Nehemiah 11&12

Meditation verse for the book of Nehemiah Chapter 11&12:

In Chapter 11: we see How the leaders and faithful people gathered to repopulate Jerusalem and how the leaders of the people dwelt at Jerusalem and the rest of the people did lots to bring one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem and the rest were to dwell in the other cites.

Chapter 12: We see the list of the priests and Levites who came up with Zerubbabel.  We also see the celebration for the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem with gladness and thanksgivings.

1.     “ Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and ……. For ……. Had made them rejoice with great ………” (Nehemiah 12: 43)

• A- rejoiced, God, joy

• B- mourn, God, sadness

Where did the leaders of the people dwell?

• Judah

• Jersalem

• Egypt

True or false: In Jerusalem dwelt some of the children of Judah and the children of Benjamin. (Nehemiah 11:4)

• True

• False

    How many sons of Perez dwelt in Jerusalem? (Nehemiah 11:6)

• 468

• 500

• 1000

  How many Levites were in the Holy City? (Nehemiah 11:18)

• 284

• 100

• 0

   What happened during the reign of Darius the Persian? (Nehemiah 12:22)

• A record was kept of the Levites and priests who had been heads of their fathers’ houses.

•   A record of the women

• None of the above.

True or false: “Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness” (Nehemiah 12:27)

• True

• False

Who said this, “So the two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God, likewise I and the half of the rulers with me;” (Nehemiah 12:40)

• Moses

• Nehemiah

• Judah