Nehemiah Refuses to Come Down Quiz
Test how well you remember how Nehemiah refused to come down from the wall, from Nehemiah 6. Each question is answered directly from the passage, and the King James verse is shown with every answer. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!
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- Where did Sanballat and Geshem ask Nehemiah to meet them?
- In the king's palace at Shushan
- At the water gate
- In the plain of Ono
- In Samaria
- What did Nehemiah say they really intended?
- To do him mischief
- To help him build
- To make peace with him
- To give him gifts
- How did Nehemiah answer the invitation?
- I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down
- Come up to Jerusalem instead
- I will come after the Sabbath
- Send me an army and I will come
- How many times did they send the same invitation?
- Ten times
- Seven times
- Twice
- Four times
- What did Sanballat's servant bring the fifth time?
- A sealed scroll from the king
- A sword
- A bag of silver
- An open letter
- What did the open letter accuse Nehemiah of planning?
- To rebel and become king
- To steal the temple treasure
- To flee back to Persia
- To make war on Samaria
- What did Nehemiah pray when they tried to make the builders afraid?
- O God, hide me from them
- O God, let me return to the king
- O God, send rain upon them
- O God, strengthen my hands
- Where did Shemaiah tell Nehemiah to hide?
- In a cave outside the city
- In the king's pool
- Inside the temple with the doors shut
- On top of the wall
- Who had hired Shemaiah?
- Tobiah and Sanballat
- Ezra the scribe
- The king of Persia
- The nobles of Judah
- How long did it take to finish the wall?
- Seven years
- One hundred days
- Fifty and two days
- Forty days
Nehemiah Refuses to Come Down Quiz Answers & Bible References
Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.
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Where did Sanballat and Geshem ask Nehemiah to meet them?
In the plain of Ono
That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
nehemiah 6:2 (KJV) -
What did Nehemiah say they really intended?
To do him mischief
That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
nehemiah 6:2 (KJV) -
How did Nehemiah answer the invitation?
I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
nehemiah 6:3 (KJV) -
How many times did they send the same invitation?
Four times
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
nehemiah 6:4 (KJV) -
What did Sanballat's servant bring the fifth time?
An open letter
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
nehemiah 6:5 (KJV) -
What did the open letter accuse Nehemiah of planning?
To rebel and become king
Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
nehemiah 6:6 (KJV) -
What did Nehemiah pray when they tried to make the builders afraid?
O God, strengthen my hands
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
nehemiah 6:9 (KJV) -
Where did Shemaiah tell Nehemiah to hide?
Inside the temple with the doors shut
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
nehemiah 6:10 (KJV) -
Who had hired Shemaiah?
Tobiah and Sanballat
And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
nehemiah 6:12 (KJV) -
How long did it take to finish the wall?
Fifty and two days
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
nehemiah 6:15 (KJV)