Places
Jerusalem in Joshua 15
jer-OO-suh-lem
This place shows up in Joshua 15:8: “The border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem) southward; and the border went…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Joshua 15:8
“The border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem) southward; and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the farthest part of the valley of Rephaim northward.”
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 15:8 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Joshua 15:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theborderwentupbythevalleyofthesonoftotheofthe(alsocalledJerusalem)southward;andtheborderwentuptothetopofthemountainthatliesbeforethevalleyofHinnomwestward,whichisatthefarthestpartofthevalleyofRephaimnorthward.