Bible quiz - questions on books of Nehemiah

1. How did Nehemiah hear about the condition of the wall of Jerusalem and its gates? (1:1-3)
2. What did Nehemiah do when he heard about the remnant that survived the exile and about the condition
of Jerusalem? (1:4)
3. What was Nehemiahs position for the king? (1:11)
4. What did King Artaxerxes perceive about Nehemiah? (2:1-3)
5. If it please the king, and if your servant have found favor in your sight, that you would send me to
Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may ___________it. (2:4-5)
6. When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them
exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the ____________ the children of Israel. (2:10)
7. What did Tobiah say would break down their stone wall? (4:1-3)
8. With what attitude did the builders of the wall work? (4:4-6)
9. What handicap did many of the workers have? (4:16-17)
10. How would the rest know if an attack took place at another section? (4:19-20)
11. How often did the men change their clothes? (4:21-23)
12. What did Nehemiah cause to stop after hearing the cry of the poor? (5:1-10)
13. I am doing _____________work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave
it, and come down to you? (6:3-4)
14. How long did it take to complete the walls? (6:15-16)
15. Approximately how many people returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel? (7:6-7,66-67)
16. Who read aloud the book of the law of Moses from morning until noon? (8:1-3)
17. What was their strength? (8:9-12)
18. And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part
of the day; and another fourth part they _________, and worshipped the LORD their God (9:3)
19. What did they promise not to do on the Sabbath? (10:31)
20. What did they promise to bring to the priests and the Levites? (10:35-39)
21. At the dedication of the wall where was the sound of rejoicing heard? (12:43)
22. What did Nehemiah do when he heard that Eliashib the priest provided a great chamber in the courts of
the house of God for Tobiah? (13:4-9)?
23. What did Nehemiah do to the son-in-law of Sanballat? (13:28)

Nehemiah Chapter 1
1) When did the events of this passage take place in verse one of this book? (Nehemiah 1:1)
2) Why did Nehemiah question his brother in these verses of this book? (Nehemiah 1:1-2)
3) What report did Hanani and his men give to Nehemiah in verse three? (Nehemiah 1:3)
4) How did Nehemiah react to the news about Jerusalem and the exiles in verse four? (Nehemiah 1:4)
5) How did Nehemiah describe God in his prayer in verse five of this book? (Nehemiah 1:5)
6) According to Nehemiah, with whom does God keep His covenant of love in verse five? (Nehemiah 1:5)
7) What made Nehemiah more aware of his own sinfulness in these verses? (Nehemiah 1:5-6)
8) What is the major theme of Nehemiahs prayer in these verses? (Nehemiah 1:5-11)
9) Whose behalf did Nehemiah pray and fast for in verse six of this book? (Nehemiah 1:6)
10) What sins were the Israelites guilty of in verse seven of this book? (Nehemiah 1:7)
11) What instruction did the Lord give to Moses in verse eight of this book? (Nehemiah 1:8)
12) What promise of the Lord could the Israelites claim, according to Nehemiah in verse nine? (Nehemiah 1:9)
13) How did Nehemiah describe the people of Israel in his prayer in verse ten? (Nehemiah 1:10)
14) What specific request did Nehemiah ask God to grant him in verse eleven? (Nehemiah 1:11)
Nehemiah Chapter 2
1) Why was Nehemiah able to meet with the king in verse one of this book? (Nehemiah 2:1)
2) How had Nehemiah acted in the kings presence in the past in verse one? (Nehemiah 2:1)
3) How did Nehemiahs behavior present an opportunity for him in verse one? (Nehemiah 2:1)
4) What did the king ask Nehemiah in verse two of this book? (Nehemiah 2:2)
5) What did the king assume about Nehemiahs demeanor in verse two of this book? (Nehemiah 2:2)
6) What did Nehemiah have to overcome to give the king an honest answer? (Nehemiah 2:2-3)
7) How did Nehemiah describe his problem to the king in verse three of this book? (Nehemiah 2:3)
8) What did Nehemiah do before he told the king what he wanted in verse four? (Nehemiah 2:4)
9) What did Nehemiah ask of the king in these verses of this book? (Nehemiah 2:5-7)
10) Why did Nehemiah ask that letters be sent to the governors of Trans-Euphrates? (Nehemiah 2:7)
11) How did Nehemiah explain the generosity of the king in verse eight? (Nehemiah 2:8)
12) Who was disturbed by Nehemiahs actions and why in verse ten of this book? (Nehemiah 2:10)
13) What did Nehemiah do when he first arrived in Jerusalem in these verses? (Nehemiah 2:11-12)
14) What strategy did Nehemiah use in surveying the state of the city in these verses of this book? (Nehemiah
2:11-16)
15) How did Nehemiah prepare himself to present his plan to the Jews in these verses? (Nehemiah 2:11-16)
16) From where did Nehemiah receive his motivation to rebuild Jerusalem? (Nehemiah 2:12)
17) What did Nehemiah find in his inspection of the city in verse thirteen? (Nehemiah 2:13)
18) Why were the officials unaware of Nehemiahs plan in verse sixteen? (Nehemiah 2:16)
19) Why did Nehemiah say that the Israelites were in disgrace in verse seventeen? (Nehemiah 2:17)
20) How did Nehemiah motivate the Israelites to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem in these verses? (Nehemiah
2:17-18)
21) How did the Jews respond to Nehemiah in verse eighteen of this book? (Nehemiah 2:18)
22) What encouragement did Nehemiah offer those people who may have initially doubted his plan? (Nehemiah
2:18)
23) Why did Nehemiah experience opposition to the work of rebuilding Jerusalem in verse nineteen?
(Nehemiah 2:19)
24) How did Nehemiah respond to his critics in verse twenty of this book? (Nehemiah 2:20)
25) Whom did Nehemiah credit for the Israelites expected success in verse twenty? (Nehemiah 2:20)
Nehemiah Chapter 3
1) How did the priests set the example for all the Israelites in verse one of this book? (Nehemiah 3:1)
2) What did the priests do when they had completed sections of the walls and gates of Jerusalem? (Nehemiah
3:1)
3) What project was the Israelites working on in verse one of this book? (Nehemiah 3:1)
4) What does the priests dedication of their work reveal about their motivation? (Nehemiah 3:1)
5) What kinds of people were involved in rebuilding Jerusalem in these verses? (Nehemiah 3:1-32)
6) What does the wide spectrum of people involved reveal about the Israelites commitment to this project?
(Nehemiah 3:1-32)
7) Keeping in mind the practical reason for the restoration of the city, why was most of the rebuilding focused
on the gates? (Nehemiah 3:1-32)
8) What criticism was leveled at the men of Tekoites in verse five of this book? (Nehemiah 3:5)
9) Why did the common people of Tekoites have to do double-duty work in rebuilding the walls of the city?
(Nehemiah 3:5), (Nehemiah 3:27)
10) How did the Israelites decide who would rebuild what in these verses of these books? (Nehemiah 3:10),
(Nehemiah 3:28-30)