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What should a child notice in 2 Chronicles 7?
2 Chronicles 7 opens with these words: “Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and Yahweh’s glory…” The line to keep is 2 Chronicles 7:5: “King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated God’s…” Carry the word “king” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is 2 Chronicles 7:5: “King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated God’s house.” What happens first in 2 Chronicles 7?
2 Chronicles 7:5
“King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated God’s house.”
2 Chronicles 7:3
“All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and Yahweh’s glory was on the house. They bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, saying, “For he is good; for his loving kindness endures for ever.””
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Practice 2 Chronicles 7:5
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Solomonofferedasacrificeoftwenty-twothousandheadofcattleandahundredtwentythousandsheep.SotheandallthededicatedGod’shouse.