Places
Sidon in Joshua 11
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This place shows up in Joshua 11:8: “Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Joshua 11:8
“Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpah eastward. They struck them until they left them no one remaining.”
What kids can learn
When you hear sidon in Joshua, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Joshua 11:8 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Joshua 11:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
YahwehdeliveredthemintothehandofIsrael,andtheystruckthem,andchasedthemtogreatSidon,andtoMisrephothandtothevalleyofeastward.Theystruckuntiltheyleftthemnooneremaining.