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Nahum 2 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: God Restores His People

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 Makes Things New

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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 Restores

VINE → picture 4LION → picture 3GOD → picture 2NEW → picture 1

Grade 1A Proud City Falls

Yahweh restores Jacob. → picture 3Nineveh was a proud city. → picture 5The gates of the rivers open. → picture 2Its treasure is taken. → picture 4It had been like a den of lions. → picture 1

Order:

1. For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob2. But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water

Grade 2God Helps His People

  1. Which city did Nahum tell about? Nineveh (circle)
  2. What animal was Nineveh like? Lions (circle)
  3. What did God say to Nineveh? I am against you (circle)
  4. What would God do for his people? Make them strong and great again
  5. Who does God care for? People who have been hurt
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Grade 3The Lions' Den

  1. What were the people of Nineveh told to guard? The fortress
  2. What does Yahweh restore? The excellency of Jacob
  3. What was Nineveh like? A den of lions
  4. Who says I am against you? Yahweh of Armies
  5. What would be heard no more? The voice of its messengers
1: For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob2: But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water
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Grade 4The End of the Lions' Den

  1. Why does God act, according to verse 2? To restore the excellency of Jacob
  2. What opens and what is dissolved in verse 6? The gates of the rivers open, and the palace is dissolved.
  3. What does the lions' den picture show about Nineveh? It grew rich by taking from others.
  4. What does Yahweh of Armies say to Nineveh? Behold, I am against you.

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

Grade 5Yahweh Says, I Am Against You

  1. What is ironic about the commands in verse 1? Nineveh is told to defend itself, though no defense will be enough.
  2. How is judgment on Nineveh also rescue for Judah? God restores the excellency of Jacob, whom destroyers had ruined.
  3. Why is the lions' den a fitting picture for Nineveh? It filled its dens with prey torn from others, like a lion.
  4. What does God declare in verse 13? Behold, I am against you.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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