Old Testament Survey Unit 10

wise to do evil and without knowledge to do good

Describing the intellectual nature of Judah, Jeremiah said that they were:

(True or False) After seven years, Nebuchadnezzar returned to his throne as a sane and humble man.

True

(True or False) At the king's command, Daniel's accusers were cast into the den of lions.

True

(True or False) Daniel was assigned to a three-year training period in Babylon.

True

(True or False) The royal festival of King Ahasuerus lasted for six months.

True

(True or False) When the king wished to show his guests his beautiful queen on the seventh day of the feast, Vashti refused to be shown.

True

The king graciously received Esther by extending to her his golden _____.

sceptor

The tears of the "ancient men" were probably:

tears of both joy and sorrow

before his birth

Jeremiah was chosen and set apart by God to be a prophet in Judah:

That Daniel was a prophet of God is confirmed by:

the content of his book, the words of Jesus in Matthew 24:15

To assure sufficient labor and protection for Jerusalem, _____ of the population agreed to live in Jerusalem.

1/10th

According to Daniel's vision of the seventy weeks, how many years would pass between the decree of Cyrus to rebuild Jerusalem and the cutting off of the Anointed One?

483

Between Chapters 6 and 7 of Ezra appears to be a time gap of approximately:

50 years

What warning did Mordecai send to Esther? Her life was in danger as much as the rest of the Jews in Persia. Her failure to act would result in the extermination of herself and her family. Her failure to act would be ignoring the possible purpose for which she was queen.

All of the above

the little horn

Antiochus Epiphanes

Two important documents contained in Ezra, Chapters 7-10, are a letter from ____________ and a register listing the ____ of the families that accompanied Ezra to Jerusalem.

Artaxerxes, heads

Mordecai was from the tribe of _______.

Benjamin

At the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, work was resumed on the Temple during the second year of KIng _________.

Darius

Jeremiah

During his early life, Ezekiel was probably influenced by the ministry of _____

(True or False) After some time of ministering in Jerusalem, Ezra discovered that the congregation had sinned by intermarrying with Jews of different tribes.

False

(True or False) Artaxerxes's first response to Nehemiah's request was to question the importance of rebuilding Jerusalem.

False

(True or False) As each of the gates was completed, it was sanctified by the priests.

False

(True or False) As signs of deep sorrow when he heard the report concerning Israel's sin, Ezra clothed himself in sackcloth and ashes.

False

(True or False) Belshazzar summoned Daniel to interpret the handwriting on the wall because the king disliked the other wise men's interpretations.

False

(True or False) Daniel enjoyed the daily portion of the king's meat and wine provided for the trainees.

False

(True or False) Daniel was deported to Babylon during the reign of Jehoahaz, king Of Judah.

False

(True or False) Esther was the beautiful, fair daughter of Mordecai.

False

The exiles returning to Jerusalem were carefully selected based on their membership in a particular Jewish tribe.

False

The people praised the Lord with musical instruments and songs when the ___________ of the temple was finished.

Foundation

The Nethinims were probably descendants of the:

Gibeonites

Israel's enemies perceived that the work on the walls had been accomplished by _____, himself.

God

The following items contributed to the antagonism between Haman and Mordecai

Haman probably descended from the royal house of the Amalekites the Amalekites were almost totally destroyed by the Israelites in Saul's day. Mordecai was a descendant of Kish, the father of Saul the king had commanded the servants to bow and reverence Haman.

settlements

In Babylon some captives were permitted to live in _____.

sticks

In Ezekiel, Chapter 37 Judah and Israel were symbolized by two

Egyptians Babylonians

Jehoiakim was made king in Judah by the ________ ; Zedekiah was made king by the _______ .

After his expression of sorrow at sin and his prayer of penitent confession, Ezra summoned Israel to gather in __________.

Jerusalem

Lamentations 1

Jerusalem's destruction is described and their call for help is related.

twelfth

Josiah began his reforms in Judah during his _____ year.

Lamentations 5

Judah's treatment by the Babylonians is lamented.

Among those returning there was a particularly high percentage of people from what tribe?

Levi

The Canaanites and the Israelites

Manasseh's wickedness in Judah exceeded that of the:

the breasts and arms of silver

Media-Persia

Mordecai probably refused to pay homage to Haman for all of the following reasons:

Mordecai's faith in the God of Israel Mordecai's obedience to the Law of Moses

A king who dreamed a dream he could not even recall was:

Nebuchadnezzar

the head of gold

Nebuchadnezzar

The first person to sign his name to the solemn document was _______________, whose signing was followed by that of the priests and ________.

