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51. ����� _____� In order to make the walls of Jericho fall down, the Israelites circled the city once each day for six days, and on the seventh day circled it 7 times (Joshua 6:13 thru 16).� How many times did they circle Jericho in all?
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52.������ _____� Moses led the Israelites by being their supreme judge.� So did Joshua after him.� After Joshua died,
the following men judged Israel this number of years:
����������� 40 years��������� Othniel
����������� 80 years��������� Ehud
����������� 60 years��������� Shamgar
����������� 40 years��������� Deborah and Barak
����������� 40 years��������� Gideon
����������� � 3 years��������� Abimilek
����������� 23 years��������� Tola
����������� 22 years��������� Jair
����������� � 6 years��������� Jephthah
����������� � 7 years��������� Ibzan
����������� 10 years��������� Elon
����������� � 8 years��������� Abdon
����������� 20 years��������� Samson
����������� How many years were the Israelites ruled with the Judge system?
53.������ _____� Gideon formed an army of 22,000 men.� Twice God asked many of them to go back home so it would not be by men?s power but by God?s power that the Midianite invaders were conquered.� Finally 300 men were left (Judges 7:3, 16).� How many men went home?
54.������ _____� Because the Israelites did not obey God, they were ruled
����������� 8 years����������� by the Mesopotamians
����������� 8 years����������� by the Moabites (Judges 3:8, 14)
����������� 20 years��������� by the Canaanites (Judges 4:2,3)
����������� � 7 years��������� by the Midianites (Judges 6:1)
����������� 18 years��������� by the Philistines and Amorites (Judges 10:7, 8)
����������� 40 years��������� by the Philistines
����������� How many years in all were the Israelites ruled by foreigners?
55.������ _____� Because some men in the tribe of Benjamin did something very wicked, all but 600 men were killed (Judges 20:15, 35, 47).� Since there were 26,000 men at the previous census, how many in all were killed.
56.������ _____� When Moabitess Ruth gleaned in the field of Boaz, her future husband, even after taking out the stalks she had one ephah left to take home (Ruth 2:17).� An ephah is 6 gallons.� How many quarts was that?
57.������ _____� After Ruth convinced Boaz to propose marriage to her, he gave her 6 measures of barley to take home (Ruth 3:17).� A measure was probably an omer or 2 quarts.� How many quarts of barley did he give her?
58.������ _____� Goliath?s height was six cubits and a span when young David met him in combat.� A cubit is 2 spans.� A span is 9 inches (I Samuel 17:4).� How many feet tall was Goliath?
59.������ _____� Goliath?s brass coat of armour weighed 5,000 shekels.� A shekel is 4/10 pound (I Samuel 17:5).� How many pounds did it weight?
60.������ _____� David was 30 years old when he became king, and reigned 40 years until he died (II Samuel 5:4).� How many years did David live?
61.������ _____� Goliath had three brothers.� One of them had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot (II Samuel 21:19 thru 22).� How many fingers and toes did he have in all?
62.������ _____� While David was king, he counted 800,000 fighting men of Israel, and 500,000 strong men of Judah, his own tribe (II Samuel 24:9).� How many more were there at this time than when they first arrived in Canaan under the leadership of Joshua (see question 46)?
63.������ _____� David had 6 sons while he reigned in Hebron, and 13 sons while he reigned in Jerusalem (I Chronicles 3:1 thru 9).� How many sons did he have in all?
64.������ _____� When King Saul was killed, the armies from each tribe went to David to be commanded by him as the new king (I Chronicles 12:23 thru 38).� There were:
����������� ���� 6,800��������� Judah
����������� ���� 7,100��������� Simeon
����������� ���� 4,600��������� Levi
����������� ���� 3,700��������� Aaron (high priest?s lineage)
����������� �������� 22���������� Zadoc (current high priest?s family)
����������� ��� 3,000���������� Benjamin
����������� � 20,800���������� Ephraim
����������� � 18,000���������� Manasseh
����������� ������ 200���������� Issachar captains
����������� � 50,000���������� Zebulun
����������� � 38,000���������� Naphtali
����������� � 28,600���������� Dan
����������� � 40,000���������� Asher
����������� 120,000���������� Reuben, Gad and Manasseh
����������� How many volunteers went into David?s army?
