Ezra
What did Shecaniah propose to Ezra should be done in the matter of foreign wives (Ezra 10:3)?
To send the women and their children away
Who provided the Jews with gold and silver to rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:6)?
All their neighbors
When Ezra said the people had not kept themselves separate what specifically was he addressing (Ezra 9:2)?
Intermarriage with the people around them
The proclamation made by Cyrus allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem was in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by which prophet (Ezra 1:1)?
Jeremiah
In Ezra's prayer of confession what did he fear the intermarriage would result in (Ezra 9:14)?
No survivor or remnant would be left
What had the servants the prophets commanded the Israelites not to do in the land they were entering to possess in Ezra's prayer of confession (Ezra 9:12)?
Not give their children in marriage to the inhabitants of the land
How did Ezra pray to the Lord (Ezra 9:5)?
On his knees with his hands spread out
Cyrus was king of what empire (Ezra 1:1)?
Persia
What role did Ezra play in Israel (Ezra 10:11)?
Priest
Artaxerxes told Rehum and Shimshai that Jerusalem was a place of ______ (Ezra 4:19)?
Rebellion and sedition
What did Cyrus say the Lord had appointed him to do (Ezra 1:1)?
Rebuild the temple at Jerusalem
What did Ezra tell the exiles assembled in Jerusalem they must do after their unfaithfulness (Ezra 10:11)?
Separate from their foreign wives
What was Zerubbabel's and Jeshua's response to the offer of help from their enemies to rebuild the temple (Ezra 4:3)?
The Jews alone will build it for the Lord
What did Cyrus personally give to the returning Jews for the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem (Ezra 1:7)?
The articles which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from the temple
In Ezra's prayer of confession what did he say God had given them (Ezra 9:9)?
A wall of protection in Jerusalem
Why were the people to keep separate from the neighboring peoples (Ezra 9:1)?
Because of their detestable practices
Who was the king who made a decree to allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem (Ezra 1:1)?
Cyrus
What was the praise that was sung when the foundation of the temple was laid (Ezra 3:11)?
He is good; his love to Israel endures forever