Route 66 unit 6 study guide

1. Hadassah 2. bravely approached the king to ask him to save the Jews

Esther

exiled jew in Susa

Esther was born as an

persians

The babylonians were overthrown by the ______

Vahti

The queen who refused to obey the king

the Jews in Jerusalem were in distress because the walls were broken dawn and the gates were burned

What bad news did Nehemiah hear

1. Artaxerxes had previously stopped construction because he thought the Jews to be a rebellious people 2. It was dangerous to approach the king for a favor because he could punish or execute anyone who angered him

Why was Nehemiah afraid in the presence of King Artaxerxes

Nebuchadnezzar

about 70 years after ______ had taken the first captives of Judah

Jews

after return God's people became known as the ______, the short form of judeans

sixth

because of interruptions the temple was not finished until what year of king darius

persia

cyrus was king of ____

Jerusalem, Babylon

ezra led a second group of exiles back to _____ from ______

Jeremiah

god promised through _____ that Babylon would be destroyed after the 70-year captivity had ended

Zerubbabel

he had begin rebuilding the temple in the SECOND year after arriving in Jerusalem

isaiah

he made the promise through _____ to king Hezekiah

by bringing back the exiles who came with zerubbabel and ezra as the remnant

how did God fulfill Isaiah's prophecy

200 years

how many years before zerubbabel did God promise to save a remnant of Judah

1. Encourage people to use their gift for God 2. Help people work together 3. Fight for God's truth 4. Work according to God's plan 5. be a servant of others 6. be a friend to the weak

if you want to lead like Nehemiah

Cyrus

king of Persia, issued a decree that the temple at Jerusalem should be rebuilt

Esther

lived a few years before Ezra and Nehemiah

Ezra

probable author of ezra

cried

some people sang and praised but the older ones ____ because they remembered how great and beautiful solomons temple had been

sending the foreign women and children away

Ezra and the leaders decided to stop this sin and make the men repent by

1. confess to the Lord 2. seperate from foreign women

Ezra asked the men to do 2 things

King artaxerxes

Ezra came with a letter from ______

take root and bear fruit

God promised that this remnant would ________ downward and _______ upward in jerusalem

Encouraged esther to be brave

Mordecai

1. Hear 2. remember His promises 3. grant him success with the king

Nehemiah asked God to

Israel's sin

Nehemiah confessed

keeping his covenant

Nehemiah praised God for

1. Encourager 2. coordinator 3. warrior 4. planner 5. servant 6. friend

A leader is a/an

Mordecai

1. Esther's cousin who raised her 2. Heard of the assassination plan and sent word to the king through Esther

Haman

1. Mordecai would not bow to him 2. Influenced the King to issue a decree that all Jews should be killed 3. hanged on a 75 foot (50 cubit) scaffold

King Xerxes (Ahasuerus)

1. married esther 2. ordered jews to defend themselves against those who will try and persecute them

1. temple 2. people 3. walls

1. zerubbabel rebuilt the _____ 2. Ezra rebuilt the _____ 3. Nehemiah rebuilt the ___

sent the exiles back to jerusalem

Cyrus

ordered Ezra to teach God's law and restore proper worship in the temple

the letter from king artaxerxes

zerubbabel

was sent by Cyrus to govern the people and take charge of the construction

Nehemiah was a cupbearer to king artaxerxes of persia

what was Nehemiah's job

Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem

what was nehemiah's mission

first

what year of Cyrus being king did he send the firs exiles back to Jerusalem

Susa, about 200 miles east of babylon

where did Nehemiah live

Xerxes (Ahasuerus)

who ruled in persia at the time of Esther

Nehemiah

who wrote the book of nehemiah

Judah's

whose remnant was carried away to Babylon

The Jewish men had married foreign women

why did Ezra become upset when when he arrived in Jerusalem