King Josiah is such a fun lesson for kids! There are some
really great things to learn, too! King Josiah was young and faithful to God.
King Josiah is found in the Old Testament in 2 Kings 22-23. His father, King Amon, was killed when Josiah was 8 years
old. So, Josiah was 8 years old when he became the king of Judah! He was a king
for 31 years in Jerusalem. He was faithful to God.
During the
18th year of King Josiah's reign, he told Shaphan the
scribe to go to the temple. King Josiah wanted the money counted that was
brought into the temple by the people. King Josiah wanted the money to be given
to the workers that were working on the temple. There were carpenters, builders
and masons that were doing repairs to the temple. King Josiah told them not to
worry about counting the money the workers were taking, because they were all
honest.
Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the
scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” After they read it, Shaphan took the book of the law to King Josiah. He told
the king that they had gathered the money for the temple and delivered it to
the workers doing the repairs.
Then Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying,
“Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it before the king. When the book of law was read to King Josiah, he tore his clothes! King
Josiah told several people to ask about this Book of the Law that they found. He said God has a lot of anger because we have not obeyed His words in the book.
They went to see Huldah the
prophetess, and she told King Josiah's men that God has said that He would
bring a disaster on this place because they were not following God and they
were worshipping idols.
But, because King Josiah was so upset
and humble towards Me when he read the book of law and King Josiah is trying to
find God's answers, God said He would not send the destruction during King
Josiah's time. God would send the destruction of Judah after King Josiah died.
King Josiah
had everyone assemble at the temple. He read the whole Book of the Covenant to
all the people that had been found in the temple.
Then King Josiah stood by a pillar and
made a promise to God. King Josiah said he would follow the Lord and keep His
commandments and God's laws with his whole heart and soul. King Josiah said he
would follow and do the laws that were written in the book. All the people agreed to follow
the Book of the Covenant from God.
King Josiah commanded that the idols that were in the temple to
be brought out and he burned them in the fields outside of Jerusalem. He
removed the priests that worshipped the idols.
King Josiah had all the shrines,
altars, everything that had to do with idols taken down and burned or broken so
it couldn't be used ever again. Not just in the temple, but everywhere that he could! There were a LOT of idols!
Our Bible verse today: Now before him there was no
king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, with all his
soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses; nor after him
did any arise like him. (2 Kings 23:25)
This lesson just seemed like it need a scroll to do! I decided to make the scroll a fill-in-the-blank that we can use with the lesson. After the lesson, we will roll them up and use a ribbon to tie it up. You can glue dowel rods to each end to make it more like a scroll if you'd like, and I glue them on before class because of the drying time.
Click here to print the first choice using the plain background onto whatever paper you like, although I use paper like the above.
Click here to use the second choice and print it with the background already there.
Click here to print the third option that is a teacher's scroll with the answers to use as a visual.
Click here to download King Josiah's worksheet.
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Click here to download the pictures to color.
(These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.)
Click here to download the pictures to color.
(These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
Used by permission.
Thanks so much for sharing this resource with us at The Thoughtful Spot!
ReplyDeleteThis has been a fantastic resource for my RI class. Thank you for sharing it. Bless you
ReplyDeleteThank you! I appreciate you stopping by and leaving a nice comment!
DeleteThanks so much.May God bless you richly for this nice resource :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm teaching this tonight and was trying to figure out if the first picture is a lap book. I am going to try and make it into a lapbook If I just have pictures they get thrown away and if I put them in lapbook form they seem to keep them and read them over and over again thanks for your help and ideas.
ReplyDeleteNo, this is just a long scroll. You can make it a lapbook though... I would cut the rectangles and glue/staple them on the side. They can lift the open side up to write the answers. Thanks for the comment.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the story, pictures, puzzles, etc. My grandson is turning 8 and I wanted to inspire him with the story of Josiah. I was looking for a picture of him on line and I came across your site. I will definitely by using some more of your teaching tools. Thank you, Candy
ReplyDeleteThank You for all your hard work and for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is great. God bless you.
ReplyDeleteHi, thank you so much for your work here! We're teaching the story of King Josiah at our Bible Club next week, and I'm just looking for activities to include in a booklet we make for the kids. Are you happy for me to include some of these - particularly the worksheet?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. No problem. Glad you can use them. I appreciate you stopping by!
ReplyDeleteI cannot get the link to work for printing out the visuals. May I just copy and paste and print them? Do I need to give credit to someone?
ReplyDeleteSorry, I am just seeing this comment. You can copy/paste the visuals and if you are using them for class, etc., you do not need to add a credit. If you still need them, you can download a set @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3uNEVAAKowpa1VwS0sxTC1JRFE/view
DeleteSorry, I am just seeing this comment. You can copy/paste the visuals and if you are using them for class, etc., you do not need to add a credit. If you still need them, you can download a set @
Deletehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3uNEVAAKowpa1VwS0sxTC1JRFE/view?usp=sharing
Hi there! I'm from Ukraine and I'm so thankful for your materials we can use for Sunday school classes! Great ideas and beautiful illustrations. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say a word of thanks to appreciate all the work you put into the Bible stories. I use your worksheets every now and then and it saves me a lot of time. Blessings to you
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say a word of thanks to appreciate all the work you put into the Bible stories. I use your worksheets every now and then and it saves me a lot of time. Blessings to you
ReplyDeleteHi, do you have any tips on how to print the scroll? Paper size? resizing? anything else?
ReplyDeleteKim, I printed them just like they are and taped or stapled them together. You could print 2 per page using your printer settings if you want it smaller.
DeleteHi, can we get permission to use those pictures on our Sunday school vlog for kids, just wanna add some visuals to the video we want to do for the story and we saw yours, and should we give credit ?
ReplyDeleteHello, you can find the original pictures @ https://www.unfoldingword.org/sweet-publishing with the copyright instructions there to use the original Sweet Publishing illustrations.
DeleteThank you !!
DeleteVERY NICE READING love it
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