Questions: 5/31 - 6/6

The BIAY meeting for June 2nd has been canceled. Monday, May 31st, 2010 Read Ezra 6-8 1- How high and wide was the rebuilt temple to be? 2- According to 7:10, to what had Ezra devoted himself? 3- How many of the leading priests were set apart? Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 Read Ezra 9, 10 1- What was so appalling to Ezra? 2- What was Ezra doing when the large crowd of Israelites gathered around him? 3- What would happen to those who failed to assemble in Jerusalem within the three days? Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 Read Nehemiah 1-3 1- What was Nehemiah’s response to the report his brother gave regarding the state Jerusalem? 2- What job did Nehemiah hold? 3- Who built the Sheep Gate? 4- How did Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Gesham the Arab respond to the work being done? Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 Read Nehemiah 4-6 1- What did those who worked on the wall carry in each hand? 2- What food was prepared for Nehemiah’s household each day? 3- How many days did it take to complete the wall? Friday, June 4th, 2010 Read Nehemiah 7, 8 1- Who had taken the people captive? 2- What did Ezra bring before the congregation? 3- What happened after the seven days of reading from the Book of the Law of God? Saturday, June 5th, 2010 Read Nehemiah 9, 10 1- What were the children of Israel wearing when they assembled? 2- What did the people agree to observe? Sunday, June 6th, 2010 Read Nehemiah 11-13 1- Who dwelt in Jerusalem? 2- Who was blessed?

Questions: 5/24 - 5/30

5/24

Read 2 Chronicles 23-25

1- What happened to Athaliah?

2- How did Joash use the taxes collected at the temple?

3- Why did Amaziah dismiss the troops from Ephraim?

5/25

Read 2 Chronicles 26-28

1- What led to Uzziah’s downfall?

2- What country did Jotham conquer?

3- What did Ahaz sacrifice to Baal?

5/26

Read 2 Chronicles 29-30

1- What did Hezekiah do in his first month as king?

2- What country did Hezekiah invite for the Passover celebration?

5/27

Read 2 Chronicles 31-33

1- What was put in the storerooms?

2- What city did Sennacherib conquer before he attempted to take Jerusalem?

3- What did Manasseh do with his carved idol?

5/28

Read 2 Chronicles 34-35

1- What did Hilkiah find in the temple?

2- Who composed laments for Josiah?

Questions: 5/17-5/23

5/17

Read 1 Chronicles 27-29

1- Why were the census figures not input into the book of annals?

2- What was God’s reason why David shouldn’t build the temple?

3- How long was David king?

5/18

Read 2 Chronicles 1-4

1- In addition to wisdom, what else did God promise to give Solomon?

2- How many workers did Solomon conscript to prepare to build the temple?

3- What was the size of the foundation of the temple?

4- How much bronze was used during the construction of the temple?

5/19

Read 2 Chronicles 5-7

1- What was inside the ark when it was brought to the temple?

2- Who did Solomon say he built the temple for?

3- What happened when Solomon finished praying for the temple?

5/20

Read 2 Chronicles 8-10

1- What was delivered to Solomon by ship?

2- How long did Solomon reign in Jerusalem?

3- Why did Israel rebel against Rehoboam?

5/21

Read 2 Chronicles 11-14

1- Why did the Levites abandon Jeroboam?

2- Why did God allow Shishak to defeat Jerusalem?

3- How many Israeli causalities were there when Jeroboam attacked Abijah?

4- How did Asa defeat the Cushites?

5/22

Read 2 Chronicles 15-18

1- Why did Asa depose his grandmother as the Queen Mother?

2- Why did Asa imprison the seer?

3- Who succeeded Asa as king?

4- Who was Ahab killed?

5/23

Read 2 Chronicles 19-22

1- What did Jehoshaphat appoint throughout the land?

2- How were the Moabites and Ammonites defeated?

3- What did Jehoram do to his brothers?

4- What happened to Ahaziah?

Answers: 5/10-5/16

5/10 1 Chronicles 5-6 1. The Eastern Tribes were deported to Halah, Habor, and Hara. 2. There are 11 descendants of Aaron listed in chapter 6. 5/11 1 Chroncicles 7-9 1. Naphtali had 4 sons. 2. King Saul was from the tribe of Benjamin. 3. 956 families from the tribe of Benjamin returned to Jerusalem. 5/12 1 Chronicles 10-12 1. Saul’s armor bearer killed himself. 2. David defeated the Jebusites to overtake Jerusalem. 3. 6,800 men from Judah joined David’s army. 5/13 1 Chronicles 13-16 1. David placed the ark at Obed-Edom’s home. 2. David had his men burn the gods in a fire. 3. Michal, daughter of Saul, despised David. 4. David wrote a Psalm to thank the Lord.

Questions: 5/10-5/16

Hey everyone, I've been extremely swamped these last two weeks and I apologize for posting the questions in an untimely fashion. Please forgive me. 5/10 Read 1 Chronicels 5-6 1- Where were the Eastern Tribes deported? 2- How many descendants of Aaron are listed in Chapter 6? 5/11 Read 1 Chronicles 7-9 1- How many sons did Naphtali have? 2- What tribe was King Saul from? 3- How many families returned to Jerusalem from the tribe of Benjamin? 5/12 Read 1 Chronicles 10-12 1- What did Saul’s armor bearer do after Saul killed himself? 2- What people did David defeat to overtake Jerusalem? 3- How many men from the tribe of Judah joined David’s army? 5/13 Read 1 Chronicles 13-16 1- Where did David place the ark for 3 months? 2- What did David do with the Philistine gods at Baal Perazim? 3- Who despised David when he brought the ark to Jerusalem? 4- What did David write to give thanks to the Lord? 5/14 Read 1 Chronicles 17-19 1- Who was the prophet of God that helped David? 2- What did David do with the articles of gold, silver, and bronze that were given to him by Hadoram? 3- What did Hanun do to David’s men? 5/15 Read 1 Chronicles 20-23 1- What was unique about the huge man from Gath? 2- How did Satan rise up against the Israelites? 3- What did David tell Solomon to build?4- How many Levite men were counted by David? 5/16 Read 1 Chronicles 24-26 1- Why did the Levites draw lots? 2- How many musicians were chosen to serve in the temple? 3- Which descendants were in charge of the treasury?

