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2 Kings 16 · Grade 5

Trusting the Wrong King

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Ahaz was among Judah's worst kings. He adopted the practices of the surrounding nations, including making his son pass through the fire. The narrator compares him not with David but with the kings of Israel, whose ways led to their ruin.

When Syria and Israel attacked, the prophet Isaiah urged Ahaz to trust the Lord and even ask for a sign (Isaiah 7:1-12). Ahaz refused. Instead, he called himself Assyria's servant and son, words that belonged to his relationship with the Lord. He paid Assyria with treasure from God's house. The help worked for a while, but it brought Judah under Assyria's heavy hand.

At Damascus, Ahaz copied a pagan altar and pushed the Lord's bronze altar aside. Worship was redesigned to please a foreign king. In Isaiah's account of these events, God gave a sign anyway: a virgin would conceive and bear a son called Immanuel. In the New Testament, Matthew says this was fulfilled in the birth of Jesus (Matthew 1:22-23).

Show What You Know

  1. With whom does the narrator compare Ahaz?

  2. What did Isaiah urge Ahaz to do?

  3. What did Ahaz do with the Lord's bronze altar?

  4. According to Matthew 1:22-23 in the New Testament, who fulfilled the Immanuel sign?

Crossword

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Across

  1. And saw the altar that was at ____.
  2. And saw the ____ that was at Damascus.
  3. The king of ____ listened to him.

Down

  1. ____ the priest built an altar.
  2. According to all that King ____ commanded.

Think About It

  1. Ahaz called himself Assyria's servant instead of the Lord's. Whose servant are you, and how does it show?

  2. Even when Ahaz refused God's sign, God gave the promise of Immanuel. What does this show about God's grace?

Memory Verse

“Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which was right in Yahweh his God’s eyes, like David his father.”

2 Kings 16:2 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being my helper. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What things can you be tempted to trust more than God?
  • How can you trust God when you are afraid of what is coming?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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