Jeremiah in 2 Kings 23

This person shows up in 2 Kings 23:31: “Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.

2 Kings 23:31

“Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.”

What kids can learn

When you hear jeremiah in 2 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.

Read 2 Kings 23:31 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.