1. Whom did Nehemiah ask about the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and about Jerusalem?

Nehemiah 1:2

• A. Ezra
• B. Hanani
• C. Sanballat
• D. Artaxerxes

2. How were those that were left of the captivity?

Nehemiah 1:3

• A. They were in peace and prosperity
• B. They were all in Babylon
• C. They were in great affliction and reproach
• D. They were building the temple

3. How did Nehemiah react when he heard the bad news?

Nehemiah 1:4

• A. He was angry with the king
• B. He left at once
• C. He wrote a letter to Ezra
• D. He wept, mourned and fasted

4. What did Nehemiah confess while he prayed to God?

Nehemiah 1:6

• A. The sins of Israel
• B. His fear of the king
• C. His wish to be governor
• D. The greatness of Persia

5. What was Nehemiah's job before the king?

Nehemiah 1:11

• A. Scribe
• B. Cupbearer
• C. Captain of the guard
• D. Treasurer

1. What is Nisan?

Nehemiah 2:1

• A. The name of a gate
• B. A river in Persia
• C. The name of a month
• D. A servant of the king

2. How did the king interpret Nehemiah's sadness?

Nehemiah 2:2

• A. As sickness
• B. As weariness
• C. As anger against the king
• D. As sorrow of heart

3. What was the reason for Nehemiah's sadness?

Nehemiah 2:3

• A. That the city of his fathers lay in ruins
• B. That his family was sick
• C. That the king was going to dismiss him
• D. That he had no riches

4. What did Nehemiah want to do with the city of his fathers?

Nehemiah 2:5

• A. Sell it
• B. Build it again
• C. Visit it once
• D. Conquer it

5. Who was sitting by the king when he asked Nehemiah how long his journey would be?

Nehemiah 2:6

• A. Ezra the scribe
• B. Sanballat
• C. The queen
• D. The captain of the guard

6. Whom did the king send with Nehemiah?

Nehemiah 2:9

• A. The priests of Persia
• B. His own sons
• C. Ezra and the Levites
• D. Captains of the army and horsemen

7. Who were exceedingly grieved that someone had come to seek the welfare of Israel?

Nehemiah 2:10

• A. Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite
• B. Ezra and Hanani
• C. The priests and Levites
• D. The king and the queen

8. Whom did Nehemiah tell about the round he made by the different gates of the city?

Nehemiah 2:16

• A. The priests
• B. No one
• C. The rulers
• D. Sanballat

9. What was the name of the Arabian, Sanballat's companion?

Nehemiah 2:19

• A. Tobiah
• B. Noadiah
• C. Geshem
• D. Shemaiah

1. Which gate did Eliashib the high priest and his brethren build?

Nehemiah 3:1

• A. The fish gate
• B. The valley gate
• C. The water gate
• D. The sheep gate

2. Was there a gate called the fish gate?

Nehemiah 3:3

• Yes
• No

3. Did the nobles of the Tekoites help in the work of the Lord?

Nehemiah 3:5

• Yes
• No

4. What is the third gate the Bible mentions as repaired?

Nehemiah 3:6

• A. The valley gate
• B. The dung gate
• C. The old gate
• D. The gate of the fountain

5. Who helped Shallum to repair?

Nehemiah 3:12

• A. His servants
• B. The Tekoites
• C. The priests
• D. His daughters

6. Who repaired the valley gate?

Nehemiah 3:13

• A. Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah
• B. Eliashib with the priests
• C. Malchiah the son of Rechab
• D. Shallum with his daughters

7. Was there a gate called the dung gate?

Nehemiah 3:14

• Yes
• No

8. Was there a gate called the gate of the bridge or the gate of the fountain?

Nehemiah 3:15

• A. The fountain
• B. The bridge

9. What are the names of the last four gates in chapter three of Nehemiah?

Nehemiah 3:26-31

• A. Sheep, fish, old and valley
• B. Valley, dung, fountain and water
• C. Fish, old, Ephraim and corner
• D. Water, horse, east and Miphkad

