How long had the Jews been living in exile before being allowed back to Jerusalem ?

When the people returned to the land of Judah, who wanted to help them build the temple ?

King ______ allowed the Jews to resume working on the temple after he had checked the records of King Cyrus.

Zerubbabel was in charge of rebuilding what ?

Gods sent the prophets _______ and _______ to encourage people to rebuild the temple.

After the people had completed the temple restoration, what did they celebrate ?

When Erza came to Jerusalem, he found that the people had sinned by doing what ?

Nehemiah came to Jerusalem to help the people rebuild the

The walls were completed in only ____ ?

This king allowed his cupbearer and another group of exiles to go to work rebuilding Jerusalem.

This king issued the decree allowing the first group of exiles to return to Jerusalem.

This man was the king's cupbearer.

This king wrote the order the Jewish people to continue rebuilding the temple.

This man taught the people the Law of Moses.

This man, along with some other leaders, tried to keep Nehemiah from successfully completing the wall.

This main led the first group of exiles back to Jerusalem.

This man tried to keep the Jewish people from rebuilding the temple

True or False: Cyrus, the king of Persia, allowed the Jewish exiles to go back to their native land

True or False: The first thing the returned exiles did was rebuild Jerusalem's walls.

True or False: Nehemiah was in charge of rebuilding the temple.

True or False: The Samaritans tried to stop the rebuilding of the temple.

True or False: The work on the temple stopped for a while, but it resumed later when King Darius found King Cyrus's decree.

True or False: After the temple had been completed and dedicated, the people celebrated the Passover.

True or False: Erza came to Jerusalem by himself.

True or False: Erza found that many of the Jews who had returned earlier had married foreign wives.

True or False: Nehemiah was sad because he had heard that the temple was in ruins.

True or False: Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem as its priest for 12 years.

True or False: Nehemiah allowed only the priests and the Levites to rebuild the wall.

True or False: The governors of the provinces around Judah helped Nehemiah and the Jews rebuild the walls.

True or False: Heavy taxes, famine, and working on the wall made some Jews so poor that they had to sell their children as servants.

True or False: The wall took 5 years to rebuild.

True or False: When Erza read the law, the people were pleased with themselves.

True or False: The people promised that they would not marry foreigners and that they would tithe to support the priest and Levites , supply the temple needs, keep the Sabbath, and sacrifice their first fruits.

True or False: The people kept the promises they had made to God.