5:2)
  7. A. A great mountain that filled the whole earth (Daniel 2:35)
  8. C. King Nebuchadnezzar (Babylon) (Daniel 2:38)
  9. True (Daniel 2:27-28)
  10. C. King Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:22)
  11. A. Nebuchadnezzar (Jeremiah 43:10)
  12. D. A stone cut out without hands (Daniel 2:34)
  13. C. Whomever He chooses (Daniel 4:25)
  14. B. The poorest people of the land (2 Kings 24:14)
  15. B. He blessed the Most High and praised Him who lives forever (Daniel 4:34)
  16. D. Gedaliah son of Ahikam (2 Kings 25:22)
  17. D. Seven (Daniel 4:16)
  18. B. Nebuchadnezzar (Ezekiel 26:7)
  19. C. Ninth year (2 Kings 25:1)
  20. A. Ruler over the whole province of Babylon (Daniel 2:48)
  21. B. My servant (Jeremiah 27:6)
  22. True (Daniel 4:19)
  23. D. Pride (Daniel 4:37)
  24. C. Arioch, captain of the king's guard (Daniel 2:14-15)
  25. C. Bronze (Daniel 2:32)
  26. D. Seven times more (Daniel 3:19)
  27. A. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (Ezekiel 30:10)
  28. C. Carchemish (Jeremiah 46:2)
  29. B. Mattaniah (2 Kings 24:17)
  30. C. 60 cubits (about 90 feet) (Daniel 3:1)
  31. C. A divided kingdom, partly strong and partly fragile (Daniel 2:41-43)
  32. B. Its splendor was excellent, and its form was awesome (Daniel 2:31)
  33. A. Majesty (Daniel 4:30)
  34. C. He fell on his face, prostrate before Daniel (Daniel 2:46)
  35. A. Iron and bronze (Daniel 4:15)
  36. A. The third year (Daniel 1:1)
  37. B. To tell him the dream itself and its interpretation (Daniel 2:1-5)
  38. True (Jeremiah 25:9)
  39. C. Chop down the tree and cut off its branches (Daniel 4:14)
  40. D. Twelve months (Daniel 4:29)
  41. A. Throw them into the midst of the sea (Ezekiel 26:12)
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Who was Nebuchadnezzar?

Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon who besieged Jerusalem and carried King Jehoiachin, the treasures of the temple and thousands of people away to Babylon (2 Kings 24:10–16). Later his army burned the temple and the city (2 Kings 25:8–9). Among the young captives brought to his court were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah (Daniel 1:6).

Nebuchadnezzar dreamed of a great image with a head of gold, and Daniel explained the dream (Daniel 2:31–45). The king set up a golden image sixty cubits high and threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego into a fiery furnace when they would not bow. He saw a fourth man walking with them in the fire, unharmed (Daniel 3:25). Because of his pride he was driven from men and ate grass like oxen (Daniel 4:33). When his reason returned, he praised and honored the King of heaven (Daniel 4:37).

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