65.������ _____� After King Saul died and David became the official king, the capitol city was moved to Jerusalem.� The Ark [chest] of the Covenant was then brought there by the Levites and the following descendants of Aaron the first high priest (I Chronicles 15: 4 thru 10):
����������� 120����� Kohath
����������� 220����� Merari
����������� 130����� Gershon
����������� 200����� Elizaphan
����������� � 80����� Hebron
����������� 112����� Uzziel
����������� How many descendants of Aaron, the first high priest, were there at this time?
66.������ _____� When the Ark of the covenant arrived in Jerusalem, David introduced instrumental music into the worship:
����������� 3 brass cymbals
����������� 8 psaltries
����������� 6 harps
����������� 7 trumpets
They played accompaniment to the Levite singers (I Chronicles 15:19 thru 24).� How many musical instruments were in this new orchestra?
67.������ _____� Since David was a man of war, God said his son, Solomon, should build the Temple instead.� So David gathered the materials for it during his lifetime.� Among them were 100,000 talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver (I Chronicles 22:14).� One talent of gold is 150 pounds and worth about $840,000 each.� One talent of silver is about 75 pounds and worth about $12,000 each.� How much were the gold and silver for the Temple worth in dollars?
68.������ _____� Of the Levites, 24,000 worked on building the Temple, 6,000 acted as officers and judges, 4,000 were porters, 4,000 were organized into an orchestra (I Chronicles 23:4, 5).� How many Levites were there in all serving at this time?
69.������ _____� The Israelite people also donated material for the Temple as follows:� 5,000 talents and 10,000
����������� _____� dreams of gold; 10,000 talents of silver; 18,000 talents of brass; and 100,000 talents of iron (I
����������� _____� Chronicles 29:7).� What was the total dollar value of gold and silver the Israelites donated for the Temple?
70.������ _____� Solomon appointed 8,000 men to hew stone from the mountain for the Temple, 10,060 to carry materials, and 3,600 to supervise (II Chronicles 2:2).� How many worked on building the Temple?
71.������ _____� The Most Holy Place of the Temple was 20 cubits long and wide, and its walls and ceiling were covered with 600 talents of gold plating.� What was the value of gold in the Most Holy Place?
72.������ _____� In the Most Holy Place were two cherubs (angels) facing each other with wings outspread in a praying position, 5 cubits each wing (II Chronicles 3:11, 12).� How many feet did the wings spread cover?
73.������ _____� In front of the Temple were two great pillars 40 cubits high (II Chronicles 3:15).� How many feet high were they?
74.������ _____� If one story of a building is 10 feet high, how many stories high was the front of the Temple?
75.������ _____� In order to feed his family and officers in the palace for one day, Solomon required 30 measures of fine flour and 60 measures of meal (I Kings 4:22).� A measure is 10 bushels.� How many bushels of flour and meal were used per day?
76.������ _____� King Solomon also fed his family and officers 30 oxen and 100 sheep besides deer and fowl every day (I Kings 4:23).� How many animals per day did they eat?
77.������ _____� King Solomon had 40,000 stalls of horses and 12,000 horsemen (I Kings 4:26).� If each horseman had access to the same number of horses,� how many stalls did he have access to?
78.������ _____� Solomon spoke 3,000 proverbs and wrote 1,005 songs (I Kings 4:32).� How many proverbs and songs did he compose in all?
79.������ _____� In exchange for cedar for lumber to build the Temple, Solomon gave the king of Lebanon 20,000 measures of wheat and 20 measures of pure oil (I Kings 5:11).� Since a measure is 10 bushels, how many bushels of wheat and oil did he trade?
80.������ _____� Solomon appointed 30,000 loggers to cut down cedar trees in Lebanon with crews of 10,000 men per month (I Kings 5:13, 14).� How often did each crew go to Lebanon?
81.������ _____� The cherubim (angels) overlooking the Ark of the Covenant were 10 cubits high (I Kings 6:26).� How many feet high were they?
82.������ _____� The Temple was begun in the fourth year and second month of Solomon?s reign.� It was completed in the eleventh year and eighth month (I Kings 6:37, 38).� How many years did it take to build the Temple?
83.������ _____� The length of the Temple building itself was 60 cubits, the width 20 cubits, and the height 30 cubits (I
_____ Kings 6:2).� How many feet long, wide, and high was the Temple?
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84.������ _____ Solomon built an artificial lake called a molten sea for the priests to bathe in.� It was 10 cubits across
_____ and 5 cubits deep (II Chronicles 4:2).� How many feet across and deep was it?
85.������ _____� The molten sea rested on 3 oxen statues facing east, 3 facing south, 3 facing west, and 3 facing north (II Chronicles 4:4).� How many oxen statues held up the sea?
