Ezra and Nehemia Quiz

Who said: “The LORD God of Heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth”? (Ezra 1:1)

• Jeremiah

• Cyrus

• Mithredath

• Nebuchadnezzar

Who was Sheshbazzar? (ezra 1:8)

• King of Persia

• Prince of Judah

• The treasurer

• High Priest

Answer explanation

Sheshbazzar was the Prince of Judah (ezra 1:8). he was given an inventory of all of the items from the temple returned by the persians.

How many gold basins were there returned to the Temple (Ezra chapter 1:10)?

• 29

• 5400

• 30

• 410

When did they first start making burnt offerings to the LORD? (Ezra Chapter 3)

• From the Festival of Tabernacles

• From the 25th of Elul

• From the 1st day of the 7th month

• 20th year in the month of Kislev

What sacrifice(s) did they offer before they finished the foundation? (ezra 3:2-4)

• daily burnt offerings

• for all the sacred fixed times

• whatever freewill offerings

• All are correct

Who was Jeshua son of Jozadak? (ezra 3:2)

• King of Persia

• Prince of Judah

• The treasurer

• A priest

Answer explanation

Jeshua son of Jozadak was a priest. ezra 3:2

How did they bring the cedarwood from Lebanon? (3:7)

• By the sea in Joppa

• Direct from Jerusalem

• From Shushan the capital

• From the Dead Sea

What happened in the second year after their arrival at the House of God, at Jerusalem, in the second month? (ezra 3:8)

• they began to make burnt offerings to the LORD, though the foundation of the Temple of the LORD had not been laid.

• They paid the hewers and craftsmen with money, and the Sidonians and Tyrians with food, drink, and oil

• appointed Levites from the age of twenty and upward to supervise the work of the House of the LORD.

• All the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem

How did they pay the Sidonians and Tyrians to bring cedarwood from Lebanon? (Ezra 3:7)

• Sacrifices by day and night

• food, drink, and oil

• They didn’t, they swore an oath

• Gold basins

Who was responsible for the reconstruction of the Temple in Jerusalem? (Ezra 3:8-10)

• Zerubbabel and Jeshua

• King Cyrus

• Nehemiah

• Ezra