Old Testament Survey Quiz Nehemiah & Ezra
In the first year of his reign (539 BC)_________ King of Persia made a proclamation that allowed the Jews of the Babylonian captivity to return to their homeland.
Cyrus.
The ___________ of Artaxerxes (Ch. 7).
Declaration.
What is the book of Ezra about?
Ezra's overall theme is THE RETURN of the JEWS and the REBUILDING of the TEMPLE.
_________- __________ was composed for the remnant returning from the _________ captivity.
Ezra, Nehemiah, Babylonian.
Priests
Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther.
The Books of _______ and ________ were one book in the original Hebrew Old Testament.
Ezra, Nehemiah.
________ the priest, ______ of the second group of the remnant returning from Babylon, is the ______ of Ezra- ______.
Ezra, leader, author, Nehemiah.
Under the powerful ministries of _______ and _______ the prophets, the remnants were exhorted to over their ____________ and to complete the ________.
Haggai, Zechariah, Opposition, Temple.
Why was Ezra-Nehemiah written?
Historical, Doctrinal, and Christological purpose.
An __________ into the work by the king of Persia proved to be favorable to the Jewish cause and the work on the Temple began again.
Investigation.
The tribes of _________ and _________ along with the priests from the tribe of _________ began to return to Jerusalem according to the _______ of __________.
Judah, Benjamin, Levi, Decree, Cyrus.
_______ _____________ ________________ offers a running narrative of the seventy-year captivity.
No Historical book.
The reformation of the nation's religious life
Only 4.
The book is ______________, written during the days of Ezra and Nehemiah his contemporary and during the reigns of ___________ and ______________.
Post-exilic, Artaxerxes, Darius the second.
Both Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah are the work of a ____ chronicler, manifesting a priestly _____, _________ and point of view.
Priestly, Interest, Emphasis.
Upon reaching Jerusalem the _________ manifested their _________ of the _____ by building an altar, offering sacrifices, and keeping the feast of tabernacles (538).
Remnant, observation, law.
The _____________ of the remnant (Ch. 8).
Repatriation.
Cheating, ___________, foreign marriages, _________, and violence were among the more notable sins.
Stealing, Divorce.
The first return resulted in the rebuilding of the ________ and the second return under ___________ initiated a ________ of the people.
Temple, Ezra, Reformation.
The foundation of the __________ was laid soon after the became established in the land. ____________ from their enemies hampered their work, for these enemies convinced the king of Persia ___________ to stop the reconstruction.
Temple, Opposition, Persia.
Two sections of the book of Ezra
The EARLIER return under ZERUBBABEL (1-6) The LATER return under EZRA (7-10).
Doctrinal Purpose
The main teachings of these books is the FAITHFULLNESS of God to His covenantal promises to Judah. God had promised them A LAND and RELIGOUS CENTER in Jerusalem as well as a return after SEVENTY years of captivity, and He kept His promises. Further, as in Chronicles, Ezra the priest reflects here the centrality of the TEMPLE worship to the whole life of the JEWISH nation. Another obvious lesson in these books is the power of PRAYER (Ezra 9; Neh. 9) and of the WORD OF GOD (Neh.8).
Later (458 BC) Ezra returned with another ___________ people.
Two thousand.
But when the people were exposed to the _________ of God and when the resultant spirit of __________ of sin led to confession and intercession, there was a mighty ___________.
Word, Conviction, Revival.
The _______ of ________ and fervent ________ are the wellspring of effective social change.
Word, God, Prayer.
Under the leadership of _____________ the people packed to leave Babylon.
Zerubbabel.
___________ had returned with the original remnant of nearly fifty thousand who rebuilt the Temple by 516 BC.
Zerubbabel.
Ezra 1:1 connects the book with last verse of _______, which was also written by Ezra.
2 Chronicles.
It was this latter group as they struggled to rebuild the ________ and defend themselves against surrounding enemies that Ezra wrote these books.
City of Jerusalem.
The vividness and continuity of the accounts favor an __________ author like Ezra.
Eyewitness.
_________ records the _______ of the remnant to their homeland and their struggles to rebuild the Temple and re-establish the nation's religion.
Ezra, return.
Much of the book of Ezra is written in the ________ person.
First.
Christological Purpose
God had promised David to keep his line of descendants alive, for one of them, the Messiah, the Son of DAVID, would one day reign on his throne in Jerusalem: Ezra-Nehemiah shows how God kept this Hope alive by REPATRIATING His people.
Building of the House of _____ was their primary goal and duty. The hope of doing this was aroused by the proclamation of ___________.
God, Cyrus.
Prophets
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.
The _____________ of Ezra (Ch. 9).
Intercession.
At the completion of the seventy years in Babylon, God faithfully fulfilled His promise to bring His people back into the land as _________ had predicted (________25).
Jeremiah, Jeremiah.
A reading of the book of _________ reveals the nature of the social ad moral abuses that were prevalent during period (Ch.39).
Malachi.
Historical Purpose
Recording the rebuilding of the Temple and the city of Jerusalem by the returned remnant of Babylonian exiles.
The _____________ of the Jews (Ch. 10).
Reformation.