Ages 8-10 Unit 5
Ages 8-10 Unit 5
HANDBOOK
UNIT 5
From the Prophets to Restoration
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Student Handbook
Contents
Welcome to Sonseekers............. 1
A note to parents....................... 2
Publisher’s note......................... 3
Unit 5 (Lessons 65-80):
65. The widow’s oil, a boy raised... 4 Welcome to Sonseekers …
66. Naaman.................................... 6
67. Famine in Samaria................... 8
Dear Parents
68. Jonah...................................... 10
69. The captivity of Israel Welcome to Sonseekers, a Sunday School Program designed to give
children a sound background in Biblical events, people and places.
(the northern kingdom).......... 12
We trust that you, and your child, are blessed by participation in this
70. Hezekiah and Sennacherib..... 14 program.
71. Isaiah..................................... 16
The curriculum has been produced by over 100 people who have
72. Josiah..................................... 18 voluntarily given of their time and talents to write, draw and create
73. Jeremiah................................. 20 activities, as well as to edit, review and proof-read. We deeply
74. The captivity of Judah appreciate the commitment and love shown by all who have
contributed to this project. The benefit and blessing to children,
(the southern kingdom).......... 22
as they learn about God’s life and love, is a testimony to their
75. Daniel interprets the king’s faithfulness.
dream..................................... 24
However, the real key to children knowing God as their Father lies
76. The fiery furnace.................... 26 with their families. As parents train their children in God’s way, they
77. The writing on the wall.......... 28 begin to experience the reality of the Father’s love for themselves.
78. Daniel in the lions’ den.......... 30 The Sonseekers program is designed to support and encourage
79. Esther..................................... 32 family life and order. The Student Handbook is a feature of the
80. Restoration............................. 34 program, offering follow up activities and daily devotions, which
you may wish to use in your own family devotions.
Curriculum Outline......................36
May God bless and guide you as you share the Lord’s life with your
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The two stories from II Kings 4:1-37 are written amongst these pots. Start first at
the pot marked 1 and draw a line from pot to pot as you follow that story. Then start
at the pot numbered 2 and draw a line connecting the pots to read that story. Colour
the pots from one story one colour and the pots from the other story a different colour.
must be
lying, but
it did it wasn’t
happen. When her possible
son had grown a until all the
and he pots were
little he became ill She sold
and died. She the oil and full.
laid him on paid off
Elisha’s
1. When she
had all the pots,
all her bed and she poured oil from have a son
debts. A widow with sent for her own pot and it in a year’s
2 sons was Elisha. kept coming time. She
in debt. thought
She cried
to Elisha to borrow oil
Elisha came to help pots from
the lady’s house Elisha told
because the woman all her
and went up neighbours.
to the child. she would
the creditors
were going Elisha
to take The woman told her
her sons had no to
children and
wanted
a son.
Memory Verse
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly.” (Psalm 1:1).
“My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
(Philippians 4:19).
Tuesday
II Kings 4:38-39. What was put in the stew by mistake?
Wednesday
II Kings 4:40-41. What did Elisha put in the stew so it would not be harmful?
Thursday
II Kings 4:42-44. How many people were fed from Elisha’s barley bread and grain?
Friday
II Kings 6:1-7. How did Elisha make the iron axe head float?
Circle the correct answers – there may be more than one to each question.
Memory Verse
“Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you.”
(Mark 5:19).
“Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of
heaven.” (Matthew 18:4).
Tuesday
II Kings 5:25-27. What was Gehazi’s punishment for being greedy and dishonest?
Wednesday
Numbers 12:9-13. Who was Moses asking the Lord to heal from leprosy?
Thursday
Luke 17:12-14. Where were the ten lepers told to go when they were cleansed?
Friday
Luke 4:25-27. Did Elisha heal all the lepers in Israel?
Memory Verse
“God … with the temptation will also make the way of escape.”
(I Corinthians 10:13).
“For God loves a cheerful giver.” (II Corinthians 9:7).
Tuesday
II Kings 8:1-2. Who advised the Shunammite woman to leave because of the seven year famine?
Wednesday
II Kings 8:7-10. Why did King Ben-Hadad send Hazael to see Elisha?