86.������ _____� The sea held 3,000 baths of water (II Chronicles 4:5).� A bath is 6 gallons.� How many gallons did it hold?
87.������ _____� When the Temple was dedicated, Solomon sacrificed 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep, and fire came down from heaven to consume it (II Chronicles 7:1-5).� How many sacrifices did he make on behalf of the Israelite people in all?
88.������ _____� It took Solomon 13 years to build his palace (I Kings 7:1).� How much longer did it take him to build the palace than the Temple?� (See question 82)
89.������ _____� The new palace of Solomon was 100 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high (I Kings 7:2).
_____� How many feet long, wide, and high was it?
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90.������ _____� Since there were 45 pillars, 15 in each row (I Kings 7:3), on how many sides of the palace were the pillars?
91.������ _____� After Hiram, King of Tyre, offered his craftsmanship to build the Temple, he gave Solomon 120 talents of gold for it (I Kings 9:14).� Since a talent of gold is worth $840,000, how many dollars worth of gold did King Hiram send to King Solomon?
92.������ _____� The navy of King Solomon, with the assistance of the seamen of King Hiram, went to Ophar and brought back 420 talents of gold (I Kings 9:28).� How many dollars worth of gold was this?
93.������ _____� Solomon?s yearly income in gold along was 666 talents (I Kings 10:14).� At $840,000 per talent, how many dollars income did he have in gold per year?
94.������ _____� Solomon?s throne was made of ivory overlaid with gold.� There was a lion on each side of his throne and on each side of 6 steps leading to the throne (I Kings 10:18 thru 20).� How many lions were there in all?
95.������ _____� Solomon bought 1,400 chariots from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver each (I Kings 10:26, 29).� Since a shekel is 4/10 pound, how many pounds of silver did one chariot cost?
96.������ _____� One pound of silver is worth $160, so it cost how many dollars to buy one chariot?
97.������ _____� How many dollars did Solomon pay for all 1,4000 chariots?
98.������ _____� Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines (I Kings 11:3).� How many women in all belonged to Solomon?
99.������ _____ Solomon became king when he was around 20 years old (I Chronicles 22:5) and reigned 40 years (II Chronicles 9:30).� About how old was he when he died?
100.���� _____� Rehoboam, son of Solomon, had 18 wives and 60 concubines (II Chronicles 11:2). �How many women belonged to Rehoboam in all?
101.���� _____ Rehoboam had 28 sons and 60 daughters (II Chronicles 12:21).� How many children did he have in all?
102.���� _____� Because Rehoboam turned away from God, God allowed the king of Egypt to overcome several Judean cities.� He conquered them with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 men (II Chronicles 12:3).� Assuming there was one man per chariot, how many were foot soldiers?
103.���� _____� After a civil war, Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became King of the southern kingdom of Judah, and reigned 17 years (II Chronicles 12:13).� How old was he when he died?
104.���� _____� When Abijah, son of Rehoboam, became king over the southern kingdom of Judah, he went to war with Jeroboam in the northern kingdom of Israel, as had his father.� The army of Abijah had 400,000 soldiers.� The army of Jeroboam in the north had 800,000 soldiers (II Chronicles 13:3).� How many more soldiers were in northern army than the southern army?
105.���� _____� The 14 wives of Abijah bore him 22 sons and 16 daughters (II Chronicles 13:21).� How many children did Abijah have total?
106.���� _____� The first 10 years of the reign of Asa, son of Abijah, were peaceful (II Chronicles 14:1).� Then there was a year of war with Ethiopia; then peace to his 35th year (II Chronicles 15:19).� He died in his 41st year (II Chronicles 16:30).� How many years of peace were there in his reign?
107.���� _____� How many years of war did King Asa (above) have?
108.���� _____� When King Asa won the war with Ethiopia, he had 300,000 spearmen and 280 bowmen.� Ethiopia had 1,000,300 men in chariots (II chronicles 14:8, 9).� How many more men did Ethiopia have than Judah?
