Objects
shield in 1 Kings 10
SHEELD
This thing shows up in 1 Kings 10:17: “he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
1 Kings 10:17
“he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.”
What kids can learn
When you hear shield in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Kings 10:17 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 10:17
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
hemadethreehundredshieldsofbeatengold;minasofgoldtooneshield;andthekingputintheHouseoftheForestofLebanon.