The Book of Haggai — Hard Bible Trivia Flashcards

#1

In what year of King Darius's reign did Haggai deliver his first prophecy about rebuilding the temple?

📖 Haggai 1:1

#2

What were the names of the two leaders to whom Haggai's prophecies were addressed?

📖 Haggai 1:1

#3

What specific complaint did Haggai address regarding the people's priorities in Haggai 1:4?

📖 Haggai 1:4

#4

What did the Lord say would happen to their crops and harvests according to Haggai 1:6?

📖 Haggai 1:6

#5

On what specific date in the sixth month did the people of Judah obey Haggai's call to rebuild the temple?

📖 Haggai 1:15

#6

What prophetic promise did Haggai give about the glory of the temple being rebuilt in Haggai 2:9?

📖 Haggai 2:9

#7

What was the date of the fourth and final prophecy recorded in Haggai?

📖 Haggai 2:10, 20

#8

According to Haggai 2:21-22, what did the Lord promise He would do to shake the heavens and earth?

📖 Haggai 2:21-22

#2

Zerubbabel and Joshua

Haggai 1:1 identifies Zerubbabel (the governor) and Joshua son of Jozadak (the high priest) as the recipients of Haggai's prophetic messages about temple reconstruction.

Haggai 1:1

#1

The second year

Haggai 1:1 specifically states that the word of the Lord came through Haggai 'in the second year of King Darius,' which corresponds to 520 BCE.

Haggai 1:1

#4

They would be abundant but they could not keep them

Haggai 1:6 describes the curse: they would sow much but harvest little; they would eat but not be satisfied; they would earn wages only to see them disappear, suggesting the produce would not provide adequately for their needs.

Haggai 1:6

#3

They were living in paneled houses while God's house lay in ruins

Haggai 1:4 criticizes the people for living in their own 'paneled houses' while the Lord's house remains desolate, highlighting their misplaced priorities in focusing on personal comfort over temple restoration.

Haggai 1:4

#6

The glory of this latter house would be greater than the former house

Haggai 2:9 states that 'the glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' a surprising promise given that the rebuilt temple would be architecturally less grand than Solomon's temple.

Haggai 2:9

#5

The twenty-fourth day

Haggai 1:15 records that on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, the people obeyed and began work on the Lord's house, showing immediate response to Haggai's prophecy.

Haggai 1:15

#8

He would overturn the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the strength of foreign kingdoms

Haggai 2:21-22 prophesies that the Lord will 'overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of foreign kingdoms,' signifying divine judgment and upheaval of the world's political order.

Haggai 2:21-22

#7

The ninth month, twenty-fourth day

Haggai's final recorded message came on the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month in the second year of King Darius. Haggai 2:20 identifies it as the second message given on that same day.

Haggai 2:10, 20

#9

What was the specific content of the Lord's sign regarding the unclean and clean in Haggai 2:11-13?

📖 Haggai 2:11-13

#10

To whom was the final promise in Haggai 2:23 specifically directed?

📖 Haggai 2:23

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#10

To Zerubbabel, calling him God's signet ring

Haggai 2:23 concludes with a personal promise to Zerubbabel: 'On that day...I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,' indicating God's special covenant relationship with this governor.

Haggai 2:23

#9

A lesson using priestly law: unclean meat cannot make clean things unclean, but unclean things can defile the clean

Haggai 2:11-13 presents a didactic teaching where the Lord asks priests about contamination laws: consecrated meat cannot transfer holiness, but something unclean does transfer uncleanness, illustrating that the people's sin has defiled their offerings.

Haggai 2:11-13

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