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Lesson # 11

Return From Captivity



Text:  Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther 


Text to read: Ezra 1,4-7, Neh. 1,2,4,6,8,13




1. 	What do you notice about Ezra 1:1,2 and 2 Chron. 36:22,23?_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What had God charged Cyrus to do? (Ez.1,  Isa.44:26-28)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.  What were those who didn't return to Jerusalem to supply their brethren?_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 



2. 	What King (Ezra 4) did the enemies appeal to to get the rebuilding of the temple stopped?_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Did it work?_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.



3. What prophets encouraged the Jews to start again the rebuilding? (Ezra ch. 5) 1._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.  What did the governor of the west side of the river enquire about in a letter sent to the King? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   Who was the king now? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 



4. 	Who was Ezra? (7:6,11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What had he prepared his heart for? (v.10) 1._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  3._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.  Who was to set magistrates and judges over the people beyond the river? (7:25) _ _ _ _ _ _ _  What was Ezra to do to those that didn't know the law of God? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  



5. 	What news did Hanani have for Nehemiah concerning the Jews in Jerusalem? (Neh.1) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was Nehemiah's reaction to this news? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  What was Nehemiah's job for the king? (1:11 and 2:1)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
 


6. 	What did the king notice about Nehemiah? (2:2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  What did Nehemiah request of the king? (2:5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (who was probably the queen mentioned in 2:6? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Why did Nehemiah want to send a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _



7. 	Who did the king send with him? (ch.2) 1_ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .  When did he inspect the ruins of Jerusalem? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  Who were the enemies who laughed and despised the Jews?   1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.  



8. 	In face of the enemy, the Jews divided into two groups, what did they do? (4:16)  1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   2_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. What did each worker on the wall have in his hand? (v.17) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  What did every builder have? (v.18) _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.



9. 	What hours did Ezra read to the people? (ch. 8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  How did they read? (8:8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  How many days did they read? (8:18) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 



10. 	What were some Jews doing on the Sabbath day? (Neh.13:15) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  What did Nehemiah have done on the evening before the Sabbath? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _  What is said of the children of Jews who married Ashdod wives? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ __ _ How did Nehemiah intend to remedy this? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.




	SELECT CORRECT ANSWER(S) 
 






  _____1. 	1. Nebuchadnezzar; 2. Daniel; 3. Cyrus; made a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. 




  _____2. 	The nation conquering Babylon was: 1. Rome; 2. Medo-Persia; 3.Greece; 4. Egypt; 5. Israel. 




  _____3.  	The king saw his cup-bearer was: 1. Sad; 2. Happy; 3. Sick. 




  _____4.  	The enemies of the Jews caused them:   1. To quit;  2. To work harder; 3. To prepare to fight;   4. To destroy what they had build. 




  _____5.  	The enemies tried many plans to interrupt the work.  These plans included: 1. Ridicule (4:1-3); 2. Threat of force (7-12); 3. Appeal to negotiate (6:1-5); 4. Attempt to discredit Nehemiah (6:10-14) 




  _____6.   	The people built because (4:6) 1. They feared Nehemiah; 2. They wanted to (4:6); 3. They feared the Persian King. 




  _____7.   	They amazingly completed the gigantic task in: 1. Fifty-two days; 2. Three months; 3. One-hundred days. 




  _____8.   	During the reading of the law (ch.8): 1. Only men were present; 2. good attention was given; 3. They make themselves comfortable seats; 4. They explained the meaning as well. 








	MATCHING 
 




 
 

  1. 	Nehemiah  	__A scribe of the law of Moses


2. 	Zerubbabel	__Persian king God charged to rebuild the temple
 


   3. 	Ezra   		__Leader of the 1st group that returned home.
 

 
  4.	Sanballat   	__Leader of the 2nd group composed of priests and Levites
 

 
  5. 	Ezra   		__Prophet who encouraged the Jews to re-new building.
 


   6. 	Levites    	__The King who made it a crime to hinder the re-building.
 


   7. 	Nehemiah    	__An enemy of the re-building of Jerusalem. 



   8. 	Haggai    	__Made governor and rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem
 


   9. 	Cyrus    	__Cup bearer to the king Artaxerxes. 



  10. 	Darius    	__Were to keep the gates on the Sabbath. 





 
 


Notes:


1.	The dedication of the temple foundation is described in Ezra 3:11-13


2.	The dedication of the completed temple is described in Ezra 6:16-22





	YES OR NO 
 




_____1.	Were the temple vessels that Nebuchadnezzar had taken returned to Jerusalem? (Ezra 1:6-5)


_____2.	Were the people of the land permitted to help the Jews re-build the temple. (Ezra 4:1-6)


_____3.	In searching the ancient rolls, did Darius find any record of the Jews  being granted permission to build the temple?  What chapter___.



_____4.	Was the letter given Ezra by Artaxerxes a favorable one? (ch.7).



_____5.	Was anyone permitted to levy a toll or tax upon the priest and Levities?



_____6.	Did Nehemiah (ch.2) tell anyone at first why he had come to Jerusalem?



_____7	Did you find Neh. 4:13-28 interesting?



_____8.	Are there many quotes from legal documents in these books?



_____9.	Did they have Bible Study?




	TRUE OR FALSE 
 




_____1. 	The Adversaries of Judah and Benjamin wrote letters back to the Persian kings trying to stop the rebuilding of the temple.



_____2. 	Ezra was a priest as well as a scribe of the law of Moses.



_____3. 	The Israelites began again to keep the feasts of the law of Moses.


_____4. 	In general, Ezra caused a great reform to take place among the Jews.


_____5. 	Many of the Jews were compelled to put away their foreign wives.











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                              -- Windell Gann




   
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