Old Testament Chronology Quiz

Part 2

Solomon to the Return from Exile

DIRECTIONS FOR CHRONOLOGY QUESTIONS: For the questions to follow, first click "Activation" button. Then place the mouse on the event you want to move. Press and hold the left mouse button and drag the event up or down to the position where you want it. Click the "Submit" button at any time. Items in the correct position are written in red.

1. Put the following five events in proper chronological order.

   • The Second Temple is finished.
   • Jonah is swallowed by a whale.
   • Daniel is thrown into the lion's den.
   • The kingdom is divided after Solomon's reign.
   • Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem and carries Judah into captivity.

                    

2. Put the following five events in proper chronological order.

   • Jezebel is queen in Samaria.
   • God saves the Jews in Persia through Queen Esther.
   • A revival takes place in Judah under Hezekiah.
   • The walls of Jerusalem are rebuilt under Nehemiah.
   • Zerubbabel leads the first return back to Jerusalem.

                    

3. Put the following five events in proper chronological order.

   • The northern kingdom of Israel is conquered by Assyria.
   • Zerubbabel erects an altar and sacrifices begin again.
   • Belshazzar sees the handwriting on the wall.
   • Nehemiah returns to Jerusalem.
   • The First Temple is built in Jerusalem.

                    

4. Put the following five events in proper chronological order.

   • Jeremiah predicts 70 years of exile in Babylon.
   • Ezra leads the second return back to Jerusalem.
   • Revival occurs under Josiah after the Mosaic law is found in the Temple.
   • Cyrus issues an edict allowing the Jews to return to their land.
   • Jeroboam erects two gold calves at Dan and Bethel.

                    

5. For a special challenge, combine questions 1-4 to put all twenty events in chronological order.

   • The Second Temple is finished.
   • Jonah is swallowed by a whale.
   • Daniel is thrown into the lion's den.
   • The kingdom is divided after Solomon's reign.
   • Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem and carries Judah into captivity.
   • Jezebel is queen in Samaria.
   • God saves the Jews in Persia through Queen Esther.
   • A revival takes place in Judah under Hezekiah.
   • The walls of Jerusalem are rebuilt under Nehemiah.
   • Zerubbabel leads the first return back to Jerusalem.
   • The northern kingdom of Israel is conquered by Assyria.
   • Zerubbabel erects an altar and sacrifices begin again.
   • Belshazzar sees the handwriting on the wall.
   • Nehemiah returns to Jerusalem.
   • The First Temple is built in Jerusalem.
   • Jeremiah predicts 70 years of exile in Babylon.
   • Ezra leads the second return back to Jerusalem.
   • Revival occurs under Josiah after the Mosaic law is found in the Temple.
   • Cyrus issues an edict allowing the Jews to return to their land.
   • Jeroboam erects two gold calves at Dan and Bethel.

                    

Quiz Posting Date: December 8, 2010

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