BX OT4 Croftlands Juniors

This morning I was at Croftlands Juniors for the 4 Bible Explorer lesson with the year 5 children.  It was an action packed time covering the first kings of Israel as well as the Samuel story to kick it all off.  The lessons gives the children a brief outline of what happen during this part of the bible, I mainly focus on the high points with a few low points.  It all ends when the country divides following the death of Solomon into Israel in the north and Judah in the south.  I point out the number of kings each country has over the next 400 year period and the fact that not one king in Israel follows God while only 8 in the south follow God.  Next week we finish our time with the exile and return.