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A story to share, something to wonder about, and a little making together.
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Single lesson1 Samuel 24:1–22
David has a chance to strike back at Saul, but he chooses restraint. In this lesson, children trace the order of the story, notice the choices each person makes, and see how David leaves judgement with Yahweh.
Single lesson1 Samuel 25:2–44
This lesson helps children follow Abigail’s actions in a tense story. They will trace the order of events, compare the choices of Nabal, Abigail, and David, and notice how David says he was kept from taking revenge.
Single lesson1 Samuel 26:1–25
In this lesson, children follow how David found Saul asleep in the camp, faced a serious choice, and refused to harm him. They will sequence the account, notice key words, and discuss what the passage shows about God and people.
Single lesson1 Samuel 27:1–12
In this passage, David makes a plan to escape Saul by living with Achish in Gath. The account shows his choice, the immediate result, and the troubling actions and false report that followed.
Single lesson1 Samuel 29:1–11
In this lesson, children will follow the moment when David and his men were sent away from the Philistine army. They will sequence the account, notice each person’s choice, and observe what the passage clearly says about people’s decisions.
Single lesson1 Samuel 30:1–31
This lesson helps children follow the account of Ziklag from loss to recovery. They will trace what happened, notice David’s choices under pressure, and see how he spoke about what Yahweh had given and preserved.
Single lesson1 Samuel 31:1–13; 1 Chronicles 10:1–14
This lesson traces the final battle of Saul and his sons, the actions that followed, and the reason 1 Chronicles gives for Saul’s death. Students will order the events, notice key choices, and discuss what the passage says about seeking Yahweh.
Single lesson2 Samuel 1:1–16
This lesson helps students trace the report David received after Saul’s death, observe David’s grief, and consider carefully how the passage ends with judgement based on the messenger’s own words.
2 Samuel 1:17–27
This lesson helps children notice who speaks in David’s lament, which pictures he uses, and how the poem moves from public grief to David’s personal sorrow for Jonathan.
Single lesson2 Samuel 2:1–3:5
This lesson helps students trace how David became king over Judah, how a rival kingship was set up, and how the passage moves from guidance and honour into conflict, grief, and a long war.
Single lesson2 Samuel 5:1–5; 1 Chronicles 11:1–3; 1 Chronicles 12:1–40
Today children will follow how David became king over all Israel by noticing what the elders said, how support for David had grown earlier, and how many groups later came to Hebron to make him king.
Single lesson2 Samuel 5:6–11; 1 Chronicles 11:4–9
In this lesson, children will read how David took Jerusalem, how the city became known as David’s city, and how the passage shows both human action and the clear statement that the Lord was with David.
2 Samuel 5:12–16; 2 Samuel 8:15–18; 1 Chronicles 14:1–7; 1 Chronicles 18:14–17
This lesson helps children notice the main point repeated in both books: David understood that the Lord established him as king for the good of Israel. The passage also names members of David’s household and the officials who served in his kingdom.
Single lesson2 Samuel 5:17–25; 1 Chronicles 14:8–17
Children will follow two Philistine attacks and see a repeated pattern in the passage: David asks God what to do, receives specific direction, and then acts.
Single lesson2 Samuel 6:1–11; 1 Chronicles 13:1–14
David gathered Israel to bring God's ark, but the journey stopped when Uzzah put out his hand to it.
Single lesson2 Samuel 6:12–23; 1 Chronicles 15:1–16:6; 1 Chronicles 16:37–43
David brought the ark to Jerusalem with joy, music and offerings. This lesson helps children put the account in order, notice the choices people made, and see what the passage shows about God and people.
Single lesson2 Samuel 7:1–17; 1 Chronicles 17:1–15
In this lesson, children hear how David wanted to build a house for God, but God gave a different answer through Nathan. They will sequence the account, notice the choices and outcomes, and trace God’s promise about David’s house, kingdom, and throne.
2 Samuel 7:18–29; 1 Chronicles 17:16–27
In this lesson, children hear David’s prayer after God’s promise and learn how its words move from wonder to praise to asking. They will notice repeated images such as David’s house, God’s name, God’s people, and blessing forever.
Single lesson2 Samuel 8:1–14; 1 Chronicles 18:1–13
This lesson guides students through both accounts of David’s campaigns, helping them trace the order, notice repeated outcomes, observe wording differences, and identify one clear choice in the passage: David dedicated valuable items to Yahweh.
Single lesson2 Samuel 10:1–19; 1 Chronicles 19:1–19
This lesson helps children follow the account from David’s kind message to a growing war. Students will trace the choices people made, notice the results, and hear Joab’s call to courage, mutual help, and trust in God.
Single lesson2 Samuel 12:26–31; 1 Chronicles 20:1–3
This lesson follows the capture of Rabbah in two Bible accounts. Students will sequence the events, notice the choices made by Joab and David, and think carefully about what these verses show about people, outcomes and whether God is mentioned directly here.
Single lesson2 Samuel 13:23–39
This lesson traces a sad turning point in David’s family. Students will follow Absalom’s plan, the false report, the grief that followed, and Absalom’s flight, while considering what the passage shows about people and what it does not directly say about God’s action here.
Single lesson2 Samuel 14:1–33
This lesson helps children follow the account of Absalom returning, notice each person’s choices, and observe that being brought back to Jerusalem did not immediately restore full access to the king.
Single lesson2 Samuel 20:1–26
This lesson traces a rebellion against David, a painful situation in David’s house, a violent struggle for control, and the wise action of a woman in Abel. Students will follow the whole passage and identify choices and outcomes.
