Places
Beersheba in 2 Samuel 3
beer-SHEE-buh
This place shows up in 2 Samuel 3:10: “to transfer the kingdom from Saul’s house, and to set up David’s throne over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.”” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
2 Samuel 3:10
“to transfer the kingdom from Saul’s house, and to set up David’s throne over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.””
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 3:10 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Samuel 3:10
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
tothekingdomfromSaul’shouse,andtosetupDavid’soverIsraelandJudah,fromDaneventoBeersheba.”