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harp in 1 Kings 10
HARP
This thing shows up in 1 Kings 10:12: “The king made of the almug trees pillars for Yahweh’s house, and for the king’s house, harps also and stringed instruments for the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
1 Kings 10:12
“The king made of the almug trees pillars for Yahweh’s house, and for the king’s house, harps also and stringed instruments for the singers; no such almug trees came or were seen, to this day.”
What kids can learn
When you hear harp in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Kings 10:12 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 10:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThekingmadeofthealmugtreespillarsforYahweh’shouse,andfortheking’sandstringedinstrumentsforthesingers;nosuchalmugtreescameorwereseen,tothisday.