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2 Kings 17 · Grade 5

The Verdict of History

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Samaria fell in 722 BC after a three-year siege, and the ten tribes were scattered across Assyria. Kings pauses here for a sermon explaining why. The cause was not Assyria's strength but Israel's sin. The Lord who redeemed them from Egypt had been abandoned for idols.

The charge sheet is long: high places, pillars, Asherah poles, the golden calves, worship of the army of the sky, Baal, divination, and child sacrifice. Above all stands the patience of God. He testified by every prophet and seer, calling them to turn. Israel hardened their necks and rejected His covenant. They went after vanity and became vain, becoming like the idols they served.

The chapter ends with the mixed worship of the settlers, who feared the Lord and served their own gods. This is the origin of the later Samaritans. God's judgment was just, but it was not His last word. In the New Testament, Jesus speaks with a Samaritan woman and offers her living water, saying true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth (John 4:10, 23).

Show What You Know

  1. What does Kings say was the cause of Israel's fall?

  2. What happened when Israel went after vanity?

  3. Of which later group is this the origin?

  4. What does Jesus say in John 4:23 in the New Testament?

Crossword

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Across

  1. The king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in ____.
  2. As he said by all his servants the ____.
  3. Shalmaneser king of ____ came up against him.

Down

  1. And they possessed ____ and lived in its cities.
  2. And they served ____.

Think About It

  1. People become like what they worship. What are you becoming like by what you love most?

  2. In the New Testament, Jesus offered living water to a Samaritan. How does this show God's grace reaching people others reject?

Memory Verse

Yet Yahweh testified to Israel and to Judah, by every prophet and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.”

2 Kings 17:13 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for warning me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What can you put ahead of God without noticing?
  • Who could you show kindness to that others leave out?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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