Places
Damascus in 2 Chronicles 28
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This place shows up in 2 Chronicles 28:5: “Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria. They struck him, and carried away from him a great multitude of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
2 Chronicles 28:5
“Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria. They struck him, and carried away from him a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.”
What kids can learn
When you hear damascus in 2 Chronicles, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 2 Chronicles 28:5 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Chronicles 28:5
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThereforeYahwehhisGoddeliveredhimintothehandofthekingofSyria.Theystruckhim,andcarriedawayfromhimagreatmultitudeofcaptives,andbroughttoDamascus.HewasdeliveredintotheofthekingofIsrael,whostruckhimwithagreatslaughter.