People
Samuel in 1 Samuel 1
SAM-yoo-ul
This person shows up in 1 Samuel 1:20: “When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
1 Samuel 1:20
“When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.””
What kids can learn
When you hear samuel in 1 Samuel, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Samuel 1:20 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Samuel 1:20
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
thetimehadcome,Hannahconceived,andboreason;andshenamedhimSamuel,“BecauseIhavehimofYahweh.”