Places
Bethlehem in 1 Samuel 16
BETH-leh-hem
This place shows up in 1 Samuel 16:1: “Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Samuel 16:1
“Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.””
What kids can learn
When you hear bethlehem in 1 Samuel, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Samuel 16:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Samuel 16:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
YahwehsaidtoSamuel,“HowlongyoumournforSaul,sinceIhaverejectedhimfrombeingkingoverIsrael?Fillyouroil,andgo.IwillsendyoutoJessetheBethlehemite;forIhaveprovidedakingformyselfamonghissons.”