History
What should a child notice in 1 Samuel 5?
1 Samuel 5 opens with these words: “Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.” The line to keep is 1 Samuel 5:1: “Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.” Carry the word “philistine” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is 1 Samuel 5:1: “Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.” What happens first in 1 Samuel 5?
1 Samuel 5:1
“Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.”
1 Samuel 5:3
“When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh’s ark. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.”
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Say it
Practice 1 Samuel 5:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
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