BIBLE Exam 4
What did Cyrus king of Persia do? He allowed the Jews to return home All of the above He encouraged people to give the Jews any financial support to rebuild the temple He made a proclamation throughout the his realm to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem
All of the above
Who opposed the returnees' attempt in rebuilding the Jerusalem wall? Tobiah All of the above Geshem Sanballat
All of the above
2 Chronicles ends with ... A call to go up The fall of Jerusalem All of the answer choices The Edict of Cyrus
All of the answer choices
Chronicles 9:1-34 talks about ... All of the answer choices The people of Judah who were taken captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness The Levites who returned to their homeland The exiles who returned home
All of the answer choices
According to Fee and Stuart Chronicles ____ Deals with Israel's history from the time of David (ca. 1000 BC) to 538 BC All of the other choices Focuses on the temple and worship Emphasizes David and Solomon's covenant faithfulness as models
All of the other choices
Which of the following is included in today's reading assignment? Solomon did evil in God's eyes by allowing his wives worship idols David took Bathsheba and had Uriah killed when he found out she was pregnant All the elders of Israel made a covenant with David and anointed him king over Israel
All the elders of Israel made a covenant with David and anointed him king over Israel
According to Ezra 9 and 10, the Israelites confessed of their sin, which was ____. Interracial marriage Fellowship with non-Jews Syncretism Idolatry
Interracial marriage
According to Fee and Stuart Chronicles ____ Deals with only those accounts that Samuel and Kings omitted Is in the same place in both the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint All of the other choices Is the last book of the Hebrew Bible
Is the last book of the Hebrew Bible
____ said, "For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish." Haman Ruth Mordcai Esther
Mordcai
Which of the following does NOT take place in the book of Ruth? One of Naomi's daughter-in-law Orpha chose to remain in Moab. Naomi told Ruth, "My daughter, listen to me. Don't go and glean in another field...stay here." "Don't call me Naomi," she told the Bethlehemites, "Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter." You Answered Naomi's husband Elimelech and her two sons Mahlon and Kilion all died in Moab.
Naomi told Ruth, "My daughter, listen to me. Don't go and glean in another field...stay here."
According to Nehemiah 13:3, this leader _____ excluded from all Israel all who were of foreign descent. Ammon Jeshua Ezra Nehemiah
Nehemiah
ho supervised the rebuilding of the Jerusalem wall? Tobiah Nehemiah Ezra Haggai
Nehemiah
2 Chronicles 1-7 focuses on ... A call to go up Solomon's building and dedication of the temple David's building and dedication of the temple Zerubbabel's rebuilding of the temple
Solomon's building and dedication of the temple
Chronicles ends with ____ The restoration of the Jerusalem Temple The destruction of the Jerusalem Temple The Babylonian Exile The Edict of Cyrus
The Edict of Cyrus
According to Fee and Stuart, the following is true EXCEPT____ Nehemiah's memoirs conclude with the list of the returnees The Jerusalem walls were simply to keep unwanted people out Ezra 1-6 emphasizes Persian king's role in seeing that the Temple was completed Ezra's memoirs report his return in 458 BC under the auspices of Artaxerxes "Who constitutes the true remnant of the people of God?" was the crucial question of the tim
The Jerusalem walls were simply to keep unwanted people out
The majority group according to Ezra 10:8 who rebuilt Judah and the Temple were called ___ The Hasidims The Remnants The assembly of the exiles The Faithful
The assembly of the exiles
Which of the following statements from Song of Songs is NOT true? The lover calls his beloved "My dove" The lover says "your teeth are like white snow" The lover calls her "You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride" The lover says her hair is like a "flock of goats"
The lover says "your teeth are like white snow"
Which characters appear in Song of Songs? All of the above Solomon and his favorite wives The male lover, the female beloved, and friends The lover and the beloved
The male lover, the female beloved, and friends
Which of the following does NOT appear in Ezra? When the foundation of the temple was laid, older priests and Levites wept The enemies of Judah and Benjamin wanted to participate in the rebuilding project Zerubbabel who led the first returnees began to build an altar to God The returnees were glad to work with the rest of the Jews who were not taken to Babylon
The returnees were glad to work with the rest of the Jews who were not taken to Babylon
