Is Jehoshaphat the forever king?

Is Jehoshaphat the forever king? is the third story in the series ‘Who is the forever king?’ that leads up to Christmas.

We began with God’s promise to David, ‘Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’ 2 Samuel 7:16. We have found out that neither David or Solomon are the forever king so we are still looking!

In this third story we meet Jehoshaphat. The story is based on 2 Chronicles 20. The lollipop stick puppet is made using a free image from Free bible Images

Is Jehoshaphat the forever king? Bible Story

Say hello to King Jehoshaphat? King Jehoshaphat wanted to follow God and wanted the people to follow God too so he made sure that they were taught all about God.

But one day he was given some very bad news. There were enemies about to attack! Not just one army, not two but three! It was awful. What could king Jehoshaphat do? He didn’t have enough soldiers to fight three armies.

He knew what to do. He went to God’s house and he got all the people to come with him. Not just the grown ups, but the mums and dads and children, the grandparents. Everyone. And he talked to God. ‘Please help us! We are in big trouble’

Could God hear? Yes! Could he help? Yes!

God told the people, ‘Go to meet these three armies tomorrow but you won’t need to fight them. I will rescue and save you.’

The king and all the people went to bed. They got up very early in the morning and they went to meet the armies. Jehoshaphat said to them, ‘Believe in the LORD’.

And as the people got near to the armies they started to sing.

But what about the three different armies? They got all muddled up and started fighting with each other! God’s people were kept safe because God looked after them.

But Jehoshaphat made friends with a bad king and made some bad choices. Was he the forever king? No, we still haven’t found him yet. We need to keep looking.