Places
Sidon in Judges 10
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This place shows up in Judges 10:6: “The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Judges 10:6
“The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh, and didn’t serve him.”
What kids can learn
When you hear sidon in Judges, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Judges 10:6 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Judges 10:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thechildrenofagaindidthatwhichwasevilinsight,andservedtheBaals,theAshtaroth,theofSyria,thegodsofSidon,thegodsofMoab,thegodsofthechildrenofAmmon,andthegodsofthePhilistines.TheyabandonedYahweh,anddidn’tservehim.