Animals
turtledove in Song of Solomon 2
TUR-tul-duv
This creature shows up in Song of Solomon 2:12: “The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Song of Solomon 2:12
“The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.”
What kids can learn
When you hear turtledove in Song of Solomon, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Song of Solomon 2:12 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Song of Solomon 2:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theflowersontheearth.Theofthehascome,andthevoiceoftheturtledoveisheardinourland.