Places
Samaria in 1 Kings 20
suh-MAIR-ee-uh
This place shows up in 1 Kings 20:1: “Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, with horses and chariots. He went up…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Kings 20:1
“Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, with horses and chariots. He went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.”
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 20:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 20:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
BenHadadthekingofallhisarmytogether;andtherewerethirty-twokingswithhim,withhorsesandchariots.Hewentupandbesiegedandfoughtagainstit.