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Ezra 4 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Work Is Stopped

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolGod Is Still with Us

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenWait on God

HOUSE → picture 2KING → picture 4LETTER → picture 1BUILD → picture 3

Grade 1Hard Times

Some people wanted to help, but not God's way. → picture 2The people kept building God's house. → picture 4Some people sent a letter to the king. → picture 5The king said the work must stop. → picture 1God's house waited to be finished. → picture 3

Grade 2The Work Stops

  1. What were God's people building? His house (circle)
  2. What did some men want to do? Build with them (circle)
  3. What did the leaders say? No (circle)
  4. What did the men send to the king? A letter (circle)
  5. Who was still with the people? God (circle)
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Grade 3Trouble from Enemies

  1. What did the enemies ask to do? Help build
  2. What did Zerubbabel and Jeshua say? No, they would build for Yahweh themselves
  3. How did the people of the land try to stop the builders? They made them afraid and hired people to work against them
  4. What did the letter say about Jerusalem? That it was a bad city that would not pay taxes
  5. When did the work begin again? In the second year of Darius
1: the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard2: the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah3: This is the copy of the letter4: Then work stopped on God’s house
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Grade 4Opposition and Delay

  1. Why did Zerubbabel refuse the adversaries' help? They alone would build for Yahweh, as Cyrus had commanded.
  2. How did the people of the land oppose the work? They weakened the hands of Judah, troubled them, and hired counselors against them.
  3. What did Rehum and Shimshai warn the king about? That he would lose tribute if Jerusalem were rebuilt
  4. How long did the temple work stop? Until the second year of Darius

Word bank: 1. Judah; 2. God; 3. build; 4. King; 5. city

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5When God's Work Is Opposed

  1. Why did Zerubbabel and Jeshua decline the offer of partnership? They recognized that the adversaries' worship was mixed and stayed faithful to worship as God commanded.
  2. Why does the writer include letters from later reigns? To show a long pattern of resistance
  3. What three losses did the officials warn about? Tribute, custom, and toll
  4. How did the officials make the Jews stop? By force and power
  5. What will chapter 5 show? God's purposes were not defeated.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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