Places
Tarshish in Jeremiah 10
TAR-shish
This place shows up in Jeremiah 10:9: “There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the engraver and of the hands of the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Jeremiah 10:9
“There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the engraver and of the hands of the goldsmith. Their clothing is blue and purple. They are all the work of skillful men.”
What kids can learn
When you hear tarshish in Jeremiah, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Jeremiah 10:9 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Jeremiah 10:9
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
issilverbeatenintoplates,whichisbroughtfromTarshish,andgoldfromUphaz,theworkoftheengraverandofthehandsoftheTheirclothingisblueandpurple.arealltheworkofskillfulmen.