Week 426 · about 45 minutes
2 Chronicles 23
2 Chronicles 23 · Memory verse 2 Chronicles 23:3
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (2 Chronicles 23), the matching word search and answer key (2 Chronicles 23 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 23 in about four minutes, stopping at 2 Chronicles 23:3: “All the assembly made a covenant with the king in God’s house. He said to them, “Behold, the king’s son must reign, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with 2 Chronicles 23?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
2 Chronicles 23 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “In the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into a covenant with him.” 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 they brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, “Long live the king!”” 2 Chronicles 23 opens with these words: “In the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of…” The line to keep is 2 Chronicles 23:3: “All the assembly made a covenant with the king in God’s house. He said to them, “Behold, the king’s son must reign, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons…” Carry the word “assembly” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is 2 Chronicles 23:3: “All the assembly made a covenant with the king in God’s house. He said to them, “Behold, the king’s son must reign, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in 2 Chronicles 23? Then try this: Read “All the assembly made a covenant with the king in God’s house. He said to them, “Behold, the king’s son must…” 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 23. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from 2 Chronicles 23:3. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from 2 Chronicles 23 and write 2 Chronicles 23:3 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
2 Chronicles 23:3
“All the assembly made a covenant with the king in God’s house. He said to them, “Behold, the king’s son must reign, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for 2 Chronicles 23. Help us remember 2 Chronicles 23:3 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.