GREAT LAKES BIBLE BOWL 2012

SENIOR DIVISION – JANUARY

 

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

 

 

 

  1. Where did King Cyrus say that the God of Israel was? (Ezra 1:3)

a.       In heaven

b.      In Persia

c.       In Jerusalem

 

  1. What would happen if anyone changed the edict of King Darius regarding the rebuilding of the temple? (Ezra 6:11)

a.      A beam was to be pulled from his house and he was to be lifted up and impaled on it.

b.      They would be taken and flogged and put into prison.

c.       Their home would be destroyed and they would be stoned to death.

 

  1. How much silver were the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates to provide to Ezra?

(Ezra 7:21-22)

a.      Up to a hundred talents

b.      Up to three hundred talents

c.       Up to a hundred cors

 

  1. Why weren’t the elders of the Jews stopped from rebuilding the house of God in Jerusalem, until a report could go to Darius and his written reply received?

 (Ezra 5:5)

a.       Because they refused to stop building.

b.      Because the eye of their God was watching over them.

c.       Because they were larger in number than their enemies.

 

  1. When was the rebuilding of the temple completed? (Ezra 6:15)

a.      The third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

b.      The third day of the month Adar, in the seventh year of the reign of King Darius.

c.       The fifth day of the month of June, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What did the assembly propose, as to how to deal with the foreign wives?

(Ezra 10:12-14)

a.       That everyone that married a foreign woman should be put out of the assembly of the LORD.

b.      That everyone that married a foreign woman was to go live in the foreign land with their wives and children.

c.       Let the officials act for the whole assembly and let everyone that married a foreign woman come at a set time.          

 

  1. Who wrote the letter to King Artaxerxes against the Jews?  (Ezra 4:9) 

a.       Jeshua and Shimshai, together with the rest of their associates.

b.      Rehum and Shimshai, together with the rest of their associates.

c.       Rehum and Jeshua, together with the rest of their associates.

 

  1. In the letter to King Darius, who did the Jews say gave them authority to rebuild the temple? (Ezra 5:9 & 13)

a.       King Xertes

b.      Ezra

c.       King Cyrus

 

  1. In Ezra’s prayer, what did he say that God told them, in regards to marriage? (Ezra 9:12)

a.      Do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons.

b.      You may marry their daughters but do not let them marry your daughters.

c.       You may marry anyone that is will to become an Israelite.

 

  1. What was the complaint from the men of the Trans-Euphrates to King Artaxerxes?   (Ezra 4:11-12) 

a.       That the Jews wouldn’t let them help rebuild the temple.

b.      That the Jews were rebuilding a rebellious and wicked city.

c.       That the Jews wanted to tax the Trans-Euphrates to pay for the temple.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What did King Artaxerxes decree in his letter to Ezra? (Ezra 7:13)

a.       That any of the Babylonians in his kingdom, had to be allowed to go to Jerusalem with Ezra.

b.      That any of the Israelites in his kingdom, including priests and Levites, who wished to go to Jerusalem, may go.

c.       That only the priest and Levites that were living in his kingdom, who wished to go to Jerusalem, could go.

 

  1. What would happen to any of the exiles that failed to appear within three days of the proclamation made by Ezra? (Ezra 10:7-8)

a.       They would have their homes destroyed and would be killed.

b.      They would have to pay a large amount of money to be able to stay in Jerusalem.

c.       They would forfeit all his property and be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

 

  1. How were the cedar logs to be delivered to the Israelites?  (Ezra 3:7)  

a.      By sea from Lebanon to Joppa

b.      By donkeys from Lebanon to Joppa

c.       By camel from Lebanon to Joppa

 

  1. What was to be returned to their places in the temple in Jerusalem? (Ezra 6:5)

a.       The gold and bronze articles which King Cyrus took from the temple in Jerusalem.

b.      The gold and silver articles which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem.

c.       The silver and bronze articles which King Darius took from the temple in Jerusalem.

 

  1. What was to happen to anyone that does not obey the law of God and the law of King Artaxerxes? (Ezra 7:26)

a.       They were to be left alone for God to handle, for only he can judge them

b.      They must surely be punished by death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

c.       They were to be taken out of the land and stoned until unconscious

 

 

 

 

  1. What did King Artaxerxes tell the men of Trans-Euphrates to do in his reply letter?   (Ezra 4:21) 

a.      Now issue an order to these men to stop work, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order

b.      Leave them alone and they will stop the work, because they will run out of money.

c.       Leave them alone, if it is of God they will succeed, but if it is not of God, they will fail.

 

  1. Why had Ezra devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the LORD? (Ezra 7:10)

a.       To teach its decrees and laws to the men of Babylon

b.      So that he would be smarter than the other priests

c.       To teach its decrees and laws to Israel

 

  1. On what day did all the men of Judah and Benjamin gather in Jerusalem to sit in the square and listen to Ezra? (Ezra 10: 9-10)

a.       On the ninth day of the twelfth month

b.      On the twentieth day of the ninth month

c.       On the fifth day of the seventh month

 

  1. How long after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, did those who had returned from the captivity to Jerusalem, begin the work of rebuilding the house of the LORD?   (Ezra 3:8)    

a.      In the second month of the second year

b.      In the third month of the third year

c.       In the first month of the first year

 

  1. In the memorandum that King Darius sent Tattenai and the other officials, what were they told to do? (Ezra 6:6-7)

a.       To stop the work on this temple of God

b.      Not to stop the work on this temple of God, but to confuse the work.

c.       Do not interfere with the work on this temple of God