Week 359 · about 45 minutes
2 Kings 10
2 Kings 10 · Memory verse 2 Kings 10:31
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (2 Kings 10), the matching word search and answer key (2 Kings 10 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a key
Hold a key. Read 2 Kings 10 in about four minutes, stopping at 2 Kings 10:31: “But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with 2 Kings 10?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
2 Kings 10 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to those who brought up Ahab’s sons, saying,” 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, “Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all of his worshipers, and all of his priests. Let no one be absent; for I have a great sacrifice to Baal. Whoever is absent, he shall not live.” But Jehu did deceptively, intending to destroy the worshipers of Baal.” 2 Kings 10 opens with these words: “Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to those who…” The line to keep is 2 Kings 10:31: “But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made…” Carry the word “jehu” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is 2 Kings 10:31: “But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in 2 Kings 10? Then try this: Read “But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He didn’t depart…” 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 10. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from 2 Kings 10:31. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from 2 Kings 10 and write 2 Kings 10:31 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
2 Kings 10:31
“But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for 2 Kings 10. Help us remember 2 Kings 10:31 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.