In this skit Beulah and Steffie learn about King Jehoshaphat. He was a very good king who trusted God and followed His ways throughout his reign as the king of Judah. However, he kept teaming up with the wicked leaders of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Because of his partnership with King Ahab and his two sons, God had to rescue him on two occasions. Jehoshaphat learned the hard way that the wrong friends can get us in a lot of trouble.
Memory Verse:
And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men (Colossians 3:23 NKJV)
Lessons Taught:
• King Asa had a foot disease
• King Jehoshaphat destroyed idols
• Jehoshaphat sent priests throughout Judah to teach the Book of the Law
• The other nations were afraid to make war with Jehoshaphat
• Jehoshaphat became strong and successful
• Jehoshaphat’s son, Jehoram married Athaliah, who was King Ahab and Jezebel’s daughter
• King Ahab was the king of the Northern Kingdom and was one of the most wicked kings in the history of Israel
• Jezebel had many of God’s prophets killed
• Ahab and Jezebel built altars and a temple to false gods
• Ahab asked Jehoshaphat to join him in a war against Syria
• Jehoshaphat wanted to ask God if they should go to war
• Ahab’s 400 false prophets said to go to war
• Jehoshaphat requested that they ask a prophet of the real God
• Michiah prophesied that Ahab would be killed in battle
• Ahab had Michiah put into prison until he returned from the battle safely
• Michiah said that if Ahab returned safely then he had not spoken for God
• Ahab went to battle disguised as a regular soldier but he asked Jehoshaphat to wear his kingly robes into battle
• The Syrian soldiers were told to only go after King Ahab
• They mistook Jehoshaphat for King Ahab and chased after him but he cried out to God for help
• Ahab was struck with a random arrow during the battle and died at sundown
• God sent a prophet to tell Jehoshaphat that he shouldn’t have gone to battle with Ahab
Scripture References: (NKJV)
2 Chron 16:12 - And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet...
2 Chron 17:6 - And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; moreover he removed the high places and wooden images from Judah.
2 Chron 17:9 - So they taught in Judah, and had the Book of the Law of the LORD with them; they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught the people.
2 Chron 17:10 - And the fear of the LORD fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.
2 Chron 17:12-13 - So Jehoshaphat became increasingly powerful...
2 Kings 8:18 - ...for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD
1 Kings 16:30 - Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
1 Kings 18:4 - ...Jezebel massacred the prophets of the LORD...
1 Kings 16:31-33 - ...he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshiped him...
2 Chron 18:3 - So Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth Gilead?...”
2 Chron 18:4 - Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire for the word of the LORD today.”
2 Chron 18:5 - Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men...
2 Chron 18:6 - But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of Him?”
2 Chron 18:16 - Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd...
2 Chron 18:26 - and say, ‘Thus says the king: “Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I return in peace.” ’ ”
2 Chron 18:27 - But Micaiah said, “If you ever return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me.”...
2 Chron 18:29 - And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle; but you put on your robes.”...
2 Chron 18:30 - Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots who were with him, saying, “Fight with no one small or great, but only with the king of Israel.”
2 Chron 18:31 - So it was, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, “It is the king of Israel!” Therefore they surrounded him to attack; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him.
2 Chron 18:33-34 - Now a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor...
2 Chron 19:1-2 - Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned safely to his house in Jerusalem. 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD?...
#BibleStories #PuppetShow #CornbreadKids #puppets #PuppetShowForKids #BiblePuppetShow #SundaySchool #ChildrensChurch #Jehoshaphat #Ahab #Friendship #OldTestament
24 окт 2024
