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Solomon's Foolish Heart

The Kingdom Divides

Day 56of 180
Week 12of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how disobedience can lead to consequences

2

Identify the specific ways Solomon disobeyed God

3

Recognize the importance of staying faithful to God

📖 Scripture Connection

1 Kings 11:1-13

“Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites; of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, 'You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.'”

— 1 Kings 11:1-13 (WEB)

Demonstrates the consequences of turning away from God's commandments

📦 Materials Needed

  • Bible
  • Kingdom map from BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Colored paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll explore how one person's choices can change everything!

💭 Review Question: What do you remember about King Solomon from our previous lessons?
2Teaching (8 min)

Solomon was the wisest man in the world, but he made a big mistake by marrying wives who worshiped other gods

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God had given Solomon special wisdom
  • God warned Solomon not to marry women from other nations
  • Solomon disobeyed God's clear instructions
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Why do you think God warned Solomon about these marriages?
  • What happens when we choose to ignore God's directions?
3Activity: Consequences Chain (10 min)
cause and effect study

Create a paper chain showing how Solomon's choices led to consequences

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw Solomon's first wrong choice on the first paper link
  2. On the next link, show what happened because of that choice
  3. Continue creating links to show the chain of consequences
  4. Use the BibleMouse kingdom map to help visualize the story
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Help child draw pictures instead of writing

Challenge: Add specific Bible verses to each link of the chain

4Closing (3 min)

Review the lesson's main points

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did Solomon do wrong?
  • How did God feel about Solomon's choices?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, help us to listen to Your instructions and stay faithful to You

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how Solomon's choices affected the entire kingdom

💎 Memory Verse

1 Kings 12:28

“Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”

— 1 Kings 12:28 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Kingdom Verse Puzzle - Cut the memory verse into word strips, mix them up, and have the child reassemble the verse while discussing its meaning

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Solomon's foreign wives introduced idol worship, directly violating God's covenant

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use age-appropriate language about consequences
  • Emphasize God's love even when we make mistakes
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children may find it hard to understand how small choices can have big impacts

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's understanding of obedience and following God's guidance

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a BibleMouse journal entry from Solomon's perspective
  • Act out the story using simple costumes from household items

Ready for Tomorrow?

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