Week 358 · about 45 minutes
2 Kings 9
2 Kings 9 · Memory verse 2 Kings 9:11
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (2 Kings 9), the matching word search and answer key (2 Kings 9 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a seed
Hold a seed. Read 2 Kings 9 in about four minutes, stopping at 2 Kings 9:11: “When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” He said to them, “You know the man and how he talks.”” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with 2 Kings 9?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
2 Kings 9 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Put your belt on your waist, take this vial of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.” 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, “Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” Jehu answered, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!”” 2 Kings 9 opens with these words: “Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Put your belt on your waist, take this vial of oil in your…” The line to keep is 2 Kings 9:11: “When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” He said to them, “You know the man…” Carry the word “jehu” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is 2 Kings 9:11: “When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” He said to them, “You know the man and how he talks.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in 2 Kings 9? Then try this: Read “When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow…” 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 9. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from 2 Kings 9:11. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from 2 Kings 9 and write 2 Kings 9:11 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
2 Kings 9:11
“When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” He said to them, “You know the man and how he talks.””
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for 2 Kings 9. Help us remember 2 Kings 9:11 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.