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Nahum 1 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: God Is a Stronghold

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 Keeps Me Safe

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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 Is Good

GOOD → picture 3SAFE → picture 1STRONG → picture 4GOD → picture 2

Grade 1A Stronghold

God has his way in the storm. → picture 4The mountains quake before him. → picture 3Yahweh is a stronghold. → picture 1God will burst their bonds. → picture 5Good news comes on the mountains. → picture 2

Order:

1. Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power2. The mountains quake before him3. Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble4. Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news

Grade 2God Is Good and Strong

  1. Which city is this book about? Nineveh (circle)
  2. Is God quick or slow to anger? Slow to anger (circle)
  3. What is God in the day of trouble? A safe place (circle)
  4. Who does God know? The people who run to him
  5. What good news was coming? Peace (circle)
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Grade 3A Stronghold in Trouble

  1. Whose vision is this book? Nahum the Elkoshite
  2. What two things are true about God in verse 3? He is slow to anger and great in power.
  3. What quakes before God? The mountains
  4. What is Yahweh in the day of trouble? A stronghold
  5. What does the messenger on the mountains bring? Good news and peace
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Grade 4Slow to Anger, Great in Power

  1. Who was Nineveh the capital of? Assyria
  2. What does verse 3 say God will not do? Leave the guilty unpunished
  3. What does God promise to break off his people? The yoke
  4. What does the messenger in verse 15 publish? Peace

Word bank: 1. God; 2. feet; 3. good

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

Grade 5Good News on the Mountains

  1. How do Jonah and Nahum show two sides of God's character? Jonah shows mercy when Nineveh turned; Nahum shows justice when cruelty continued.
  2. How does verse 3 balance God's patience and justice? He is slow to anger but will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
  3. Why is verse 7 a comfort in this chapter? The same power that judges oppressors is a stronghold for those who trust him.
  4. Where does the New Testament use the picture of feet bringing good news? Romans 10:15
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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