His Resume
His first occupation was_____.
What is cup-bearer to the king?
Nehemiah's return to Jerusalem was the ___ from Persia by Jewish leadership.
What is the 3rd?
He encountered _____ prominent men as foes to his efforts to re-build the walls.
What is three?
The Jewish nobles angered Nehemiah because they were _______.
What is extracting usury from the people.
They were the first of the Jewish leadership to return to Jerusalem from captivity.
Who are Joshua and Zerubbabel?
_____ wrote his book.
Who is Ezra?
It took ____ days to re-build the city walls and gates.
What is 52 days?
Two of his foes were ____ & ____.
Who are Sanballet, Tobiah, and Gershem?
Nehemiah ____ as a sign and an insult as he made the nobles swear an oath after they angered him.
What is shook out the folds of his garment?
The first to return from the captivity re-built the ____.
What is the temple?
He was in the city of ____ when he heard of the distress in Jerusalem.
What is the city of Susa (Shushan)?
In ___ year of Artaxerxes reign Nehemiah heard of Jerusalem's plight?
What is the 20th?
They claimed even a small ____ sitting atop the wall would break it down.
What is a fox?
Nehemiah was angry at his high priest, ____, he had left in charge after his return from Persia.
Who was Eliashib?
The names of 5 of the gates in Jerusalem's wall were ___.
What are Old, Fish, Sheep, Master, East, Horse, Water, Fountain, Dung (Refuse), Valley?
The King gave him the title of ____ while he was in Jerusalem.
What is Governor?
There were ____ gates in Nehemiah's Jerusalem wall.
What is 10?
The Jews would be ready to fight their foes even during the night by ____.
What is sleeping in their clothes with their weapons?
The priest had defiled the temple complex by ______.
What is turning a temple warehouse into a room for Tobiah?
Ezra found _____ and read it to the people of Jerusalem for the first time since the captivities.
What is the Book of the Law of Moses?
He first reacted to the news of Jerusalem's plight in 5 ways, name 3.
What is he sat, wept, mourned, fasted, and prayed?
In the _____ year of Artaxerxes reign Nehemiah returned to Persia.
What is the 32nd year?
Nehemiah set security for building the wall by ______.
What is having half of the workers stand guard, all of them with weapons, and listening for the sound of the trumpet to rally?
Nehemiah reacted to the inter-marriage of the Jews with the locals and their adoption of their languages in 5 ways, name 3.
What is cursed them, struck them, pulled out their hair, made them swear an oath, and drove Eliashib's grandson away (had married Sanballat's daughter)?
The people of Jerusalem reacted in 6 ways when Ezra read to them, name 3.
What is stood, say Amen, raised their hands, bowed, worshiped, and wept?