Names
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: The king who decreed that the house of God be built.
King Cyrus (Ezra 1:1)
The city the Jews returned back to.
What is Jerusalem?
What else were the children of Israel doing as they were building?
Holding a weapon in their hands ( (Neh. 4:17-18)
Nehemiah's job before he returned to Jerusalem.
Cupbearer (Neh. 1:11)
The number of chapters in Nehemiah.
13
The king whose decree stopped the rebuilding temporarily.
King Artaxerxes (Ezra 4:23-24)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: The nation that conquered Judah and took them captive.
What is Babylon?
What did Nehemiah do before asking the king for permission to take leave for the rebuilding?
Nehemiah prayed (Neh. 2:4)
Which empire were the children of Israel under during their captivity in Ezra and Nehemiah?
(Medo-)Persian (Ezra 1:1)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: The longest chapter in Ezra.
Chapter 2
Who lived in the temple illegally in the book of Nehemiah?
Tobiah (Neh. 13:7-8)
The number of years the Jews were in exile.
What is 70?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What were the Israelites unfaithful in that they had to deal with at the end of the book of Ezra?
They married foreign wives (Ezra 9:1-2; 10:3)
What the Israelites rebuilt in the book of Nehemiah.
The wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 2:17)
How many men were fed at Nehemiah's table?
150 men (Neh 5:17)
The person who heard about the rebuilding, was greatly enraged, and instigated to frustrate the Israelites.
Sanballat (Neh. 4:1)
The place the rain came and the Jews cried because they had sinned
What is the temple (or temple court)?
What was the last sentence Nehemiah spoke?
"Remember me, O my God, for good." (Neh. 13:31)
What two persons oversaw the rebuilding of the house of God?
Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Ezra 3:8)
How many years did Nehemiah not eat the food appointed for the governor?
12 years (Neh. 5:14)
The two prophets that prohesied to the Jews to encourage the rebuilding work.
Haggai & Zechariah (Ezra 5:1)
The nation that conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
What is Assyria?
What did Ezra proclaim before the children of Israel left Babylon to return to Jerusalem from captivity?
A fast (Ezra 8:21)
Where was the wood sourced from to rebuild the temple?
Lebanon (Ezra 3:7)
How many Israelites returned to Jerusalem?
42,360