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2 Kings 12 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Joash Repairs the Temple

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.

PreschoolFixing God's House

GiftpersonHandcrown

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

KindergartenGiving to God

TEMPLE → picture 2GIVE → picture 4WORK → picture 1HEART → picture 3

Grade 1King Joash

Joash did right. → picture 2God's house needed fixing. → picture 4People gave money. → picture 5Workers fixed it. → picture 1The workers were honest. → picture 3

Order:

1. Jehoash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes2. On the right side as one comes into Yahweh’s house3. Who had the oversight of Yahweh’s house4. For they dealt faithfully

Grade 2A Chest for Giving

  1. Who taught Joash? Jehoiada the priest (circle)
  2. What did Joash want fixed? God's house (circle)
  3. What did Jehoiada make in the lid? A hole (circle)
  4. What did the money pay? The workers (circle)
  5. What were the workers like? Honest (circle)
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Grade 3The Temple Repaired

  1. What was not taken away? The high places
  2. What did Joash ask the priests? Why they had not fixed the house
  3. Where did Jehoiada set the chest? Beside the altar
  4. Whom did the money pay? Carpenters, builders, and stone cutters
  5. What did Joash send Hazael? The gold from the temple
1: Jehoash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes2: On the right side as one comes into Yahweh’s house3: Who had the oversight of Yahweh’s house4: For they dealt faithfully
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Grade 4Faithful Workers

  1. How long did Jehoash reign? Forty years
  2. By what year had nothing been repaired? The twenty-third year of his reign
  3. Who counted the money? The king's scribe and the high priest
  4. Why did they not demand an accounting? They dealt faithfully.

Word bank: 1. Jehoash; 2. money; 3. Jehoiada; 4. chest; 5. Hazael

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

Grade 5Borrowed Faith

  1. To whom was Jehoash's faithfulness tied? His mentor, Jehoiada the priest
  2. How long did the priests not fix the breaches? Twenty-three years
  3. What did Jehoash do instead of trusting God when Hazael came? He stripped the temple and paid off the enemy.
  4. What does Paul urge in Philippians 2:12-13 in the New Testament? To work out their own salvation with fear and trembling, for God works in them
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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