2 Kings 16–25

2 Kings 16–25

Overview

Because they broke their covenants with the Lord and rejected His servants the prophets, the Lord chastened and scattered the kingdom of Israel, or the Northern Kingdom. The Assyrian army conquered the Northern Kingdom and carried away captive the ten tribes of Israel that generally populated the Kingdom. This resulted in what is generally referred to as the lost ten tribes. When the Assyrians tried to conquer Jerusalem, King Hezekiah asked his people to trust in God. The Lord spared Judah by destroying the Assyrian army. Later another righteous king, Josiah, led the Southern Kingdom. He found the book of the law and helped his people live according the Lord’s commandments. After Josiah, wicked kings ruled the Southern Kingdom. The Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and took its inhabitants into captivity.

Help learners find personal relevance in the doctrine of Jesus Christ. When the Savior taught in parables, He allowed the learner to disover how the teachings related to them personally. The Savior invites us to find personal relevance in His teachings. We can help learners discover the relevance of the gospel of Jesus Christ by helping make connections between His gospel and their lives. To learn more, see “The Savior Helped People Find Personal Relevance in His Doctrine” (Teaching in the Savior’s Way [2022], 23) An example of how to do this can be found in Lesson 86: “2 Kings 18–19.”

Prepare to teach

The following information provides you with ideas of what you may need to prepare in advance for each lesson.

2 Kings 18–19

Lesson purpose: To help increase students’ trust that the Lord will help them face their challenges.

• Student preparation: Invite students to come to class prepared to share an experience when they felt God’s support during a challenging time.

• Handout: “An Example of Trusting in the Lord”

• Videos: “Heavenly Father Knows Me” (3:18); “Perfect Love Casteth Out Fear” (19:11) from time code 13:07 to 13:57

2 Kings 21–23

Lesson purpose: To help students turn to the Lord through personal scripture study.

• Student preparation: Invite students to review their personal scripture study goals and their efforts to read the assigned Old Testament chapters. Encourage them to continue working on their goals or to prayerfully make needed adjustments to be successful.

• Item to prepare: Place a bookmark in a Bible at 2 Kings 22:8 and hide the Bible in the classroom.

• Video: “Josiah and the Book of the Law” (12:25) from time code 7:02 to 8:37 and from time code 8:37 to 10:20

2 Kings 17; 24–25

Lesson purpose: To help students use the scattering of Israel to identify attributes of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

• Student preparation: Invite students to read Thoughts to Keep in Mind: “Jesus Will Say to All Israel, ‘Come Home’” from Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Old Testament 2026. Ask them to come prepared to share thoughts or questions about the scattering of Israel.

• Handout: “An Example of Trusting in the Lord”

• Items to prepare: Label different areas in classroom as Northern Kingdom (Israel), Southern Kingdom (Judah), Assyria, The Americas, and Babylon/Persia. Create labels for students to hold: Lost Tribes, Samaritans, Lehi and his family, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-nego, Ezekiel, Ezra, and Nehemiah.

• Content to display: “The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah at a Glance”

Doctrinal Mastery Practice 6

Lesson purpose: To help students understand doctrinal mastery passages and apply principles of acquiring spiritual knowledge.

• Student preparation: Consider inviting students to choose a doctrinal mastery passage that they want to understand better. Encourage them to search the footnotes or to use a dictionary to look up words in the passage. The Doctrinal Mastery app could be a helpful resource. Students can find a list of doctrinal mastery passages in the Doctrinal Mastery Core Document (2022).

• Content to display: List of doctrinal mastery passages that students have studied so far.