Day 177 · June 24
Kids Corner — Day 177
2 Kings 9:14–10:31 · Acts 17:1–34 · Psalm 144:1–15 · Proverbs 17:27–28
Today’s story
Jehu destroys Ahab’s house and Baal worship but does not fully turn from Israel’s idolatry. Partial obedience is still incomplete obedience.
Paul reasons from Scripture in synagogue after synagogue, then speaks in Athens about the Creator and the risen Jesus. The gospel meets both Bible readers and philosophers.
God trains, protects, and blesses; human life is brief, but the LORD is our fortress.
Wise people use words carefully and keep a calm spirit.
The story in children’s words
Jehu drove his chariot furiously to Jezreel, just as God had anointed him to do. King Joram was shot and thrown onto Naboth's field, exactly where God had said his family would be repaid for Naboth's blood. Wicked Jezebel was thrown from her window and died, just as Elijah had spoken. Jehu wiped out Ahab's whole house, and he gathered all the worshipers of Baal into Baal's temple with a trick and destroyed them and broke down Baal's house. God said Jehu had done well in this, and his sons would sit on the throne for four generations. Yet Jehu still did not turn away from the golden calves of Jeroboam, and that was sad. In Athens, Paul saw a city full of idols, even an altar "to an unknown god." He told the people, "The God who made the world and everything in it does not live in temples made by hands. He gives life and breath to all, and He commands everyone everywhere to repent, because He will judge the world by the Man He raised from the dead." Some laughed, but some believed. Jesus is not an unknown god — He is the risen Judge and Savior, and God wants everyone to know Him.
It points to Jesus
Athens is full of idols, just as Kings is full of false worship. Paul points beyond every substitute to the Creator and the risen Jesus.
Talk about it
Share one place in today’s reading where you saw Jesus more clearly. Then discuss the reflection question together.