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Ezra 1 Crossword & Word Search: King Cyrus sends the people home

Ezra 1 · Free printable Bible worksheet for kids

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Three pages: word search and verse fill-in, crossword and quiz, plus answers.

King Cyrus sends the people home: Ezra 1 word search and memory verse worksheet — Page 1 of the printable. Download includes all activities and answers.

Teaching King Cyrus sends the people home

God keeps His promises - and He is big enough to move even a king's heart to do it.

Have you ever waited a really long time for something good to happen? How did it feel when it finally came?
God moved the heart of a king nobody expected. What does that tell us about how big God is?
The people had to be brave and pack up for a long trip home. When is a time you needed to be brave?

Word Search

Words hide across, down, and diagonally — forwards and backwards.

STIRRED
HOMECOMING
PROMISES
PLAN
BABYLON
JERUSALEM
CYRUS
KING
HOME
PEOPLE
HEART
LAND
TEMPLE
BACK

Crossword

Use the lesson vocabulary and clues to complete the puzzle.

Across

What someone decides to do
Their real home, the city of ___, was a long, long way off
___ Cyrus made a big announcement
And one day God did something quiet and amazing - He ___ up the heart of King Cyrus, the way the wind stirs water
His name was ___

Down

For seventy long years, God's people had lived far away in a land called ___
Go ___ and build it
God keeps His ___ - and He is big enough to move even a king's heart to do it

True or False

Read the chapter and circle the right answer.

For seventy long years, God's people had lived far away in a land called Babylon.
Their real home, the city of Jerusalem, was not a long, long way off.
And the special place where they used to worship God - the temple - was broken down.
He had not promised, a long time before, that one day He would bring them back.

Memory Verse

Fill in the missing words.

Any of his may go up to . And may the Lord their God be with them.

Ezra 1:3 · NIrV

About this Ezra 1 activity sheet

This free printable worksheet reviews Ezra 1 through four short activities: a word search using lesson vocabulary, a crossword based on the children’s guide, four true/false statements to talk through, and a memory-verse fill-in from Ezra 1:3. The final page is a complete answer key for the adult in the room.

The sheet is written for roughly ages 6–12. Read the chapter aloud first, or work through the Ezra 1 kids study guide together, then hand out the sheet as a review. You can also read Ezra 1 before you start.

Print as many copies as your Sunday school class, midweek club, homeschool co-op, or family devotional needs. Choose Actual size in your printer settings so the puzzles keep their proportions.