Animals
serpent in 2 Kings 18
SER-pent
This creature shows up in 2 Kings 18:4: “He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
2 Kings 18:4
“He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because in those days the children of Israel burned incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.”
What kids can learn
When you hear serpent in 2 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read 2 Kings 18:4 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Kings 18:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hetheplaces,andbrokethepillars,andcuttheAsherah.HealsobrokeinpiecesthebronzeserpentthatMoseshadmade,becauseinthosedaysthechildrenofIsraelburnedincensetoit;andhecalleditNehushtan.