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Cyrus the Great Quiz

Test how well you remember the story of Cyrus, from Ezra 1 and the prophecies of Jeremiah and Isaiah. Each question is answered directly from the passage, and the King James verse is shown with every answer. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!

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  1. Whose words does Ezra 1:1 say were being fulfilled?
    • Daniel's
    • Ezekiel's
    • Moses'
    • Jeremiah's
  2. What did the LORD do to Cyrus?
    • Sent him a dream
    • Spoke to him from a cloud
    • Struck him with illness
    • Stirred up his spirit
  3. Besides proclaiming it, how did Cyrus record his decree?
    • He carved it on the temple door
    • He put it also in writing
    • He engraved it on a stone pillar
    • He sent it only by word of mouth
  4. What did Cyrus say the LORD had charged him to do?
    • Make war on Egypt
    • Destroy Babylon
    • Build him an house at Jerusalem
    • Rebuild the walls of Nineveh
  5. What were people who stayed behind told to do?
    • Pay a tax to Persia
    • Follow the travelers as guards
    • Send their sons to the army
    • Help with silver, gold, goods and beasts
  6. Which tribes' chief fathers rose up to go?
    • Reuben and Gad
    • Judah and Benjamin
    • Ephraim and Manasseh
    • Dan and Naphtali
  7. Where had Nebuchadnezzar put the temple vessels?
    • In the palace at Riblah
    • In the royal treasury of Persia
    • In a cave by the Euphrates
    • In the house of his gods
  8. Who received the counted vessels?
    • Daniel
    • Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah
    • Nehemiah the cupbearer
    • Ezra the scribe
  9. How many vessels of gold and silver were there in all?
    • Five thousand and four hundred
    • One thousand
    • Seventy
    • Twelve thousand
  10. What did Isaiah say the LORD called Cyrus?
    • My servant David
    • My shepherd
    • My prophet
    • My firstborn

Cyrus the Great Quiz Answers & Bible References

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  1. Whose words does Ezra 1:1 say were being fulfilled?

    Jeremiah's

    Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

    ezra 1:1 (KJV)

  2. What did the LORD do to Cyrus?

    Stirred up his spirit

    Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

    ezra 1:1 (KJV)

  3. Besides proclaiming it, how did Cyrus record his decree?

    He put it also in writing

    Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

    ezra 1:1 (KJV)

  4. What did Cyrus say the LORD had charged him to do?

    Build him an house at Jerusalem

    Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

    ezra 1:2 (KJV)

  5. What were people who stayed behind told to do?

    Help with silver, gold, goods and beasts

    And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

    ezra 1:4 (KJV)

  6. Which tribes' chief fathers rose up to go?

    Judah and Benjamin

    Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

    ezra 1:5 (KJV)

  7. Where had Nebuchadnezzar put the temple vessels?

    In the house of his gods

    Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

    ezra 1:7 (KJV)

  8. Who received the counted vessels?

    Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah

    Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

    ezra 1:8 (KJV)

  9. How many vessels of gold and silver were there in all?

    Five thousand and four hundred

    All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

    ezra 1:11 (KJV)

  10. What did Isaiah say the LORD called Cyrus?

    My shepherd

    That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

    isaiah 44:28 (KJV)