Nehemiah 6 - Introduction

Chapter Six
PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS

1.

Can you find two occasions when Nehemiah prayed?

2.

What was the basis of the information which his enemies had?

3.

What saved Nehemiah from their plots?

4.

How long did it take to repair the wall about Jerusalem?

5.

What were the results to their enemies?

OUTLINE

F.

The enemies resort to tactics of diversion, but the wall is completed.

1.

Sanballat and Geshem plot treachery through invitation to a conference (Nehemiah 6:1-4).

2.

They try again through spreading rumors of rebellion (Nehemiah 6:5-9).

3.

Tobiah tries his hand at discrediting Nehemiah (Nehemiah 6:10-14).

4.

Success is achieved in spite of some differences with Tobiah (Nehemiah 6:15-19).

REVIEW QUESTIONS

1.

Who were the three neighboring rulers who plotted against Nehemiah in this chapter?

2.

How many times did they communicate with Nehemiah?

3.

What was different about the last letter?

4.

Who was the man hired to destroy Nehemiah by trickery, and who hired him?