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Kings of Israel lesson

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Do you remember the Pokemon trading card craze? Future Ticia 2024 would like to interject, while it’s not as crazy as it was when I taught, it is definitely still going on. I was a school teacher when those were so wildly popular, and I confiscated so many cards as kids would sneak them out to look at them during lessons or try to secretly trade them.  I have to admit I was thinking of Pokemon cards when I made these Kings of Israel trading cards for my Sunday School class.

kings of Northern Israel study

The week before we studied this in class I sent the kids home with one or more “Kings of Northern Israel Trading cards,” with a reference for the king they were given (there were no cards for Jeroboam (in last week’s lesson) or Ahab because both have their own separate lessons).

Kings of Northern Israel trading cards

 As the kids read through all of the kings they noticed a trend.

Kings of Israel Sunday School lesson

Not a single one of these kings was good.  Every single king of Northern Israel was bad.  There were one or two who weren’t all the way evil, but pretty much all of them had something horrible they did.

what we learn from the kings of Israel lesson

We also learned that God does not always punish evil the way we think He should.  Some of these men died of old age in their beds.  Others were killed by assassination.

But the thing they all had in common?  You can learn something from each of them.  Even with the worst king you can imagine, God was able to work within the situation to continue His PLAN.

The lesson is a bit of a downer as you see so much sin, but next week we get a bit of fun with King Ahab and Elijah in the next lesson.

 

More resources for Kings of Israel

Not too surprisingly there isn’t a whole lot about the Kings of Northern Israel for kids, but there are a few resources I’ve used and really enjoyed.

 

Check out the rest of the Kings and Chronicles lessons.

Comments

21 responses to “Kings of Israel lesson”

  1. maryanne @ mama smiles Avatar
    maryanne @ mama smiles

    I love your king trading cards!

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    1. Ticia Avatar
      Ticia

      Thanks. I’m still coloring them, so I shared the black and white version. Also, I need to work out kinks in the color one because the name just blends in with the color version.

  2. Jill Avatar
    Jill

    What great cards! I like the black and white version because my kids always love to color! Thanks for linking up this week to my Enchanted Thursdays Blog Hop!

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    1. Ticia Avatar
      Ticia

      My kids love to color too.

  3. Almost Unschoolers Avatar
    Almost Unschoolers

    I just read 2 Kings today, and was thinking it would be good to put something like this up for the kids – thanks for doing all the work for me – this is great!

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    1. Ticia Avatar
      Ticia

      You’re welcome! My Sunday School class found it fun, so I’m betting your kids will too.

  4. Natalie Avatar
    Natalie

    Too funny that the Bible is full of examples of bad rulers. History has this tendency to repeat itself.

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    1. Ticia Avatar
      Ticia

      It certainly does. The rather depressing thing is the LARGE numbers of bad rulers throughout the Bible and history.

  5. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    “Bible study: Kings of Northern Israel | Adventures in MommydomAdventures in
    Mommydom” really got me personally hooked with your page!

    I actuallywill probably be returning a whole lot more frequently.
    Thanks a lot -Denisha

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  6. Michelle Avatar
    Michelle

    Thank you, these are great!! I see tis is an older post, but is there any chance you have done the kings of Judah too?

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    1. Ticia Avatar
      Ticia

      I have not done cards for all the kings of Judah, I have some lessons coming up in the next few months on specific kings of Judah, but that’s a good idea, and I can work on that.

  7. Kathryn Avatar
    Kathryn

    Love this idea, but
    Question: Why do the printables not have an Ahab or a Jeroboam card?
    Thanks!

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    1. Ticia Avatar
      Ticia

      At the time I wrote this lesson I did not include them because they both got their own separate lesson, so I did not include them as trading cards since they got a much more in-depth lesson to talk about their follies. I’d intended to go back and add them in, but had forgotten to do so. I’ll add links to both of their lessons to the post.

      Thanks for asking the question, it reminds me to get that done (it won’t be this week, but in the next few weeks hopefully).

  8. Jenna Avatar
    Jenna

    Thank you so much for sharing these trading cards!! Have Ahab and Jeroboam been added somewhere yet that I’m not seeing? Thank you!

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  9. Carey Avatar
    Carey

    Do you have trading cards for King Saul, David, Solomon, Ahab and Jerboam 1?

    I know that their stories are included in other lessons, but would love to have them as part of the trading card set. They are great to help kids understand the genealogy and also the choices that each king made. There are great lessons in these stories..Your cards made me appreciate these stories more than I ever have! Which makes is much more fun to teach 🙂

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    1. Ticia Avatar
      Ticia

      I held off approving your comment because I was really hoping I could tell you I got it done, but I’m having to track down a decent drawing of the missing figures. I’m still looking because according to my records I should have the original drawings somewhere, but I can’t find them in the correct folders.

  10. Cara L Shelton Avatar
    Cara L Shelton

    This year in AWANA, I am teaching through the kings of the divided kingdoms…and I really wanted to do (in my mind) a “baseball card” for each king. Your cards are the perfect place for me to start! I’m going to color them in Photoshop, then cut , laminate, and put a single hole punch in the corner of each…give them a large caribiner clip, and they will each have a set by the end of the year.

    THANK YOU THANK YOU!

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    1. Ticia Avatar
      Ticia

      You’re welcome!

  11. vicki rheaume Avatar
    vicki rheaume

    tricia, Thank you so much for the print out and lesson. these are great print outs. for my Sunday school class of prek-2nd grade. I try to use a lot of hands on teaching. Vicki

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