Places
Jerusalem in Judges 1
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This place shows up in Judges 1:7: “Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Judges 1:7
“Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.”
What kids can learn
When you hear jerusalem in Judges, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Judges 1:7 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Judges 1:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Adoni-Bezeksaid,kings,havingthumbsandtheirbigtoescutoff,scavengedundermytable.AsIhavedone,soGodhasdonetome.”TheybroughthimtoJerusalem,andhethere.