1. Who said, "Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall"?

Nehemiah 4:3

• A. Tobiah
• B. Sanballat
• C. Geshem
• D. Noadiah

2. Why did they finish building the wall up to half its height?

Nehemiah 4:6

• A. Because the king gave them stones
• B. Because the people had a mind to work
• C. Because the enemies went away
• D. Because it rained a lot

3. What did Nehemiah do when he learned of the conspiracy to attack Jerusalem?

Nehemiah 4:9

• A. He fled to Persia
• B. He paid the enemies
• C. They set a watch against them day and night
• D. He stopped the work

4. While half of Nehemiah's servants wrought in the work, what did the other half do?

Nehemiah 4:16

• A. They rested in their houses
• B. They cooked for the workers
• C. They sang praises
• D. They held the spears, shields, bows and habergeons

5. The people worked with one hand, and what did they hold in the other hand?

Nehemiah 4:17

• A. A sword
• B. A trumpet
• C. A lamp
• D. A shield

6. How did the men of Israel serve in the work at night?

Nehemiah 4:22

• A. Sleeping beside the wall
• B. Keeping guard
• C. Carrying stones
• D. Praying in the temple

7. The workers put off their clothes only for what?

Nehemiah 4:23

• A. Only to sleep
• B. Only to eat
• C. Only for washing
• D. Only on the sabbath day

1. What was the root of the cry of the people of Israel?

Nehemiah 5:1-5

• A. The enemies destroyed the wall
• B. There was no water in the city
• C. The king raised the war taxes
• D. They had to borrow, mortgage their lands or give their children into bondage to eat

2. Why could some not redeem their daughters from bondage?

Nehemiah 5:5

• A. Because their lands and vineyards already belonged to others
• B. Because their daughters did not want to return
• C. Because the king forbade it
• D. Because they were in Babylon

3. Were the nobles and the rulers supposed to take usury from their brethren?

Nehemiah 5:7

• Yes
• No

4. What did Nehemiah and his brethren not eat for twelve years?

Nehemiah 5:14

• A. Lamb's meat
• B. Leavened bread
• C. The bread of the governor
• D. The firstfruits

5. What did Nehemiah do when asking God to remember him?

Nehemiah 5:19

• A. He offered a thousand burnt offerings
• B. He fasted forty days
• C. He gave gold to the temple
• D. He did much good for the people

1. What did Nehemiah think of the invitation from Sanballat and Geshem?

Nehemiah 6:2

• A. That they thought to do him mischief
• B. That they wanted to make peace
• C. That they wanted to help with the work
• D. That they wanted to honor him

2. How many times did Nehemiah receive that invitation?

Nehemiah 6:4

• A. Once
• B. Four times
• C. Seven times
• D. Twice

3. What other way did Sanballat use to try to persuade Nehemiah?

Nehemiah 6:5

• A. He offered him gold and silver
• B. He threatened him with his army
• C. He sent his servant with an open letter in his hand
• D. He sent him to the king of Persia

4. Why did Shemaiah tell Nehemiah to shut himself in the temple?

Nehemiah 6:10

• A. Because it was going to rain
• B. Because it was the sabbath
• C. Because the king was coming
• D. Because they were coming to slay him

5. Was what Shemaiah told Nehemiah a false prophecy?

Nehemiah 6:12

• Yes
• No

6. Why did Shemaiah do this?

Nehemiah 6:12

• A. Because he was afraid of the enemies
• B. Because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him
• C. Because he wanted to be governor
• D. Because God commanded him

7. What did Noadiah and the other prophets seek to do to Nehemiah?

Nehemiah 6:14

• A. Encourage him in the work
• B. Make him king
• C. Put him in fear
• D. Take him to Persia

1. Who feared God above many?

Nehemiah 7:2

• A. Hanani
• B. Eliashib
• C. Tobiah
• D. Hananiah

2. Until when could the gates of Jerusalem be opened?

Nehemiah 7:3

• A. Until the sun was hot
• B. At the crowing of the cock
• C. At the hour of the sacrifice
• D. At the going down of the sun

