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1 Chronicles 13 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Moving the Ark

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolGod Blessed the Home

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenGod's Ark

ARK → picture 3OX → picture 1MUSIC → picture 4HOUSE → picture 2

Grade 1Bring the Ark

The people wanted the ark. → picture 4They put it on a new cart. → picture 3They sang and played music. → picture 1Uzza touched the ark. → picture 5God blessed Obed-Edom's house. → picture 2

Order:

1. David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader2. All the assembly said that they would do so3. How can I bring God’s ark home to me4. So David didn’t move the ark with him into David’s city, but carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house

Grade 2A Lesson About the Ark

  1. What did David want to bring home? God's ark (circle)
  2. What did they put the ark on? A new cart (circle)
  3. Who touched the ark? Uzza (circle)
  4. Where did the ark go? To Obed-Edom's house (circle)
  5. Who blessed Obed-Edom's family? God (circle)
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Grade 3The Ark on a Cart

  1. Why did David want to bring back the ark? They had not sought it in the days of Saul.
  2. What did they carry the ark on? A new cart
  3. Why did Uzza put out his hand? The oxen stumbled.
  4. How did David feel that day? Afraid of God
  5. What did Yahweh do for Obed-Edom? He blessed his house and all he had.
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Grade 4Joy Without Obedience

  1. Why did David want to bring back the ark? They had not sought it in the days of Saul.
  2. How did they carry the ark? On a new cart
  3. What happened at Chidon's threshing floor? Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, and Yahweh struck him.
  4. What did David ask that day? How he could bring God's ark home
  5. What happened at Obed-Edom's house? Yahweh blessed it and all that he had.

Word bank: 1. David; 2. assembly; 3. Israel; 4. God; 5. house

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5The Holy Presence of God

  1. What was David's first concern as king? The ark of God
  2. How did Israel celebrate? With songs, harps, cymbals, and trumpets, with all their might
  3. How should the ark have been carried? On the shoulders of the Levites
  4. What did David ask after Uzza died? How he could bring God's ark home to him
  5. What will David do in chapter 15? Carry the ark God's way
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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