109.���� _____� While Asa was king over the southern kingdom of Judah 41 years, the following kings reigned over the northern kingdom of Israel:
����������� ��1 year����������� Jeroboam (I Kings 15:9)
����������� ��2 years��������� Nadab (15:25)
����������� 24 years��������� Baasha (15:33)
����������� � 1 year����������� Elah (16:8, 10)
����������� � 7 days���������� Zimri (16:10, 15)
����������� 12 years��������� Omri (16:23)
����������� � 3 years��������� Ahab (16:29)
����������� How many kings reigned in Israel in the north while Asa reigned in the south?
110.���� _____� The son of Asa, Jehoshaphat, had a personal army made up of volunteers from smaller armies led by these captains:
����������� 300,000���������� Adnah
����������� 280,000���������� Jehohanan
����������� 200,000���������� Amasiah
����������� 200,000���������� Eliada
����������� 180,000���������� Jehozabad
����������� How many men volunteered for his private army when he became king?
111.���� _____� Around the year 1451 BC when Jericho's walls crumbled, Joshua prophesied that whoever rebuilt Jericho would bury his firstborn in the foundation and his youngest son in the gates (Joshua 6:26).� About the year 930, during Ahab?s reign, Hiel rebuilt Jericho and sacrificed his sons as prophesied.� How many years after the prophecy did it come true?
112.���� _____� When Elijah stood alone for a contest between God and the false god Baal, 450 prophets of Baal and 400 other prophets assembled against Elijah (I Kings 18:19).� How many were on Baal?s side?
113.���� _____� Before Elijah asked God to bring fire down on his sacrifice, he had 4 barrels of water poured on it 3 times (I Kings 18:33 thru 35).� How many barrels of water were poured over the altar?
114.���� _____� Ahaziah, Ahab's son, became King of Israel during the 17th year of King Jehoshaphat of Judah (I Kings 22:51).� He reigned until the 19th year of the reign of Jehosophat.� How many years did he reign?
115.���� _____� Jeroram, Jehosophat?s son, became king of Judah at age 32 and reigned for 8 years until he died of a terrible disease because of his evil ways (II Chronicles 21:19, 20).� How old was he when he died?
116.���� _____� Because they turned from God, God allowed Jerusalem to be besieged by Syria.� Because of hunger, a donkey?s head sold for 80 shekels of silver (II Kings 6:25).� A shekel of silver is worth about $4.� How many dollars did this meat cost?
117.���� _____ Also at this time, one pint of dove's dung sold for 5 shekels of silver.� How many dollars did this food cost?
118.���� _____� Finally the Syrian army was scared by God and fled from their camp, leaving their food and riches behind.� After that, a seah of flour was sold for one shekel.� A seah is 2 gallons.� How many dollars did one gallon sell for?
119.���� _____� Also the price of barley went down to two seahs for one shekel.� How many dollars did a gallon of barley then cost?
120.���� _____� During the 5th year of the reign of Israel?s King Joran in the north, King Jehoram began to reign over Judah in the south.� Jehoram reigned from age 32 to age 39 (II Kings 8: 16, 17).� Then his son, Ahaziah, began to reign over Judah.� During what year of Joram?s reign over Israel did Ahaziah begin reigning over Judah?
121.���� _____� Jehu slew Joram, son of Ahab the king of Israel (II Kings 9:24).� He also slew Ahaziah, stepson of Ahab the king of Judah (II Kings 9:27).� He also slew Jezebel of Israel, Ahab's wife (II Kings 9:30 thru 37); the 70 remaining sons of King Ahab (II Kings 10:7), and 42 brothers of Judah's King Ahaziah (II Kings 10:13, 14).� Thus he completely destroyed all of wicked Ahab?s household.� How many in all did Jehu destroy?
122.���� _____� Athaliah, mother of King Ahaziah, slew all his children (her grandchildren) so she could become Queen of Judah, but young Joash escaped and was hidden for 6 years (II Chronicles 22:10-12).� He was 7 years old when he was made rightful king in place of his wicked grandmother (II Chroniocles 24:1).� How old was Joash when he was hidden in the Temple?
123.���� _____� Johoahaz, son of Jeju, began reigning over Israel during Joash's 23rd year as king over Judah, and died the same year as Joash.� Joash reigned 40 years (II Kings 13:1).� How many years did Jehu reign?