3. Is the word Barkos used because it was a ship or the name of a person?

Nehemiah 7:55

• A. A ship
• B. The name of a person

4. In which month were the children of Israel at last in their cities?

Nehemiah 7:73

• A. In the first month
• B. In the month Nisan
• C. In the seventh month
• D. In the twelfth month

1. Why did all the people gather in the street before the water gate?

Nehemiah 8:1

• A. To choose a king
• B. To fight against Sanballat
• C. To dedicate the wall
• D. To ask Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses

2. Could it be that the example of the modern pulpits in congregations comes from Nehemiah 8:4-5?

Nehemiah 8:4-5

3. For what purpose did they give the sense when reading the law?

Nehemiah 8:8

• A. So that the reading would be shorter
• B. So that they could understand what was read
• C. To impress the people
• D. So that the king would approve it

4. Did all the people weep when they heard the reading of the law?

Nehemiah 8:9

• Yes
• No

5. Nehemiah said the joy of the LORD was what?

Nehemiah 8:10

• A. Their reward
• B. Their rest
• C. Their crown
• D. Their strength

6. Since what day had Israel not kept the feast of tabernacles?

Nehemiah 8:17

• A. Since the days of Joshua the son of Nun
• B. Since the days of Solomon
• C. Since the days of David
• D. Since the days of Hezekiah

1. What did the people do as they stood fasting?

Nehemiah 9:2

• A. They sang psalms of victory
• B. They confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers
• C. They built the wall
• D. They offered burnt offerings

2. What did the LORD find faithful in Abraham?

Nehemiah 9:8

• A. His house
• B. His riches
• C. His heart
• D. His servants

3. Why did the LORD perform his words?

Nehemiah 9:8

• A. Because Abraham asked him
• B. Because Israel deserved it
• C. Because the king commanded it
• D. Because he is righteous

4. Why did the LORD show the signs he showed upon Pharaoh?

Nehemiah 9:10

• A. Because Pharaoh had dealt proudly against Israel
• B. Because Moses asked him
• C. Because Egypt worshipped the sun
• D. Because Pharaoh stole Israel's gold

5. What did the Israelites harden when they did not hearken to the LORD's commandments?

Nehemiah 9:16

• A. Their hands
• B. Their necks
• C. Their feet
• D. Their ears

6. Why did the LORD give his good spirit to Israel?

Nehemiah 9:20

• A. To punish them
• B. To fight for them
• C. To instruct them
• D. To lead them to Egypt

7. How many times did the feet of Israel swell in the wilderness?

Nehemiah 9:21

• A. Once
• B. Seven times
• C. Forty times
• D. Never

8. When Israel rebelled against the LORD, what did they do with God's law?

Nehemiah 9:26

• A. They cast it behind their backs
• B. They burned it
• C. They hid it in the temple
• D. They sent it to Babylon

9. Who sealed the sure covenant that was made?

Nehemiah 9:38

• A. The king and the queen
• B. The princes, Levites and priests
• C. The prophets and scribes
• D. The women and the children

1. Concerning the merchants, what would the Israelites not do if they came to sell on the sabbath day?

Nehemiah 10:31

• A. They would not let them enter the city
• B. They would not pay them a fair price
• C. They would not buy of them on that day
• D. They would not speak with them

2. What would they do every seventh year?

Nehemiah 10:31

• A. Build a new altar
• B. Number the people
• C. Go to Babylon
• D. Leave the land to rest

3. About what did the priests, Levites and people cast lots?

Nehemiah 10:34

• A. About the wood offering
• B. About who would be king
• C. About the lands
• D. About the gates of the wall

