By the Waters of Babylon

Children

The time of the kings comes to end with destruction of the Northern Kingdom of Israel by Assyria around 721 BCE, and then the Southern Kingdom of Judah by Babylon around 587 BCE.  This Godly Play story shares of the end into exile, as well as the return from exile.

*Read along in Whirl Kids Story Bible pages 110-121.

Students/Parents

This first video connects wrestles with the definition of "sodomy," as a sin throughout the Bible.


The second video wrestles with immigration and citizenship, as we are reading about the Jews exile in Babylon.


The third video is a reminder that Jews have a written tradition that also goes alongside the Bible.  Here's one of their stories about Babylon that is not in our Protestant Canon/version of the Bible.