Places
Carmel in 2 Kings 4
KAR-mul
This place shows up in 2 Kings 4:25: “So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
2 Kings 4:25
“So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold, there is the Shunammite.”
What kids can learn
When you hear carmel in 2 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 2 Kings 4:25 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Kings 4:25
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
SosheandcametothemanofGodtoMountCarmel.WhenthemanofGodsawherafaroff,hetoGehazihis“Behold,thereistheShunammite.