Jerusalem in 2 Samuel 5

This place shows up in 2 Samuel 5:5: “In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.

2 Samuel 5:5

“In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.”

What kids can learn

When you hear jerusalem in 2 Samuel, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.

Read 2 Samuel 5:5 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.