This Daniel 9 quiz has been designed to challenge even seasoned Bible scholars. Each question requires careful attention to detail and a thoughtful reading of the chapter.
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Bible Quiz on Daniel Chapter 9
Question 1:
In which year of whose reign did Daniel come to this understanding about Jerusalem’s desolation?
A. The second year of Darius the medes
B. The first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus
C. The third year of Darius the Mede
D. The first year of Darius the Persian
E. The second year of Darius the Great
Question 2:
What specific book did Daniel understand by that made him realize the number of years for the desolations of Jerusalem?
A. The book of Moses
B. The books of the kings
C. The books of Jeremiah
D. The books of Isaiah
E. The chronicles of the kings
Question 3:
How does Daniel address God at the beginning of his prayer?
A. O Lord, the great and awesome God
B. O Lord, the great and dreadful God
C. O Lord, the great and might God
D. O Lord, the great and wonderful God
E. O Lord, the great and righteous God
Question 4:
What does Daniel say belongs to the Lord their God?
A. Mercies and forgiveness
B. Mercy and forgiveness
C. Mercies and forgivenesses
D. Compassion and forgiveness
E. Loving-kindness and mercy
Question 5:
Who was sent to Daniel to give him skill and understanding?
A. Gabriel
B. Michael
C. Uriel
D. Raphael
E. An unnamed angel
Question 6:
At what time did Gabriel come to Daniel?
A. At the time of the morning oblation
B. At the time of the evening oblation
C. At the time of the morning sacrifice
D. In the evening hour
E. At the time of prayer
Question 7:
What did Gabriel tell Daniel he was come forth to do?
A. To give thee skill and understanding
B. To show thee things to come
C. To make thee understand the vision
D. To reveal God’s plan
E. To interpret the prophecy
Question 8:
What are the seventy weeks meant to finish?
A. The writing of the law
B. The destruction of the enemies
C. The transgression
D. The rebuilding of the temple
E. The age of prophecy
Question 9:
How many weeks until Messiah the Prince appears, according to the prophecy?
A. 49 weeks
B. 70 weeks
C. 69 weeks
D. 62 weeks
E. 7 weeks
Question 10:
What is said about the Messiah being “cut off”?
A. He shall die with glory
B. He shall be taken away to heaven
C. Not for himself
D. With the saints
E. For the children of Israel
Question 11:
What shall come with the end?
A. Peace and prosperity
B. A flood
C. A trumpet blast
D. The return of the exiles
E. Silence in heaven
Question 12:
What happens in the midst of the week?
A. The temple is completed
B. The covenant is broken
C. Sacrifice and oblation cease
D. Israel is restored
E. The desolation of Jerusalem shall begin
Question 13:
What is poured upon the desolate?
A. Water
B. Oil
C. Blessing
D. Wrath
E. Mercy
Question 14:
According to Daniel’s prayer, what was God’s past response to their deliverance from Egypt?
A. God gave them manna
B. God led them through the sea
C. God made Himself a name
D. God sent fire from heaven
E. God showed himself strong and might
Question 15:
According to Daniel’s prayer, what does God keep for those who love Him and observe His commandments?
A. Mercy and loving-kindness
B. Covenant and mercy
C. Faithfulness and truth
D. Covenant and faithfulness
E. Mercy and truth
Question 16:
Who does Daniel say they have not hearkened unto in his confession?
A. The prophets and the priests
B. Thy servants the prophets
C. The servants of the Lord
D. Thy holy prophets and teachers
E. The messengers and the prophets
Question 17:
According to Daniel, to whom does righteousness belong?
A. To thee, O Lord our God
B. To thee, O Lord, this hour
C. To the Lord God of heaven
D. To thee, O Lord, this day
E. To the Most High God
Question 18:
What does Daniel say belongs to them because of their trespass?
A. Shame and confusion of faces
B. Confusion of faces
C. Shame of face
D. Confusion of faces and Shame
E. Dishonor and shame
Question 19:
In whose law is it written that the curse and oath should come upon them?
A. The law of God
B. The law of Moses the servant of God
C. The law of the Lord
D. The law given by Moses
E. The law of Moses the prophet
Question 20:
According to Daniel’s prophecy, when does the sacrifice stop?
A. At the beginning of the week
B. After seventy weeks
C. In the midst of the week
D. At the end of the desolation
E. On the day of atonement
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Answer Key: Daniel 9 Quiz
Question 1:
Correct Answer: B
Daniel understood the prophecy during the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus.
Verse: “In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes…” (Daniel 9:1, KJV)
Question 2:
Correct Answer: C
Daniel gained understanding by reading the writings of the prophet Jeremiah.
Verse: “I Daniel understood by books the number of the years… by the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet…” (Daniel 9:2, KJV)
Question 3:
Correct Answer: B
Daniel called God “the great and dreadful God” in his heartfelt prayer.
Verse: “And I prayed unto the Lord my God… and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God…” (Daniel 9:4, KJV)
Question 4:
Correct Answer: C
Daniel speaks of God’s mercies and forgivenesses—both in plural.
Verse: “To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses…” (Daniel 9:9, KJV)
Question 5:
Correct Answer: A
Gabriel was the angel sent to give Daniel understanding.
Verse: “Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel… being caused to fly swiftly…” (Daniel 9:21, KJV)
Question 6:
Correct Answer: B
Gabriel came at the time of the evening oblation.
Verse: “…about the time of the evening oblation.” (Daniel 9:21, KJV)
Question 7:
Correct Answer: A
Gabriel came forth “to give thee skill and understanding.”
Verse: “…I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.” (Daniel 9:22, KJV)
Question 8:
Correct Answer: C
The seventy weeks are determined “to finish the transgression.”
Verse: “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people… to finish the transgression…” (Daniel 9:24, KJV)
Question 9:
Correct Answer: C
Sixty-nine weeks pass before Messiah the Prince comes.
Verse: “…shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks…” (Daniel 9:25, KJV)
Question 10:
Correct Answer: C
Messiah shall be “cut off, but not for himself.”
Verse: “And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself…” (Daniel 9:26, KJV)
Question 11:
Correct Answer: B
At the end, a flood is mentioned.
Verse: “…and the end thereof shall be with a flood…” (Daniel 9:26, KJV)
Question 12:
Correct Answer: C
In the middle of the week, the sacrifice and oblation will cease.
Verse: “And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease…” (Daniel 9:27, KJV)
Question 13:
Correct Answer: D
Desolation ends with wrath poured upon the desolate.
Verse: “…and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.” (Daniel 9:27, KJV)
Question 14:
Correct Answer: C
God made Himself a name by delivering Israel from Egypt.
Verse: “…and hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown…” (Daniel 9:15, KJV)
Question 15:
Correct Answer: B
Daniel says God keeps “covenant and mercy.”
Verse: “…keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him…” (Daniel 9:4, KJV)
Question 16:
Correct Answer: B
They didn’t hearken to “thy servants the prophets.”
Verse: “Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets…” (Daniel 9:6, KJV)
Question 17:
Correct Answer: A
Righteousness belongs to the Lord our God.
Verse: “O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee…” (Daniel 9:7, KJV)
Question 18:
Correct Answer: B
“Confusion of faces” is what Daniel says belongs to them.
Verse: “O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face…” (Daniel 9:8, KJV)
Question 19:
Correct Answer: B
Daniel refers to “the law of Moses the servant of God.”
Verse: “…written in the law of Moses the servant of God…” (Daniel 9:11, KJV)
Question 20:
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
The prophecy says the sacrifice will stop halfway through the week.
Verse: “…in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease…”
— Daniel 9:27
