This Quiz: Nehemiah

1.) Who visited Nehemiah and told him the news about Jerusalem?
       Some of those who had escaped captivity.
       The prophetess Noadiah.
       Sanballat and Tobias.
       One of his brothers and some men from Judah.

2.) What was Nehemiah's position at the time?
       He was interpreter of the king's dreams
       He was an engineer.
       He was cupbearer to the king.
       He was a scribe.

3.) How did Nehemiah respond to the news that was told him?
       Wept and mourned
       Fasted
       Prayed
       All of the above

4.) Who was the king whom Nehemiah served?
       Ahab
       Amraphel
       Artaxerxes
       Arioch

5.) Nehemiah asked the king for letters to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and a letter to?
       Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest.
       Sanballat the Horonite.
       Tobiah the Ammorite official.
       Gesham the Arab.

6.) What did Sanballat, Tobia and Gesham accuse Nehemiah of?
       Stealing from the king's forest.
       Prophesying falsely in the name of the Lord.
       Rebelling against the king.
       Stealing timber that was owned by them.

7.) What was the name of the high priest who set to work with his fellow priests and rebuilt the Sheep Gate?
       Eliashib
       Elisha
       Eleazer
       Eli

8.) When Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the gaps were beginning to be closed, they were very angry:
       But they did nothing more at that time.
       All plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause confusion in it.
       All plotted together to kill Nehemiah.
       But God sent a fire through their camp and they were burned to death.

9.) While half of the men worked on constructing the wall, what did the other half do?
       They rested and refreshed themselves.
       They fought against Sanballat and Tobias.
       They helped Nehemiah design the gate entrances.
       They held the spears, shields, bows, and body-armor.

10.) How did Nehemiah respond when Sanballat and Geshem sent letters to Nehemiah asking him to meet them?
       I will cease work immediately and meet you at a time and place appointed by you.
       I will cease work tomorrow, and meet you at a time and place of my choosing.
       I am doing a great work and I cannot come down.
       I will send my brother down to meet with you.