Rebuilding Israel

2. When the foundation of the temple was finished, some of the older people ____ .
3. "People of Jerusalem, shout with ____ ! Look, your king is coming to you!"
7. Joshua son of Jehozadak was the high ____ .
8. King Cyrus gave back the things that ____ had taken from God's temple.
10. When the temple was finished, the Jews offered 100 ____ .
11. "Your help will not come from your strength and power. No, your help will come from my ____ ."
12. The priest who came to Jerusalem in 458 BC was named ____ .
13. King Cyrus allowed the Jews to go back to Jerusalem. He did this because the Lord moved his ____ .
14. Levites were men who worked for God's ____ .
15. Enemies were causing problems because Jerusalem had no protecting ____ .
17. Before Nehemiah answered the king, he ____ to the God of Heaven.
21. The prophet who said that the people would come back after 70 years was named ____ .
23. Nehemiah ____ and prayed to the God of Heaven for several days.
24. Nehemiah's ancestors were ____ at Jerusalem.

1. The ____ was sitting next to the king.
2. The king who said that God's temple could be rebuilt was named ____ .
4. When Ezra saw the bad things the people were doing, he ____ his clothes and prayed.
5. King Cyrus appointed ____ as the first governor of Judah.
6. The king gave Nehemiah ____ and everything he asked for.
7. Haggai and Zechariah were ____ .
9. Nehemiah's job was to give ____ to the king.
13. When the foundation of the temple was finished, most of the people were ____ and shouting.
16. "Our help came from the Lord. The ____ made heaven and earth!"
18. Zechariah told the people that their future king would come riding on a ____ .
19. When the temple was finished, the Jews offered ____ goats.
20. Ezra gave all his attention to studying and obeying the ____ of the Lord.
22. Three kings of Persia were Cyrus, ＿＿, and Artaxerxes.