Week 399 · about 45 minutes
1 Chronicles 25
1 Chronicles 25 · Memory verse 1 Chronicles 25:5
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (1 Chronicles 25), the matching word search and answer key (1 Chronicles 25 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a key
Hold a key. Read 1 Chronicles 25 in about four minutes, stopping at 1 Chronicles 25:5: “All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with 1 Chronicles 25?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
1 Chronicles 25 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals. The number of those who did the work according to their service was:” 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, “the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;” 1 Chronicles 25 opens with these words: “Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who…” The line to keep is 1 Chronicles 25:5: “All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.” Carry the word “sons” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is 1 Chronicles 25:5: “All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in 1 Chronicles 25? Then try this: Read “All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman…” 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 1 Chronicles 25. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from 1 Chronicles 25:5. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from 1 Chronicles 25 and write 1 Chronicles 25:5 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
1 Chronicles 25:5
“All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for 1 Chronicles 25. Help us remember 1 Chronicles 25:5 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.