GREAT LAKES BIBLE BOWL 2012

PRIMARY DIVISION – MARCH

 

Nehemiah - Chapters 7:73; 8-9: 10:28-39: 12:27-47: 13

Haggai 1-2

 

 

 

  1. What had the heavens withheld?   (Hag. 1:10)

a.  Their sunshine

                  b.  Their dew

                  c.  Their rain

 

  1. Who did the choirs sing under the direction of?  (Neh. 12:42)

                        a.  Nehemiah

                        b.  Jezrahiah

                        c.   Haggai

 

  1. Who was Eliashib the priest, closely associated with?   (Neh. 13:4)

a.       Haggai

b.      Nehemiah

c.       Tobiah

                       

  1. How did God lead the Israelites in the desert?   (Neh. 9:12)

                        a.   He had them roam around in the desert for 40 years

                        b.   A pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night

                        c.   By a pillar of fire by day and by night

 

  1. When God struck all the work of their hands with blight, mildew and hail, what was the result?   (Hag.  2:17)

                  a.   They returned to Him.

                  b.   They were killed.

                  c.   They did not return to Him.

 

  1. How many years did God sustain the Israelites in the dessert?   (Neh. 9:21)

                        a.   40 years

                        b.   30 years

                        c.   20 years

 

 

  1. Why should the people go into the mountains?   (Hag. 1:8)

                  a.   To find good crops

                  b.   To bring down timber.

                        c.   To hide from their enemies

 

  1. When the Israelites had settled in their towns, where did all the people assemble? (Neh. 7:73-8:1)

a.       In the square before the Water Gate.

                        b.   In a circle before the Fountain Gate

                        c.   In the square before the Valley Gate

 

  1. After the people obeyed the Lord regarding his house what did the Lord declare? (Hag. 1:12&13)

                  a.   I will protect you.

                  b.   I am with you.

                  c.   I love you

 

10.   How did the Levites celebrate the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem?

(Neh. 12:27)

                        a.   With singing and dancing to music

                        b.   With a feast and with prayer

                        c.   With the music of cymbals, harps and lyres

 

11.   What did Nehemiah do when he found out that Tobiah was staying in the storeroom?   (Neh. 13:8)

a.       He threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room

b.      He tore his cloths and fell on his face praying to God

c.       He had Eliashib stoned because he had allowed Tobiah to stay in the        

 storeroom.

 

12.   Why were the people told not to mourn or weep?   (Neh. 8:9)

                        a.   Because the Lord their God was with them

                        b.   Because the day was sacred to the LORD their God.

                        c.   Because they were grown people and shouldn’t be weeping.

 

13.   Who owns the silver and the gold?   (Hag. 2:8)

                  a.   The priests

                  b.   The Lord

                  c.   The Israelites

 

 

14.   Where had the singers built villages?  (Neh. 12:28-29)

                        a.   Around Jerusalem

                        b.   In the hill country

                        c.   In the desert

 

15.   What did Nehemiah say was King Solomon’s downfall?   (Neh. 13:26)

                        a.   The anger of the LORD

                        b.   Foreign women

                        c.   Tobiah

 

16.   How many days did the Israelites celebrate the feast of the seventh month?   (Neh. 8:18)

a.       Five days

b.      Six days

c.       Seven days

                       

17.   Whom did the people fear?   (Hag. 1:12)

                  a.   The Lord

                  b.   Haggai

                  c.   Joshua

 

18.   Who did the Israelites give a tithe of their crops?   (Neh. 10:37)

                        a.   The priests

                        b.   Nehemiah

                        c.   The Levites

 

19.   What did Nehemiah order, when evening shadows fell on the gate of Jerusalem,    

  before the Sabbath?   (Neh. 13:19)

                        a.   He ordered that all the priests prayed until the Sabbath was over.

                        b.   He ordered the doors to be shut and not opened until the Sabbath    

                              was over.

c.   He ordered the doors to be shut and not opened until the Priests    

 finished their prayers

 

20.   How long did Ezra read the book of the Law?   (Neh. 8:3)

a.       From daybreak till noon

                        b.   From daybreak till sunset

                        c.   From daybreak till the evening meal