4. How often would they bring their firstfruits to the house of the LORD?

Nehemiah 10:35

• A. Every month
• B. Every year
• C. Every week
• D. Every seven years

5. Who would receive the tithes of the people's labor?

Nehemiah 10:37

• A. The princes
• B. The singers
• C. The Levites
• D. The porters

6. For whom were the firstfruits?

Nehemiah 10:37

• A. For the governor
• B. For the poor
• C. For the king of Persia
• D. For the priests

7. Who brought up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of God?

Nehemiah 10:38

• A. The Levites
• B. The princes
• C. The strangers
• D. The kings

1. Out of every ten people, how many would dwell in Jerusalem?

Nehemiah 11:1

• A. Two out of ten
• B. One out of ten
• C. Five out of ten
• D. Nine out of ten

2. Was Joel the son of Zichri the "perfect" one among them? Yes or no?

Nehemiah 11:9

• Yes
• No

3. What was Mattaniah's ministry?

Nehemiah 11:17

• A. He kept the gates of the temple
• B. He took care of the treasures
• C. He judged the people
• D. He was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer

4. How often did the singers receive their portion?

Nehemiah 11:23

• A. Every day
• B. Every week
• C. Every month
• D. Every year

1. True or false? Bakbukiah and Unni were each in their service.

Nehemiah 12:9

• True
• False

2. When did Hashabiah, Sherebiah and Jeshua praise and give thanks?

Nehemiah 12:24

• A. Only at the passover
• B. Only on the sabbath day
• C. When it was their turn
• D. Every morning and evening, without turns

3. What did they seek for the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem?

Nehemiah 12:27

• A. Precious stones for the gates
• B. The king's chariots and horses
• C. Lambs from Persia
• D. The Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem

4. How many companies did Nehemiah set on the wall to go in procession?

Nehemiah 12:31

• A. Two great companies
• B. Three companies
• C. Twelve companies
• D. One company

5. Where did the second company stand still?

Nehemiah 12:39

• A. At the valley gate
• B. At the prison gate
• C. At the water gate
• D. At the east gate

6. How far was the joy of Israel heard?

Nehemiah 12:43

• A. Only inside the temple
• B. As far as Babylon
• C. It was heard even afar off
• D. Only in the street

7. Since when had there been a chief of the singers in Israel?

Nehemiah 12:46

• A. Since the time of Moses
• B. Since the time of Hezekiah
• C. Since the return from Babylon
• D. Since the days of David and Asaph

1. What was found in the book of Moses concerning the Ammonites and Moabites?

Nehemiah 13:1

• A. That they should not come into the congregation of God for ever
• B. That they were brethren of Israel
• C. That they should pay the tithe
• D. That they could be priests

2. Why did the Ammonites and Moabites hire Balaam?

Nehemiah 13:2

• A. To bless Moab
• B. To curse Israel
• C. To give them wisdom
• D. To build an altar

3. Was it right for Eliashib to prepare a chamber in the courts of the house of God?

Nehemiah 13:7

• Yes
• No

4. Why had the Levites and the singers fled every one to his field?

Nehemiah 13:10

• A. Because there was war
• B. Because Tobiah drove them out
• C. Because the temple was closed
• D. Because their portions had not been given them

5. Why did Nehemiah make Shelemiah, Zadok and Pedaiah treasurers?

Nehemiah 13:13

• A. Because they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren
• B. Because they were rich
• C. Because they were his relatives
• D. Because they were valiant soldiers

6. Why did Nehemiah contend with the nobles of Judah?

Nehemiah 13:17

• A. Because they did not pay tribute
• B. Because they profaned the sabbath day
• C. Because they did not build the wall
• D. Because they worshipped Baal

7. Why did Nehemiah set some of his servants at the gates of the city on the sabbath day?

Nehemiah 13:19

• A. So that the enemies would not come in
• B. To collect taxes
• C. So that no burden should be brought in on the sabbath day
• D. To announce the feasts

8. Why did Nehemiah contend with some, even smiting them and plucking off their hair?

Nehemiah 13:23-25

• A. Because they robbed the temple
• B. Because they did not keep the passover
• C. Because they mocked him
• D. Because they had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon and of Moab