History
What should a child notice in Nehemiah 2?
Nehemiah 2 opens with these words: “In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king.…” The line to keep is Nehemiah 2:2: “The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.” Carry the word “king” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Nehemiah 2:2: “The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.” What happens first in Nehemiah 2?
Nehemiah 2:2
“The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.”
Nehemiah 2:3
“I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why shouldn’t my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?””
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Say it
Practice Nehemiah 2:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thekingtome,“Whyisyoursad,sinceyouarenotsick?Thisisnothingelsebutsorrowofheart.”ThenIwasverymuch