Nehemiah, Levites

True

One purpose of Ezekiel's ministry was to console the Jews in captivity.

The lot cast by Haman to determine the time for the destruction of the Jews.

Pur

The feast established among the Jews by Mordecai to celebrate annually their deliverance from the plot of Haman and from destruction.

Purim

the fourth beast

Roman Empire

False

The "prophecies of mercy" were received before the destruction of Jerusalem.

Lamentations 2

The divine agent of destruction is identified.

Lamentations 4

The futility of Judah's hope in Egypt is expressed.

What Samaritan request was denied by Israel?

The request to help in the building of the Temple.

Lamentations 3

The writer describes his own suffering.

In Nehemiah's absence, Eliashib permitted __________ to move into a chamber in the Temple; and Eliashib's grandson married __________ daughter.

Tobiah, Sanballat's

(True or False) According to Daniel 1:3, Daniel was of royal descent in Judah.

True

(True or False) After the threat of attack by Sanballat and Tobiah, the construction workers in Jerusalem carried a weapon in one hand and worked with the other.

True

(True or False) At the conclusion of the royal gala, a seven-day feast was held in the palace of the king.

True

(True or False) The king renounced his beautiful Queen Vashti and sought a replacement for her among the maidens of the kingdom.

True

(True or False) The priests began their construction work with the sheep gate.

True

King Cyrus proclaimed throughout his kingdom that the Lord God of Heaven had charged him to build Him a house in Jerusalem.

True

King Cyrus returned to the Jews the Temple vessels that Nebuchadnezzer had taken from Jerusalem.

True

The king rejected his beautiful Queen ________ and sought a replacement for her among the fairest maidens in all the provinces of his kingdom.

Vashti

the judgment of God in the destruction of Jerusalem

What is the principal message of Ezekiel in Chapters 1-24?

Jeremiah

a defenced city

News from Jerusalem brought Nehemiah's heart great:

sorrow

Esther invited the king and Haman to ___ banquet(s).

two

Haman's friends and wife advised Haman to build a _____ on which to execute Mordecai.

gallows

God directed Nehemiah to assemble the congregation of Israel to be enrolled by _____.

geneaologies

Nebuchadnezzar's experience in the fields among the beasts for seven years seems to have been a direct result of his:

pride

A comparison of the two registers in Ezra (Chapters 2 and 8) reveals that the family names are:

similar

In the third year of his reign, Ahasuerus held a royal festival that lasted for:

six months

Which of the following was not granted by Cyrus in his kingdom-wide proclamation concerning the Jews?

the aid of the Samaritans

Jealous enemies of Daniel secured a decree from Darius forbidding prayers to be made to any God or man except Darius for a period of _____.

thirty days

Hanani's news from Jerusalem was that the Jews were experiencing great affliction and that the _______ of the city were broken down and the ________ were burned with fire.

walls, gates

may have belonged to the Temple and palace units

water gate

For days after receiving the report from Jerusalem, Nehemiah:

wept, fasted, and prayed

When the book was opened, the people stood and _____ God.

worshipped

The kingdom of Ahasuerus extended from India to ______.

Ethiopia

In the seventh month, after the first return, the people of Israel gathered in Jerusalem and reconstructed the Temple foundation.

False

The Babylonian Captivity began with Nebuchadnezzer's first invasion of Judah in 536 B.C.

False

The Samaritans continued their effort to frustrate the work of Israel on the Temple from the days of Cyrus through the reign of Ahasuerus.

False

As a scholar who had the hand of the Lord upon him, Ezra was skillful and learned in the _____.

Law of Moses

Following the traditions of Moses and David, the congregation appointed the ______ to positions of leadership in the work on the Temple.

Levites

When the Temple was completed, the congregation appointed priests and Levites for Temple service, offered sin offerings, and observed both the _______ and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Passover

(True or False) At the time of the evening sacrifice, the congregation fell on their knees, spread out their hands unto the Lord, and prayed.

True

(True or False) Opposition to the construction of the Jerusalem walls came from both inside and outside the congregation.

True

(True or False) People, priests, and Levites, all had failed to separate themselves from the people of the land.

True

(True or False) Six gates were mentioned by Nehemiah as part of the wall construction work, suggesting that they were "outside" gates.

True

Both the Babylonian Captivity and its duration were predicted by Jeremiah.

