People and Places: Question :

What Persian ruler decreed that some of the Babylonian captives should return to Jerusalem to build the Lord a house?

Cyrus (Ezra 1:1, 2).
Multiple Choice:
Who oversaw the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem after the return of the captives from Babylon?

(a) Zerubbabel: (b) Tattenai; or (c) Ezra. (a) Zerubbabel ( Ezra 3: 8 ).

People : Multiple Choice:

Who was the last king in Judah who sought the Lord?

(a) Hezekiah; (b) Josiah; or (c) Ammon.

(b) Josiah (2 Kings 23:24-24 :20).
Multiple Choice:

Who was the king of Judah at the time it was taken into Babylonian captivity?

(a) Jehoiachin; (b) Jehoiakim; or (c) Zedekiah.
(c) Zedekiah (2Kings 25: 1-7 ).

After his capture, Zedekiah's sons were killed before him and then his eyes were put out.

People and Places: Multiple Choice:

What king of Judah showed all the wealth of the kingdom to messengers from Babylon?

(a) Ahaz; (b) Hezekiah; or (c) Manasseh.

(b) Hezekiah (2 Kings 20 : 12,13)

Although godly and wise in most things, he acted very foolishly at this point. It was Babylon that destroyed Judah.
Multiple Choice:

Who was the king of Assyria when they took Israel captive?

(a) Sennacherib; (b) Ben-Hadad; or (c) Shalmaneser.
(c) Shalmaneser (2 Kings 17:3-6).

He overthrew Israel by laying siege to Samaria, the capital city, for three years.

People and Places: Multiple Choice:

What was the name of the only woman who reigned over the nation of Judah?

(a) Esther: (b) Jezebel; or (c) Athaliah.

(c) Athaliah (2Kings 11:1-3).

She was able to take power because her son Ahaziah had been killed while reigning over Judah. She attempted to kill all the living heirs, but failed in her plan.

Multiple Choice:
Who was the king of Israel when the nation was overthrown and taken captive by Assyria?

(a) Ahaz; (b) Hoshea; or (c) Jechoniah.The Assyria kingdom

(b) Hoshea (2 Kings 17:5,6 ).

Israel was taken captive by Assyria about one hundred fifty years before Judah was taken captive by Babylon (25:1).

People and Places: Multiple Choice:

What place did Elijah prophesy for the death of Jezebel?

(a) Samaria; (b) Jezreel; or (c) Jehu.

(b) Jezreel (1Kings 21:23 ).

She died violently. First Kings 21: 25 says that Ahab sold himself to do more evil than any other king because Jezebel his wife incited him.
Question:

Who was taken up in a chariot of fire and a whirlwind?Elijah (2 Kings 2:11 ).

Elijah was one of two men in the Old Testament who were taken by God and did not die.
The other was Enoch (Gen. 5 : 24 ).

People and Places: Multiple Choice:

What prophet fore-told that King Ahab would die at Ramoth Gilead?

(a) Elijah; (b) Micaiah; or (c) Micah.(b) Micaiah (1Kings 22:13-23).
He spoke the truth when all the other prophets were prophesying falsely.
God always had some prophets who refused to bow to the pressure of a wicked king.

People and Places: Multiple Choice:

On what mountain did Elijah confront the prophets of Baal?

(a) Mount Gerizim; (b) Mount Sinai; or (c) Mount Carmel.

(c) Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:20-40).

Multiple Choice:

What prophet found the Lord coming to him in "a still small voice"?

(a) Jeremiah; (b) Isaiah; or (c) Elijah.
(c) Elijah (1Kings 19 ; 11-13).