College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
Nehemiah 7 - Introduction
Chapter Seven
PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS
1.
Why do you suppose Nehemiah appointed his brother to an important government post?
2.
Who else besides his brother was appointed?
3.
How thickly was Jerusalem populated at this time?
4.
Why did Nehemiah stress that God put it into his heart to take a census?
OUTLINE
G.
Nehemiah finds the list of the first exiles to return.
1.
Nehemiah makes arrangements for the continued defense and administration of the city (Nehemiah 7:1-4).
2.
He retraces the genealogies of the first returning exiles (Nehemiah 7:5-73).
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1.
What precautions were taken regarding the gates?
2.
How did Nehemiah run across the genealogical list included here?
3.
Where else in the Bible is the list substantially recorded?