Nehemiah

Question 1

Nehemiah: Theme

Answer 1

Nehemiah: Rebuilding the walls

Question 2

Nehemiah Outline

Answer 2

Nehemiah Outline:
(1-7) Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem under Nehemiah

(8-10) Revival of the people under Ezra

(11-13) Reinforcement of the work under Nehemiah

Question 3

Key Chapters: Nehemiah 1-2

Answer 3

Key Chapters: Nehemiah’s prayer, Artaxerxes’s decree, Nehemiah visits Jerusalem

Question 4

Key Chapters: Nehemiah 3-7

Answer 4

Key Chapters: Work on & completion of the walls, opposition, census

Question 5

Key Passage: Nehemiah 8:4-8

Answer 5

Key Passage: Presentation of the Law by Ezra to the people.
“And they read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading.” (v.8)

Question 6

Nehemiah Key People: Artaxerxes

Answer 6

Nehemiah Key People: Persian King who was the son of Xerxes I & Vashti; stepson of Ester. He allowed the Jews to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem under the leadership of Nehemiah

Question 7

Nehemiah Key People: Nehemiah

Answer 7

Artaxerxes’ cupbearer, Governor of Judea, Supervisor of construction

Question 8

Nehemiah Key People: Sanballat

Answer 8

Nehemiah Key People: influential Samaritan; sought to end construction on the walls; sought to assassinate Nehemiah

Question 9

Nehemiah Key People: Ezra

Answer 9

Nehemiah Key People: Great reformer, expert in the Law. He had the leadership in Israel put away their foreign wives

Question 10

Nehemiah Timeline

Answer 10

Timeline: ca. 445 - 424 B.C. (about 90 years after Zerubbabel/Joshua)