Places
Gilgal in 1 Samuel 10
GIL-gal
This place shows up in 1 Samuel 10:8: ““Go down ahead of me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Samuel 10:8
““Go down ahead of me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings. Wait seven days, until I come to you, and show you what you are to do.””
What kids can learn
When you hear gilgal in 1 Samuel, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Samuel 10:8 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Samuel 10:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
“GodownaheadofmetoGilgal;andbehold,Icomedowntoyou,toofferburntofferings,andtosacrificesacrificesofpeaceofferings.Waitsevendays,Icometoyou,andyouwhatyouaretodo.”