Places
Shiloh in 1 Samuel 4
SHY-loh
This place shows up in 1 Samuel 4:3: “When the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has Yahweh defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us get…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Samuel 4:3
“When the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has Yahweh defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us get the ark of Yahweh’s covenant out of Shiloh and bring it to us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.””
What kids can learn
When you hear shiloh in 1 Samuel, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Samuel 4:3 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Samuel 4:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Whenthehadcomeintothecamp,theofIsraelsaid,“WhyhasYahwehdefeatedustodaybeforethePhilistines?LetusgetthearkofYahweh’scovenantoutofShilohandbringittous,thatitmaycomeamongus,andsaveusoutoftheofourenemies.”