The people had been living in exile for _______ years.

When the people returned to the land of Judah, the __________ wanted to help build the temple.

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

Zerubbabel was in charge of rebuilding the__________.

God sent the prophets _____ and_____ to encourage the people to rebuild the temple.

After the people had completed the temple restoration, they celebrated the ______.

When Ezra came to Jerusalem, he found that people had sinned by _______ foreign women.

Nehemiah came to Jerusalem to help the people rebuild the _________.

The walls were completed in _____ days.

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.

I was the King's cupbearer.

I wrote the order allowing the Jewish people to continue rebuilding the temple.

This man taught the people the Law of Moses.

I tried to keep Nehemiah from successfully completing the wall.

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

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

Cyrus, the king of Persia allowed the Jewish exiles to go back to their native land.

Darius the king of Persia allowed the Jewish exiles to go back to their native land.

The first thing the returned exiles did was rebuild the walls of Jerusalem

After the foundation of the temple had been laid, the people were both sad and happy.

Nehemiah was in charge of rebuilding the temple.

Zerubbabel was in charge of rebuilding the temple.

The Samaritans tried to stop the rebuilding of the temple.

The Babylonians tried to stop the rebuilding of the temple.

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

After the temple had been completed and dedicated, the people celebrated the Passover.

After the temple had been completed and dedicated, the people celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles.

Ezra came to Jerusalem by himself.

Ezra came to Jerusalem with more exiles returning to their homes.

Ezra found that many of the Jews who had returned earlier had married foreign wives.

Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem as its priest for 12 years.

Nehemiah was sad because he had heard that the temple was in ruins.

Nehemiah allowed only the priests and Levites to rebuild the wall.

The governors of the provinces around Judah helped Nehemiah and teh Jews reuild the walls.

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

The wall took 5 years to rebuild.

When Ezra read the law, the people were pleased with themselves.

The people promised that they would not marry foreigners and that they would tithe to support the priests and Levies, supply the temple needs, keep the SAbbath and sacrifice to the Lord.

The people kept the promises they had made to God.