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Isaiah 38 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Fifteen More Years

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.

PreschoolI Will Praise You

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

KindergartenGod Heals

PRAY → picture 4TEARS → picture 3SUN → picture 2PRAISE → picture 1

Grade 1I Have Heard Your Prayer

Hezekiah prayed. → picture 3I have seen your tears. → picture 5The shadow went back. → picture 2The living will praise you. → picture 4Tell the children. → picture 1

Order:

1. In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death2. Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh3. I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears.4. So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial

Grade 2God Sees Our Tears

  1. Who was very sick? King Hezekiah (circle)
  2. What did he do? Prayed and cried (circle)
  3. What did God see? His tears (circle)
  4. How many more years did God give him? Fifteen (circle)
  5. What did Hezekiah do when he was well? Sang to praise God (circle)
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Grade 3The Shadow Goes Back

  1. Where did Hezekiah turn his face? To the wall
  2. What did God say He had heard and seen? Your prayer and your tears
  3. How many years did God add? Fifteen
  4. How many steps did the shadow go back? Ten
  5. What did God do with Hezekiah's sins? Cast them behind His back
1: In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death2: Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh3: I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears.4: So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial
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Grade 4I Have Seen Your Tears

  1. What did Isaiah first tell Hezekiah? Set your house in order.
  2. What did God say He had heard and seen? Hezekiah's prayer and his tears
  3. What sign did God give? The shadow on the sundial of Ahaz went back ten steps.
  4. What would fathers make known to their children? God's truth

Word bank: 1. God; 2. tears; 3. shadow; 4. Hezekiah

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

Grade 5The Living Shall Praise You

  1. What did God promise about the city along with Hezekiah's healing? To deliver him and the city from the king of Assyria
  2. What is ironic about the sign? It appears on the sundial of Ahaz, who refused a sign from God (Isaiah 7:12).
  3. What pictures does Hezekiah use for his life? A shepherd's tent taken down and a weaver's cloth cut off
  4. Which New Testament verse echoes God forgetting sin? Hebrews 8:12
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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