True

Esther requested of Mordecai that he gather all the Jews in the city for a three day fast on behalf of Esther.

True

Rather than being used to judge the children of Israel, Cyrus was used to help restore them.

True

The Samaritans finally persuaded Artaxerxes to halt the work on the Temple.

True

Esther was the beautiful, fair daughter of Mordecai's _______.

Uncle

When Haman learned that Mordecai was a Jew, he sought an occasion to:

destroy all the Jews throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus

What events and dates marked the beginning and end respectively of the Babylonian Captivity?

destruction of Jerusalem ----- 605 B.C. decree of Cyrus ---- 536 B.C.

At the close of their three-year period of training, Daniel and the other Jewish youths were found by _____________ to be ___ times wiser than all the magicians and astrologers in his domain.

Nebuchadnezzar, ten

All of the following items describe Nehemiah except: he was of the tribe of Judah he was born in Jerusalem his fathers were buried in Jerusalem he was cupbearer to King Artaxerxes

he was born in Jerusalem

Mordecai's faith may be inferred by

his statement that if Esther failed to act, deliverance would come to the Jews in some other way. his suggestion that Esther might have been providentially placed in the palace for the preservation of her people

God revealed to Daniel a king's forgotten dream:

in a night vision

When Artaxerxes observed Nehemiah's countenance, he:

inquired concerning his sorrow

priest

Jeremiah was born in Anathoth into the family of a:

eighth

Josiah began to seek the Lord during the _______year of his reign.

fall

The book of Lamentations is a poetic description of the _____ of Jerusalem.

What does the following statement mean: "The people of Israel who formed the new congregation of the Restoration apparently did not represent membership in a particular tribe?"

Each individual exiled family was given the freedom to choose whether or not to return.

years

The book of Jeremiah contains a prediction not only of the Babylonian Captivity, but also of the duration of that captivity, seventy _________.

The royal festival held by King Ahasuerus:

continued for six months concluded with a seven-day palace feast involved serious embarrassment to the king by Queen Vashti

Ezra was a descendant of _____, from the line of high priests.

Aaron

A derivative of Agag, the title of the Amalekite kings. According to Jewish tradition, an Agagite represented one who was a descendant of the royal line of the Amalekites. The Amalekites had always been enemies of the Israelites and had almost been exterminated during Saul's reign.

Agagite

According to Jewish tradition, an _______ was a descendant of the royal house of the Amalekites.

Agagite

the large horn

Alexander the Great

After a period of inactivity, at the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, work was resumed on the Temple during the second year of:

King Darius

(True or False) After the completion of the Jerusalem walls, Ezra read from the book of the Law to the congregation assembled in the street before the water gate from morning until midday.

True

(True or False) Because he was a Jew, Mordecai refused to bow and reverence Haman, the king's chief prince.

True

(True or False) Challenged by the presence, authority, and leadership of Nehemiah, the priests began to build the walls of Jerusalem.

True

(True or False) Daniel's book is primarily about the Gentile nations.

True

(True or False) Darius expressed faith that Daniel's God would deliver him.

True

(True or False) During the multi-month festival, the king exhibited for his subjects the wealth and splendor of his kingdom.

True

(True or False) Even the priests in Israel had sinned by intermarrying with people of the land.

True

(True or False) Israel's reform required by Ezra involved separation of foreign marriages.

True

(True or False) Like those exiles who had returned under Zerubbabel, the exiles under Ezra came of their own free will.

True

(True or False) Under Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel became ruler of the province of Babylon.

True

Esther was reluctant to approach the king without being invited into his presence.

True

Jeremiah was arrested and his life was threatened by the prophets, priests, and people.

What was the reaction of Judah--the prophets, priests, and people--to Jeremiah's faithful ministry?

30

When he began his prophetic ministry, Ezekiel was probably _____ years old.

