Places
Samaria in 1 Kings 18
suh-MAIR-ee-uh
This place shows up in 1 Kings 18:2: “Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Kings 18:2
“Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.”
What kids can learn
When you hear samaria in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Kings 18:2 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 18:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ElijahtoshowhimselftoThewassevereinSamaria.