Ezra 4

Ezra 4:1 describes those who were rebuilding the temple as the descendants of what?

• The tribe of Judah
• The captivity
• The dispersion
• The tribe of Levi

In Ezra 4:1-2, a group of people asked to participate in rebuilding the temple. They were named as adversaries of which two tribes?

• Levi and Benjamin
• Judah and Dan
• Levi and Judah
• Judah and Benjamin

In Ezra 4:1-2, a group of people are asking to participate in rebuilding the temple. To whom did they make this request?

• Zerubbabel
• Ezra
• Cyrus
• Darius

According to Ezra 4:2, the group seeking to participate in rebuilding the temple gave what reason(s) for wanting to help?

• “We seek your God as you do”
• “We have kept the law of Moses”
• “We have sacrificed to him since the days of Esarhaddon”
• Both A & C

According to Ezra 4:4, who tried to discourage the people of Judah?

• The Samaritans
• The people of the land
• Cyrus
• The Dehavites

According to Ezra 4:5, those trying to discourage the people of Judah hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose until what time?

• All the days of Cyrus
• Until the reign of Ahasuerus
• Until the reign of Darius
• Both A & C

According to Ezra 4:7, to whom did Bishlam, Mithredth, Tabel, and their companions write letters?

• Artaxerxes
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Darius
• Cyrus

According to Ezra 4:7, into what language were the letters written by Bishlam, Mithredath, and Tabel translated?

• Hebrew
• Greek
• Latin
• Aramaic

According to Ezra 4:8-9, who was the commander that wrote the letter against the Jews at Jerusalem?

• Rehum
• Tabel
• Zerubbabel
• Bishlam

According to Ezra 4:10, into what cities did Osnapper take the captives?

• Bethlehem
• Nazareth
• Jerusalem
• Samaria