NEHEMIAH

 

Updated 12/2023

 

CHAPTER 1

  1. What grieved Nehemiah?
  2. What position did Nehemiah have to the king?

CHAPTER 2

  1. What king sent Nehemiah on his way to rebuild Jerusalem?
  2. Who opposed Nehemiah coming to help the children of Israel?

CHAPTER 3

 

  1. Who was high priest at this time of rebuilding?
  2. Where did many of the men make repairs?

 

CHAPTER 4

  1. What did the adversaries conspire to do against the builders?
  2. How did Nehemiah and his builders protect themselves from the adversaries?

CHAPTER 5

  1. a. What were some people of Israel doing against their brethren? b. What did Nehemiah do to solve this problem?
  2. What did Nehemish do with the governor’s provisions?

CHAPTER 6

  1. What did the adversaries threaten Nehemiah if he did not stop building?
  2. Why would Nehemiah not go into the temple with Shemaiah?
  3. How long did it take to repair the wall?

CHAPTER 7

 

  1. How many people came back on the first return from Babylon?

 

CHAPTER 8

  1. a. Who read from the book of the law of Moses before Israel? b. How did he read before the people? c. Why was he reading the law?
  2. Why did the people weep when hearing the law read?
  3. What did the people resume doing as a remembrance of how God took care of their forefathers in the wilderness?

CHAPTER 9

  1. a. How long did the people read the book of the Law? b. How long did they confess and worship to the Lord their God?
  2. What covenant did the people make?

CHAPTER 10

  1. What did the rest of the people enter into after the leaders sealed the covenant?
  2. How much was given by each person for the service of the house of the Lord?
  3. How was the wood provider for the burnt offerings chosen?
  4. How often was the firstfruits of all produce brought to the house of the Lord?
  5. What did the Levites receive from the farming communities?
  6. What were the Levite priests to do with some of the tithes that they received?

CHAPTER 11

  1. How were the people chosen that would dwell in the city of Jerusalem?

CHAPTER 12

  1. What two groups did Nehemiah station along the walls of Jerusalem?

CHAPTER 13

  1. What people were removed from the multitude of Israel?
  2. What did Nehemiah enforce for the Sabbaths?
  3. How did Nehemiah put a stop to the merchants who waited outside the door?
  4. What did Nehemiah do to some of the people who had married foreign women?