124.���� _____� The king of Syria destroyed all but 50 horsemen, 10 chariots and 10,000 footmen of Jehoahaz?s army (II Kings 13:7).� How many more did David have when the kingdom was united than his descendant, Jehoahaz, had many years later when the kingdom was divided?� (See question 64)
125.���� _____� Joash, the evil king of Israel, reigned 16 years (II Kings 13:10), while Joash, the good king of Judah, reigned 40 years (II Chronicles 24:1).� How many more years did the good Joash reign than the evil Joash.
126.���� _____� Amaziah, son of Joash in Judah, became king when he was 25 years old and reigned 29 years (II Kings 14:2).� How old did he live to be?
127.���� _____� King Amaziah had 300,000 volunteers in his army.� He hired 100,000 mercinaries from Israel to help fight with him (II Chronicles 25:5, 6).� How many men did he have in all?
128.���� _____� King Amaziah hired the 100,000 mercenaries from Israel for 100 talents of silver (II Chronicles 25:6).� A talent of silver is worth about $12,000.� How much in dollars did each man get paid?
129.���� _____� Uzziah was 16 when he became king of Judah and reigned 52 years (II Chronicles 26:3).� How old did he live to be?
130.���� _____� Jeroboam, son of Joash of Israel, reigned 41 years, the longest of any king of Israel (II Kings 14:23); and Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, reigned 55 years, the longest of any king of Judah (II Kings 21:1).� How much longer did Manasseh reign than Jeroboam?
131.���� _____� The army of King Uzziah had 2,600 captains and 307,500 soldiers (II Chronicles 26:12, 13).� How many were in his army total?
132.���� _____� King Zechariah reigned 3 months, while King Shallum reigned next for one month (II Kings 15:8, 13).� How many more weeks did Zechariah reign than Shallum?
133.���� _____� When the Assyrians came against the kingdom of Israel, King Menahem got each wealthy Israelite to give him 50 shekels of silver to give to the Assyrians as a bribe to leave.� They got 1,000 talents of silver in all (II Kings 15:19, 20).� How much was the bribe?
134.���� _____� There are 3,000 shekels in a talent.� Considering the above, how many men gave 50 shekels each?
135.���� _____� The king of Judah, Jotham, overcame the Ammonites who gave him 100 talents of silver (II Chronicles 27:5).� How much was this in dollars?
136.���� _____� At the same time, the Ammonites gave King Jotham 10,000 seahs of wheat and 10,000 seahs of barley.� A seah is about 2 gallons.� How many gallons was this?
137.���� _____� Jotham was 25 years old when he became king and reigned 16 years (II Chronicles 27:8).� How old did he live to be?
138.���� _____� Ahaz became king of Judah in the south when he was 20 years old, and reigned 16 years (II Chronicles 28:1).� How many years did he live?
139.���� _____� While Ahaz was king, he served the god Baal; so Jehovah God allowed him to be captured by Syria.� Later Pekah of Israel overcame Syria and destroyed 120,000 of Judah?s men and took 200,000 women and children as their own captives (II Chronicles 28:5 thru 8).� How many from Judah were killed or captured?
140.���� _____� After Assyria captured King Joseah of Israel and the last of his people for good, King Hezekiah of Judah gave the Assyrians 3000 talents of silver and 30 talents of gold to leave his southern kingdom alone (II Kings 18:14).� How much was this bribe in dollars?
141.���� _____� Hezekiah became king of Judah at age 25 and reigned 29 years (II Kings 18:2).� How old did he live to be?
142.���� _____� Fifteen years before his death, King Hezekiah almost died, but his life was extended 15 years.� How old was he at the time of the extension?
143.���� _____� After Hezekiah repaired and cleaned up the Temple long ago stripped of its riches to support former kings and bribe enemies, the priests offered 7� bullocks, 7 rams, and 7 goats as sin offerings (II Chronicles 29:21).� How many sin offerings did the priests offer in all?
144.���� _____� Then the people made thank offerings of 70 bullocks, 100 rams, 200 lambs, 600 oxen, 300 sheep (II Chronicles 29:32, 33).� How many thank offerings were made in all by the people?
145.���� _____� Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel to the north (the poor people who were left behind by the Assyrians) to come down and worship in Jerusalem with Judah in the south.� Many did, and for 2 weeks offered peace offerings.� For this purpose, Hezekiah gave the people 1,000 bullocks and 7,000 sheep; and the noblemen donated 1,000 bullocks and 10,000 sheep (II Chronicles 30:5, 22, 24).� How many peace offerings were made in all?
