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Jonah 3 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Nineveh Turns to God

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.

PreschoolNineveh Listened

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

KindergartenA City Says Sorry

CITY → picture 4KING → picture 3SORRY → picture 1GOD → picture 2

Grade 1Nineveh Listens

Jonah went to Nineveh. → picture 5Nineveh was a great city. → picture 1The people believed God. → picture 4The king sat in ashes. → picture 2God saw that they turned from evil. → picture 3

Order:

1. So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word2. The people of Nineveh believed God3. The news reached the king of Nineveh4. God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way

Grade 2A Second Chance

  1. How many times did God speak to Jonah? A second time (circle)
  2. Where did Jonah go? Nineveh (circle)
  3. What did the people put on? Sackcloth (circle)
  4. Where did the king sit? In ashes (circle)
  5. What did God see? They turned from their evil way.
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Grade 3A City Turns Back

  1. How big was Nineveh? Three days' journey across
  2. What did Jonah cry out? In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown.
  3. Who put on sackcloth? Everyone, from the greatest to the least
  4. What did the king take off? His royal robe
  5. What did God do when he saw their works? He relented and did not bring the disaster.
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Grade 4Who Knows Whether God Will Turn?

  1. What was different about Jonah the second time? He obeyed and went to Nineveh.
  2. What two things did the people do to show they were sorry? They fasted and put on sackcloth.
  3. What did the king tell everyone to turn from? Their evil way and violence
  4. Why did God not bring the disaster? He saw that they turned from their evil way.

Word bank: 1. Nineveh; 2. fast; 3. king; 4. God

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

Grade 5God Relents

  1. How does Jonah 3:1-2 echo chapter 1? Yahweh gives the same call to arise and go to Nineveh.
  2. How long was Jonah's message, and what did it say? Very short: in forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown.
  3. What did the king's decree ask people to turn from? Their evil way and the violence in their hands
  4. What did God see, and how did he respond? He saw they turned from evil, and he relented of the disaster.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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