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What should a child notice in 1 Samuel 16?
1 Samuel 16 opens with these words: “Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil,…” The line to keep is 1 Samuel 16:4: “Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”” Carry the word “samuel” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is 1 Samuel 16:4: “Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”” What happens first in 1 Samuel 16?
1 Samuel 16:4
“Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?””
1 Samuel 16:3
“Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. You shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.””
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Practice 1 Samuel 16:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
SamueldidthatYahwehspoke,andtoBethlehem.Theeldersofthecitycametohimtrembling,andsaid,“Doyoucomepeaceably?”