Week 414 · about 45 minutes
2 Chronicles 11
2 Chronicles 11 · Memory verse 2 Chronicles 11:16
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (2 Chronicles 11), the matching word search and answer key (2 Chronicles 11 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a smooth stone
Hold a smooth stone. Read 2 Chronicles 11 in about four minutes, stopping at 2 Chronicles 11:16: “After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with 2 Chronicles 11?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
2 Chronicles 11 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.” 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 put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.” 2 Chronicles 11 opens with these words: “When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men who were…” The line to keep is 2 Chronicles 11:16: “After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God…” Carry the word “tribes” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is 2 Chronicles 11:16: “After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in 2 Chronicles 11? Then try this: Read “After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel,…” 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 11. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from 2 Chronicles 11:16. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from 2 Chronicles 11 and write 2 Chronicles 11:16 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
2 Chronicles 11:16
“After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for 2 Chronicles 11. Help us remember 2 Chronicles 11:16 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.