Objects
millstone in 2 Samuel 11
MILL-stohn
This thing shows up in 2 Samuel 11:21: “Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
2 Samuel 11:21
“Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’””
What kids can learn
When you hear millstone in 2 Samuel, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read 2 Samuel 11:21 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Samuel 11:21
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
WhostruckAbimelechthesonofDidn’tawomancastanupperonhimfromthewall,sothathediedatThebez?Whydidyougosonearthewall?’thenyoushallsay,‘YourservantUriahtheHittiteisdead.’”