Objects
yoke in 1 Kings 12
YOHK
This thing shows up in 1 Kings 12:4: ““Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
1 Kings 12:4
““Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.””
What kids can learn
When you hear yoke in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Kings 12:4 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 12:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
“Yourfathermadeouryokedifficult.Nowmakethehardserviceofyourfather,andhisheavyyokewhichheputonus,lighter,andweyou.”