Places
Sidon in 1 Kings 11
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This place shows up in 1 Kings 11:1: “Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Kings 11:1
“Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;”
What kids can learn
When you hear sidon in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Kings 11:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 11:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Nowkinglovedmanyforeignwomen,withthedaughterofPharaoh,womenoftheMoabites,Ammonites,Sidonians,andHittites;