Places
Tarshish in Esther 1
TAR-shish
This place shows up in Esther 1:14: “and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Esther 1:14
“and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom),”
What kids can learn
When you hear tarshish in Esther, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Esther 1:14 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Esther 1:14
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
andthetohimwereCarshena,Shethar,Admatha,Tarshish,Meres,Marsena,andMemucan,thesevenprincesofandMedia,whosawtheking’sface,andsatfirstinthe