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Nehemiah 6 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Wall Is Finished

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolThe Wall Is Done!

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenDone with God

WALL → picture 4LETTER → picture 3GATE → picture 2DAY → picture 1

Grade 1Fifty-Two Days

The enemies asked Nehemiah to come down. → picture 3Nehemiah said he was doing a great work. → picture 5They sent a letter with lies. → picture 2Nehemiah asked God to make his hands strong. → picture 4The wall was done in fifty-two days. → picture 1

Order:

1. I am doing a great work2. strengthen my hands3. So the wall was finished4. this work was done by our God

Grade 2A Great Work

  1. What did the bad men try to do? Trick Nehemiah (circle)
  2. What did Nehemiah say he was doing? A great work (circle)
  3. How many times did they ask? Four times (circle)
  4. How long did it take to build the wall? Fifty-two days (circle)
  5. Who did the other lands know had done the work? God (circle)
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Grade 3Finished in Fifty-Two Days

  1. What did Nehemiah say when asked to come down? He was doing a great work and could not come down.
  2. What lie did the open letter tell? That Nehemiah wanted to be king
  3. What did Nehemiah ask God to do? Make his hands strong
  4. Why did Nehemiah not hide in the temple? He saw that God had not sent Shemaiah.
  5. How long did it take to build the wall? Fifty-two days
1: I am doing a great work2: strengthen my hands3: So the wall was finished4: this work was done by our God

Grade 4Faithful to the Finish

  1. Where did the enemies want Nehemiah to meet them? In the plain of Ono
  2. What did Nehemiah answer each time? I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down.
  3. What did the open letter claim? The Jews planned to rebel and Nehemiah wanted to be king.
  4. How did Nehemiah know the prophet was false? He saw that God had not sent him.
  5. What did the enemies realize when the wall was finished? This work was done by our God.

Word bank: 1. wall; 2. letter; 3. afraid; 4. hands; 5. God

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5A Great Work Completed

  1. What were the enemies' real intentions in inviting Nehemiah to Ono? To do him mischief
  2. What three tactics did the enemies use in this chapter? A false invitation, slander in an open letter, and a hired prophet
  3. How did Nehemiah describe the charges in the letter? Invented out of their own heart
  4. Why would hiding in the temple have been wrong? It would have been sin for him to enter the temple to save himself.
  5. What did the nations perceive about the work? It was done by our God.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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