Places
Zion in 1 Kings 8
ZY-un
This place shows up in 1 Kings 8:1: “Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, with all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ households of the children of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Kings 8:1
“Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, with all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Yahweh’s covenant out of David’s city, which is Zion.”
What kids can learn
When you hear zion in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Kings 8:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 8:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThenSolomontheeldersofIsrael,withalltheheadsofthetribes,theprincesofthefathers’householdsofthechildrenofIsrael,tokinginJerusalem,tobringupthearkofcovenantoutofDavid’scity,whichisZion.