THE TEMPLE

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THE TEMPLE

• SOLOMONS TEMPLE
• SOLOMON FINISHED THE TEMPLE (959 BC)?
• DESTROYED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR (586 BC)?
• ZERUBBABELS TEMPLE
• RECONSTRUCTION UNDER CYRUS (536 BC)?
• BUILDING CEASES UNDER ARTAXERXES (17 YEARS)?
• BUILDING CONTINUES UNDER DARIUS (519 BC)?
• TEMPLE COMPLETED UNDER DARIUS (516 BC)?
• (516-458 BC)?
• HERODS TEMPLE
• CONSTRUCTION BEGAN (20 BC)?
• COMPLETED 46 YEARS (JOHN 220) (64 AD)?

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CHRONOLOGY OF BOOKS

• OBADIAH (605-585 BC)?
• EZEKIEL (593-571 BC)?
• DANIEL (605-530 BC)?
• EZRA (538-457 BC)?
• ZECHARIAH (520-480 BC)?
• ESTHER (479-478 BC)?
• NEHEMIAH (445-432 BC)?
• MALACHI (440-430 BC)?

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BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY

• NEBUCHADNEZZAR DANIEL 11 (539 BC)?
• CYRUS EZRA 1-3 (538-537 BC)?
• AHASUERUS EZRA 4 (7 MONTHS) (537 BC)?
• DARIUS EZRA 5-6 (536-516 BC)?
• QUEEN ESTHER ESTHER 2-10 (479-478 BC)?
• ARTAXERXES LONGIMANUS (465-424 BC)?
• EZRA 7-10 (458-457 BC)?
• NEHEMIAH 1-13 (445-432 BC)?

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PEOPLE TO REMEMBER

• NEBUCHADNEZZAR - DESTROYED JERUSALEM (586 BC)?
• ARTAXERXES - KING OF PERSIA 465-425 BC?
• LONGIMANUS - SON OF XERXES
• NEHEMIAH - COMFORTED OF YAHWEH
• SON OF HACHALIAH - BROTHER OF HANANI 445-433 BC?
• ADVERSARIES OF NEHEMIAH
• SANBALLAT THE HORONITE - GOVERNOR OF SAMARIA
• TOBIAH THE AMMONITE - JOINT GOVERNOR WITH
  SANBALLAT
• GESHEM THE ARAB - CHIEF OF THE ARABS IN SAMARIA
• ELIASHIB THE HIGH PRIEST

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OUTLINE NEHEMIAH CHAPTER SEVEN

• NEHEMIAHS ENEMIES WANT TO MEET WITH HIM V. 1-4
• CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST NEHEMIAH V. 5-7
• NEHEMIAH PRAYS TO GOD V. 8-9
• THEY HIRE A FALSE PROPHET V. 10-13
• NEHEMIAH PRAYS TO GOD AGAINST THEM V. 14
• THE WALL IS FINISHED IN 52 DAYS V. 15
• NEHEMIAH DISCOVERS PLOT AGAINST HIM V. 16-19

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READ NEHEMIAH 71-2

• 1 When the wall was built and I had hung the
  doors, when the gatekeepers, the singers, and the
  Levites had been appointed,
• 2 I gave the charge of Jerusalem to my brother
  Hanani, and Hananiah the leader of the citadel,
  for he was a faithful man and feared God more
  than many.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 71-2

• 1 When the wall was built and I had hung the
  doors, when the gatekeepers, the singers, and the
  Levites had been appointed,
• WHEN THE WALL WAS BUILT WHAT DID HE DO?
• WHO WERE THE GATE KEEPERS?
• READ 1 CHRONICLES 2619
• 19 These were the divisions of the gatekeepers
  among the sons of Korah and among the sons of
  Merari. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 71-2

• 2 I gave the charge of Jerusalem to my brother
  Hanani, and Hananiah the leader of the citadel,
  for he was a faithful man and feared God more
  than many.
• WHO WAS GIVEN CHARGE OF JERUSALEM?
• WHO WAS HANANI? SEE NEHEMIAH 12
• WHY DID HE APPOINT HANANIAH ?

