staff in 1 Samuel 17

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 staff 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.