Animals
mule in 2 Samuel 18
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This creature shows up in 2 Samuel 18:9: “Absalom happened to meet David’s servants. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
2 Samuel 18:9
“Absalom happened to meet David’s servants. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.”
What kids can learn
When you hear mule in 2 Samuel, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read 2 Samuel 18:9 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Samuel 18:9
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
AbsalomhappenedtomeetDavid’sAbsalomwasridingonhismule,andthemulewentunderthethickboughsofagreatoak,andhisheadcaughtholdoftheoak,andhewastakenupbetweentheskyandandthemulethatwasunderhimon.