Thursday
II Kings 10:18-19. Which king plotted to destroy the worshippers of Baal?
Friday
II Kings 12:1-5. Because King Jehoash was a good king, what did he ask the priests to do with
the gifts of money?
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4 2
3 9
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5 5
6
7
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Memory Verse
“Obey the voice of the Lord and … God will make you abound.”
(Deuteronomy 30:8 9).
“But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering and
abundant in mercy and truth.” (Psalm 86:15).
Tuesday
Jonah 1:4-6,13. What things did the mariners do to try and save the ship in the storm?
Wednesday
Jonah 1:17; 2:1,10. Who had put the fish there to swallow Jonah and vomit him on dry land?
Thursday
Jonah 3:2-5. How do we know that the people of Nineveh heard Jonah’s warnings?
Friday
Jonah 4:9-11. How many people did the Lord pity in Nineveh?
The verses
are in II K
ings 17
Memory Verse
“Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice.” (I Samuel 15:22).
“No one can serve two masters; for … he will hate the one and love the other.”
(Matthew 6:24).
Tuesday
Numbers 32:10-13. How long did the Israelites wander in the wilderness because they made God
angry?
Wednesday
Psalm 103:8-9. Does the Lord stay angry for ever with those who do wrong?
Thursday
I Kings 11:6-9. Why was the Lord angry with King Solomon?
Friday
Psalm 7:8 12. When is the Lord angry with the wicked?
Memory Verse
“Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints! For the Lord preserves the faithful.”
(Psalm 31:23).
“All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” (Matthew 21:22).
Tuesday
II Chronicles 29:15-17. How long did it take the Levites to finish cleaning the house of the Lord?
Wednesday
II Kings 19:17-19. Why did Hezekiah pray that the Lord would save His people?
Thursday
II Kings 20:4-6. How many years did the Lord add to Hezekiah’s life after he prayed for healing?
Friday
II Chronicles 32:30. What was King Hezekiah famous for building?
1. An ear that is
willing to hear the
word of the Lord.
2. A heart that is
obedient to the
word of the Lord.
3. Feet that are
willing to carry
the word of the Lord.
4. A mouth to speak
the word of the Lord.
Memory Verse
“I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” (Psalm 32:5).
“If anyone cleanses himself … he will be … useful for the Master.” (II Timothy 2:21).
Tuesday
Isaiah 40:7-8. Grass withers, flowers fade, but what stands forever?
Wednesday
Isaiah 1:18-20. What will the Lord do to our sins if we obey Him?
Thursday
Isaiah 9:6-7. Who was the prophet Isaiah describing in these verses?
Friday
Isaiah 26:3-4. What sort of person will the Lord keep in perfect peace?
Memory Verse
“Hear my son, and be wise; and guide your heart in the way.” (Proverbs 23:19).
“‘Because your heart was tender … I also have heard you,’ says the Lord.”
(II Kings 22:19).
Tuesday
I Samuel 2:18-20. Name the child who was left by his mother to live and minister in the temple.
Wednesday
I Samuel 17:32-35. Why didn’t Saul think David should fight the Philistine giant Goliath?
Thursday
Luke 2:41-47. How old was Jesus when he spent three days in the temple talking with the
teachers there?
Friday
John 6:8-11. What food did the lad give the disciples to feed the huge crowd?
Memory Verse
“Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the Lord.”
(Lamentations 3:40).
“For I am the Lord. I speak and the word which I speak will come to pass.”
(Ezekiel 12:25).
Tuesday
Exodus 20:2-6. What did the Israelites do that broke this commandment? This commandment
was given many years before Jeremiah 19:3-6.
Wednesday
I Samuel 15:22,23. What did the Lord do to Saul after he rejected the word of the Lord?
Thursday
Jeremiah 18:11,12. Jeremiah warned the people that God would punish them. What was their
reaction?
Friday
Jeremiah 20:4-5. Which city was going to get the wealth and treasure of Judah because of their
disobedience to God?
Memory Verse
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life.” (Romans 6:23).
“God gave them knowledge and skill in all literature and wisdom.” (Daniel 1:17).
