Objects
shield in 1 Samuel 17
SHEELD
This thing shows up in 1 Samuel 17:7: “The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield bearer went before…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
1 Samuel 17:7
“The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield bearer went before him.”
What kids can learn
When you hear shield in 1 Samuel, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Samuel 17:7 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Samuel 17:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thestaffofhisspearwaslikeaweaver’sandhisspear’sweighedsixhundredshekelsofiron.Hisshieldbearerbeforehim.