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1 Samuel 22 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Saul and the Priests

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.

PreschoolSafe With David

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

KindergartenSafe With Me

CAVE → picture 4MEN → picture 3FAMILY → picture 2PRIEST → picture 1

Grade 1You Will Be Safe

David hid in a cave. → picture 3His family came to him. → picture 5Four hundred men came too. → picture 2A priest ran to David. → picture 4David said he would be safe. → picture 1

Order:

1. David escapes to the cave of Adullam2. David takes his parents to Moab3. Abiathar escapes to David4. David says you will be safe with me

Grade 2A Safe Place

  1. Where did David hide? In a cave (circle)
  2. How many men were with David? About four hundred (circle)
  3. Who told Saul that a priest helped David? Doeg (circle)
  4. Which priest got away? Abiathar (circle)
  5. What did David tell Abiathar? To stay and not be afraid
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Grade 3Saul Turns on the Priests

  1. Who gathered to David at Adullam? Everyone in distress, in debt, or discontented
  2. Where did David take his parents? To the king of Moab
  3. What did Ahimelech say about David? None of the servants was as faithful as David.
  4. Who would not lift a hand against the priests? Saul's guards
  5. Who escaped to David? Abiathar
1: David escapes to the cave of Adullam2: David takes his parents to Moab3: Abiathar escapes to David4: David says you will be safe with me

Grade 4A King Who Fights God

  1. What kind of men gathered to David? Men in distress, debt, or discontent
  2. What did Saul feel about everyone around him? That everyone had betrayed him
  3. Who refused to kill the priests? Saul's guards
  4. What did David admit? His deception at Nob had led to this.

Word bank: 1. Moab; 2. God; 3. Abiathar

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

Grade 5The Cost of a King's Fear

  1. What kind of community formed around David? A band of outcasts being formed into a people
  2. What did Saul complain about? That none was sorry for him
  3. How many priests died that day? Eighty-five
  4. What do David's words to Abiathar show? The shelter God's anointed offers
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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