Places
Jerusalem in Joshua 10
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This place shows up in Joshua 10:1: “Now when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Joshua 10:1
“Now when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them,”
What kids can learn
When you hear jerusalem in Joshua, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Joshua 10:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Joshua 10:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
NowwhenAdoni-ZedekkingofhowJoshuahadtakenAi,andhadutterlydestroyedit;ashehaddonetoJerichoandherking,sohehaddonetoAiandherking;andhowtheinhabitantsofGibeonhadmadepeacewithandwereamongthem,