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Jeremiah 52 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Jerusalem Falls, Yet Hope Remains

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.

PreschoolGod Did Not Forget

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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 Remembers

FREE → picture 2FOOD → picture 4KIND → picture 1KING → picture 3

Grade 1A King Set Free

Jehoiachin was a king. → picture 2He was taken far away. → picture 4A new king set him free. → picture 5He ate at the king's table. → picture 1God gave hope. → picture 3

Order:

1. Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign2. Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah3. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually4. There was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon

Grade 2Set Free

  1. Who was taken far away? King Jehoiachin (circle)
  2. How long was he in prison? Many years (circle)
  3. Who set him free? A new king (circle)
  4. What did the new king give him every day? Food (circle)
  5. Whose family had God not forgotten? David's family (circle)
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Grade 3Hope at the End

  1. What did Zedekiah do in God's sight? What was evil
  2. What did Babylon's captain burn? God's house and the king's house
  3. Whom did he leave behind? Some of the poorest people
  4. Who set Jehoiachin free? Evilmerodach
1: Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign2: Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah3: Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually4: There was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon
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Grade 4The Last Word Is Hope

  1. Which chapters does Jeremiah 52 closely match? 2 Kings 24 and 25
  2. How long did Nebuchadnezzar besiege Jerusalem? About a year and a half
  3. What was carried to Babylon from the temple? The bronze pillars and the temple furnishings
  4. Who released Jehoiachin from prison? Evilmerodach, the new king of Babylon

Word bank: 1. Babylon; 2. king; 3. throne

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

Grade 5David's Line Still Alive

  1. Which passage is Jeremiah 52 nearly identical to? 2 Kings 24:18 to 25:30
  2. What were the names of the two bronze pillars? Jachin and Boaz
  3. When was Jehoiachin released? In the thirty-seventh year of his captivity
  4. What did Jehoiachin's release show? God had kept David's line alive
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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