Haggai Trivia Quiz

Answer: Darius

Haggai 1:1 says, "In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying..."

Darius was the king who put Daniel in the lions' den.

Answer: Consider your ways.

"Don't lie" is a modern translation of the commandment "Do not bear false witness", which can be found in Exodus and Deuteronomy. "For God so loved the world..." is the beginning of the verse John 3:16, found in the New Testament of the Bible. "Remember the Alamo" was not in the Bible at all.

Answer: No matter what the people have, they want more.

Haggai 1:6 says, "Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes."

This continues to be a problem for people today. The more people have, the more they want to have.

Answer: drought

Haggai 1:11 says, "And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands."

Droughts were very common in the Bible when God was trying to tell the people something, or more so when he wanted them to do something and they were not being obedient.

Answer: Shealtiel

Haggai 1:14 says, "And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua ..., and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God."

The name Shealtiel is Hebrew and means "I asked for this child".

Answer: Josedech

Haggai 2:2 tells us, "Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying..."

Josedech means "Yahweh acts in righteousness."

Answer: heavens, earth, sea, dry land

Haggai 2:6 says, "For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land."

In this verse God is saying he will destroy all the wickedness in the world.

In the Message version of the Bible this verse and verse seven is written as
"This is what God-of-the-Angel-Armies said: 'Before you know it, I will shake up sky and earth, ocean and fields. And I'll shake down all the godless nations. They'll bring bushels of wealth and I will fill this Temple with splendor.' God-of-the-Angel-Armies says so."

Answer: silver and gold

Haggai 2:8 "The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts."

As stated earlier, the people have always wanted more. Here the Lord is basically telling them: nothing you have belongs to you, and what you have is mine.

Answer: Zerubbabel

Haggai 2:21 reads, "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth."

Zerubbabel means "descendant of Babel". According to the Holman Bible Dictionary, it is not known what became of Zerubbabel after the events of this book.

Answer: hosts

Haggai 2:23 says, "In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts."

I hope you enjoyed my quiz. The next one will be on the book of Zechariah.