Places
Beersheba in 2 Samuel 24
beer-SHEE-buh
This place shows up in 2 Samuel 24:2: “The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
2 Samuel 24:2
“The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the sum of the people.””
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 24:2 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Samuel 24:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thekingsaidtothecaptainofthearmy,whowaswithhim,“NowgobackandforththroughallthetribesofIsrael,fromDaneventoandthepeople,thatImayknowthesumofthepeople.”