Sophia Craycraygirl Flashcards
When the people return to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon, who oversaw the rebuilding of the walls of the city?
Nehemiah
Who was the Jewish girl who became the wife of the king of Persia?
Esther
How did Esther save the lives of the Jewish people?
By asking her husband, king of Persia, to spare their lives
What man lost all of his possessions and his health but remain true to God?
Job
How did God reward Job for his faithfulness?
God gave him as many children and twice as many possessions as he had before the trial
Who is called the weeping prophet?
Jeremiah
Who interpreted a famous dream for king Nebuchadnezzar?
Daniel
Why were Shadrach Meshach and Abednego thrown into a blazing furnace?
They refused to worship the gold statue set up by the king
What did Daniel do when the king decreed he could no longer pray to his God?
He continued to pray just as he always did
What happened to Daniel when he continued to pray to God instead of to the king?
He was thrown into the lions’ den
What was the meaning of the handwriting on the wall at Belshazzar’s drunken party?
That Belshazzar’s kingdom was about to be conquered
Who was swallowed by a great fish when he ran away from doing God’s will?
Jonah
What happened when Jonah preached to the people of Nineveh?
The people repented and God forgave them
Where did Micah say the Messiah would be born?
Bethlehem
According to the prophet Zachariah, where will Jesus’s feet stand when He returns to the earth?
The Mount of Olives
Who told Mary she would be the mother of the Messiah?
The angel Gabriel
To whom was the virgin Mary engaged to be married?
Joseph
Who were the first persons, other than Joseph and Mary, to hear that Jesus had been born?
Shepherds
What two groups of men worshipped the Christ child?
Shepherds in Wise Men 
Quotation question. When the wisemen came seeking Jesus, what question did they ask?
Matthew 2:2. “Where is the newborn King of the Jews?”
Why did Jeroboam establish idol worship in the northern kingdom of Israel?
So that people wouldn’t go to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices
On Mount Carmel, why did Elijah ask God to consume the sacrifice with fire?
So all of Israel would know that God was really God
Who were the evil king and queen of Israel during the time of Elijah?
Ahab and Jezebel
Whom did God take directly to heaven in a whirlwind?
Elijah
What prophet succeeded Elijah?
Elisha
What Syrian officer was healed of leprosy by bathing in the Jordan river at Elisha’s command?
Naaman
To whom did God give a sign of the sun moving backwards to show him that he was healed?
Hezekiah
To what city were many of the people of Judah taken as captives?
Babylon
What king of Babylon conquered Jerusalem and the kingdom of Judah?
Nebuchadnezzar
When the people returned to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon, who oversaw the rebuilding of the temple?
Zerubbabel
Who was king over Judea when Jesus was born?
Herod
How did the Wise Men find Jesus?
They followed His star to where He was
Gifts were given to Jesus by the Wise Men?
Gold frankincense and myrrh
Where did Jesus live as He was growing up?
Nazareth