Upon completion of the Temple and following the Law of Moses, the congregation:

appointed priests and Levites for Temple service offered sin offerings kept the Passover kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread

The returning Levites could be classified as:

assistants, musicians and porters

Priests whose names were not found registered were _____ from the priesthood.

barred

Messiah

branch of righteousness

Belshazzar blasphemed the God of heaven and desecrated the vessels taken from the house of the Lord in Jerusalem by:

by drinking wine from those vessels and by praising false gods

The Word of God brought conviction, and conviction resulted in ____________ which was accompanied by ___________.

confession, repentence

Israel's commitment to keep the Law was signed and sealed into a(n) _____.

covenant

Those people of Israel who would not gather in three ______ in response to Ezra's summons would be removed from the congregation.

days

Nehemiah led Israel in a formal _____ of the Jerusalem walls.

dedication

Failing at their first attempt at interference with work on the Temple, the enemies of God's people continued their opposition by:

direct interference with the work false accusations through "counselors" letters containing false charges

Ahasuerus reacted immediately to Esther's uninvited approach to his throne by:

extending her his gold scepter

The registry of the first return listed people according to:

family name and names of cities

In preparation for the journey to Jerusalem, Ezra proclaimed a:

fast

Esther request Mordecai to gather all the Jews in the city to participate for three days in ________ on behalf of Esther.

fasting

Under Darius the Mede, Daniel became the ________ president of three.

first

The time Ezra and his company were en route from Babylon to Jerusalem was about ____ months

four

Like Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the image made of different materials, Daniel's vision of the beasts represented the succession of ___ world kingdoms beginning with ____________ .

four, Nebuchadnezze

In the seventh month, after the first return, the people of Israel:

gathered in Jerusalem. reconstructed the altar, and offered burnt offerings

Nehemiah rebuked the nobles and rulers in Jerusalem, challenging them to walk in the fear of God, and pointing them to his own example of sacrificial _____ and _____.

giving, works

During the royal gala in the third year of Ahasuerus, he displayed the wealth and splendor of his ________ for his subjects

kingdom

The poor Jews in Jerusalem were forced to mortgage their _______ and even sell their _________ to buy _____ and to pay _________.

lands, children, food, taxes

In spite of the efforts of Darius on behalf of Daniel, he could not alter the _____ of the Medes and Persians.

law

Violators of Darius' decree would be cast into a den of _____.

lions

When the foundation of the Temple was laid, the people praised the Lord with:

musical instruments and songs

Nehemiah's registration would serve to identify membership in the Hebrew _______, to verify the official positions of the priests and _________, and to preserve the records of the line by which the promised _____________ would come.

nation, Levites, Messiah

The approximate proportion of priests among the first to return were:

one in seven

Judah

wise to evil

twelfth year

Josiah began his reforms in Judah during his:

Daniel prospered during the reigns of both _____ the Mede and Cyrus the Persian.

Darius

Jehoiakim

scroll burner

Ahasuerus reigned over _______ provinces

127

The time period implied opening verse of Ezra, Chapter 7, is approximately __ years

50

The actual construction work on the walls of Jerusalem was completed in __ days.

52

Daniel was taken to Babylon in _____ B.C.

605

The list of those who returned with Zerubbabel is recorded in both Nehemiah Chapter _ and Ezra Chapter _.

7, 2

True

A goal of Ezekiel's ministry was to reconcile the nation in exile with the God of their covenant.

Explain why the "ancient men" were crying both for joy and for sadness.

Answer may vary but goes along the lines of: Crying for joy because they survived captivity to see the foundation laid. Crying for sadness because it was not as great as the first house.

How did the Lord change His usual procedure with foreign nations in relation to Cyrus of Persia?

Answer may vary but should include: God used Cyrus to restore Israel instead of using him to punish the Israelites like he normally did with the foreign nations.

Anathoth

As Jesus was rejected in Nazareth, so Jeremiah was opposed in his home town, _____.

Daniel became third ruler under _____, grandson and second generation successor of Nebuchadnezzar.

Belshazzar

of royal lineage descendants of Hezekiah fourth-generation descendants of the same king

Both Josiah and Zephaniah were:

What are some of the factors which made Daniel's prophetic ministry different from those preceding him? Use complete sentences.

Daniel's prophetic ministry came at the "the times of the Gentiles", where Judah had been ruled over by Gentiles and Daniel was there to minister these leaders and his own people.

Josiah

Ezekiel was born in the land of Judah probably during the reign of _____.

True

Ezekiel was called to his prophetic ministry during the fifth year of his captivity.

False

Ezekiel was deported in 586 B.C.

Jehoiachin

Ezekiel was taken to Babylon during the deportation of

holiness

Ezekiel's visions contrasted the sinfulness of the people with the _____ of God.

(True or False) A powerful king of Persia, Ahasuerus reigned over 157 provinces from India to Ethiopia.

False

(True or False) Darius sent out a decree which added Daniel's God to the list of gods already worshiped in Babylon.