Answers: 5/3-5/9

5/3 2 Kings 13-14 1-The dead man was brought back to life. 2- Jehoash King of Israel defeated Amaziah. 5/4 2 Kings 15-16 1- Azariah was leprous because he did not remove the high places. 2- Ahaz sacrificed his own son to pagan gods. 5/5 2 Kings 17-18 1- The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria. 2- Sennacherib demanded that Hezekiah hand over Jerusalem. 5/6 2 Kings 19-21 1- The officials went to Isaiah. 2- The angel of the Lord went out and put to death 185,000 Assyrian soldiers and the rest of the 3- army returned to their home. 4- Isaiah prophesized that the storehouses would be carried off to Babylon. 5- God promised to bring disaster on Jerusalem because of Manasseh’s sin. 5/7 2 Kings 22-25 1- Huldah prophesized that Judah would be destroyed by God. 2- Josiah ordered the pagan articles to be removed from the Temple. 3- Nebuchadnezzar took them to Babylon. 4- Nebuchadnezzar burned down the Temple. 5/8 1 Chronicles 1 1- They had 8 sons combined. 5/9 1 Chronicles 2-4 1- Jesse had 6 sons before David. 2- David’s children were born in Hebron and Jerusalem.The tribes of Judah and Simeon are described in Chapter 4.

Questions: 5/3 - 5/9

5/3

Read 2 Kings 13-14

1. What happened to the dead man when his body touched Elisha’s bones?
2. Who won the battle between Amaziah and Jehoash?

5/4

Read 2 Kings 15-16

1. What affliction did Azariah live with because of sin?
2. What did Ahaz do with his son?

5/5

Read 2 Kings 17-18

1. What did the king of Assyria do to the Israelites?
2. What did Sennacherib demand of Hezekiah?

5/6

Read 2 Kings 19-21

1. Who did King Hezekiah’s officials go to for advice?
2. What happened to the Assyrian army?
3. What did Isaiah prophesize about the Temple storehouses?
4. Why did God promise to bring disaster on Jerusalem?

5/7

Read 2 Kings 22-25

1. Huldah did prophesize about Judah?
2. What did Josiah say to do with the articles in the Temple made for Baal and Asherah?
3. What did Nebuchadnezzar do with the treasures of the Temple and the people of Jerusalem?
4. How did Nebuchadnezzar destroy the Temple?

5/8

Read 1 Chronicles 1

1. How many sons did Noah and Esau have combined?

5/9

Read 1 Chronicles 2-4

1. How many sons did Jesse have before David?
2. What two cities were David’s children born?
3. Which two tribes’ descendants are described in Chapter 4?

Answers: 4/26 - 5/02

April 26th Read 1 Kings 18, 19 1. What did Obadiah do when Jezebel starting killing the prophets of God? Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them, fifty to a cave, and fed them bread and water. 2. Who did Elijah say had caused the trouble in Israel? Ahab and his father’s house. 3. What happened to the prophets of Baal after they lost the competition with Elijah? Elijah took them to the Brook Kishon and executed them. 4. Who did God send to serve Elijah? Elisha April 27th Read 1 Kings 20, 21 1. How many kings were with Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria? Thirty-two kings with horses and chariots. 2. Who won the first battle between Israel and Syria? Who won the second? Israel 3. What did Ahab want from Naboth? His vineyard 4. Why did God postpone the punishment of Ahab? Because Ahab humbled himself before God. April 28th Read 1 Kings 22, 2 Kings 1 1. What did Micaiah say he would speak? “Whatever the Lord says to me.” 2. According to 22:43, what did Jehoshaphat do that was right and what did he do that was wrong? He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD but he did not tear down the high places to Baal. 3. In 2 Kings 1, how many groups did Elijah ask God to consume with fire? Two April 29th Read 2 Kings 2, 3, 4 1. How was Elijah taken up into heaven? A chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire and Elijah went up by a whirlwind. 2. What offering did the king of Moab offer up on the city wall? His oldest son. 3. How did Elisha heal the child of the Shunammite woman? He prayed and then he put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands. He stretched himself out on the child. April 30th Read 2 Kings 5, 6, 7 1. What disease did Naaman have? Leprosy 2. What did the servant see after Elisha prayed that God would open his eyes? The mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 3. How much did two seahs of barley and a seah of fine flour cost after the Syrians fled? A shekel for two seahs of barley and a seah of fine flour for a shekel. May 1st Read 2 Kings 8, 9 1. Where did the woman whose son was healed by Elisha go to stay during the famine? In the land of the Philistines. 2. What kind of king was Ahaziah? He walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD. 3. Who killed Joram? And where did they throw his body? Jehu shot him between his arms and through his heart. They threw his body in the plot of Naboth. May 2nd Read 2 Kings 10, 11, 12 1. How many sons did Ahab have in Samaria? Seventy 2. In chapter 10, who destroyed the sacred pillars and temple of Baal? Jehu 3. Which son of Ahaziah was hidden so he was not murdered? Joash 4. What did Jehoash do that was right and wrong according to 12:2, 3? He did what was right in the sight of the LORD but the high places were not taken down.