146.���� _____� Manasseh, the son of King Hezekiah's, became king of Judah at age 12 and reigned 55 years (II Kings 21:1).� How many years did he live?
147.���� _____� Wicked Manasseh's son, Amon, became King of Judah at age 22 and reigned 2 years (II Kings 21:19).� How old did he live to be?
148.���� _____� Josiah, the son of Amon, became King of Judah at age 8 and reigned 31 years (II Kings 22:1).� How many years did he live?
149.���� _____� During the 8th year of the reign of Josiah he began to worship Jehovah God only, not the many idols his forefathers worshipped (II Chronicles 34:3).� How old was he when he made this decision?
150.���� _____� In the 18th year of his reign, Josiah ordered the Temple cleaned up and reopened, and his servants found the lost Law of Moses (II Kings 22:3-8).� How old was he then?
151.���� _____� Then, for the first time in many years, the Jews kept the Passover, and for this purpose Josiah donated to the people 30,000 lambs and 3,000 bullocks; the princes donated 2,600 cattle and 300 oxen; and other noblemen donated 5,000 cattle and 500 oxen (II Chronicles 35:1 thru 9).� How many sacrifices were made in all?
152.���� _____� During the 3 month reign of Jehoahaz, the son of Joah, the king of Egypt put a tax on Judah of 300 talents of silver and one talent of gold (II Kings 23:33).� How much was this in dollars?
153.���� _____� When King Jehoahaz was taken captive to Egypt, Pharaoh made his 25 year old brother, Jehoiakim, king of Judah.� He reigned11 years (II Kings 23:36).� How many years did the brother of Jehoahaz live?
154.���� _____� Jehoikin, the 18 year old son of Jehoiakim, only reigned 3 months before being taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.� Also with him were taken 10,000 Jewish princes, 7,000 soldiers and 1,000 craftsmen (II Kings 24:6 thru 16).� How many went into Babylonian captivity?
155.���� _____� Then Nebuchadnezzar made the uncle of Jehoiachin, Zedekiah, the last king of Judah at age 21, and he reigned 11 years as a puppet king (II Kings 24:17, 18).� How old was he when Nebuchadnezzar took his kingship away and blinded him?
156.���� _____� Nebuchadnezzar had reigned 8 years when he took most of the people of the southern kingom of Judah captive to Babylon (II Kings 24:12).� He had reigned 19 years when he burned the Temple, the palace and all other fine houses, and broke down the walls around Jerusalem (II Kings 25:8 thru 10).� How many years after the major captivity did he ruin Jerusalem?
157.���� _____� After his army took what was left of the treasury of the Temple and broke off the brass around the pillars, they took the chief priest, the second priest, 3 keepers of the Temple door, an army officer, 5 noblemen, the main scribe, and 60 other men that had been hiding in the city and slew them (II Kings 25:18-21).� How many people associated with the Temple were slain by Nebuchadnezzar?
158.���� _____� After Jehoiachin had been kept prisoner in Babylon 38 years, the king of Babylon took him out of prison and gave him good clothing, good food, and even a throne to rule over all the different nations then in captivity (II Kings 25:27 thru 30).� How old was he when freed?� (See question 154)
159.���� _____� Cyrus, King of Persia who had taken over Babylon, freed the Jews after 70 years captivity.� He also sent with them the following items stolen from the Temple by Nebuchadnezzar (Ezra 1:9, 10):
����������� ���� 30�� chargers (bowls) of gold
����������� 1,000�� chargers (bowls) of silver
����������� ���� 29�� knives
����������� ���� 30�� basins of gold
����������� � �410�� basins of silver
����������� 5,400�� vessels of gold and silver
����������� 1,000�� vessels of other materials
����������� How many Temple items were returned in all?
160.���� _____� Cyrus freed 42,360 Jews and 7,337 servants to return to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:64, 65).� How many in all were freed?
161.���� _____� They took back with them to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:66, 67):
����������� �� 736�� horses
����������� �� 245�� mules
����������� �� 435�� camels
����������� 6,720�� donkeys
����������� How many animals did they take with them back to Jerusalem?
162.���� _____� In order to have money to rebuild the Temple, the noblemen gave 61,000 drams of gold and 5,000 pounds of silver (Ezra 2:69).� How much was this in dollars?
