Ezra Ch. 1-6
What was the date given for the third return from captivity?
444 BC
What was the date for the second return from captivity?
458 BC
What was the year that the new Temple was dedicated?
515 BC
What was the year two minor prophets began to prophesy?
520 BC
What was a date often used for the first return from captivity?
538 BC
Where was a place where the Jews had been captive?
Babylon
What was the feast celebrated when the altar was finished?
Booths (Tabernacles)
Who was the king who permitted the Jews to return?
Cyrus
Who was the king who commanded Temple building to resume?
Darius
Where was the place Cyrus' proclamation was found?
Ecbatana
What was the month in which Passover is held?
First
Who was the first prophet who encouraged Temple rebuilding?
Haggai
What was the name of the leading priest in the first return?
Jeshua
What was the first feast celebrated after Temple dedication?
Passover
What was the month in which the use of the altar began?
Seventh
Who was the person to whom the holy vessels were entrusted?
Sheshbazzar
Who was the person who wrote a thoughtful letter?
Tattenai
What was the month in which the Temple was completed?
Twelfth
What was the second feast celebrated after Temple dedication?
Unleavened Bread
Who was the second prophet to encourage Temple rebuilding?
Zechariah
Who was the political leader of the first return?
Zerubbabel
True or False: Belshazzar is the king of Babylon who destroyed Jerusalem and took the Jews captive
false
True or False: Cyrus (the Great) is prophesied by name in the book of Jeremiah
false
True or False: Darius the Great is a direct descendant of Cyrus the Great
false
True or False: Ezra 1-6 tells of the return which Ezra personally led
false
True or False: Ezra criticizes Artaxerxes severely in the first part of the book
false
True or False: Haggai is mentioned in Ezra, but not Zechariah
false
True or False: In the first return there were many more Levites than priests
false
True or False: Much of Ezra 4 is considered a parenthesis that tells of future successes
false
True or False: Only silver vessels were returned to the Jews, for the golden ones had been lost during the intervening years
false
True or False: Some people who thought they were priests did not have formal documentation of their ancestry
false
True or False: Tattenai stopped the work on the Temple until the supposed decree was found
false
True or False: The Jews who had returned welcomed help from the peoples around them
false
True or False: The Persian king Cambyses is mentioned prominently in the book of Ezra
false
True or False: The king who permitted the Jews to return was reluctant to lose such a large labor force
false
True or False: The latest, conservative scholarship dates Ezra after the time of Nehemiah
false
True or False: The latter part of Ezra tells of the return in the days of Nehemiah
false
True or False: The number of people in the first return was slightly less that 40,000
false
True or False: The second language in the book of Ezra is Akkadian
false
True or False: Both joy and weeping were present when the foundation of the Temple was laid
true
True or False: It was Darius who said that anyone who resisted his decree would have his house become a refuse heap, and the one who resisted would be impaled on a timber
true
True or False: One chapter in Nehemiah is almost identical with a chapter in Ezra
true
True or False: Other books, also named after Ezra, are in the Apocrypha
true
True or False: Sheshbazzar is sometimes identified as being Zerubbabel
true
True or False: The Jews were described by their enemies as building an evil and rebellious city
true
True or False: The Jews who returned were those who were prompted by God to do so
true
True or False: The people who did not return were encouraged to provide assistance for the returnees
true
True or False: The second language used in the book of Ezra seems to be for official documents
true
True or False: The traditional author of the book of Ezra is Ezra
true
True or False: The word "Ezra" means "to help"
true