Ezra Returns Home
Who was the Persian king that let the Jews return to Jerusalem?
King Cyrus
Ezra 1:1-3
What city did Nehemiah help rebuild?
Jerusalem
Nehemiah 2:17
Before beginning the work, what did Nehemiah do?
Prayed
Nehemiah 2:4
Who read the scriptures aloud to all the people?
Ezra
Nehemiah 8:2-3
True or False: Everyone wanted Nehemiah to succeed.
False
Nehemiah 4:1-3
What important building did the Jews return to rebuild?
The Temple
Ezra 1:2-3
What part of Jerusalem was Nehemiah rebuilding?
The city walls
Nehemiah 2:17
What did the people say when they decided to begin rebuilding?
"Let us rise up and build."
(Nehemiah 2:18)
What did all the people do when Ezra opened the book of the law?
They stood up
Nehemiah 8:5
What did Nehemiah do instead of arguing with his enemies?
He prayed and kept working?
(Nehemiah 4:9)
Before the temple foundation was finished, what did the people build first?
The Altar
Ezra 3:2-3
What did some workers carry while they built?
Weapons
Nehemiah 4:17-18
When enemies mocked the workers, who did Nehemiah trust?
God
Nehemiah 4:4-9
After hearing God's word, what did the people say?
"Amen, Amen"?
(Nehemiah 8:6)
What did Nehemiah refuse to let fear do?
Stop God's work
Nehemiah 6:9-11
What did many older people do when they saw the new temple foundation because they remembered Solomon's temple?
They wept (while others shouted for joy)?
Ezra 3:12-13
What did Nehemiah say when his enemies tried to get him to stop working?
"I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down."
(Nehemiah 6:3)
Ezra helped the people become strong by teaching them what?
The law (the scriptures/word of God)
(Ezra 7:10; Nehemiah 8:1–8)
Besides reading the scriptures, what did Ezra and the Levites help the people do?
Understand them
Nehemiah 8:7-8
Who helped the people complete the wall?
The Lord
Nehemiah 6:16
Why did the work on the temple stop for many years?
Their enemies discouraged them and convinced the king to stop the work?
(Ezra 4:1–5, 23–24)
Even though people tried to frighten Nehemiah, what did he refuse to stop doing?
Build the wall
Nehemiah 6:9-15
What made the people strong enough to keep serving the Lord?
"The joy of the Lord is your strength."
(Nehemiah 8:10)
Ezra prepared his heart to do three things. Name one.
Seek the law, do (obey) it, or teach it?
(Ezra 7:10)
Nehemiah's enemies invited him to meet with them four different times. Why did Nehemiah refuse to go?
Because he knew they wanted to harm him and distract him from God's work.
(Nehemiah 6:2–4)