Objects
iron in Judges 4
EYE-urn
This thing shows up in Judges 4:3: “The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Judges 4:3
“The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years.”
What kids can learn
When you hear iron in Judges, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Judges 4:3 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Judges 4:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThechildrenofcriedtoYahweh,forhehadninehundredofiron;andhemightilyoppressedthechildrenofIsraelforyears.