Places
Persia in Nehemiah 12
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This place shows up in Nehemiah 12:22: “As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Nehemiah 12:22
“As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.”
What kids can learn
When you hear persia in Nehemiah, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Nehemiah 12:22 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Nehemiah 12:22
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
AsfortheLevites,inthedaysofEliashib,Joiada,andJohanan,andJaddua,thererecordedtheheadsofhouseholds;alsothepriests,inthereignofDariusthe