Nehemiah 5&6

Chapter 5, Nehemiah, stood against the attacks of enemies abroad and kept them from destroying one another.  The complaint which the poor made to Nehemiah of the great hardships which the rich forced them to borrow money.  Nehemiah rebuked the nobles and rulers not to burden the poor and set them into compassion and tenderness towards them

Chapter 6,  The building of the wall goes forward, although their enemies were designing ways to stop the work, appointing false prophets and rumors that Jews plan to rebel, rebuild the wall and that Nehemiah be their king.  These are the struggles between the church and its enemies, but great is God's cause, and it will be prosperous and victorious.

Fill the blank:

Remember the ____ to Your servant, upon which You have caused me to ____ (Psalms 119:49)

1. Nehemiah became angry when he heard the people outcry.

• True

• False

1. Fill in the blank: “What you are doing is not ____. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the _______, our enemies?”

Who did Nehemiah call and require an oath from them that they would do according to his promise? (verse 12)

• The people

• Priests

• Soliders

From the time that I was appointed to be governor in the land of _____

• Judah

• Egypt

• Lebanon

1. How many Jews and rulers were at Nehemiah’s table? (verse 17)

• 1. One hundred and ten

• 2. One hundred and thirty 

• One hundred and fifty 

1. But they sent me this message ____ times, and I answered them in the ____ manner (chapter 6)

1. Nehemiah prayed to God to strengthen his hands. (verse 9)

• True

• False

1. So the wall was finished on the ________ day of Elul, in _______ days. 

1. Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to ______

• 2. Sanballat

• 1. Geshem

• 1. Tobiah