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READ NEHEMIAH 73-4

• 3 I said to them, "Do not let the gates of
  Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot and
  while they stand guard, let them shut and bar the
  doors and appoint guards from among the
  inhabitants of Jerusalem, one at his watch
  station and another in front of his own house."
• 4 The city was large and spacious, but the people
  in it were few, and the houses were not rebuilt.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 73-4

• 3 I said to them, "Do not let the gates of
  Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot and
  while they stand guard, let them shut and bar the
  doors and appoint guards from among the
  inhabitants of Jerusalem, one at his watch
  station and another in front of his own house.
• 4 The city was large and spacious, but the people
  in it were few, and the houses were not rebuilt.
• WHAT DID NEHEMAIH TELL THEM?
• WHEN DID THEY NORMALLY OPEN THE GATES?
• WHO WAS APPOINTED GUARDS AMONG THE PEOPLE?
• WHY WATCH IN FRONT OF HIS OWN HOUSE?
• WHY WAS IT DIFFICULT TO GUARD THE CITY?

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 73-4

• WHO DID DAVID SAY GUARDS THE CITY?
• READ PSALMS 1271
• 1 Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in
  vain who build it Unless the LORD guards the
  city, the watchman stays awake in vain. (NKJ)

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READ NEHEMIAH 75-6

• 5 Then my God put it into my heart to gather the
  nobles, the rulers, and the people, that they
  might be registered by genealogy. And I found a
  register of the genealogy of those who had come
  up in the first return, and found written in it
• 6 These are the people of the province who came
  back from the captivity, of those who had been
  carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of
  Babylon had carried away, and who returned to
  Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 74-6

• 5 Then my God put it into my heart to gather the
  nobles, the rulers, and the people, that they
  might be registered by genealogy. And I found a
  register of the genealogy of those who had come
  up in the first return, and found written in it
• WHO WAS GUIDING NEHEMIAH?
• WHAT DID GOD PUT IN HIS HEART TO DO?
• WHAT DID HE FIND?
• WHAT DID THIS REGISTER CONTAIN?

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 74-6

• 6 These are the people of the province who came
  back from the captivity, of those who had been
  carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of
  Babylon had carried away, and who returned to
  Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city.
• WHO RETURNED TO JERUSALEM?
• READ EZRA 21
• 1 These are the people of the province who came
  back from the captivity, of those who had been
  carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of
  Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who
  returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his
  own city. (NKJ)
• WHO CARRIED THEM AWAY IN CAPTIVITY?

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READ NEHEMIAH 77

• 7 Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua,
  Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai,
  Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
  The number of the men of the people of Israel
• COMPARE EZRA 22
• 2 Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua,
  Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan,
  Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of
  the men of the people of Israel (NKJ)

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READ NEHEMIAH 78-17

• The men of Israel
• 8 The sons of Parosh, 2,172
• 9 The sons of Shephatiah, 372
• 10 The sons of Arah, 652
• 11 The sons of Pahath-Moab,
• of the children of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818
• 12 The sons of Elam, 1,254
• 13 The sons of Zattu, 845
• 14 The sons of Zaccai, 760
• 15 The sons of Binnui, 648
• 16 The sons of Bebai, 428
• 17 The sons of Azgad, 2,322

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READ NEHEMIAH 718-28

• 18 The sons of Adonikam, 667
• 19 The sons of Bigvai, 2,067
• 20 The sons of Adin, 655
• 21 The sons of Ater of Hezekiah, 98
• 22 The sons of Hashum, 328
• 23 The sons of Bezai, 324
• 24 The sons of Hariph, 112
• 25 The sons of Gibeon, 95
• 26 The men of Bethlehem Netophah, 188
• 27 The men of Anathoth, 128
• 28 The men of Beth Azmaveth, 42

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READ NEHEMIAH 729-38

• 29 The men of Kirjath Jearim, Chephirah, and
  Beeroth, 743
• 30 The men of Ramah and Geba, 621
• 31 The men of Michmas, 122
• 32 The men of Bethel and Ai, 123
• 33 The men of the other Nebo, 52
• 34 The sons of the other Elam, 1254
• 35 The sons of Harim, 320
• 36 The sons of Jericho, 345
• 37 The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721
• 38 The sons of Senaah, 3,930

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READ NEHEMIAH 739-43

• 39 The priests the sons of Jedaiah,
• of the house of Jeshua, 973
• 40 The sons of Immer, 152
• 41 The sons of Pashhur, 1,247
• 42 The sons of Harim, 1,017
• 43 The Levites the sons of Jeshua Kadmiel,
• and of the children of Hodevah, 74

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READ NEHEMIAH 744-47

• 44 The singers the sons of Asaph, 148
• 45 The gatekeepers the sons of Shallum, the sons
  of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub,
  the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, 138
• 46 The Nethinim the sons of Ziha, the sons of
  Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
• 47 The sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons
  of Padon,

