Animals
locust in 1 Kings 8
LOH-kust
This creature shows up in 1 Kings 8:37: ““If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight, mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besieges them…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
1 Kings 8:37
““If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight, mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there is;”
What kids can learn
When you hear locust in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Kings 8:37 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 8:37
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
“Ifthereisfamineintheland,ifthereispestilence,ifthereisblight,locustorcaterpillar;iftheirenemybesiegesinthelandoftheircities;whateverplague,whateversicknessis;