Places
Babylon in 2 Kings 25
BAB-ih-lun
This place shows up in 2 Kings 25:1: “In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
2 Kings 25:1
“In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it around it.”
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 25:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Kings 25:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Intheninthyearofhisinthetenthmonth,inthetenthdayofthemonth,NebuchadnezzarkingofBabyloncame,heandallhisarmy,againstJerusalem,andagainstit;andtheybuiltagainstitaroundit.