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2 Chronicles 36 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Exile and a Promise of Return

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolGo Home

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenHome

HOME → picture 2TEMPLE → picture 4KING → picture 1LETTER → picture 3

Grade 1Going Home

Kings did wrong. → picture 2God sent helpers. → picture 4People went far away. → picture 5A new king wrote a letter. → picture 1Go home and build! → picture 3

Order:

1. The king of Egypt removed him from office at Jerusalem2. Nebuchadnezzar also carried some of the vessels of Yahweh’s house to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon3. Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia4. Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me

Grade 2God Brings Them Home

  1. Did the last kings obey God? No (circle)
  2. Why did God send helpers again and again? God loved His people. (circle)
  3. Where did the people go? Far away to Babylon (circle)
  4. How long did they stay? Seventy years (circle)
  5. What did Cyrus say? Go home! (circle)
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Grade 3Because He Had Compassion

  1. What did the king of Babylon carry away? Some of the vessels of Yahweh's house
  2. Who did Zedekiah not humble himself before? Jeremiah the prophet
  3. Why did Yahweh send messengers again and again? He had compassion on his people and on his house.
  4. How long did the land rest? Seventy years
  5. Whose spirit did Yahweh stir up? Cyrus king of Persia
1: The king of Egypt removed him from office at Jerusalem2: Nebuchadnezzar also carried some of the vessels of Yahweh’s house to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon3: Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia4: Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me

Grade 4No Remedy, Then Return

  1. Who removed Jehoahaz? Egypt
  2. How long did Zedekiah reign? Eleven years
  3. How did Yahweh send his messengers? Rising up early and sending
  4. What did the people do to the messengers? They mocked them, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets.
  5. What did Cyrus say Yahweh commanded him? To build God a house in Jerusalem

Word bank: 1. Babylon; 2. Yahweh; 3. people; 4. king; 5. God

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5The Last Word Is Hope

  1. Who was the last king of Judah? Zedekiah
  2. What does verse 15 show? God's heart even in judgment
  3. Why did the land keep its Sabbaths for seventy years? To fulfill Jeremiah's word
  4. What did Cyrus command? The building of God's house
  5. What does Peter write in 2 Peter 3:9? In the New Testament, the Lord is patient, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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