Family Home Evening for Kings 17-25

 Read or Summarize 2 Kings 22-23

My Summary

There had been a lot of bad kings in Israel. Most of them stopped believing in Jesus and praying to Heavenly Father. The temple was destroyed and used for evil purposes and to pay debts to other kings. The Israelites began to pray to Baal and idols and even sacrifice their children to these false gods.

Finally, King Josiah became the king. He was only 8- years old when he became the king. The scriptures say, “And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. ​And like unto him was there no ​​​king​ before him, that ​​​turned​ to the ​​Lord​​ with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there ​any​ like him.” (2 Kings 22:2; 2 Kings 23:25)

King Josiah wanted to rebuild and fix the temple. When the workers were rebuilding the temple, Hilkiah found the book of the law. This was a scroll that contained the scriptures. 

A servant read the scriptures to King Josiah. He was so sad that his people had turned away from God and forgotten the scriptures that he tore his clothes.

Josiah read the scriptures to his people, and they made a covenant to follow the Lord.

Discuss 

Why do you think it is so important to read the scriptures? What do you think would happen if we didn’t have the scriptures in our lives? What scriptures have helped you? (If your children are too young, share some scriptures that have helped you in your life)

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Family Home Evening for 2 Kings 2-7

 Read or Summarize the Stories in 2 Kings 4

Here are my summaries:

Story 1

A widow came to Elisha and said that a creditor was going to come and take her two boys as servants, unless she paid her debts, but she only had a pot of oil. Elisha told her to go and barrow every oil vessel she could from all of her neighbors, even empty ones. So she sent her sons to go gather the vessels. When they had gathered a lot, the woman locked her sons and her in their home and filled every vessel with oil, and still had more left over. She told Elisha that she had done as he asked. He told her to go sell the oil and pay her debt.

Story 2

One day, Elisha was walking through Shunem. A woman invited him into her home and gave him some bread. She gave him bread every time he passed their home. One day, the woman told her husband that she believed that Elisha was a prophet. She told her husband that they should prepare him a room in their home with a bed, a table, and a candlestick, so that he could stay with them. Elisha told his servant to tell the woman that because she had been so nice to him, he wanted to do something nice for her, and to ask her what she wanted. She said that she wanted a child, but her husband and her were too old. Soon after, the woman had a healthy, baby boy. Later, the son got sick and died. The woman had faith that Elisha could bring her boy back to life, and so she called for Elisha to come. Elisha gave the boy a blessing and the Lord brought him back to life.

Story 3

The  men traveling with Elisha were hungry, but they were in land that had a famine. So Elisha sent his men to gather what they could find to make pottage or soup. They gathered some herbs and gourds from around the area, but they didn’t know what they were because they were not familiar with the area. When the pottage or soup was made, the men began to eat it. Then they realized that some of the ingredients, used to make the soup, were actually poisonous. Elisha told the men to bring some meal of flour in and throw it in the pot. Then, they served the soup again, and none of the people got sick ir died.

Story 4

Someone brought some food to Elisha. He gave him 20 loaves of barley bread and full ears of corn. Elisha told him to help him feed all of the people with them. His servant said that it was not enough to feed 100 people. Elisha told him to just do as he said, because the Lord said that they should eat then leave. So the servant set out the corn and barley bread, and the people ate and left, just as the Lord had said.

Game

Now, you or your children can give a 1-2 word clue, to try and guess which miracle they are discussing.

Discuss

What miracles have you and your family seen in your lives?

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