Places
Damascus in 2 Kings 14
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This place shows up in 2 Kings 14:28: “Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
2 Kings 14:28
“Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?”
What kids can learn
When you hear damascus in 2 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 2 Kings 14:28 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Kings 14:28
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
NowtherestoftheactsofJeroboam,andallthathedid,andhismight,howhefought,andhowherecoveredDamascus,andHamath,whichhadbelongedtoJudah,forIsrael,theywrittenintheofthechroniclesoftheofIsrael?