Ruth's famous response to her mother-in-law was ____ "And if I perish, I perish" "Praise God for his faithfulness" "Pray to God for our deliverance" "Your people will be my people and your God my God"
"Your people will be my people and your God my God"
Chronicles begins with Christ Adam Abraham God
Adam
When faced with the genocide, what did Esther say? "Pray to God for our deliverance" "To be or not to be" "And if I perish, I perish" "Your people will be my people and your God my God"
"And if I perish, I perish"
What does the beloved repeatedly say about love in 2:6-7, 3:5 and 8:3-4? "Solomon, you must not have many wives because that is against God's law" "Love conquers all" "Love never ends" "Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires"
"Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires"
What does the beloved say about love in 8:6? "Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than yours" "Love is friendship that has caught fire" "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love" "Love is as strong as death ... it burns like blazing fire"
"Love is as strong as death ... it burns like blazing fire"
Which of the following statements about the beloved woman is NOT true? As Solomon's woman she enjoyed riches and beauties of the king's court The watchmen found her as they made their rounds in the city She searched for the one her heart loves and found him once The watchmen found her as they made their rounds in the city and beat her
As Solomon's woman she enjoyed riches and beauties of the king's court
____ was great grandfather of David. Ahasuerus Boaz Mordecai Haman
Boaz
According to Fee and Stuart, which of the following statements about the book of Ruth is NOT true? Coming from the Persian period the book shows religious toleration and plurality. Even though Ruth is a foreigner she shows covenant love and loyalty in a way that most Israelites did not at this time in history. The author seems concerned in the end to show that David's forbears were themselves faithful Yahwists in a time when much of Israel was not. The central figure throughout the book is Naomi who is moving from "emptiness" in a foreign land to "fullness" back home.
Coming from the Persian period the book shows religious toleration and plurality.
1 Chronicles 22 talks about The Babylonians' destruction of the temple Israel's rebuilding of the temple Solomon's dedication of the temple David's preparations for the temple
David's preparations for the temple
Which of the following does NOT take place in the book of Esther? Esther reluctantly appeared to king's banquet when she was asked by the king. Mordecai the Jew in the end became second in rank to King Xerxes (Ahasuerus). Haman was hung on the gallows he made for Mordecai. Mordecai spoiled a plot to assassinate the king.
Esther reluctantly appeared to king's banquet when she was asked by the king.
According to Fee and Stuart, which of the following statements is NOT true? It is a relief to find Ruth after Judges because Ruth is a story of one good man and two good women. Esther, Ruth, Ezra and Nehemiah appear among the Writings in both the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint. Purim is a Jewish festival to commemorate the defeat of Haman's plot to kill the Jews. Esther, Ezra, and Nehemiah come from the same historical background, that is the Persian period.
Esther, Ruth, Ezra and Nehemiah appear among the Writings in both the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint.
Who had devoted himself to the study and observance of the law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel after the Restoration? Ezra Sanballat Nehemiah Tobiah
Ezra
According to Fee and Stuart, the following is true EXCEPT____ Ezra-Nehemiah's deals with rebuilding and reform in the postexilic Judah in the 5th century BC The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah originally formed one book in the Hebrew Bible Ezra-Nehemiah unsuccessfully carried out the policy of getting rid of non-Jews Ezra-Nehemiah deals with successful completion of the 2nd Temple and the walls of Jerusalem despite opposition
Ezra-Nehemiah unsuccessfully carried out the policy of getting rid of non-Jews
Chronicles begins with ____ The Babylonian Exile Creation The Edict of Cyrus Genealogies
Genealogies
Who was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining? Ahasuerus (Xerxes) Haman Mordecai Boaz
Haman
Which of the following does NOT take place in the book of Esther? Haman gave a banquet for the soldiers who were to kill the Jews. Xerxes (Ahasuerus) gave a banquet for his subjects. Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace. Esther gave a banquet for the king and Haman.
Haman gave a banquet for the soldiers who were to kill the Jews.