Bible Test Unit 6
What group of people conquered Israel (and sent its people into exile)?
Assyrians
Belshazzar was the king of what empire?
Babylonia
Nebuchadnezzer was the king of what empire?
Babylonia
The kingdom of Judah was conquered (and sent into exile) by what group of people?
Babylonians
Who held a huge banquet using furnishings from the temple in Jerusalem (the hand appeared and wrote words on the wall)
Belshazzar
Who decreed that the Jewish people could return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple?
Cyrus
_____________ decreed that some of the Jewish exiles could return to Jerusalem
Cyrus
God gave ________ the ability to interpret dreams
Daniel
Who interpreted the writing on the wall for Belshazzar?
Daniel
Which book of the Bible never mentions God by name?
Esther
Who requested that her people fast before she appeared unannounced before the king?
Esther
Who arrived after the temple in Jerusalem has been rebuilt, and taught the law to God's people?
Ezra
True or False? Nebuchadnezzer had many magicians, enchanters, and astrologers (including Daniel) who could accurately interpret his dreams.
False
_____________ was forced to lead his enemy through the streets of Susa
Haman
In the book of Ezra, the people disobey a very important law of God that is?
Intermarrying with foreign wives
What was the northern kingdom?
Israel
What type of literature does the book of Daniel NOT contain?
Jewish law
What was the southern kingdom?
Judah
Who uncovered a plot to have the king killed?
Mordecai
___________ experienced a period of madness brought by his pride
Nebuchadnezzar
Who lived in insanity, like and animal, until he acknowledged that the Lord alone was sovereign over all the kingdoms of the Earth?
Nebuchadnezzer
Who guided the Jews in rebuilding Jerusalem's walls?
Nehemiah
Who was the cupbearer to King Artaxerxes?
Nehemiah
Cyrus was the king of what empire?
Persia
Darius was the king of what empire?
Persia
Xerxes was the king of what empire?
Persia
Who conquered the Babylonian empire as a result of Belshazzar's arrogance?
Persians
What is the Jewish festival that celebrates God's deliverance during the time of Esther?
Purim
___________ was wonen of Daniel's friends who refused to eat the king's food (because it contradicted with his faith)
Shadrach
Why were the Persians different from the Assyrians an the Babylonians?
The Persians were tolerant and respectful of the customs of conquered nations
_________ was deposed as the Persian queen after refusing to appear before her husband at a banquet.
Vashti
What two things were rebuilt in Jerusalem?
Wall and temple
During a sleepless night, ___________ ordered the chronicles to be read
Xerxes
Who was one of the leaders of exiles that returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple?
Zerubbabel