163.���� _____� When the newly built Temple was completed on the old foundation, the people offered 100 bullocks, 200 rams, 400 lambs and 12 goats (Ezra 6:17).� How many offerings were made?
164.���� _____� When Arta Xerxes, the next king of Persia, �freed Ezra and the remaining Jews who wanted to return, he commanded that they be given for their Temple 100 talents of silver (Ezra 7:22).� How much was this in dollars?
165.���� _____� He also gave them 100 measures of wheat.� A measure was about 10 bushels.� How many bushels was this?
166.���� _____� Also he gave them 100 baths of wine and 100 baths of oil.� A bath is 6 gallons.� How many gallons was this total?
167.���� _____� Of the men (not counting women and children) of each family that returned to Jerusalem with Ezra were listed these groups:� 150, 200, 300, 50, 70, 60, 218, 160, 28, 110, 60 and 70.� Also were listed 15 men by name (Ezra 8:3 thru 14).� How many men returned with Ezra?
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168.���� _____� On their way, Ezra noticed there were no Levites to help serve in the Temple, so he sent back to Babylon/Persia for some.� He was sent 18 from one family and 20 from another family, along with 220 servants to help (Ezra 8:15-20).� How many men joined him later?
169.���� _____� What is the total of men who left at first and those who left Babylon/Persia later?
170.���� _____� Assuming each man had one wife and three children, about how many Israelites total joined Ezra in Jerusalem?
171.���� _____� When Ezra learned that some enemies were coming after them, he gave 22 of the Levites...
����������� �� 650�� talents of silver
����������� �� 100�� talents of silver vessels
����������� �� 100�� talents of gold
����������� 1,000 drams of gold basins
����������� ?to send by fast-running couriers to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:24 thru 30).� How much was this all worth in dollars?
172.���� _____� When they arrived at the Temple 4 days later, they offered 12 bullocks, 96 rams, 76 lambs, and 12 goats (Ezra 8:35).� How many offerings were made?
173.���� _____� Once they settled, many of the Jewish men married women of different religions:� 17 priests, 6 Levites, 1 singer of the Temple, 3 porters of the Temple, and 86 other men (Ezra 10:17 thru 34).� How many in all sinned by marrying non believers?
174.���� _____� Nehemiah, the cup bearer of the king of Persia, got permission to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the walls, including 11 gates and 4 towers (Nehemiah 3:1 thru 32).� How many gates and towers did he return to rebuild with the walls total?
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175.���� _____� Nehemiah was governor of the Jews from the 20th year of the reign of the king of Persia to the 32nd year of his reign (Nehemiah 5:14).� How many years was he governor?
176.���� _____� Nehemiah did not tax the people because of their poverty, even though previous governors taxed them 40 shekels of silver plus much of their food per family (Nehemiah 5:15).� How much was this per family?
177.���� _____� Those who left Babylonian/Persian captivity and returned to Jerusalem included (Nehemiah 7:66, 67)
����������� 42,360  Jews
����������� � 7,337  servants
����������� ��� 245� Temple singers
����������� How many returned in all?
178.���� _____� According to Ezra, there were 1,476 heads of families.� Therefore, what was the average number of people per household considering the total in question 158?
179.���� _____� To pay for rebuilding Jerusalem's walls, one man gave 1,000 drams of gold, another gave 20,000 drams of gold, and the rest of the people gave 20,000 drams of gold (Nehemiah 7:71, 72).� A drams is .025% of a talent.� How many dollars worth of silver were donated?
180.���� _____� The above people also donated 2,200 pounds of silver and 2,000 pounds of silver respectively.� A dram is .025% of a talent.� How many dollars worth of silver were donated?
181.���� _____� There were also 530 priest garments donated by one man and 67 by another (Nehemiah 7:71, 72).� How many were donated?
182.���� _____� When all the Israelites were settled in all their cities, Ezra called the people together to hear him read the Law of Moses for the first time.� He and 6 men on his right side and 7 men on his left side took turns reading aloud (Nehemiah 8:4).� How many men in all read to the people?
183.���� _____� At least 13 other men plus Nehemiah helped explain the scriptures (Nehemiah 8:7).� How many men in all helped Ezra?� (See also question 182)
184.���� _____� Later that month they again gathered together and for one fourth of the day they read the Law of Moses again, another fourth of the day confessed their sins and worshipped God (Nehemiah 9:3).� A Jewish day was from about 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM.� How many hours long was their worship service?
