People
Samuel in 1 Samuel 3
SAM-yoo-ul
This person shows up in 1 Samuel 3:1: “The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was precious in those days. There were not many visions, then.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
1 Samuel 3:1
“The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was precious in those days. There were not many visions, then.”
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 3:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Samuel 3:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThechildSamuelministeredtoYahwehbeforeEli.waspreciousinthosedays.Therewerenotvisions,then.