Places
Lebanon in Joshua 12
LEB-uh-nun
This place shows up in Joshua 12:7: “These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Joshua 12:7
“These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir. Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;”
What kids can learn
When you hear lebanon in Joshua, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Joshua 12:7 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Joshua 12:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThesearethekingsofthelandwhomJoshuaandthechildrenofIsraelstrucktheJordanwestward,fromBaalGadinthevalleyofeventoMountHalak,goesuptoSeir.JoshuagaveittothetribesofIsraelforapossessionaccordingtotheirdivisions;