Places
Kidron in 1 Kings 15
KID-ron
This place shows up in 1 Kings 15:13: “He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut down her image and…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Kings 15:13
“He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.”
What kids can learn
When you hear kidron in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Kings 15:13 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 15:13
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
HealsoremovedMaacahhismotherfrombeingshehadmadeanabominableimageforanAsherah.AsacutherimageandburneditatthebrookKidron.