Everyday words
Assyria
Start with Genesis 2:14, where the Bible uses the word assyria in a real sentence: “The name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 2:14
“The name of the third river is Hiddekel. This is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.”
2. Genesis 10:11
“Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,”
3. Genesis 25:18
“They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.”
4. 2 Kings 15:19
“Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.”
5. 2 Kings 15:20
“Menahem exacted the money from Israel, even from all the mighty men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and didn’t stay there in the land.”
6. 2 Kings 15:29
“In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.”
7. 2 Kings 16:7
“So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.””
8. 2 Kings 16:8
“Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.”
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Practice Genesis 2:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TheofthethirdriverisHiddekel.istheoneflowsinfrontofAssyria.ThefourthriveristheEuphrates.