Nehemiah 1
What was Nehemiah's role to King Artaxerxes?
Cupbearer
VERSE 11
How did Nehemiah identify Jerusalem to the King?
The place of my father's tombs/the city where my ancestors are buried.
VERSE 3
Who was high priest at the time of the rebuilding of the wall?
Eliashib the high priest
VERSE 1
Which animal did Tobiah say would break down the stone wall if it stood on it?
A fox!
VERSE 3
According to Nehemiah 5, how many Jews and rulers ate at Nehemiah's table?
150
VERSE 17 (CH 5)
What was the report on the city of Jerusalem?
It's walls are broken down and it's gates have been burned with fire.
VERSE 3
What was the first thing Nehemiah did when the King asked what his request was?
Nehemiah prayed to God!
VERSE 4
Where did the priests make repairs?
VERSE 28
According to Nehemiah, when they rebuilt half of the wall, how did the people work?
They worked with all of their heart.
VERSE 6
What did the people have to mortgage because of the famine.
Their fields, vineyards and homes to get grain during the famine.
VERSE 3 (CH 5)
Who is Hanani?
He is one of the men who updated Nehemiah on the status of Jerusalem and the Jewish remnant living there.
VERSE 2
What did Nehemiah do at night when he first arrived in Jerusalem?
He inspected the condition of the walls.
VERSE 11-17
Who made repairs near the East gate?
Shemaiah son of Shekaniah, the guard of the East Gate.
VERSE 29
The Jews did this to protect against those who might attack them.
What is pray to God and set Watch day and night?
VERSE 9
This is the number of times Sanballat sent message asking Nehemiah to meet with them.
What is five? (4 letters sent and then one unsealed letter delivered by Sanballat's aide.)
VERSE 4-5 (CH 6)
What does God do for those who love Him and keep His commandments?
God keeps His covenant and love/mercy with them.
VERSE 5
So the governors of the regions beyond the river (Trans-Euphrates) would grant them safe passage and that Asaph would offer him timber to rebuild the gates.
VERSE 8
How far did Hanun and the residents of Zanoah repair the wall?
1000 cubits of the wall (approx. 1500 feet between the Valley Gate and the Dung Gate)
VERSE 13
What did each of the builders wear on their side?
A sword!
VERSES 18
When Sanballat and Tobiah were trying to intimidate, frighten and ridicule Nehemiah, what was his prayer?
"Now strengthen my hands."
"Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands."
VERSE 9 (CH 6)
What were the sins of the Israelites?
They did not obey the commands, decrees and laws that came from Moses.
VERSE 7
Who were the 3 non-Jews that mocked and ridiculed the work of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem?
Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite and Geshem the Arab.
VERSE 19
What was the name of the perfume-maker that made repairs on the wall?
Hananiah.
VERSE 8
What did Nehemiah say to encourage the builders of the wall to keep going?
"Don't be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes!"
VERSE 14
This person was a secret informer for Tobiah and Sanballat.
Shemaiah
VERSES 10-12 (CH 6)