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2 Kings 23 · Grade 4

A Covenant Renewed

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The king gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem and went up to the Lord's house with all the people, small and great. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant found in the temple. Standing by the pillar, he made a covenant to walk after the Lord, keeping His commandments with all his heart and soul. All the people stood to the covenant.

Josiah removed from the temple the vessels made for Baal, Asherah, and the army of the sky and burned them outside Jerusalem. He removed the idolatrous priests and defiled Topheth, where children had been made to pass through the fire. He tore down the altars Manasseh had built in the temple courts. At Bethel, he broke down Jeroboam's altar and high place, fulfilling the word of the man of God from Judah (1 Kings 13:2). He spared that prophet's tomb.

The king commanded all the people to keep the Passover as written in the book of the covenant. Surely no such Passover had been kept since the judges. Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, soul, and might, according to all the law of Moses. Nevertheless, the Lord did not turn from His great wrath because of Manasseh. Pharaoh Neco killed Josiah at Megiddo. Egypt then set Jehoiakim on the throne and demanded tribute.

Show What You Know

  1. Where did the people stand to the covenant?

  2. What was Topheth?

  3. Whose word did Josiah fulfill at Bethel?

  4. Whom did Egypt set on the throne?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

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  1. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the found in the temple.
  2. Standing by the pillar, he made a covenant to walk after the Lord, keeping His commandments with all his and soul.
  3. removed from the temple the vessels made for Baal, Asherah, and the army of the sky and burned them outside Jerusalem.
  4. The king commanded all the people to keep the Passover as written in the of the covenant.
  5. Surely no such had been kept since the judges.

Think About It

  1. Josiah turned to the Lord with all his heart, soul, and might. What would wholehearted devotion look like in your life this week?

  2. Josiah's reforms could not undo all the consequences of past sin. Why should this make us take sin seriously?

Memory Verse

“There was no king like him before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him.”

2 Kings 23:25 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your covenant. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you read God's Word with your family or church?
  • Who had foretold Josiah's name long before?

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