Key Figures
He was the cupbearer to the king and later led the effort to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls.
Who is Nehemiah?
The nation that conquered Judah and brought the people into exile.
Who are the Babylonians?
The structure the returning exiles focused on rebuilding first.
What is the Temple?
He prophesied that the exile would last for 70 years.
Who is Jeremiah?
The city the exiles were longing for, which lay in ruins.
What is Jerusalem?
This Jewish woman became queen of Persia and saved her people from annihilation.
Who is Esther?
This was the main city where the Israelites were held for 70 years.
What is Babylon?
The number of main ‘waves’ of returnees led by leaders like Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah
What is three?
The people who had a vision of a man with a measuring line.
Who is Zechariah?
The empire that conquered Babylon and allowed the Jews to return.
What is Persia?
He was a young man brought to Babylon who refused the king’s food and later interpreted dreams.
Who is Daniel?
This was thrown into the fiery furnace.
Who are Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?
The emotional response of the older priests when the foundation of the new Temple was laid.
What is weeping?
Ezekiel saw these creatures, each with four faces (man, lion, ox, eagle).
What are cherubim?
The body of water the Israelites likely crossed to return from Babylon.
What is the Euphrates River?
This priest read the Boo of the Law to the Israelites upon their return.
Who is Ezra?
This king was forced to each grass like an ox for seven years due to his pride.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
This specific wall was built in only 52 days, despite enemy opposition.
What is the wall of Jerusalem?
The prophet whose name means ‘my messenger.’
Who is Malachi?
Haggai warned that because the people ignored the temple, to work on their own homes, they faced this agricultural disaster.
What is a drought or crop failure?
He was the Persian king who issued a decree allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
Ezekiel saw a vision off these in the valley that symbolized the restoration of Israel.
What are dry bones?
The festival celebrated for 8 days after the rebuilding of the city and reading of the law.
What is the Festival of Booths or Tabernacles
This book is filled with apocalyptic visions of beasts and kingdoms, predicting the final kingdom of God.
What is Daniel?
The specific high ranking position Nehemiah held in the Persian court.
What is cup bearer?