6th Grade Bible Test 5 Flashcards
proud prince
Haman
prayed and fasted three days before going to the King
Esther
queen’s faithful servant
Hatach
king who chose a new queen
Ahasuerus (Xerxes)
sat in the king’s gate
Mordecai
king who let the Jews leave Persia
Cyrus
priest who taught the Scriptures
Ezra
wall builder; cupbearer
Nehemiah
led the Jews in building the Temple
Joshua and Zerubbabel
tried to keep the wall from being built
Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem
The Jews were to be killed on the ___ day of the ___ month.
13th
12th
The Jews were in captivity for ___ years.
70
Esther and her maidens fasted for __ days before Esther petitioned the king.
3
It took ___ days to build the wall.
52
The enemies of the Jews hired this false prophet to try to trick Nehemiah into going into the Temple sanctuary.
Shemaiah
When the wall was dedicated, who read the book of the law?
Ezra
How did Mordecai change Haman’s law?
by making a new law
with the king’s permission
by sealing the law with the king’s ring
Why did the Jews live in “booths”?
to remember their wanderings
Just before Haman came to see him, what had the king done to help him sleep?
had his journal read to him
Was Nehemiah a good ruler?
Yes
Why did some of the Jews stay in Persia rather than go back to Jerusalem?
They would rather stay where they were comfortable.
As soon as the Jews returned to Israel, they offered ___ to God.
sacrifices
In order to stop the Temple’s construction, the Samaritans sent a ___ to the king.
letter
Haggai and ___ , two prophets, were used to help the people restart their work on the Temple.
Zechariah
Before he left, Ezra had a prayer meeting near a river to ask God for His
protection.
How did Cyrus fulfill God’s prophecy about the Jews?
The prophet Isaiah foretold that King Cyrus would allow the Jews to go back to Israel and rebuild the Temple. When Cyrus became king, God caused him to do just that.
