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1 Samuel 18 · Preschool

Best Friends

Name Date

Color Jonathan giving his robe to David! They were best friends.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.”

1 Samuel 18:3 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Jonathan loved David like his own self. A good friend is kind and loyal. How can you be a good friend?

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1 Samuel 18 · Kindergarten

A True Friend

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

FRIEND
ROBE
LOVED
WISE
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:3 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

ROBE
LOVED
DAVID
COVENANT

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw you and a good friend.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for good friends. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who is a good friend to you?
  • How can you be kind to a friend?

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1 Samuel 18 · Grade 1

Jonathan and David

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

COVENANT
ROBE
WISELY
LOVED
David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.

1 Samuel 18:14 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Jonathan loved David.
Jonathan gave David his robe.
The women sang about David.
Saul was jealous of David.
God was with David.

Friends and Enemies

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Jonathan gives David his robe

The women sing about David

Jonathan loves David

Yahweh is with David

Draw you and a good friend.

Memory Verse

“David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.”

1 Samuel 18:14 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for good friends. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did Jonathan give David?
  • Why was Saul jealous?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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1 Samuel 18 · Grade 2

A Good Friend

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Read the Story

Jonathan was Saul's son. He loved David as much as himself. They made a promise to be friends. Jonathan gave David his robe and his bow.

The women sang a song. They said Saul killed thousands, but David killed ten thousands. Saul was angry. He was jealous of David. He watched David from that day on.

Saul threw a spear at David. David got away. David was wise in all he did. God was with him. All Israel loved David.

Memory Verse

“David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.”

1 Samuel 18:14 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. Who was Jonathan?

    His robe and his bowGodSaul's son

  2. What did Jonathan give David?

  3. Why was Saul angry?

  4. How was David in all he did?

    His robe and his bowThe women sang about DavidWise

  5. Who was with David?

    Saul's sonGodThe women sang about David

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

CJNRAWKGTDOOSOYGYELAVNWBANUTDVEAOEPMPCBINTRUJSOULDAHDABLOVEDNAGLFMVISGTNPWISELYRN
  • JONATHAN
  • COVENANT
  • WISELY
  • DAVID
  • LOVED
  • SWORD
  • ROBE
  • SOUL

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for good friends. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you be happy when a friend does well?
  • How can you stay calm when someone is unkind to you?

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1 Samuel 18 · Grade 3

Knit Together

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Read the Story

After David spoke with Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David. Jonathan loved him as his own soul. They made a covenant. Jonathan gave David his robe, clothing, sword, bow, and sash. Saul kept David with him. He set him over the men of war.

When the army came home, the women sang that Saul had slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. Saul was very angry. He asked what more David could have but the kingdom. The next day David played music. Saul threw his spear twice, but David escaped.

Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David and had departed from Saul. David behaved wisely in all his ways. Saul hoped the Philistines would kill David, so he asked for a dangerous bride price. But David succeeded, and married Saul's daughter Michal, who loved him. Saul became David's enemy continually.

Memory Verse

“When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.”

1 Samuel 18:1 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How did Jonathan love David?

  2. What did Jonathan give David?

  3. What did the women sing?

  4. Why was Saul afraid of David?

  5. Whom did David marry?

Friends and Enemies

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for good friends. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What can you do when you feel jealous of a friend?
  • How can you give a gift to show a friend you care?

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1 Samuel 18 · Grade 4

Love and Jealousy

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Read and Think

Chapter 18 shows two opposite responses to David. Jonathan, the king's son and heir, loved David as his own soul. He gave David his robe, armor, sword, bow, and sash, as if handing over his own place. His love was humble and generous.

Saul's response was jealousy. When the women sang that David had slain his ten thousands, Saul was angry and asked what more David could have but the kingdom. From that day on he watched David with suspicion. Twice he hurled his spear, and twice David escaped.

Saul tried to remove David by sending him into battle and by asking a dangerous bride price for his daughter, hoping the Philistines would kill him. Every plan failed, because the Lord was with David. David behaved wisely, all Israel and Judah loved him, and Saul's fear only grew.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Jonathan's gift of his robe and weapons suggest?

  2. What was Saul's response to David?

  3. What did Saul hope would happen to David?

  4. Why did Saul's plans fail?

Think About It

  1. How did Jonathan show humble, generous love? How can you show that kind of love?

  2. What does jealousy do to a person's heart? How can we fight it?

Memory Verse

“Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and had departed from Saul.”

1 Samuel 18:12 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for good friends. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why would a prince give his robe and weapons to David?
  • How can you celebrate when a friend does well?

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1 Samuel 18 · Grade 5

The Soul of Jonathan

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Read and Think

The friendship of David and Jonathan is one of the great portraits of loyal love in Scripture. Jonathan's soul was knit with David's, and he loved him as his own soul. In a covenant, Jonathan gave David his robe, clothing, sword, bow, and sash. As the crown prince, he was in effect honoring David as the one whom God would raise up, even above himself.

Saul's heart moved in the opposite direction. The women's song, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands, wounded his pride. He was very angry, and from that day forward he eyed David. When an evil spirit from God came on him, he threw his spear at David, saying he would pin David to the wall. David escaped twice. Saul feared David because Yahweh was with him and had departed from Saul.

Saul's strategies grew more calculated. He offered Merab and then Michal in marriage, demanding a bride price that he hoped would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. Instead David succeeded doubly, and the Lord's favor became even clearer. The chapter repeats that David behaved himself wisely and that Yahweh was with him. Jealousy made Saul David's enemy continually; love made Jonathan David's covenant friend.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Jonathan's covenant gifts suggest?

  2. What wounded Saul's pride?

  3. What does the chapter repeat about David?

  4. What did jealousy make Saul?

Crossword

43251

Across

  1. David behaved himself ____ (18:14).
  2. Jonathan gave David even his ____ (18:4).
  3. Jonathan and David made a ____ (18:3).

Down

  1. Jonathan ____ David as his own soul (18:1).
  2. Jonathan gave David his ____ (18:4).

Think About It

  1. Jonathan honored someone who would take his place. What does it take to celebrate another's success?

  2. How does the contrast between Saul and Jonathan help you understand what love is?

Memory Verse

“David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.”

1 Samuel 18:14 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for good friends. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you notice jealousy in your own heart?
  • How can you be a friend who gives instead of grabs?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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