King Jotham Chooses the Right Way | 2 Chronicles 27 | Bible Story for Kids
About this episode
What happens when you choose to follow God even when the people around you don't?
In this episode of Wonderfully Made: Bible Stories for Children, we meet King Jotham of Judah in 2 Chronicles 27 and 2 Kings 15.
Jotham became king after his father, King Uzziah. Uzziah had become powerful, but pride led him to disobey God in the temple. Jotham made a different choice. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and did not repeat his father's mistake.
As king, Jotham strengthened Jerusalem, built towers and towns, and defeated the Ammonites. The Bible tells us that Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God.
But there was a problem.
Although Jotham followed the Lord, many of the people of Judah continued in their wrong ways. And beyond Judah's borders, danger was growing. Israel and Aram were becoming enemies of Judah, while the mighty Assyrian Empire was rising.
Soon God's people would face some of their greatest challenges—and prophets like Isaiah and Micah would bring them God's Word.
In this Bible story for kids, children will discover:
• Who King Jotham was • What Jotham learned not to repeat from King Uzziah • How Jotham strengthened Judah • Why Jotham became powerful • Why following God doesn't mean everyone around us will do the same • How Aram, Israel and Assyria were becoming part of Judah's story • How Jotham's reign prepares us for King Ahaz and the prophet Isaiah
Bible passages: 2 Chronicles 27; 2 Kings 15:32–38
Perfect for children ages 5–10, family devotions, Sunday school, homeschool Bible lessons, bedtime Bible stories, and Christian families learning the Old Testament together.
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