Animals
swallow in 2 Samuel 20
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This creature shows up in 2 Samuel 20:19: “I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
2 Samuel 20:19
“I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up Yahweh’s inheritance?””
What kids can learn
When you hear swallow in 2 Samuel, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read 2 Samuel 20:19 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Samuel 20:19
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
IamamongthosewhoareandfaithfulinIsrael.YouseektodestroyacityandamotherinWhywillyouswallowupinheritance?”