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Part 75 — Division Among The Jews Through Israel Returning To Their Homes (Nehemiah 5-7)

Nehemiah · Questions

1. Who cried out against the Jews?

2. Why was there an outcry?

3. How did Nehemiah respond to the outcry of the people?

4. Were there any that agreed to right the wrongs that were being done?

5. What did Nehemiah proclaim concerning those who would not right the wrongs that had been done?

6. What kept Nehemiah honest as a governor and different from those before him?

7. Was Nehemiah a “settle down and take it easy guy” or was he about getting the work of the Lord done?

8. Had the people of God purged from among them all the heathens at this point of our study?

9. Did Nehemiah want God to reward him according to his works?

10. What did Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem do when they saw the progress of the wall?

11. How did Nehemiah respond to the invitation for the meeting (the first four times)?

12. What charges did Sanballat lay against Nehemiah in his letter?

13. Were Sanballat’s charges against Nehemiah accurate?

14. When fear struck Nehemiah and those working in Jerusalem, who did they look to strengthen their hands?

15. Nehemiah was told to hide in the temple to save his life (Nehemiah 6:10). How did he answer that suggestion?

16. What was the reaction of the heathen to the finishing of the wall?

17. Were there people in Judah loyal to Tobiah (he has been a sure enemy of God’s work)?

18. What was sent in the letters to and from Tobiah?

19. Why was Hanani given charge over Jerusalem?

20. When were the gates of Jerusalem to be opened?

21. Was Jerusalem heavily populated?

22. Whose decision was it to gather together the nobles, the rulers, and the people that they might be reckoned by genealogy?

23. What happened with the children of Solomon's servants in the reckoning by genealogy?

24. What happened with the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name?

25. What was the final number of the congregation of Israel besides the servants?

26. Was any among God’s people willing to give to the work?