Week 439 · about 45 minutes
2 Chronicles 36
2 Chronicles 36 · Memory verse 2 Chronicles 36:13
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (2 Chronicles 36), the matching word search and answer key (2 Chronicles 36 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a key
Hold a key. Read 2 Chronicles 36 in about four minutes, stopping at 2 Chronicles 36:13: “He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with 2 Chronicles 36?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
2 Chronicles 36 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.” 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 did that which was evil in Yahweh his God’s sight. He didn’t humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from Yahweh’s mouth.” 2 Chronicles 36 opens with these words: “Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.” The line to keep is 2 Chronicles 36:13: “He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the…” Carry the word “rebelled” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is 2 Chronicles 36:13: “He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in 2 Chronicles 36? Then try this: Read “He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and…” 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 36. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from 2 Chronicles 36:13. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from 2 Chronicles 36 and write 2 Chronicles 36:13 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
2 Chronicles 36:13
“He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for 2 Chronicles 36. Help us remember 2 Chronicles 36:13 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.