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Israel’s Kiogs Streogtheoed God’s People
1 Samuel 7; 10; 15; 2 Samuel 5; 1 KIngs 3
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Students will
se a sample concordance to deter mine i hether certain words are in the
Bible
• (Thai acter ize the kings of 1st ad and Judah as good or bad depending on
w hether or not the4 obey ed God
• Choose to follow good leaders
‘Building Study Skills
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Materials
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Make a tic-tar toe game. Before class print Ks and Os on an equal number ot
squares of paper Divide a sheet of poster board into nine s ctions to make a tk
tac-toe grid, in tin ee of the spaces Print Free Space. In the other six spaces print
one of the tollowing saings underlining one word in each as shown. the
answers are proided in parentheses for your refer ence onlx.
A ivise son heeds his fathers instruction, in Bihler
Cleanliness is next to gqjyss. (not in Bible)
God helps those who hel,p themselves (not in Bible)
cheer ful heart is good medicine. (in Biblei
If at first you don t succeed, try try again. (not in Bible)
It is more blessed to gie than to ciye in Bible)
Set the tic tar-toe grid on the floor or table \lake a masking tape line on the
tloor that the students must stand behind to pla.
Haxe students work in groups of 5 Gibe each group a set of Bible (ards
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(nesis— Song of Solomon lIai e the groups tr to put the cards in ord r Irom
npn If thei nped hiIp thi mai Inok at their Bible Librart hart or in the
table ot contents in their Bibles
Have the students place the Bible division binder s in order on the shelt, I he
should be able to do this qirk kb by now [law them say the Old h -,tanwnl and
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Using Study Skills
Befot e last, make a poster titled Ijnçs of Isr ref. See the illustration,
Print Ow dlo ing kints and S i’rptur t’ i Icr uces on paper 1rijJ poliO ig tIre
niching nanic and etcrt’nce together 11w nations ,are pT’o ided for our i’eter—
i’nce onl I 1w 1a,t tour names in the lkt are lake name,.
King lsa 2 ( lironicles 14 2 4 Jtidah— —did good
I Kings 1525, 2B- israel —did e il
King \adat,
King Pekah 2 Kings 15-27 28- Israel did Evil
King Nlenahem—-2 Kings 15 17 18 Israel —--did cxii
King \lanasseh 2 Chronicles 33 1. 2 —Judab did cxii
King \haziah 2 Chronicles 222 1 Judah did cxii
King Lzziah 2 Clwonit ‘les 2ii: 1 4--- -Judah ---did right
King maziah—--—-2 C[ir-onkles 25,1 2-- Judah- did right but not xxholrlwarted1
King Zechariah 2 Kings 13 8 9 Israel— did evil
King Pekahiah ——2 Kings 15:23 24— Israel— did evil
King lhah——2 Chronices 1417
King I rid—-- 2 Kings 1138
King Littith —2 Chronicles 10:24
King hand— 2 Kings 5:30
class.
If possible, provide a Bible concordance for execv 3-4 students in xour
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God, the nation of Israel follow ed God too. But ii lien these kings disobe
God, the nation of Israel disobeyed God as well.
Show students the Kings poster ou made before class. lsk, What are the
names of the first three kings of Israel at the top of the poster? aul David,
Solomon) Dix ide students into three groups. ,-\sk the gi-oups to look up the
scriptures about Saul, David and Solomon and read them together. Fhe should
decide from the Scriptures xx hether the king did good or evil in the sight of God.
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lVr ite their conclusions hi each king’s name on the poster.
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Sax: Mter Solomon died, the nation of Israel split into two nations—Isra
correct
and Judah. Each nation had a king. Let’s put these kings in the
place on our poster. Sonic of these kings are real kings. Sonic are names
that i crc made up. lou may look in your concordance to find out which
look up the Scripture references and
names were really
into
decide whether that king ruled over Israel or Judah, Divide the students
groups of 3—4. Give each group a Bible concordance and sexeral construction
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that xx err’ made lwtore la’ sk car-h _zi oup 9) liwk rip the names of
i1rtheir kings in the concordani e If the king is a real king thex should find the
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cr iptur e i cfei-ence on their t ip, decide it the king ixas ox ii Israel or tudah
tal Ic tIre Nir’lp itt the err -r-t tuirrri in tOt’ Kit igs 1Jo%t’r
and Judith, So
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than Judah, and Israel was captured b enemies before Judith, Hut Judah
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Kings of Israel
Responding to Study
Materials
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Hi tore clas make a banner b gluing a piece ol tahi ic to a doel i od Print i
title in pet manent market or glitter glue. Leaders Pie Follow ttach ai n or string
it tire rod h w hat igi ng.
Our nwniori verses remind us of wins iie can obe’ God like the
iration ol Israel did iheii they folloued godh leaders. tteieu Paltn 11)02 1
and Pruu’ibs 3.5—8 isitli the ‘,tudents
Why did the nations of Israel and Judah disobey. God in our Scriptures
today? (1 he followed leaders ssho disohe’vecl God.) Israel and Judah got into
trouble because thei didni have leaders who ober.ed God. 1e will gel into
trouble too if we choose to follon leaders u ho disobey God. II ho are some
leaders ne could choose to follow iho (10 not obey God? \in
example u e tollo is a leader that means friends u hetlier thex lead us to do
good or to do had lso some leaders in our government rna not be a good
to lnlln.) 1ho are some leaders who obey God ie can choose to
follow? Patents tther family members. Hi ble clmol teacher’.. elmu h leader S
and so on. sk students in use glitter glue to u rite names of goelk leaders on tire
banner no made beftire’ rlass. It students ha e time the an dveoj ate the ban—
ncr. lIo their uor k to dr then clispla3 the banner in ‘oimr classroom to remind
them of godly examples the ill choose to tollox
Reviewing Study Skills
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3 Skills step.
P1a3 a am iation of the tic-tar-toe game plaed in the Building Stud
‘1 rite the lotlo4ing yords on squares of Ilirpel’ and tape theni o em the sa ings on
[1w tic-tar—toe gm’id: ritind, soul, doctrine, resterda’, beginning. sinned. Di ide stu—
dents into to teams and have teams take turns thro big a beanbag at tire grid
born behind a masking tape line. Students must tind a Scripture reference for the
or d in their sample concordances in order to place an A or 1) in the space
Or hae a reference relay sour u hole gi oup will xork together to complete
Students ill need paper Bibles, a Bible Library rlru’t and a set of Bible Cards,
(‘all out a Scripture’ and bae students complete the relay as lollous tt wu ha e
ìore than sc” en students liax e’ senIle student u or k itl pairs to i’otirplete’ tire task’.
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student 1 prints the Scripture on a piece of paper
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s lesson.
Look up the Scriptures and answer the clues to find the marn point of today’
Find Psalm 119: I 66. Write the word that tells what I do to God’s
commands.
Find Judges 20:2. Write the second word of the verse n the blank.
Find Ecclesiastes 8: I. Write the first word of the verse in the blank.
Find 2 Kings 10:3. Write the first word of the verse in the blank.
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Find Job 37’2. Write the third word of the verse in the blank.
Find 2 Chronicles 4:4. Write the word that tells what Judah was to
do to God’s laws and commands.
Find Nehemiah I 5. ‘iVrite the sixth word of the verse in the blank
Read the words in order from top to bottom
to discover something you should do.
Write one way you can follow this advice.
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