Places
Beersheba in 1 Samuel 8
beer-SHEE-buh
This place shows up in 1 Samuel 8:2: “Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Samuel 8:2
“Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.”
What kids can learn
When you hear beersheba in 1 Samuel, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Samuel 8:2 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Samuel 8:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
NowthenameofhisfirstbornwasJoel;andtheofhisTheywerejudgesinBeersheba.