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2 Kings 16 · Preschool

King Hezekiah Is Next

Name Date

Color the new king. After Ahaz, his son Hezekiah became king.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.”

2 Kings 16:20 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Ahaz did not trust God, but his son Hezekiah would. We can choose to trust God.

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2 Kings 16 · Kindergarten

Trust God

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

TRUST
GOLD
ALTAR
HELP
Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

2 Kings 16:20 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

ALTAR
KING
TEMPLE
TRUST

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw yourself trusting God.

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who was a bad king?
  • What did Ahaz send away?

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2 Kings 16 · Grade 1

King Ahaz

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

TRUST
ALTAR
GOLD
HELP
Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

2 Kings 16:20 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Ahaz was king.
He sent gold away.
He asked Assyria for help.
He copied a new altar.
God wants our trust.

Trust God

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

And was buried with his fathers in David’s city

King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign

Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in Yahweh’s house

Draw yourself trusting God.

Memory Verse

“Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.”

2 Kings 16:20 (WEB)

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did Ahaz copy?
  • How can you trust God?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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2 Kings 16 · Grade 2

Ahaz Did Not Trust God

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Read the Story

Ahaz was king of Judah. He did not do right like David. He did bad things like the nations around him.

Enemies came to fight Ahaz. Ahaz did not ask God for help. He took gold from God's house. He sent it to the king of Assyria.

Ahaz saw an altar in another land. He had one made just like it. He changed things in God's house. God wants us to trust Him and worship His way.

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)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. Who was king of Judah?

    An altarAhazThe king of Assyria

  2. Was Ahaz like David?

    NoAhazGod's house

  3. Where did Ahaz take gold from?

    God's houseThe king of AssyriaAhaz

  4. To whom did he send it?

    AhazNoThe king of Assyria

  5. What did Ahaz copy?

    The king of AssyriaGod's houseAn altar

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

CHEZEKIAHSOFHRDABINCONMASDNALSGBMSTULLIOJAYFRTJLLASRHIARVDHCIVJREETAUAIAGWRHZSVJH
  • DAMASCUS
  • HEZEKIAH
  • ASSYRIA
  • URIJAH
  • SILVER
  • ALTAR
  • AHAZ
  • GOLD

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you keep from copying people who do not love God?
  • How can you ask God for help?

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2 Kings 16 · Grade 3

The Wrong Kind of Help

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Read the Story

Ahaz was twenty when he became king. He ruled sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do right like David. He walked in the ways of Israel's kings. He offered sacrifices on the high places and under every green tree.

Rezin of Syria and Pekah of Israel came to fight Jerusalem. Ahaz sent a message to Tiglath Pileser of Assyria. He called himself the Assyrian king's servant and son. He asked him for help. He sent silver and gold from the Lord's house as a gift. The king of Assyria came and took Damascus.

Ahaz went to Damascus to meet the king of Assyria. He saw an altar there. He sent a drawing of it to Urijah the priest. Urijah built one just like it. Ahaz moved the Lord's bronze altar aside. He changed things in the temple for the king of Assyria. Then Ahaz died, and his son Hezekiah became king.

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)

Answer the Questions

  1. How old was Ahaz when he became king?

  2. Who came to fight Jerusalem?

  3. What did Ahaz send as a gift?

  4. To whom did Ahaz send a drawing of the altar?

  5. Who became king after Ahaz?

Trust God

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Whom did Ahaz ask for help?
  • How can you worship God His way?

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2 Kings 16 · Grade 4

An Altar from Damascus

Name Date

Read and Think

Ahaz began to reign at twenty and reigned sixteen years. He did not do right in the Lord's eyes like David. He walked in the way of Israel's kings. He even made his son pass through the fire. He followed the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out. He sacrificed on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

Rezin king of Syria and Pekah king of Israel besieged Jerusalem but could not conquer it. Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser, saying he was the Assyrian's servant and son, and asking to be saved. He sent silver and gold from the Lord's house and the palace as a present. The Assyrian king attacked Damascus, took it, and killed Rezin.

Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser and saw the altar there. He sent its pattern to Urijah the priest. Urijah built an altar just like it. Ahaz offered his sacrifices on it. He moved the Lord's bronze altar aside. He changed the temple because of the king of Assyria. Ahaz died, and Hezekiah his son reigned.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Ahaz follow?

  2. What did Ahaz call himself to Tiglath Pileser?

  3. Who built the copied altar?

  4. Why did Ahaz change the temple?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

AhazUrijahaltarDamascusAssyria
  1. began to reign at twenty and reigned sixteen years.
  2. The Assyrian king attacked , took it, and killed Rezin.
  3. Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser and saw the there.
  4. He sent its pattern to the priest.
  5. He changed the temple because of the king of .

Think About It

  1. Ahaz looked to Assyria instead of God for help. Where do you turn first when you are in trouble?

  2. Ahaz changed worship to please a powerful king. How can you keep from changing your faith to please others?

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)

Copy It

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • When might you be tempted to give up what matters to fit in?
  • How can wanting to fit in change what you do?

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2 Kings 16 · Grade 5

Trusting the Wrong King

Name Date

Read and Think

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

4231

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)

Copy It

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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