The 12 tribes of Israel broke up into 2 different regions: __________ in the north and __________ in the south
Israel; Judah
100
What was the blind man's name?
Bartimaeus
100
What news did Nehemiah hear about Jerusalem?
the walls of jerusalem were broken
100
How old was St. Abanoub when he was martyred?
12 years old
200
After _______ years in exile, King ___________ of Persia finally allowed the Israelites to return to Jerusalem.
70; Cyrus
200
What is spiritual blindness?
Being far from God; Not being able to see God's work or His goodness in our life
200
what did Nehemiah do?
sat down wept and prayed
200
What was found in the temple?
The Book of the Law
300
While they continued building the temple, the _____________ tried to stop them by at first pretending like they wanted to __________ when in fact they only wanted to ________________.
Samaritans; help; slow them down
300
Why did God allow the man to be blind?
Because he ended up glorifying God in the end of this situation, and also allowed the whole crowd around him to glorify God.
300
why did Nehemiah ask the king to give him letters?
to allow him to pass through
300
How did God feed Elijah when he was in Cherith? Hint: This was the first place God commanded him to go
With Ravens, twice a day. They fed him meat and bread.
400
The building of the first temple was led by King Solomon and took ________ years while the building of the second temple was led by ____________________ and took ___________ years.
7; Zerubbabel; 4
400
What are things we can be blind to?
Gods character, God's work in our lives, and our actions by not being careful of what we do
400
How many days took people to build the walls?
52 days
400
Who dedicated the temple?
King Solomon
500
Israel was conquered by the __________ in 722 B.C. and Judah was conquered by the _________________ in 586 B.C.
Assyrians; Babylonians
500
How can we heal our spiritual blindness?
Pray and ask God to remove our spiritual blindness, read the Bible, and go to church and partake of its sacraments
500
why did Nehemiah divide the men into two groups?
one to guard and second to carry swords and rebuild
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