Places
Beersheba in 2 Samuel 17
beer-SHEE-buh
This place shows up in 2 Samuel 17:11: “But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
2 Samuel 17:11
“But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.”
What kids can learn
When you hear beersheba in 2 Samuel, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 2 Samuel 17:11 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Samuel 17:11
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ButIallIsraelbegatheredtogethertoyou,DaneventoBeersheba,asthesandthatisbytheseaformultitude;andthatyougotobattleinyourownperson.