Story 96

JEROBOAM MAKES TWO GOLDEN CALVES

1 KINGS 12:25-13:6 96. MAKES TWO GOLDEN CALVES (:25-13:6)

“Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to : behold thy gods, O , which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.” 1 KINGS 12:28 96. JEROBOAM MAKES TWO GOLDEN CALVES (1 KINGS 12:25-13:6) MEMORY VERSE: "Now this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan." 1 KINGS 13:30 CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORDS: 1. "Jeroboam said in his heart, 'Now the kingdom may return to the house of : if these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at (JERUSALEM, BETHLEHEM), then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.' " 1 KINGS 12:26-27 2. "Therefore the king took counsel and made two (HALVES, CALVES) of gold, and said to the people, 'It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!' " 1 KINGS 12:28 FILL IN THE BLANKS: 3. "And he set one up in ______, and the other he put in ______." 1 KINGS 12:29 4. "Now this thing became a ______, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan." 1 KINGS 12:30 TRUE OR FALSE: 5. "He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi." 1 KINGS 12:31 TRUE OR FALSE 6. "Behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense." 1 KINGS 13:1 TRUE OR FALSE CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORDS: 7. "Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, 'O altar, altar! Thus says the LORD: "Behold, a child, (JOSEPH, ) by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall be burned on you." ' " 1 KINGS 13:2 8. "And he gave a sign the same day, saying, 'This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Surely the (ALTAR, TREES) shall split apart, and ashes on it shall be poured out.' " 1 KINGS 13:3 9. "So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his (FOOT, HAND) from the altar, saying, 'Arrest him!' 1 KINGS 13:4 TRUE OR FALSE: 10. "Then his hand, which he stretched out toward him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself." 1 KINGS 13:4 TRUE OR FALSE 11. "The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD." 1 KINGS 13:5 TRUE OR FALSE 12. Now the man of God would not entreat the LORD for the king and his hand remained withered. 1 KINGS 13:6 TRUE OR FALSE 1/2 96. JEROBOAM MAKES TWO GOLDEN CALVES (1 KINGS 12:25-13:6) E S T W O R S H I P S I G N N P N P G R H B S I N W A S P B G Y O L R K K M V I A Z B T I G W Y I I M E L A S U R E J V L C N F S T N W B O M Y E G G Y E M N W E P W J N B E W O U S N A I A I C V K O H O G L K T D O Y U B T I C A S K H D J P R B M S M F H N A D I B E W V G O L V T R H E I L N A C R E I R E W S S A G R R V A H S N K E H A H H E T V E C E H F J N J T T J J W I L L D A S Z A T T E Z L K S P R A G T S Z H S T B V X Z R E I P Z D P E ALTAR JEROBOAM SHRINES BETHEL JERUSALEM SIN CALVES JOSIAH SIGN DAN PRIESTS SPLIT GOLD REHOBOAM WITHERED HAND SACRIFICES WORSHIP

1/2 96. JEROBOAM MAKES TWO GOLDEN CALVES (1 KINGS 12:25-13:6) MEMORY VERSE: "Now this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan." 1 KINGS 13:30

FILL IN THE BLANKS: 1. "Jeroboam said in his heart, 'Now the kingdom may return to the house of David: if these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at ______, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.' " 1 KINGS 12:26-27

2. "Therefore the king took counsel and made two ______of gold, and said to the people, 'It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!' "1 KINGS 12:28

3. "And he set one up in ______, and the other he put in ______." 1 KINGS 12:29

4. "Now this thing became a ______, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan." 1 KINGS 12:30

TRUE OR FALSE: 5. "He made shrines on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi." 1 KINGS 12:31 TRUE OR FALSE 6. "Behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense." 1 KINGS 13:1 TRUE OR FALSE FILL IN THE BLANKS: 7. "Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, 'O altar, altar! Thus says the LORD: "Behold, a child, ______by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall be burned on you." ' " 1 KINGS 13:2 8. "And he gave a sign the same day, saying, 'This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Surely the ______shall split apart, and ashes on it shall be poured out.' " 1 KINGS 13:3 9. "So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his ______from the altar, saying, 'Arrest him!' 1 KINGS 13:4

TRUE OR FALSE: 10. "Then his hand, which he stretched out toward him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself." 1 KINGS 13:4 TRUE OR FALSE 11. "The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD." 1 KINGS 13:5 TRUE OR FALSE 12. Now the man of God would not entreat the LORD for the king and his hand remained withered. 1 KINGS 13:6 TRUE OR FALSE

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ALTAR JEROBOAM SHRINES BETHEL JERUSALEM SIN CALVES JOSIAH SIGN DAN PRIESTS SPLIT GOLD REHOBOAM WITHERED HAND SACRIFICES WORSHIP

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4 ACROSS "Jeroboam said in his heart, 'Now the kingdom may return to the house of David: if these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at _____.' " 1 KINGS 12:26-27

8 DOWN "Therefore the king took counsel and made two _____ of gold." 1 KINGS 12:28

3 DOWN "And he set one up in _____." 1 KINGS 12:29

6 DOWN "And the other he put in _____." 1 KINGS 12:29

7 DOWN "Now this thing became a ______, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan." 1 KINGS 12:30

9 ACROSS "He made _____on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi." 1 KINGS 12:31

1 ACROSS "Behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, and _____ stood by the altar to burn incense." 1 KINGS 13:1

1 DOWN "Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, 'O altar, altar! Thus says the LORD: "Behold, a child, _____ by name, shall be born to the house of David." ' " 1 KINGS 13:2

2 DOWN "And he gave a sign the same day, saying, 'This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Surely the _____ shall split apart, and ashes on it shall be poured out.' " 1 KINGS 13:3

5 ACROSS "So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his ______from the altar, saying, 'Arrest him!' 1 KINGS 13:4

11 ACROSS "Then his hand, which he stretched out toward him, _____ so that he could not pull it back to himself." 1 KINGS 13:4

10 DOWN "The altar also was _____ apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD." 1 KINGS 13:5