Places
Damascus in 1 Kings 19
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This place shows up in 1 Kings 19:15: “Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Kings 19:15
“Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.”
What kids can learn
When you hear damascus in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Kings 19:15 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 19:15
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Yahwehtohim,“Go,returnonyourwaytothewildernessofWhenyouanointHazaeltobekingoverSyria.