Places
Persia in Ezra 4
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This place shows up in Ezra 4:5: “They hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Ezra 4:5
“They hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.”
What kids can learn
When you hear persia in Ezra, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Ezra 4:5 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Ezra 4:5
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
hiredcounselorsagainstthem,tofrustratetheirpurpose,allthedaysofCyruskingofPersia,eventheofDariuskingofPersia.