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2 Kings 16 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Ahaz Trusts Assyria

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.

PreschoolKing Hezekiah Is Next

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

KindergartenTrust God

ALTAR → picture 2KING → picture 4TEMPLE → picture 1TRUST → picture 3

Grade 1King Ahaz

Ahaz was king. → picture 2He sent gold away. → picture 4He asked Assyria for help. → picture 5He copied a new altar. → picture 1God wants our trust. → picture 3

Order:

1. Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign2. Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in Yahweh’s house3. King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria4. And was buried with his fathers in David’s city

Grade 2Ahaz Did Not Trust God

  1. Who was king of Judah? Ahaz (circle)
  2. Was Ahaz like David? No (circle)
  3. Where did Ahaz take gold from? God's house (circle)
  4. To whom did he send it? The king of Assyria (circle)
  5. What did Ahaz copy? An altar (circle)
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Grade 3The Wrong Kind of Help

  1. How old was Ahaz when he became king? Twenty
  2. Who came to fight Jerusalem? Rezin of Syria and Pekah of Israel
  3. What did Ahaz send as a gift? Silver and gold from the Lord's house
  4. To whom did Ahaz send a drawing of the altar? Urijah the priest
  5. Who became king after Ahaz? His son Hezekiah
1: Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign2: Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in Yahweh’s house3: King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria4: And was buried with his fathers in David’s city

Grade 4An Altar from Damascus

  1. What did Ahaz follow? The detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out
  2. What did Ahaz call himself to Tiglath Pileser? The Assyrian's servant and son
  3. Who built the copied altar? Urijah the priest
  4. Why did Ahaz change the temple? Because of the king of Assyria

Word bank: 1. Ahaz; 2. Damascus; 3. altar; 4. Urijah; 5. Assyria

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

Grade 5Trusting the Wrong King

  1. With whom does the narrator compare Ahaz? The kings of Israel
  2. What did Isaiah urge Ahaz to do? Trust the Lord and ask for a sign
  3. What did Ahaz do with the Lord's bronze altar? Pushed it aside
  4. According to Matthew 1:22-23 in the New Testament, who fulfilled the Immanuel sign? Jesus
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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