Background Study: History (Herod’s Temple)

Question 1

How many years after God called Abram, Abraham, was Christ born?

Answer 1

2,000

Question 2

Who were the promised offspring of Abraham?

Answer 2

The Jews

Question 3

How many generations are between Abraham and Solomon?

Answer 3

15

Question 4

When did Solomon begin the construction of the the temple?

Answer 4

982 BC

Question 5

How many years did it take till the temple was finished (1 Kings 6:37-38)?

Answer 5

7 years

Question 6

How many centuries were there between when Solomon finished the temple and Jeremiah came to warn of destruction?

Answer 6

4 centuries

Question 7

In what year did God send His prophet Jeremiah to warn the Jews that God would destroy the temple because of their wickedness (Jeremiah 7:1, 11-14)?

Answer 7

605 BC

Question 8

The people did not listen to Jeremiah and how many years later did Nebuchadnezzar attack Jerusalem?

Answer 8

19

Question 9

In what year did Nebuchadnezzar destroy Jerusalem and the temple?

Answer 9

586 BC

Question 10

How many years after Israel’s captivity into Babylon did it fall to the Medco-Persian kingdom?

Answer 10

50 years

Question 11

In what year dud Persian king Cyrus make a decree to rebuild the temple?

Answer 11

536 BC

Question 12

How many nations ruled over Israel after the fall of Babylon?

Answer 12

Persia, Greece, and Rome

Question 13

Who was the Jew that ruled Israel on behalf of Rome?

Answer 13

Herod the Great

Question 14

What was Herod the Great known for?

Answer 14

His grandiose building projects

Question 15

When did Herod begin renovations to the temple?

Answer 15

20 BC

Question 16

What did Herod expand to the temple?

Answer 16

The Temple Mount to the north, adding courts and artistic detail

Question 17

Herod’s temple took how many years to complete?

Answer 17

46 years

Question 18

Although it took 46 years to complete (John 2:20) the entire complex was not finished until when?

Answer 18

AD 65

Question 19

How many years after the Temple was truly complete did Titus a Roman general and his armies destroy it?

Answer 19

5 years

Question 20

In what year did Titus and his army completely destroy the temple just as Jesus predicted in Mark 13:1-2?

Answer 20

AD 70

Question 21

Genesis 14:18 describes Melchizedek as the king of where?

Answer 21

Salem

Question 22

What is Salem another name for?

Answer 22

Jerusalem

Question 23

What are the first two books of the Bible that mention Salem/Jerusalem?

Answer 23

Joshua and Judges

Question 24

Not until who’s day did Israel conquer Jerusalem?

Answer 24

David’s

Question 25

Where was David anointed king?

Answer 25

Hebron

Question 26

How many years did David reign in Hebron?

Answer 26

7 and a half years

Question 27

What are other names for Jerusalem?

Answer 27

City of David and Zion

Question 28

According to 2 Chronicles 6:1-6, Solomon said God has chosen where to place His name?

Answer 28

Jerusalem

Question 29

How many times is Jerusalem mentioned in scripture?

Answer 29

More than 800 times

Question 30

According to Jeremiah 7:30-31, Where did the children of Judah burn their sons and daughters in the fire to Tophet?

Answer 30

Valley of Hinnom

Question 31

According to Matthew 27:3-8, on which side of Jerusalem is the place purchased with money for Jesus’ betrayal?

Answer 31

The south side

Question 32

According to John 2:1-11, what direction from the temple is the pool where Jesus healed the man who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years?

Answer 32

North

Question 33

According to John 5:2-9, in what quadrant of Jerusalem was the temple located?

Answer 33

Northeast