{"id":1718,"date":"2022-04-20T07:14:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T12:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2023-02-20T10:41:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T16:41:16","slug":"lesson-5-2-kings-21-2-chronicles-33-manasseh-amon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/20\/lesson-5-2-kings-21-2-chronicles-33-manasseh-amon\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 5: 2 Kings 21; 2 Chronicles 33: Manasseh \u2013 Amon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Key Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Galatians 5:7
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Key\nVerse Thought: <\/strong>Read the Key Verse. Have you ever run in a race? How well\ndid you run? What helped you to run your best? (i.e.: keep the goal in sight,\nnot look to the left or the right, make sure there are no obstacles in your\npath, be healthy by eating good foods as opposed to junk food, be sure and be\nhydrated by drinking enough water, etc.) There are many things to consider if\nyou want to run a race well. This verse is talking about a different kind of\nrace \u2013 living a Christian life that is pleasing to God. Can you think of any\nthings that cause you not to live a life pleasing to God? (i.e.: choosing to\nlie, choosing to disobey authorities, choosing the wrong friends, not reading\nyour Bible, not attending church, etc.) In this lesson, we will look at a king\nwho made many bad choices \u2013 primarily to disobey God\u2019s commands (the truths in\nGod\u2019s Word). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emphasis:\n<\/strong>Christians are not to let anything hinder us from obeying God and living a\nlife pleasing to Him. We are to learn to lay aside any sin that does not allow\nus to \u201crun the race well\u201d (live a life pleasing to God).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesson\nSummary:<\/strong> In this lesson, we will continue in our study of the kings of Judah.\nIf you remember, we ended with King Hezekiah, the thirteenth king of Judah,\nbut only the seventh good king. Especially remember that he was the best king\nwho ruled over Judah.\n\u201cAnd he did that which was<\/em> right in the sight\nof the LORD, according to all that David his father did\u201d (2 Kings 18:3).\nBecause he obeyed God\u2019s commands, God blessed him and caused him to prosper. We\nalso looked at two prophets who spoke to God\u2019s people during this timeframe:\nIsaiah and Micah. Both of them spoke God\u2019s Words during the reign of King\nHezekiah, and there were many great reformations during his reign, leading the\npeople back to God.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember that King Hezekiah was sick unto death. When he prayed, God extended his life by fifteen years. During those fifteen years, a son was born to him. His name was Manasseh. He was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-five years. Read what kind of a king he was. \u201cAnd he did that which was<\/em> evil in the sight of the LORD \u2026\u201d (2 Kings 21:2). We will learn just how bad of a king he became. \u00a0Manasseh was a very wicked king, undoing all of the good that his father, King Hezekiah, had implemented. He became king when he was twelve years old and reigned for fifty-five years.\u00a0 King Manasseh forsook the commandments of the Lord and served idols instead. Not only that, but he sacrificed his sons to the false god, Molech. He made the people of Judah to do more wickedness than the heathen that God had cast out and destroyed before them. During his wicked reign, God allowed him to be taken bound as a prisoner into Babylon. While Manasseh was there, he sought God, humbled himself, and prayed. God heard his prayer. God allowed Manasseh to return home as king. Once home, Manasseh revealed that he truly knew God by the many reformations he made. When he died, his son, Amon, became king. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y2Q3 Lesson 5 Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y2Q3 Lesson 5 Children’s Worksheets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are doing these lessons with younger children, the following is a craft idea to go along with this lesson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made small books and pasted different Scriptures into it. We wrote the verse Psalm 86:11 on the cover to help us remember the importance of learning God’s Word.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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