Week 406 · about 45 minutes
2 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 3 · Memory verse 2 Chronicles 3:3
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (2 Chronicles 3), the matching word search and answer key (2 Chronicles 3 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a cup of water
Hold a cup of water. Read 2 Chronicles 3 in about four minutes, stopping at 2 Chronicles 3:3: “Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of God’s house. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with 2 Chronicles 3?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
2 Chronicles 3 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Then Solomon began to build Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.” 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 weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid the upper rooms with gold.” 2 Chronicles 3 opens with these words: “Then Solomon began to build Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh appeared to David his father, which he prepared in…” The line to keep is 2 Chronicles 3:3: “Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of God’s house. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width…” Carry the word “foundation” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is 2 Chronicles 3:3: “Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of God’s house. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in 2 Chronicles 3? Then try this: Read “Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of God’s house. The length by cubits after…” 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 Chronicles 3. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from 2 Chronicles 3:3. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from 2 Chronicles 3 and write 2 Chronicles 3:3 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
2 Chronicles 3:3
“Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of God’s house. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for 2 Chronicles 3. Help us remember 2 Chronicles 3:3 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.