Introduction (top)
I. Nehemiah's arrival in Jerusalem............................1:1-2:20
A. Tragic news from Jerusalem and Neh. prayer....1:1-11
B. The granting of Nehemiah's request...............2:1-8
C. Neh. survey of the walls and his report...........2:9-20
II. The building of the wall......................................3:1-6:19
A. The workmen and their tasks.......................3:1-32
B. The opposition of enemies..........................4:1-23
C. Reforms of Nehemiah...............................5:1-19
D. The wall finished despite intrigues.................6:1-7:4
III. Civil and religious reforms in Jerusalem...................7:5-10:39
A. List of Jews who returned with Zerubbabel......7:5-73
B. The reading and observance of God's law........8:1-18
C. A public confession and covenant..................9:1-10:39
IV. Lists of inhabitants............................................11:1-12:26
V. Dedication of walls and organization of temple services
.12.27-47
VI. Nehemiah's final reforms.....................................13:1-31
Chapter
1 (top)
1. Where was Nehemiah?
2. What did Nehemiah ask Hanani?
3. What was Hanani's response?
4. What did Nehemiah do when he heard the news?
5. What was Nehemiah's job?
Chapter
2 (top)
1. What year of Artaxerxes was it?
2. What did Nehemiah do for the king?
3. What was Nehemiah's countenanace?
4. What did the king ask Nehemiah?
5. What was Nehemiah's response?
6. What did Nehemiah say when Artaxerxes asked him what
he requested?
7. What two men were unhappy with this situation?
8. What did Nehemiah do when he reached Jerusalem?
9. Who laughed at them?
Chapter
3 (top)
10. Who was the high priest?
11. Name the ten gates:
Chapter
4 (top)
12. Who mocked the Jews?
13. What was the joke that Tobiah said about their building?
14. What was Sanballat and Tobiah's plan?
15. What did Nehemiah do with the families?
16. After God "brought their
counsel to nought" what did Nehemiah have the people do?
17. What did they hold in each hand?
18. What was the only reason they changed clothes?
Chapter
5 (top)
19. What was the Jews complaint?
20. Who did Nehemiah rebuke? why?
21. Did they perform Nehemiah's request?
22. What was Nehemiah appointed?
23. For how long did he keep this appointment? Did he
accept the salary?
24. Why not?
Chapter
6 (top)
25. Who wanted to do Nehemiah mischief?
26. What were the lies that these enemies were saying?
27. What did Shemaiah try to get Nehemiah to do? who
hired him?
28. When was the wall of the city finally finished?
Chapter
7 (top)
29. Who did Nehemiah give charge over Jerusalem?
30. What did God put in Nehemiah's heart to do?
31. What was the number of the whole congregation?
Chapter
8 (top)
32. Where did the people gather?
33. What did Ezra bring and do?
34. What did the Jews make? Why? (READ Lev. 23:40-44)
Chapter
9 (top)
35. What were the people doing?
Chapter
10 (top)
36. What other points of the law did the Jews resume?
Chapter
11 (top)
37. What did the people cast lots for?
Chapter
12 (top)
38. The walls are dedicated and the temple offices restored!
Chapter
13 (top)
39. What year had Nehemiah returned to te king?
40. What evil had Eliashib done?
41. What did Nehemiah do?
42. What were some people profaning?
43. What did Nehemiah threaten if the merchants set up
on Sabbath?
44. What did Nehemiah do to some who had married foreign
women?
45. Who did he remind them of?
