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What should a child notice in 2 Kings 3?
2 Kings 3 opens with these words: “Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve…” The line to keep is 2 Kings 3:2: “He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, but not like his father, and like his mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.” Carry the word “evil” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is 2 Kings 3:2: “He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, but not like his father, and like his mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.” What happens first in 2 Kings 3?
2 Kings 3:2
“He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, but not like his father, and like his mother, for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.”
2 Kings 3:3
“Nevertheless he held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He didn’t depart from them.”
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Practice 2 Kings 3:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Hedidthatwhichwasevilinbutnothisfather,andlikehismother,forheputawaythepillarofBaalthathisfatherhadmade.