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READ NEHEMIAH 748-53

• 48 The sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the
  sons of Salmai,
• 49 The sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the
  sons of Gahar,
• 50 The sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the
  sons of Nekoda,
• 51 The sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons
  of Paseah,
• 52 The sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the
  sons of Nephishesim,
• 53 The sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the
  sons of Harhur,

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READ NEHEMIAH 754-58

• 54 The sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the
  sons of Harsha,
• 55 The sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the
  sons of Tamah,
• 56 The sons of Neziah, and the sons of Hatipha.
• 57 The sons of Solomon's servants the sons of
  Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida,
• 58 The sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the
  sons of Giddel,

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READ NEHEMIAH 759-60

• 59 The sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil,
  the sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, and the sons of
  Amon.
• 60 All the Nethinim, and the sons of Solomon's
  servants, were 392
• WHAT WAS THE TOTAL OF THE NETHENIM?
• WHO WERE THE NETHENIM?

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READ NEHEMIAH 761-63

• 61 These were the ones who came up from Tel
  Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but
  they could not identify their father's house nor
  their lineage, whether they were of Israel
• 62 The sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the
  sons of Nekoda, 642
• 63 And of the priests the sons of Habaiah, the
  sons of Koz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a
  wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite,
  and was called by their name.
• WHO COULD NOT TRACE THEIR HERITAGE?
• WHAT PRIESTS COULD NOT TRACE THEIR HERITAGE?

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READ NEHEMIAH 764-65

• 64 These sought their listing among those who
  were registered by genealogy, but it was not
  found therefore they were excluded from the
  priesthood as defiled.
• 65 The governor said to them that they should not
  eat of the most holy things till a priest could
  consult with the Urim and Thummim.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 764-65

• 64 These sought their listing among those who
  were registered by genealogy, but it was not
  found therefore they were excluded from the
  priesthood as defiled.
• 65 The governor said to them that they should not
  eat of the most holy things till a priest could
  consult with the Urim and Thummim.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE PRIESTS?
• WHO WAS THE GOVERNOR?
• WHAT DID HE TELL THEM?
• WHAT WAS THIS TEST OF URIM AND THUMMIM?

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READ NEHEMIAH 766-69

• 66 Altogether the whole assembly was forty-two
  thousand three hundred and sixty,
• 67 Besides their male and female servants, of
  whom there were seven thousand three hundred and
  thirty-seven and they had two hundred and
  forty- five men and women singers.
• 68 Their horses were seven hundred and
  thirty-six, their mules two hundred and
  forty-five,
• 69 Their camels four hundred and thirty-five, and
  donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 766-69

• 66 Altogether the whole assembly was 42,360
• 67 Besides their male and female servants, of
  whom there were 7,337
• They had men and women singers. 245
• 68 Their horses were 736, their mules 245
• 69 Their camels 435 and donkeys 6,720
• WHAT WAS THE TOTAL NUMBER?
• WHY NUMBER THE SERVANTS SEPARATELY?
• HOW MANY WORK ANIMALS DID THE HAVE?

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READ NEHEMIAH 770-72

• 70 Some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave
  to the work. The governor gave to the treasury
  one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and
  five hundred and thirty priestly garments.
• 71 Some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave
  to the treasury of the work twenty thousand gold
  drachmas, and two thousand two hundred silver
  minas.
• 72 That which the rest of the people gave was
  twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand
  silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly garments.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 770-72

• 70 Some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave
  to the work. The governor gave to the treasury
  one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and
  five hundred and thirty priestly garments.
• 71 Some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave
  to the treasury of the work twenty thousand gold
  drachmas, and two thousand two hundred silver
  minas.
• WHO GAVE TO SUPPORT THE WORK?
• WHAT DID THE GOVERNOR GIVE?
• WHAT DID THE HEADS OF THE FATHERS GIVE?

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 770-72

• 72 That which the rest of the people gave was
  twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand
  silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly garments.
• WHAT DID THE REST OF THE PEOPLE GIVE?

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READ NEHEMIAH 773

• 73 The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the
  singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and
  all Israel dwelt in their cities. When the
  seventh month came, the children of Israel were
  in their cities. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 773

• 73 The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the
  singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and
  all Israel dwelt in their cities. When the
  seventh month came, the children of Israel were
  in their cities. (NKJ)
• WHERE DID THE PEOPLE GO AFTER THE NUMBERING?
• WHEN WERE THEY ALL IN THEIR CITIES?

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