Places
Samaria in 2 Kings 1
suh-MAIR-ee-uh
This place shows up in 2 Kings 1:2: “Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
2 Kings 1:2
“Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness.””
What kids can learn
When you hear samaria in 2 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 2 Kings 1:2 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 2 Kings 1:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
AhaziahfelldownthelatticeinhisupperroomthatwasinSamaria,andwassick.Sohesentmessengers,andsaidtothem,“Go,ofZebub,thegodofEkron,whetherIwillrecoverofthissickness.”