Zerubbabel Bible 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.Whose son was Zerubbabel?
- A. Jehoiakim
- B. Shealtiel ✓
- C. Zedekiah
- D. Joshua
Answer: Shealtiel
Ezra 3:2 (KJV) — 'Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel.'
Q2.Under which Persian king did Zerubbabel return to Jerusalem?
- A. Darius
- B. Cyrus ✓
- C. Artaxerxes
- D. Xerxes
Answer: Cyrus
Ezra 1:1-2 (KJV) — Cyrus' decree initiated the return.
Q3.Who was the high priest who returned with Zerubbabel?
- A. Eliashib
- B. Jeshua ✓
- C. Ezra
- D. Hilkiah
Answer: Jeshua
Ezra 3:2 (KJV) — 'Then stood up Jeshua... and Zerubbabel.'
Q4.What did Zerubbabel first build upon arriving in Jerusalem?
- A. The walls
- B. The altar of the God of Israel ✓
- C. His own house
- D. A palace
Answer: The altar of the God of Israel
Ezra 3:2 (KJV) — They 'builded the altar of the God of Israel.'
Q5.Which two prophets encouraged Zerubbabel to resume building?
- A. Isaiah and Jeremiah
- B. Haggai and Zechariah ✓
- C. Ezekiel and Daniel
- D. Malachi and Joel
Answer: Haggai and Zechariah
Ezra 5:1-2 (KJV) — 'Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah... prophesied... Then rose up Zerubbabel.'
Q6.What word from the LORD did Zechariah give Zerubbabel?
- A. By might shall this be done
- B. Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit ✓
- C. By the sword of Israel
- D. By the gold of nations
Answer: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit
Zechariah 4:6 (KJV) — 'Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD.'
Q7.What would become a plain before Zerubbabel?
- A. The sea
- B. The great mountain ✓
- C. The valley
- D. The forest
Answer: The great mountain
Zechariah 4:7 (KJV) — 'Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain.'
Q8.Whose hands had laid the foundation of the temple, according to Zechariah?
- A. Cyrus'
- B. Zerubbabel's ✓
- C. Jeshua's
- D. Ezra's
Answer: Zerubbabel's
Zechariah 4:9 (KJV) — 'The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house.'
Q9.In Haggai 2, what does the LORD say He will make Zerubbabel as?
- A. A sword
- B. A signet ✓
- C. A crown
- D. A pillar
Answer: A signet
Haggai 2:23 (KJV) — 'I will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee.'
Q10.Zerubbabel appears in the genealogy of Christ in which gospel(s)?
- A. Mark only
- B. Matthew and Luke ✓
- C. John only
- D. None
Answer: Matthew and Luke
Matthew 1:12 (KJV) and Luke 3:27 (KJV) both list Zorobabel.