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What should a child notice in 1 Samuel 12?
1 Samuel 12 opens with these words: “Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.” The line to keep is 1 Samuel 12:12: ““When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us;’ when Yahweh your God was…” Carry the word “nahash” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is 1 Samuel 12:12: ““When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us;’ when Yahweh your God was your king.” What happens first in 1 Samuel 12?
1 Samuel 12:12
““When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us;’ when Yahweh your God was your king.”
1 Samuel 12:3
“Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.””
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Practice 1 Samuel 12:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
“WhenyousawthatthekingofthechildrenofAmmoncameagainstyou,yousaidtome,‘No,butakingoverus;’whenYahwehyourGodwasyourking.