Places
Tyre in 1 Kings 9
TIRE
This place shows up in 1 Kings 9:11: “(now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and cypress trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), King…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Kings 9:11
“(now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and cypress trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.”
What kids can learn
When you hear tyre in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Kings 9:11 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 9:11
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
(nowHiramthekingofTyrehadfurnishedSolomonwithcedartreesandandwithgold,accordingtoallhisdesire),KingSolomongaveHiramtwentycitiesinthelandof