False

(True or False) From Jeremiah 27:7, it can be inferred that Belshazzar, the last ruler of the Babylonian Empire, was the son of Nebuchadnezzar.

False

(True or False) In response to Ezra's message of reform, the congregation refused to comply.

False

(True or False) In the first year of his reign, Ahasuerus prepared a feast for the great host of his ruling subordinates.

False

(True or False) Mordecai was of the tribe of Judah.

False

(True or False) Nehemiah asked the provincial governor for money and protection during the journey to Jerusalem.

False

(True or False) Six additional gates were mentioned by Nehemiah, but not as being constructed; they were probably inside gates, which belonged to the Temple and palace units.

False

(True or False) The Lord revealed to Daniel only the details concerning the Restoration of the Jewish people.

False

Despite the resistance of the King of Persia and the prophets, Israel completed the house of the Lord.

False

Esther's first request of the king was that he and Haman attend a banquet on the following day.

False

God's prophetic message to Judah was that their captivity would last for 50 years.

False

Zedekiah

God's message to King _________ and the foreign ambassadors was to either submit to Babylon and live in the land or be punished with famine, pestilence, and sword.

The name of Nehemiah's messenger brother was _____.

Hanani

What are the Hebrew names of the three other Jewish youths who were with Daniel in training for service to the king of Babylon?

Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah

Which of the following is not the case with regard to Mordecai He believed that the Jews would be completely exterminated if Esther failed to act. He believed that Esther's family would perish. He believed that there was a larger purpose in Esther's position as queen of Persia. all the above none of the above

He believed that the Jews would be completely exterminated if Esther failed to act.

What two concerns led Ezra to seek the Lord immediately before their departure?

He wanted God's guidance and protection on the way, He wanted to prove the people's faith in God to the king.

Egypt in the southwest and Assyria in the northeast

In Josiah's day, Judah's geographical position was between two great powers:

suffering

In the third section of Lamentations, the author described his own _____.

thirteenth

Jeremiah began his prophetic ministry in Judah during the __________ year of Josiah.

Anathoth

Jeremiah probably began his prophetic ministry in Judah at:

Anathoth

Jeremiah probably began his prophetic ministry in the city of _____.

False

Jeremiah said that the people of Judah were wise toward what is good and innocent toward what is evil.

Babylon

Jeremiah warned Judah that resistance to_____ was useless.

Why was Queen Esther reluctant to approach the king concerning the threat to her people, the Jews?

She risked death in going in to the king uninvited.

The old Syrian language; synonymous with Aramaic.

Syriac

For seven days the people gathered to hear the Law, and they kept the Feast of _____.

Tabernacles

was built with locks by Nehemiah and congregation

valley gate

escape

The theme of Ezekiel, Chapters 25-32 is that whether in His house or not, none shall _____ the righteous judgment of God.

After their rebuilding the Temple and re-establishing worship, what was the need of the new congregation in Jerusalem?

They had needed instruction in the Law provided by Ezra for the people.

Daniel's prophetic ministry in Babylon: was unique among the prophets of God appeared to be primarily to the Gentiles was during the period of the Gentiles was both to Gentile captors and the Jewish captives all of the above none of the above

all of the above

When Artaxerxes invited Nehemiah to make his request, Nehemiah:

prayed to the God of heaven and then spoke to the king

Ezra assigned the care of the holy vessels and the free will offerings to the _____.

priests

The people, the gates, and the walls were __________ by the __________.

purified, priests

Nehemiah requested Artaxerxes to send him to Jerusalem that he might _____ it.

rebuild

was built by the priests without locks and bars

sheep gate

Failing in their previous efforts of ridicule and intimidation, Sanballat and Tobiah tried at least three tactics. They invited Nehemiah to ____, planning instead to harm him; they circulated a ________ containing false accusations against Nehemiah, and they hired __________ to persuade Nehemiah to flee to the _______ for refuge.

talk, letter, prophets, temple

The interpretation of the sign from God to Belshazzar by Daniel was a prediction of:

the fall of the Babylonian empire

The decree of Artaxerxes gave permission for all of the following except: -volunteers to accompany Ezra from exile to Jerusalem, -Ezra to exercise the authority of his office as priest, -provision of the support of Ezra's mission and ministry. -the rebuilding of the Temple

the rebuilding of the Temple

What does the word translated week mean in Daniel 9?

the word refers not to seven days but to seven years

Darius, the first Media-Persian ruler, appointed Daniel as one of _______ princes over all ___ governors of his kingdom.

three, 120