Places
Babylon in 2 Kings 17
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This place shows up in 2 Kings 17:24: “The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, from Cuthah, from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
2 Kings 17:24
“The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, from Cuthah, from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and lived in its cities.”
What kids can learn
When you hear babylon in 2 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 2 Kings 17:24 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Kings 17:24
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThekingofAssyriamenfromBabylon,fromCuthah,fromandfromHamathandSepharvaim,andplacedtheminthecitiesofSamariainsteadofthechildrenofIsrael;andtheypossessedandlivedinitscities.