Year 4 - August

Year 4, August - Ezra and Nehemiah

Year 4, August 1, Cyrus Sends The Exiles Back – Ezra 1:1-4

Questions

Where was Cyrus king?

Who prophesied the return of the exiles?

What did Cyrus want to build? Where?

Year 4, August 2, Cyrus Sends The Exiles Back – Ezra 1:5-11

Questions

Who prepared to go and rebuild the temple?

Who made them want to do this?

Name some of the treasures they took with them?

Who was the prince of Judah?

Year 4, August 3, Rebuilding The Altar – Ezra 3:1-7

Questions

Where did the people assemble in the seventh month?

Which two leaders began to build the altar?

What Law did they follow for sacrifice and offering?

What did they trade from Lebanon to build the temple?

Year 4, August 4, Rebuilding The Temple – Ezra 3:8-13

Questions

Who did the leaders appoint to oversee the building?

What did the priests and Levites do when the builders laid the foundation?

What did all the people do?

What did the old people remember?

Year 4, August 5, Enemies Oppose – Ezra 4:1-6

Questions

Who came to see Zerubbabel and the other leaders?

What did they want?

How did Zerubbabel and Jeshua answer them?

How long did these enemies hold up the building?

Year 4, August 6, Letter to King Artaxerxes – Ezra 4:11-16

Questions

Who did the enemies of God’s people write to?

What did they tell him?

How did they describe the city of Jerusalem and its people?

Year 4, August 7, The Works Stops – Ezra 4:17-24

Questions

Where did these enemies of God live?

What order did Artaxerxes give about Jerusalem?

Who forced the people to stop work on God’s house?

Which new king came to power?

Year 4, August 8, The Work Starts Again – Ezra 5:1-6

Questions

Which prophets helped Zerubbabel and Jeshua?

What did their enemies ask?

Who watched over the Jews and their elders?

Year 4, August 9, Another Letter – Ezra 5:7-11,17

Questions

How was the building being done?

Who did the builders say they were?

What did the enemies ask King Darius?

Year 4, August 10, The King's Reply – Ezra 6:1-5

Questions

Where did King Darius find the scroll with the decree of King Cyrus?

What measurements did it give for the temple?

Where was the money to come from?

Year 4, August 11, The King's Reply – Ezra 6:6-12

Questions

What order did Darius give the enemies of God’s people?

What provisions were they to make for the temple?

What was to happen to anyone who changed the edict?

What did Darius say about God?

Year 4, August 12, The Temple Finished – Ezra 6:13-18

Questions

Did Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai obey King Darius?

When was the temple completed?

How did God’s people celebrate?

Year 4, August 13, Passover Celebrated – Ezra 6:19-22

Questions

What historic feast did the people celebrate?

What did the priests and Levites do first?

What meat did they eat at Passover?

Why were they so joyful?

Year 4, August 14, Ezra sent to Teach – Ezra 7:1,6-10

Questions

What was Ezra?

Why did the king grant him what he asked?

Which year of King Artaxerxes did Ezra take a new group to Jerusalem?

Why was the gracious hand of the Lord on Ezra?

Year 4, August 15, Ezra sent to Teach – Ezra 7:11-20

Questions

Who did the king say may go to Jerusalem with Ezra?

What were they to take with them?

What was the money to buy?

Where were they to get more supplies from?

Year 4, August 16, Ezra sent to Teach – Ezra 7:21-28

Questions

Who else had to provide for the worship of God?

Whose laws were they to obey?

Who were they not to tax?

What did Ezra do when he received this letter?

Year 4, August 17, Sad News – Nehemiah 1:1-4

Questions

Who came from Judah to see Nehemiah in Susa?

What news did he have about the people?

What about Jerusalem?

What did Nehemiah do?

Year 4, August 18, Nehemiah's Prayer – Nehemiah 1:5-11

Questions

What did Nehemiah say about God’s covenant?

Whose sins did he confess?

What did Nehemiah remind God about his exiled people?

What was Nehemiah’s job?

Year 4, August 19, Nehemiah sent to Judah – Nehemiah 2:1-8

Questions

What did the king’s cupbearer do?

Why was he sad?

Did he need to be afraid of the king?

Did the king grant him his requests?

Year 4, August 20, Nehemiah inspects Jerusalem – Nehemiah 2:9-16

Questions

Who went with Ezra?

Who was upset about this?

When did Nehemiah inspect the walls?

Who knew he was doing this?

Year 4, August 21, Nehemiah inspects Jerusalem – Nehemiah 2:17-20

Questions

How did Nehemiah describe Jerusalem?

What did he suggest?

Who mocked them?

How did Nehemiah answer their enemies?

Year 4, August 22, Rebuilding the Wall – Nehemiah 3:1-13

Questions

Who rebuilt the Sheep Gate?

Whose nobles didn’t bother helping?

Who had his daughters helping him repair the wall?

Year 4, August 23, Rebuilding the Wall – Nehemiah 3:14-21

Questions

Who repaired the Dung Gate?

In verse 16, is this the same Nehemiah the Cupbearer of the King?

Who zealously repaired a section of the wall?

Year 4, August 24, Rebuilding the Wall – Nehemiah 3:22-32

Questions

Was it only people living in Jerusalem who helped?

Who made repairs ‘each in front of his own home’?

Which Gate did this chapter start and finish with?

Year 4, August 25, Enemies Oppose – Nehemiah 4:1-14

Questions

Who called God’s people ‘feeble Jews’?

Who said a fox could knock down the wall?

How far had the repairs gone before the enemies became very angry?

How did Nehemiah and the people protect themselves?

Year 4, August 26, The Work Resumes – Nehemiah 4:15-23

Questions

What did half of the people do around the wall?

What did the other half?

Who stayed with Nehemiah?

What were the workers to do when they heard the trumpet?

Year 4, August 27, Conspiracy against Nehemiah – Nehemiah 6:1-9

Questions

What still needed to be done to finish the wall?

Where did Sanballat and Geshem ask Nehemiah to go?

How did he answer them?

Was Nehemiah leading a revolt against the king?

Year 4, August 28, Conspiracy against Nehemiah – Nehemiah 6:10-14

Questions

What did Shemaiah want Nehemiah to do?

Who hired Shemaiah to prophecy against Nehemiah?

Who did Nehemiah talk to about his enemies?

Year 4, August 29, The Wall is Finished – Nehemiah 6:15-7:4

Questions

How did the enemies feel when the wall was finished?

Who kept sending letters to intimidate Nehemiah?

Who did Nehemiah put in charge?

What did he say about Hananiah?

Year 4, August 30, Ezra Reads the Law – Nehemiah 8:1-8

Questions

Which gate did the people assemble near?

What did Ezra bring out to read?

Who came to the assembly?

How could everyone see him?

Year 4, August 31, The People Celebrate – Nehemiah 8:13-18

Questions

What did they discover about the feast of the seventh month?

How long was it since God’s people had done it like this?

How did they feel?

What did Ezra do day after day?