Places
Damascus in 1 Kings 20
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This place shows up in 1 Kings 20:34: “Ben Hadad said to him, “The cities which my father took from your father I will restore. You shall make streets for yourself in Damascus,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Kings 20:34
“Ben Hadad said to him, “The cities which my father took from your father I will restore. You shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.” “I”, said Ahab, “will let you go with this covenant.” So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.”
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 20:34 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 20:34
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Bensaidtohim,“ThecitieswhichmyfathertookfromyourIwillrestore.YoushallmakestreetsforyourselfinDamascus,asmyfathermadeinSamaria.”“I”,saidAhab,“willletyougowiththiscovenant.”Sohemadeawithhim,andlethimgo.