GREAT LAKES BIBLE BOWL 2012

JUNIOR DIVISION – JANUARY

Ezra: Chapters 1; 3-7; 9; 10: 1-7

1. Why did Cyrus issue a proclamation to rebuild the temple? (Ezra 1:1)

a. He feared the Jews

b. He was convinced by his advisers

c. The Lord had moved his heart

2. According to Cyrus, what were the dimensions of the temple in Jerusalem to be? (Ezra 6:3)

a. 90 feet high and 90 feet wide

b. 100 feet high and 100 feet wide

c. 120 feet high and 120 feet wide

3. Which of the following are among the neighboring people whose detestable practices the Israelites would not separate themselves from? (Ezra 9:1)

a. The Ammonites, Hittites, and Jebusites

b. The Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians

c. The Amalakites, The Hivites and The Girgashites

4. Haggai and Zechariah were which of the following: (Ezra 5:1)

a. Officials of the Persian King

b. Prophets of God

c. Priests of the Jewish People

5. During the dedication of the house of God, how many male goats where offered as a sin offering for all Israel? (Ezra 6:17)

a. 12

b. 100

c. 200

6. Who brought the 5,400 temple articles from Babylon, to Jerusalem? (Ezra 1:11)

a. Sheshbazzar

b. Ezra

c. Jeshua

7. In their letter to King Darius, what did Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai say that the people were placing in the walls of the temple? (Ezra 5:8)

a. Mortar

b. Timbers

c. Finely Crushed Stones

8. How did the assembly of the men of Benjamin and Judah respond to Ezra’s command to separate themselves from the people around them and their foreign wives? (Ezra 10:12)

a. “Who are you to tell us what to do”

b. “You are right! We must do as you say”

c. “We must discuss the matter among ourselves

9. After seeing the foundation of the temple being laid, how did the older priests, Levites and family heads respond? (Ezra 3:12)

a. They shouted for joy

b. They fell to their knees and prayed

c. They wept aloud

10. In his letter to Ezra, King Artaxerxes instructs Ezra to appoint whom, in accordance to his wisdom? (Ezra 7:25)

a. A prince and governor to rule over Judah and Jerusalem

b. Magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people of Trans-Euphrates

c. Priest and Levites to offer sacrifices on the king’s behalf at the temple

11. Who had carried the articles of the temple of the Lord and placed them in the temple of his god? (Ezra 1:7)

a. Nebuchadnezzar

b. Darius

c. Cyrus

12. Who destroyed the temple and deported the people to Babylon? (Ezra 5:12)

a. Artaxerxes

b. Nebuchanezzar

c. Cyrus

13. According to Shecaniah, how had the Israelites been unfaithful to God?

(Ezra 10:2)

a. By not completing the building of the temple

b. By worshipping the gods of the people of the Trans-Euphrates

c. By marrying foreign women from the people around them

14. To which Persian king did Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his associates write a letter? (Ezra 4:7)

a. Artaxerxes

b. Xerxes

c. Darius

15. What was Ezra well versed in? (Ezra 7:6)

a. The Laws of Persia

b.The Law of Moses

c. The Laws of Babylon

16. Where was Jerusalem located? (Ezra 1:2)

a. Babylon

b. Judah

c. Syria

17. Who did Cyrus appoint as governor? (Ezra 5:14)

a. Sheatiel

b. Shecaniah

c. Sheshbazzar

18. In addition to granting them new life to rebuild the house of God and repair its ruins, what else did Ezra say God had given the Israelites, in Judah and Jerusalem? (Ezra 9:9)

a. A hedge of protection

b. A wall of protection

c. A fortress of protection

19. Esarhaddon had been the king of which empire? (Ezra 4:2)

a. The Babylonian Empire

b. The Persian Empire

c. The Assyrian Empire

20. Ezra came up from Babylon during the reign of which king of Persia? (Ezra 7:1)

a. Cyrus

b. Xerxes

c. Artaxerxes