This Bible Quiz on Nahum will test your knowledge of one of the most powerful yet overlooked books in the Old Testament. These 20 questions will sharpen your understanding of God’s sovereignty, justice, and patience, and how He ultimately deals with unrepentant wickedness.
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Bible Quiz on Nahum (Questions and Answers)
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Answer 1: B — This foundational verse introduces God’s just and patient character.
KJV Reference: Nahum 1:3 — “The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm…”
“The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.”
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Answer 2: B — A powerful declaration of God’s goodness in the midst of judgment.
KJV Reference: Nahum 1:7 — “The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.”
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Answer 3: C — The book opens by identifying Nahum as “the Elkoshite.”
KJV Reference: Nahum 1:1 — “The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.”
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Answer 4: A — The verse addresses the king of Assyria, whose people are scattered without recovery.
KJV Reference: Nahum 3:18 — “Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.”
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Answer 5: D — God is both patient and uncompromising in justice.
KJV Reference: Nahum 1:3 — “…and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm…”
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Answer 6: A — A poetic and vivid picture of the wicked’s downfall.
KJV Reference: Nahum 1:10 — “For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.”
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Answer 7: A — A call to celebrate God’s justice and deliverance.
KJV Reference: Nahum 1:15 — “Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings… O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts…”
Which verse says, “Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery…”?
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Answer 8: B — This verse begins God’s direct rebuke of Nineveh’s violence.
KJV Reference: Nahum 3:1 — “Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not.”
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Answer 9: C — This imagery captures the speed and chaos of battle.
KJV Reference: Nahum 2:4 — “The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another… their appearance shall be like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.”
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Answer 10: A — A prophecy of total erasure from history.
KJV Reference: Nahum 1:14 — “…I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. Behold, thy name shall no more be sown…”
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Answer 11: D — A call to readiness as judgment falls on the enemy.
KJV Reference: Nahum 2:1 — “He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.”
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Answer 12: C — A vivid insult to Nineveh’s failing might.
KJV Reference: Nahum 3:13 — “Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies…”
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Answer 13: B — This verse closes the prophecy with finality and judgment.
KJV Reference: Nahum 3:19 — “There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee…”
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Answer 14: B — This metaphor mocks Nineveh’s lost power.
KJV Reference: Nahum 2:11 — “Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked… and none made them afraid?”
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Answer 15: C — God’s judgment will be thorough and final.
KJV Reference: Nahum 1:9 — “What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.”
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Answer 16: C — A humiliating picture of divine disgrace.
KJV Reference: Nahum 3:6 — “And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.”
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Answer 17: C — This triple phrase describes complete devastation.
KJV Reference: Nahum 2:10 — “She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together…”
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Answer 18: B — The strongholds are shown as ripe for collapse.
KJV Reference: Nahum 3:12 — “All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.”
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Answer 19: B — God declares war on idolatry and legacy.
KJV Reference: Nahum 1:14 — “The Lord hath given a commandment… that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image…”
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Answer 20: B — The fall of Nineveh is celebrated by those it once oppressed.
KJV Reference: Nahum 3:19 — “All that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?”
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