Concern for One's Nation

Which factor influenced King Artaxerxes to favour Nehemiah?

• • Prayer

• • Faithfulness

• • Obedience

• • Tolerance

Zedekiah, the king of Judah, was captured by the army of the Chaldeans

• • at Arabah

• • at Riblah

• • on the outskirks of Jerusalem

• • in the plains of Jericho

The King of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem because Zedekiah

• • Threatened to destroy Babylonian idols

• • sinned against God

• • escaped through a breach in the wall

• • rebelled against Babylon

So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah...
This reference alludes to

• • Mataniah, King of Judah

• • Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria

• • Cyrus, King of persia

• • Nebuchadnezzar King Babylon.

When the Babylonians captured king Zedekiah, they

• • pulled out his eyes

• took his sons to Babylon

• • assaulted his wives in his presence

• • killed him immediately

Which of the following kings of Judah was bound with fetters and exiled to Babylon?

• Jehoachin

• Zedekiah

• Jehoahaz

• Jehoakim

"You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God..."

The statement above by Zerubbabel and others resulted in

• • inciting the Judeans against their leaders

• • the people rising against their leaders

• • the delay in building the temple

• • the people disobeying King Cyrus' orders

Zerubbabel's response to the pathetic state of the Jews in Judah was

• • rebuild the temple

• • rebuld the walls

• • teach the Jews God's commandments

• • liberate the people from slavery

During the rebuilding of the Temple, Zerubbabel rejected the offer of help from the

• • governors of the provinces beyond the rivers

• • inhabitants of Ammon

• • friends of Sanballat and Tobiah

• • people of Samaria

What did the Jews do when Nehemiah told them about his mission in Jerusalem?

• • They encouraged one another to rise up and build the walls

• • They praised God for sending him to rebuild Jerusalem

• • They were hostile to him and he became discouraged

• • They informed Sanballat and Tobiah about his plans