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2 Kings 23 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Josiah's Great Reform

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.

PreschoolKeep the Passover

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

KindergartenObey God's Word

BOOK → picture 4IDOL → picture 3LAMB → picture 1HEART → picture 2

Grade 1Josiah Obeys

Josiah read God's book. → picture 5He took away idols. → picture 1He burned the idols. → picture 4They kept the Passover. → picture 2He loved God with all his heart. → picture 3

Order:

1. The king went up to Yahweh’s house2. And his statutes with all his heart and all his soul3. And cast its dust on the graves of the common people4. As it is written in this book of the covenant

Grade 2Josiah Cleans Up

  1. What did Josiah read to the people? God's book (circle)
  2. What did they promise? To obey God with all their hearts
  3. What did Josiah take out of God's house? Every idol (circle)
  4. What feast did they keep? The Passover (circle)
  5. How did Josiah love God? With all his heart (circle)
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Grade 3With All His Heart

  1. Where did Josiah stand to make the covenant? By the pillar
  2. What did Josiah tear down at Bethel? The altar Jeroboam made
  3. Whose grave did Josiah leave alone? The man of God's
  4. Since when had no Passover like it been kept? The days of the judges
  5. Where did Josiah die? At Megiddo
1: The king went up to Yahweh’s house2: And his statutes with all his heart and all his soul3: And cast its dust on the graves of the common people4: As it is written in this book of the covenant

Grade 4A Covenant Renewed

  1. Where did the people stand to the covenant? They all stood to the covenant in the Lord's house.
  2. What was Topheth? Where children had been made to pass through the fire
  3. Whose word did Josiah fulfill at Bethel? The man of God from Judah's, in 1 Kings 13:2
  4. Whom did Egypt set on the throne? Jehoiakim

Word bank: 1. covenant; 2. heart; 3. Josiah; 4. book; 5. Passover

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

Grade 5The Greatest Reform

  1. With what did Josiah's reform begin? The Word
  2. About how long before had the man of God foretold Josiah? About three hundred years earlier
  3. Which verse do the words of Josiah's praise echo? Deuteronomy 6:5
  4. What does Jesus call the greatest commandment in Matthew 22:37-38 in the New Testament? Loving the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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