Haggai Quiz — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.In the second year of which king did the word of the LORD come by Haggai the prophet?
- A. Cyrus
- B. Darius ✓
- C. Artaxerxes
- D. Nebuchadnezzar
Answer: Darius
The prophecy began in the second year of Darius the king.
Q2.To which governor of Judah was the word of the LORD first addressed?
- A. Nehemiah
- B. Ezra
- C. Zerubbabel ✓
- D. Joshua
Answer: Zerubbabel
The word was sent to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah.
Q3.What did the people say regarding the timing of rebuilding the LORD's house?
- A. The time is not come ✓
- B. The time is now
- C. We have no resources
- D. The king forbids it
Answer: The time is not come
The people said, 'The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built.'
Q4.What phrase does the LORD of hosts use twice in the first chapter to urge the people to reflection?
- A. Repent ye
- B. Consider your ways ✓
- C. Hearken unto me
- D. Look to the hills
Answer: Consider your ways
The LORD twice commands the people to 'Consider your ways.'
Q5.According to Haggai 1:6, what happened to the person who earned wages?
- A. He lost them to thieves
- B. He gave them to the poor
- C. He put them into a bag with holes ✓
- D. He buried them in the field
Answer: He put them into a bag with holes
He that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Q6.Where did the LORD tell the people to go to bring wood for the house?
- A. To Lebanon
- B. To the mountain ✓
- C. To the valley
- D. To the king's forest
Answer: To the mountain
The LORD commanded them to 'Go up to the mountain, and bring wood.'
Q7.The LORD said the glory of this latter house shall be greater than what?
- A. The palaces of Babylon
- B. The former ✓
- C. The tabernacle
- D. The hills of Zion
Answer: The former
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former.
Q8.What did the LORD promise to give in 'this place' (the temple)?
- A. Gold
- B. Peace ✓
- C. Victory
- D. Rain
Answer: Peace
The LORD of hosts promised, 'and in this place will I give peace.'
Q9.The LORD asked the priests if holy flesh in the skirt of a garment makes other food holy; what was their answer?
- A. Yes
- B. No ✓
- C. It depends
- D. They remained silent
Answer: No
The priests answered and said, 'No.'
Q10.The LORD promised to make Zerubbabel like what object?
- A. A crown
- B. A signet ✓
- C. A pillar
- D. A shield
Answer: A signet
The LORD said He would make Zerubbabel 'as a signet.'