Is Hezekiah the forever king? is story number four in the series, ‘Who is the forever king?’ These stories lead up well to the birth of Jesus, who is the forever King. We began with King David.
And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. – Luke 1:31,32
For these stories we have used lollipop stick puppets with Free Bible Images visuals
Is Hezekiah the forever king? story idea from 2 Chronicles 29-32, 2 Kings 19
Say hello to King Hezekiah! King Hezekiah was a good King. He obeyed God and he trusted God and he cared about the people.
But he had a big problem. The King of Assyria wasn’t very nice. He came with his army and started to say horrible things to King Hezekiah. He wanted to get all the land for himself.
What could Hezekiah do? He believed that God was powerful. He believed that God would keep the people safe.
The King of Assyria didn’t give up. He wrote a letter, ‘ Dear King Hezekiah, your God can’t help you! We are more powerful than anyone. we always win. We are more powerful than your god. No one can stop us!’
King Hezekiah went to God’s house. He took the letter and laid it out and he prayed. ‘Lord God, the Assyrians are very powerful but please show them that you are greater than them, because you are the God of everything and the only true God.’
Could God hear King Hezekiah? Yes! Could God help? Yes!
God said to King Hezekiah, ‘I will defend this city’. And God did. The King of Assyria went home.
King Hezekiah did lots of good things but as he got old he wasn’t a wise king. He grew old and he died.
Is Hezekiah the forever King? No. We haven’t found him yet. Let’s keep looking.