Week 356 · about 45 minutes
2 Kings 7
2 Kings 7 · Memory verse 2 Kings 7:5
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Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a cup of water
Hold a cup of water. Read 2 Kings 7 in about four minutes, stopping at 2 Kings 7:5: “They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians. When they had come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, no man was there.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with 2 Kings 7?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
2 Kings 7 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Elisha said, “Hear Yahweh’s word. Yahweh says, ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’”” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “He called the gatekeepers; and they told it to the king’s household within.” 2 Kings 7 opens with these words: “Elisha said, “Hear Yahweh’s word. Yahweh says, ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of…” The line to keep is 2 Kings 7:5: “They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians. When they had come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, no man was there.” Carry the word “rose” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is 2 Kings 7:5: “They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians. When they had come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, no man was there.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in 2 Kings 7? Then try this: Read “They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians. When they had come to the outermost part of…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
Group game
Walk the room as if you are moving through 2 Kings 7. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from 2 Kings 7:5. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from 2 Kings 7 and write 2 Kings 7:5 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
2 Kings 7:5
“They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians. When they had come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, no man was there.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for 2 Kings 7. Help us remember 2 Kings 7:5 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.