Background and Recap
DAILY DOUBLE
These are the regions (north or south) that Israel, and Judah were located in relative to one another.What is Judah (south) and Israel (north)
This is the king that is first mentioned in Ezra who first sends exiles back to rebuild the temple.
Who is Cyrus?
This is the first and main building project that the exiles were undertaking
What is rebuilding the temple?
This is the city where the exiles returned.
What is Jerusalem?
Name the 12 minor prophets in order.
What is: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
This is why Israel is exiled.
This is the empire that conquered Babylon. (Hint: Thus says Cyrus, king of ______).
What is Persia?
This is the first opposition faced by the returning exiles.
What is opposition from people of the land (those who had not gone into exile)?
This is the leader of the exiles who helped rebuild the broken wall.
Who is Nehemiah?
Name the books from Joshua to Esther in order.
What is: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther
This is the king of Babylon during the conquering of Judah.
Who is "Nebuchadnezzar"?
DAILY DOUBLE
These two prophets foretold of Cyrus and the return of the exiles.
Who are Jeremiah and Isaiah?
This is how enemies tried to stall the rebuilding efforts.
What is write letters to the king, discourage the exiles, and threaten the exiles?
This is the priest and scribe who one of the books of the exiles is named after.
Who is Ezra?
DAILY DOUBLE
Name the books of the bible in under 1 min.
Get them all right in under 60 seconds!
DAILY DOUBLE
This is the year that Judah was exiled. This is the country that conquered them.
What is 586 BC; Babylon.
There are four kings listed in Ezra, these are two of their names.
Who are Cyrus, Darius, Ahasuerus, and Artaxerxes?
There were three main rebuilding projects that the exiles engaged in, these are two of them.
What are rebuilding the altar, the temple, and the wall of Jerusalem?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is the first leader of Judah identified in the return of the exiles. He was governor of Judah during the reign of Cyrus.
Who is Zerubbabel?
DAILY DOUBLE
Name the books of the bible in under 45 seconds.
Get it right!
DAILY DOUBLE
This is the year that Israel was exiled. This is the country that conquered them.
What is 722 BC; Assyria.
Kings of the earth are called this name by the Lord (hint: it is a role and relationship to God).
What is "servant"?
This is number of animals offered during the dedication of the second temple compared to Solomon's temple.
What is "They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel" VS "Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
What is "But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy, 13 so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people shouted with a great shout, and the sound was heard far away."
DAILY DOUBLE
Name the books of the Bible under 30 seconds.
Get it right!