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2 Kings 25 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Jerusalem Falls

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.

PreschoolSome Stayed to Work

citycrownbreadPath

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

KindergartenGod Still Cares

VINES → picture 3FIELD → picture 1CITY → picture 4HOPE → picture 2

Grade 1Hope

The city was broken. → picture 4Many people went away. → picture 3Some cared for the vines. → picture 1A king was set free. → picture 5He ate at the king's table. → picture 2

Order:

1. And they built forts against it around it2. He burned every great house with fire3. The captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields4. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life

Grade 2A Sad Day and a Little Hope

  1. Who did not obey? King Zedekiah (circle)
  2. What did the people not have? Food (circle)
  3. What did the army burn? God's house (circle)
  4. Who stayed to care for the vines? Some poor people (circle)
  5. Whose family had God not forgotten? David's (circle)
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Grade 3The City Falls

  1. Until what year did the siege last? The eleventh year of Zedekiah
  2. Who burned the Lord's house? Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard
  3. What were some of the poorest people left to do? Work the vineyards and fields
  4. Who was made governor? Gedaliah
  5. Where did Jehoiachin eat for the rest of his life? At the king's table
1: And they built forts against it around it2: He burned every great house with fire3: The captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields4: Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life

Grade 4The End and a Glimmer

  1. Where did the Chaldeans overtake Zedekiah? In the plains of Jericho
  2. What did the army break and carry to Babylon? The bronze pillars
  3. Where did the people flee after Gedaliah was killed? To Egypt
  4. Who released Jehoiachin from prison? Evil Merodach king of Babylon

Word bank: 1. bread; 2. Zedekiah; 3. Babylon; 4. fields; 5. Gedaliah

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

Grade 5Judgment and a Thread of Hope

  1. Which words of Moses came true? Disobedience would lead to exile from the land, as in Deuteronomy 28:36.
  2. Where does Kings say the fault for the exile lay? Not with God but with His people's persistent unfaithfulness
  3. What did Jehoiachin's release show about David's line? It had not been extinguished.
  4. By what name does Matthew 1 in the New Testament call Jehoiachin? Jechoniah
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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