Places
Mizpah in 1 Kings 15
MIZ-puh
This place shows up in 1 Kings 15:22: “Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Kings 15:22
“Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.”
What kids can learn
When you hear mizpah in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Kings 15:22 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 15:22
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThenkingAsamadeaproclamationtoallJudah.NoonewasTheyawaythestonesofRamah,anditstimber,withwhichBaashahadandkingAsausedittobuildGebaofBenjamin,andMizpah.