Places
Damascus in 2 Samuel 8
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This place shows up in 2 Samuel 8:5: “When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty two thousand men of the Syrians.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
2 Samuel 8:5
“When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty two thousand men of the Syrians.”
What kids can learn
When you hear damascus in 2 Samuel, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 2 Samuel 8:5 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Samuel 8:5
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
theSyriansofcametohelpHadadezerkingofZobah,DavidstrucktwentytwomenoftheSyrians.