Tuesday
Deuteronomy 34:9. What made the children of Israel want to heed and obey Joshua?
Wednesday
Acts 7:9,10. What job did Pharaoh give to Joseph when he saw the wisdom God had given him?
Thursday
Proverbs 3:13-15. How does a man feel when he has found wisdom and understanding?
Friday
James 1:5. What should we do if we need wisdom?
The king of Babylon had a dream which worried him so much that he
couldn’t sleep, so he asked all the wise men to interpret it. When they asked the king to tell them
the dream, he refused and instructed them to tell him both the dream and the interpretation, so
that he knew they weren’t lying. When the wise men couldn’t do it, the king became angry and
ordered all the wise men to be killed. When Daniel found out, he told the king that if he waited,
he could tell him what he
wanted.
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king in and then glod
fix up the words in
his dream so that __ __ __ __
you know what
the image was
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Memory Verse
“You … are acquainted with all my ways.” (Psalm 139:3).
“His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed.” (Daniel 6:26).
Tuesday
Genesis 37:5-8. How did Joseph’s brothers feel about him when told about his dream?
Wednesday
Genesis 41:14-16. Who gave Joseph the answer to people’s dreams?
Thursday
Matthew 1:18-21. How did Mary and Joseph know to name their baby “Jesus”?
Friday
Matthew 2:7-12. Why didn’t the wise men return to tell Herod where baby Jesus was born?
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Memory Verse
“The Lord your God … will not leave you nor forsake you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6).
“‘You are My witnesses,’ says the Lord.” (Isaiah 43:10).
Tuesday
Exodus 2:3-9. What was so wonderful about the nurse that Pharaoh’s daughter chose for baby
Moses?
Wednesday
Exodus 10:21-23. For how long were the Israelites saved from the thick darkness?
Thursday
Exodus 14:27-30. What happened to the Egyptians who tried to follow the Israelites who walked
through the Red Sea?
Friday
Matthew 2:13-15. Why did Mary and Joseph take Jesus to Egypt for protection?
Memory Verse
“Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit … and you are not your own.”
(I Corinthians 6:19).
“Even a child is known by his deeds, by whether what he does is pure and right.”
(Proverbs 20:11).
Tuesday
Genesis 2:15-17. What warning was given to Adam about eating from the Tree of Knowledge of
Good and Evil?
Wednesday
Mark 14:27-31. Which disciple did Jesus warn about denying Him?
Thursday
I Samuel 3:10-14. To whom did the Lord give the warning that Eli’s house would be destroyed?
Friday
Matthew 6:14-15. What is the warning to those who will not forgive others?
Memory Verse
“Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.” (Psalm 56:3).
“Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.” (Matthew 6:33).
Tuesday
Daniel 6:16-17. Why was the king so sure that Daniel would be safe with the lions?
Wednesday
I Peter 5:6-9. Who does Peter describe as a hungry, roaring lion?
Thursday
Proverbs 28:1. What sort of person can be “as bold as a lion”?
Friday
I Samuel 17:33-36. How did David kill a lion which had taken a lamb from his father’s flock?
Memory Verse
“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”
(John 15:13).
“But you be watchful in all things … fulfil your ministry.” (II Timothy 4:5).
Tuesday
Ruth 4:13-17. Who was Obed’s natural mother? (Not Naomi).
Wednesday
John 2:1-8. What woman was with Jesus when He turned water to wine?
Thursday
Luke 8:1-3. Name two women who cared for Jesus and His disciples as they travelled?
Friday
Mark 16:9-11. Name the first person Jesus appeared to after he rose from the dead?
restoration
Memory Verse
“On this rock I shall build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against
it.” (Matthew 16:18).
“…For the former things have passed away … behold, I make all things new.”
(Revelation 21:4,5).
Tuesday
Ezra 1:7-11. List some of the articles that belonged to the house of the Lord?
Wednesday
Nehemiah 1:1-3. What did Nehemiah hear about his home city?
Thursday
Nehemiah 6:15,16. How many days did it take for the wall of Jerusalem to be built?
Friday
Nehemiah 6:1-4. Name the two enemies of the Jews who were trying to trick Nehemiah?