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2 Kings 17 · Preschool

Fear the Lord

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Color the people leaving their land. God wanted them to love Him only.

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

Bible Verse

But you shall fear Yahweh your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.”

2 Kings 17:39 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: God wants us to love and obey only Him. He keeps His people safe.

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2 Kings 17 · Kindergarten

Only God

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

GOD
OBEY
LAND
SAVE
But you shall fear Yahweh your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.”

2 Kings 17:39 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

WORD
AWAY
IDOL
HEART

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw people listening to God.

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Did Israel follow God?
  • Whom did God send to warn them?

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2 Kings 17 · Grade 1

God Warned

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

WARN
AWAY
IDOLS
OBEY
But you shall fear Yahweh your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.”

2 Kings 17:39 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Prophets warned Israel.
Israel served idols.
They did not listen.
They had to leave.
God wants us to obey.

God Warned

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

And in the cities of the Medes

But you shall fear Yahweh your God

They abandoned all the commandments of Yahweh their God

According to all the law which I commanded your fathers

Draw people listening to God.

Memory Verse

But you shall fear Yahweh your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.”

2 Kings 17:39 (WEB)

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Where were the people taken?
  • How can you listen to God?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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2 Kings 17 · Grade 2

God Warned Israel

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Read the Story

Israel did not follow God. They made idols. They served false gods. God sent prophets again and again. The prophets said, Turn from your evil ways.

But Israel did not listen. So the king of Assyria came. He took the city of Samaria. He took the people far away to Assyria.

God was sad, but He was fair. He had warned them many times. God wants us to listen to Him and obey.

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)

Show What You Know

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

  1. What did Israel make?

    AssyriaTurn from your evil waysIdols

  2. Whom did God send?

    ProphetsAssyriaIdols

  3. What did the prophets say?

  4. What city did Assyria take?

    SamariaIdolsAssyria

  5. Where were the people taken?

    IdolsTurn from your evil waysAssyria

Word Search

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

SSAMARIAUOSIDOLSPGWSTATUTESBNKCALVESJYMVITBAHRASSYRIAFGAKHOSHEAIFEARFWABOPROPHETS
  • PROPHETS
  • STATUTES
  • SAMARIA
  • ASSYRIA
  • HOSHEA
  • CALVES
  • IDOLS
  • FEAR

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What can you do when a grown-up who loves you warns you about trouble?
  • What can you do when you know you made a wrong choice?

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2 Kings 17 · Grade 3

Why Israel Fell

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Read the Story

Hoshea was the last king of Israel. He stopped paying the king of Assyria. So Shalmaneser came and put Samaria under siege for three years. Then he took the city. He carried Israel away to Assyria.

This happened because Israel sinned against the Lord. He had brought them out of Egypt. But they served other gods. They set up pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill. They made two calves of gold.

The Lord warned Israel and Judah by every prophet. He said, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments. But they would not listen. They were stubborn like their fathers. So the Lord removed Israel from His sight. The king of Assyria brought other peoples to live in Samaria. They feared the Lord but served their own gods too.

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)

Answer the Questions

  1. Who was the last king of Israel?

  2. How long was Samaria under siege?

  3. From where had the Lord brought Israel?

  4. Whom did the Lord warn?

  5. What did the new peoples do?

God Warned

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How has God been patient with you?
  • How can you love God only?

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2 Kings 17 · Grade 4

The Lord Testified

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Read and Think

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria after a three-year siege and carried Israel away to Assyria, settling them in Halah, by the Habor, and in the cities of the Medes. Hoshea had conspired with So king of Egypt and stopped paying tribute.

This happened because Israel sinned against the Lord who brought them out of Egypt. They feared other gods and walked in the customs of the nations. They built high places in all their towns and set up pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill. They served idols, though the Lord had said, You shall not do this thing. They made two calves, worshiped all the army of the sky, served Baal, and even made their children pass through the fire.

Yet the Lord testified to Israel and Judah by every prophet and seer, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments. They would not listen but hardened their necks. So the Lord removed them from His sight. Assyria resettled Samaria with people from Babylon and other places. When the Lord sent lions among them, the king sent back a priest to teach them how to fear the Lord. They feared the Lord but also served their own gods.

Show What You Know

  1. In what year of Hoshea was Samaria captured?

  2. With which king had Hoshea conspired?

  3. What had the Lord said about idols?

  4. Why did the king send back a priest?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

HosheacalvesfearSamariaidols
  1. had conspired with So king of Egypt and stopped paying tribute.
  2. They served , though the Lord had said, You shall not do this thing.
  3. They made two , worshiped all the army of the sky, served Baal, and even made their children pass through the fire.
  4. Assyria resettled with people from Babylon and other places.
  5. When the Lord sent lions among them, the king sent back a priest to teach them how to the Lord.

Think About It

  1. God warned Israel many times before judgment came. What warnings in God's Word should you take seriously?

  2. The settlers feared the Lord but also served other gods. Why can't we serve God and something else at the same time?

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)

Copy It

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How long was Samaria under siege?
  • What can compete with God for first place in your life?

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2 Kings 17 · Grade 5

The Verdict of History

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Read and Think

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

12543

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)

Copy It

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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