Places
Tarshish in Ezekiel 27
TAR-shish
This place shows up in Ezekiel 27:12: ““‘“Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches. They traded for your wares with silver, iron, tin, and…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Ezekiel 27:12
““‘“Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches. They traded for your wares with silver, iron, tin, and lead.”
What kids can learn
When you hear tarshish in Ezekiel, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Ezekiel 27:12 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Ezekiel 27:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
“‘“Tarshishwasyourbyreasonofthemultitudeofallkindsofriches.Theyforyourwareswithiron,tin,andlead.