185.���� _____� Those leaders who put their seal of approval on the covenant the people made with God included 22 priests, 17 Levites, and 44 chiefs over the people (Nehemiah 10:1-27).� How many in all did this?
186.���� _____� Also the people decided to give yearly one third of a shekel of silver for Temple supplies (Nehemiah 10:32).� A shekel of silver is worth about $4.� How much was this per family?� (See also question 177)
187.���� _____� How much did this come to in dollars from all the households?
188.���� _____� One tenth of the people settled in Jerusalem, while the rest lived in nine other cities (Nehemiah 11:1).� Based on question 158, how many lived in Jerusalem?
189.���� _____� All the rulers lived in Jerusalem, the capital, the included these (Nehemiah 11:3-19):
����������� 468����� of the tribe of Judah
����������� 928����� of the tribe of Benjamin
����������� 822����� servants for the Temple
����������� 242����� chiefs
����������� 128����� soldiers
����������� 284����� of the tribe of Levi
����������� 172����� keepers of the gate
����������� How many rulers lived in Jerusalem?
190.���� _____� Based on the last two questions, if the general populace was counted separately, what was the probable population of Jerusalem?
191.���� _____� When the rebuilding of the wall was celebrated, musicians played and sang at 7 gates and 3 towers (Nehemiah 12:37 thru 39).� How many places around the city was there an orchestra and singers?
192.���� _____� A new king of Persia, Aha Xeurus (Xerxes), had a celebration for all his princes and nobles that lasted 180 days (Esther 1:1-4).� How many months was this?
193.���� _____� After the king got mad at the queen and banished her, several beautiful young ladies were brought before him as the possible next queen.� They were first beautified (Esther 2:12)?.
����������� 6��������� months with oil
����������� 6��������� months with perfume
����������� 6��������� months with other beautifying aids
����������� How many years were they prepared before seeing the king?
194.���� _____� The queen was banished in the 3rd year of King Aha Xeurus reign and Esther, the Jewess, took her place as queen in his 7th year (Esther 1:3; 2:16).� How many years did he look for a new queen?
195.���� _____� In the king?s 13th year, wicked Prince Haman convinced King Aha Xeurus that the Jews did not like the king and he should exterminate them (Esther 3:7 thru 9).� How many years had Esther been queen by this time?
196.���� _____� Haman promised 10,000 talents of silver to the king as a bribe to slaughter the Jews (Esther 3:9).� How much was this in dollars?
197.���� _____� The Persian Empire than included 127 provinces/states (Esther 1:1).� This blood money represented how much per province?
198.���� _____� In order to make her mind clear to decide how to approach the king, and to humble herself before God, Esther fasted 3 days (Esther 4:16).� If she normally ate 3 meals a day, how many meals did she miss?
199.���� _____� When Queen Esther went to the king to try to save the Jews from being slaughtered, he offered her anything up to half his kingdom (Esther 5:3).� How many provinces would this half have been?
200.���� _____� Haman hated Esther?s older cousin Mordecai who had raised her because he would not bow to him.� Therefore his wife suggested he build a gallows to hang Mordecai on.� It was 50 cubits high (Esther 5:9 thru 14).� How many feet high was it?
201.���� _____� Haman's decree to kill all Jews went out the 13th day of the 1st month (Esther 3:12).� His motive was discovered by the king and he was hanged in Mordecai's place; then the decree amended on the 23rd day of the 3rd month (Esther 8:9).� How many days was this?
202.���� _____� The decree was amended, allowing the Jews to defend themselves on the day set aside for their slaughter.� In self defence, 500 enemies of the Jews were killed at the palace, 300 in the rest of that province, and 75,000 in the remaining provinces (Esther 9:12 thru 16).� How many of their enemies were killed in self defence that day?
203.���� _____� Esther became Queen of Persia in 478 BC.� Daniel, a previous prime minister of Babylon (later to be taken over by the Persian Empire), died in 534 BC.� How many years later did Esther become queen?
204.���� _____� The Temple back in Jerusalem was rebuilt under the direction of Ezra by 516 BC.� That was how many years before Esther became queen?� (Remember, the BC years run backwards because they mean years before Jesus was born.)
205.���� _____� The protective walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt under the direction of Nehemiah by 444 BC.� That was how many years after Esther became queen?
Congratulations!  You have finished the Old Testament books of history.  Now you are ready to do the problems from the books of poetry.
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