Places
Kidron in Jeremiah 31
KID-ron
This place shows up in Jeremiah 31:40: “The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Jeremiah 31:40
“The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, will be holy to Yahweh. It will not be plucked up or thrown down any more forever.””
What kids can learn
When you hear kidron in Jeremiah, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Jeremiah 31:40 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Jeremiah 31:40
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thewholevalleyofthedeadandoftheashes,andallthetothebrooktothecornerofthehorsegatetowardtheeast,willbeholytoYahweh.Itwillnotbepluckeduporthrowndownanymoreforever.”