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2 Kings 21 · Preschool

A Young King

Name Date

Color the young king Manasseh. He was twelve, but he did not follow God.

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

Bible Verse

“Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.”

2 Kings 21:1 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Manasseh was a young king who did not follow God. We can choose to follow God even when we are young.

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2 Kings 21 · Kindergarten

Choose God

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

YOUNG
KING
IDOL
CHOOSE
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

2 Kings 21:1 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

KING
YOUNG
IDOL
CHOOSE

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw yourself choosing God.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me choose You. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who became king at twelve?
  • Did Manasseh follow God?

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2 Kings 21 · Grade 1

King Manasseh

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

TWELVE
IDOLS
EVIL
CHOOSE
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

2 Kings 21:1 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Manasseh was twelve.
He became king.
He made idols.
He put them in God's house.
God wants us to choose Him.

Draw yourself choosing God.

Memory Verse

“Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.”

2 Kings 21:1 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me choose You. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What job can you do for God today?
  • How can you follow God when you are young?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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2 Kings 21 · Grade 2

A Very Bad King

Name Date

Read the Story

Manasseh was twelve when he became king. He ruled a long time. His father Hezekiah was good. But Manasseh did evil.

He built back the places for idols. He put altars for false gods in God's house. He led the people to do wrong.

God sent prophets to warn them. God said trouble would come to Jerusalem. Then Manasseh's son Amon was king. He did evil too. Then little Josiah became king.

Memory Verse

“He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.”

2 Kings 21:2 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. How old was Manasseh when he became king?

    JosiahTwelveIn God's house

  2. Who was his father?

    JosiahTwelveHezekiah

  3. Where did he put altars for false gods?

    ProphetsTwelveIn God's house

  4. Whom did God send?

    In God's houseProphetsJosiah

  5. Who became king after Amon?

    TwelveIn God's houseJosiah

Word Search

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

RBJOSIAHGTWELVEANSNMANASSEHIWBEVILRJPROPHETSITBPWUNMUOPSALTARSDKONAFSRLVAMONLESDU
  • MANASSEH
  • PROPHETS
  • TWELVE
  • ALTARS
  • JOSIAH
  • BAAL
  • AMON
  • EVIL

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me choose You. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you follow the good examples in your family?
  • How can you choose what is right?

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2 Kings 21 · Grade 3

Worse Than the Nations

Name Date

Read the Story

Manasseh was twelve when he became king. He ruled fifty-five years in Jerusalem. He did evil like the nations the Lord had driven out. He built again the high places his father Hezekiah had broken down. He made altars for Baal and an Asherah, as Ahab did.

He built altars for the stars in the two courts of the Lord's house. He set an idol in the temple, where God said He would put His name. Manasseh led the people to do more evil than the nations God had destroyed.

The Lord spoke by His prophets. He said He would bring such trouble on Jerusalem that ears would tingle. He would wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish. Manasseh died, and his son Amon ruled two years. He did evil too, and his servants killed him. The people made his son Josiah king.

Memory Verse

“He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.”

2 Kings 21:2 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How long did Manasseh rule?

  2. Like which king did Manasseh make altars for Baal?

  3. Where did he build altars for the stars?

  4. How would God wipe Jerusalem?

  5. How long did Amon rule?

Choose God

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me choose You. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Whom did God send to warn?
  • How can you help others follow God?

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2 Kings 21 · Grade 4

Ears Will Tingle

Name Date

Read and Think

Manasseh was twelve when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years. He did evil after the abominations of the nations the Lord cast out. He rebuilt the high places Hezekiah destroyed, raised altars for Baal, made an Asherah as Ahab had done, and worshiped all the army of the sky. He made his son pass through the fire, practiced sorcery, and dealt with mediums.

He built altars in the Lord's house, the place of which the Lord had said, I will put my name in Jerusalem. He set the carved Asherah image in the temple. Manasseh seduced Judah to do more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before Israel. He also shed very much innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem from one end to another.

The Lord spoke by His servants the prophets. He would bring such evil on Jerusalem that whoever heard of it, both his ears would tingle. He would stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and wipe it as one wipes a dish, turning it upside down. Manasseh died, and Amon his son reigned two years, doing evil. His servants conspired and killed him, and the people made Josiah his son king.

Show What You Know

  1. What did the Lord say about Jerusalem and His name?

  2. What did Manasseh set in the temple?

  3. What would happen to the ears of whoever heard of the evil?

  4. What line would the Lord stretch over Jerusalem?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

ManassehBaalimageevilprophets
  1. was twelve when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years.
  2. He did after the abominations of the nations the Lord cast out.
  3. He rebuilt the high places Hezekiah destroyed, raised altars for , made an Asherah as Ahab had done, and worshiped all the army of the sky.
  4. He set the carved Asherah in the temple.
  5. The Lord spoke by His servants the .

Think About It

  1. Manasseh undid all the good his father had done. How can you hold on to the good things you have been taught?

  2. Manasseh led a whole nation into sin. How can your choices influence others for good?

Memory Verse

“He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.”

2 Kings 21:2 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me choose You. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How long did Manasseh rule?
  • How can you pray for leaders who are leading people the wrong way?

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2 Kings 21 · Grade 5

The Point of No Return

Name Date

Read and Think

Manasseh's fifty-five-year reign was the longest and darkest in Judah's history. He systematically reversed Hezekiah's reforms. He rebuilt the high places, adopted Ahab's Baal worship, filled the temple courts with altars to the army of the sky, and practiced sorcery and child sacrifice. He led Judah to do more evil than the Canaanites whom God had driven out.

God's verdict was severe. Jerusalem would be measured with the same line as Samaria and wiped clean like a dish. Later chapters show that even Josiah's reforms could not turn away this judgment, because of all that Manasseh had done (2 Kings 23:26). Sin has consequences that can reach beyond a single generation.

Yet there is more to Manasseh's story. Second Chronicles records that when he was taken captive to Babylon, he humbled himself greatly, prayed, and God heard him and brought him back (2 Chronicles 33:12-13). No one is beyond the reach of God's grace. In the New Testament, Paul calls himself the chief of sinners, saved so that Christ might display His patience (1 Timothy 1:15-16).

Show What You Know

  1. Whose reforms did Manasseh reverse?

  2. According to 2 Kings 23:26, why could Josiah's reforms not turn away judgment?

  3. What does 2 Chronicles 33 record about Manasseh in Babylon?

  4. What does Paul call himself in 1 Timothy 1:15 in the New Testament?

Crossword

42315

Across

  1. And he raised up altars for ____.
  2. And ____ his son reigned in his place.
  3. Manasseh was ____ years old when he began to reign.

Down

  1. And he raised up ____ for Baal.
  2. Now the rest of the acts of ____.

Think About It

  1. Manasseh's sins affected generations after him. Why is it important to consider how your choices affect others?

  2. God heard Manasseh when he humbled himself. What does this teach about God's willingness to forgive?

Memory Verse

“He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.”

2 Kings 21:2 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me choose You. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can your choices help the people around you follow God?
  • What does Manasseh's later prayer teach about grace?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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