Bible Lesson 24

What is the name for the time when many Jews had to live in Babylon?

___ is God’s work through human or natural events.

• Repentance

• Variance

• Providence

• Omniscience

The king ___ gave the Jews the building materials to finally finish the Temple.

• Artaxerxes

• Belshazzar

• Cyrus

• Darius

The king ___ gave Ezra permission to appoint judges and magistrates in Judah.

• Artaxerxes

• Belshazzar

• Cyrus

• Darius

Ezra came to Jerusalem to help teach ___.

• The Law of Moses

• Construction skills

• The laws of Persia

• The history of Jews in exile

In Ezra 9–10, the leaders of Israel were sad that many Jews had ___.

• Attacked the Levites

• Built a new idol in Jerusalem

• Returned to Babylon

• Married wives that did not follow God

The northern kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrians.

• True

• False

Cyrus helped the Jews at first, but then he ordered a stop to rebuilding in Jerusalem.

• True

• False

All of the Jews in Jerusalem were happy when they saw the new Temple’s foundation.

• True

• False

The leaders of Israel told the Jewish men to send away foreign wives that did not

follow God.

• True

• False