GREAT LAKES BIBLE BOWL 2012

SENIOR DIVISION – MARCH

 

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

Haggai 1-2

 

 

 

  1. Before the temple foundation was laid, when anyone went to a wine vat to draw fifty measures, how much was really there?   (Haggai 2:15- 16 )

      a.   Twenty measures

      b.   Fifty measures

      c.   Ten measures

 

  1. What year did the word of the Lord come to Haggai?   (Haggai 1:1)

                  a.   In the second year of King Xerxes

                  b.   In the second year of King Darius.

                        c.   In the second year of King Artaxerxes

 

  1. What book had the LORD commanded for Israel?   (Neh. 8:1)

            a.   The Book of the Law of Moses

            b.   The Book of the Covenant

            c.   The Bible

 

  1. Before the temple foundation was laid, when anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, how much was really there?   (Haggai 2:15- 16)

      a.   50 measures

      b.   10 measures

      c.   20 measures

 

  1. How did Nehemiah describe the Israelite forefathers when they did not obey Gods commands?   (Neh. 9:16)

                        a.   Sinful and arrogant
                        b.   Arrogant and stiff-necked

                        c.   Sinful and stiff-necked

 

  1. What would happen now that the foundation of the temple was laid?  

 (Haggai 2:19)

      a.   God would give them strength to finish

      b.   God would send the dew on the crops

      c.   God would bless them.

 

  1. Where could the rejoicing in Jerusalem be heard?   (Neh. 12:43)

                        a.   Far away

                        b.   in Tyre

                        c.   All over the Trans Euphrates

 

  1. What did the Levites tell the Israelites to stand up and do?   (Neh. 9:5)

                        a.   To quit complaining and to praise the LORD their God

                        b.   Serve the LORD their God by serving in the temple

                        c.   Praise the LORD their God, who is from everlasting to everlasting.

 

  1. On the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai to whom?   (Haggai 1:1)

                  a.   Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak

b.   Shealtiel son of Zerubbabel and Joshua son of Jehozadak

c.   Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jehozadak son of Joshua.

 

10.   After the two choirs gave thanks, what did they do?   (Neh. 12:40)

                        a.   Went to the city gates to continue celebrating

                        b.   Took their places in the house of God

            c.   Went down off the wall and back to their villages

 

11.   When Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem, what did he learn about the evil thing that Eliashib had done?  (Neh. 13:7)

a.       That Eliashib had provided Tobiah a room in the courts of the house of God.

b.      That Eliashib had allowed the house of God to become ruined.

c.       That Eliashib had neglected to provide the sacrifices required at the    

 house of God.

 

12.   When the Israelites learned they were to live in booths during the feast of the seventh month, what did they go out and bring back?   (Neh. 8:14-15)

a.       Branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from oak, palms and    

shade trees. 

b.      Branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, cyprus and shade trees. 

c.       Branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and shade trees.          

 

 

 

 

13.  What did the Lord do for Zerubbabel and Joshua?   (Haggai 1:14)

                        a.   He gave them dew from heaven

                        b.   He provided all their needs

                        c.   He stirred up their spirits

 

14.   What did the Israelites say they would not neglect?   (Neh. 10:39)

                        a.   To bring the first fruits of their crops

                        b.   The house of their God

            c.   To give all of the first born to God.

                       

15.   All of Israel contributed daily portions to whom?   (Neh. 12:47)

                        a.   The priest and Levites

                        b.   To the widows and orphans

                        c.   The singers and gatekeepers

 

16.   How did the Levites calm all the people?   (Neh. 8:11)

                        a.   By saying “Be still, for this is a sacred day. Do not grieve.”

                        b.   By saying “The LORD our God will continue to take care of us.”

                        c.   By saying “Be still, the LORD our God is with us.”

 

17.   Why did the whole remnant of the people obey the message of the prophet Haggai?   (Haggai 1:12)

                        a.   They feared what Haggai would do to them.

                        b.   The Lord their God had sent him.

                        c.   He spoke with the authority of God.

 

18.  What did the priests, the Levites and the people cast lots to determine?  

 (Neh. 10:34)

a.       When each family was to take a contribution of wood to burn on 

 the altar of the LORD their God.

b.      When each family was to take a bull to burn on the altar of the LORD 

 their God.

c.       When each family was to serve in the temple of the LORD their God.\

 

19.   When the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them, what did they do?   (Neh. 13:10)

                        a.   They refused to serve in the house of God until they got their portions.

                        b.   They went back to their own fields

                        c.   They went to Nehemiah and asked him to come back to Jerusalem.

 

20.   How long did Ezra read from, the Book of the Law of God during the feast?   (Neh. 8:18)

                        a.   From daybreak till noon on the last day

                        b.   From daybreak till noon of the first day

            c.   Day after day, from the first day to the last.