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Zerubbabel Lays the Foundation Quiz

Test how well you remember the laying of the temple foundation, from Ezra 3. 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. In which month did the people gather as one man to Jerusalem?
    • The first month
    • The seventh month
    • The fourth month
    • The twelfth month
  2. What did Jeshua and Zerubbabel build first?
    • Their own houses
    • The city walls
    • The altar of the God of Israel
    • The temple gates
  3. Who was Zerubbabel's father?
    • Shealtiel
    • Asaph
    • Henadad
    • Jozadak
  4. Why was fear upon them when they set up the altar?
    • Because of a famine
    • Because of the people of those countries
    • Because the king had forbidden it
    • Because of an earthquake
  5. Which feast did they keep?
    • The passover
    • The feast of weeks
    • The feast of Purim
    • The feast of tabernacles
  6. Where did the cedar trees come from?
    • Egypt
    • Moab
    • Babylon
    • Lebanon
  7. How old did the Levites have to be to oversee the work?
    • Fifty years old and upward
    • Twelve years old and upward
    • Twenty years old and upward
    • Thirty years old and upward
  8. What did the priests hold when the foundation was laid?
    • Trumpets
    • Lamps
    • Harps
    • Swords
  9. What did they sing about the LORD?
    • He giveth rain upon the earth
    • He hath brought us out of Egypt
    • He is mighty in battle
    • He is good, for his mercy endureth for ever
  10. What did the ancient men who had seen the first house do?
    • Wept with a loud voice
    • Led the singing
    • Left the city in silence
    • Refused to watch

Zerubbabel Lays the Foundation Quiz Answers & Bible References

Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.

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  1. In which month did the people gather as one man to Jerusalem?

    The seventh month

    And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

    ezra 3:1 (KJV)

  2. What did Jeshua and Zerubbabel build first?

    The altar of the God of Israel

    Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

    ezra 3:2 (KJV)

  3. Who was Zerubbabel's father?

    Shealtiel

    Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

    ezra 3:2 (KJV)

  4. Why was fear upon them when they set up the altar?

    Because of the people of those countries

    And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

    ezra 3:3 (KJV)

  5. Which feast did they keep?

    The feast of tabernacles

    They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;

    ezra 3:4 (KJV)

  6. Where did the cedar trees come from?

    Lebanon

    They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

    ezra 3:7 (KJV)

  7. How old did the Levites have to be to oversee the work?

    Twenty years old and upward

    Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

    ezra 3:8 (KJV)

  8. What did the priests hold when the foundation was laid?

    Trumpets

    And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.

    ezra 3:10 (KJV)

  9. What did they sing about the LORD?

    He is good, for his mercy endureth for ever

    And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

    ezra 3:11 (KJV)

  10. What did the ancient men who had seen the first house do?

    Wept with a loud voice

    But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

    ezra 3:12 (KJV)