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1 Samuel 24 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: David Spares Saul

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.

PreschoolDavid Is Kind

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

KindergartenBe Kind

CAVE → picture 2ROBE → picture 4KING → picture 1HAND → picture 3

Grade 1David Does Not Hurt Saul

Saul went into a cave. → picture 2David was hiding in the cave. → picture 4David cut off a piece of Saul's robe. → picture 5David did not hurt Saul. → picture 1Saul wept. → picture 3

Order:

1. Saul takes three thousand men2. David cuts off the skirt of Saul's robe3. David bows before Saul4. Saul weeps

Grade 2Good for Evil

  1. How many men did Saul take? Three thousand (circle)
  2. Who was hiding in the cave? David and his men (circle)
  3. What did David cut off? A piece of Saul's robe
  4. What did David show Saul? The piece of his robe
  5. What did Saul do? He cried. (circle)
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Grade 3Mercy in the Cave

  1. How many men did Saul take? Three thousand chosen men
  2. Where were David and his men? In the innermost parts of the cave
  3. What happened after David cut the robe? His heart struck him.
  4. Who did David ask to judge between them? The Lord
  5. What did Saul say David would surely be? King
1: Saul takes three thousand men2: David cuts off the skirt of Saul's robe3: David bows before Saul4: Saul weeps

Grade 4Refusing Revenge

  1. How did David's men see the moment in the cave? As God's gift
  2. What troubled David's conscience? Cutting off the skirt of Saul's robe
  3. What did David leave in the Lord's hands? Judgment and vengeance
  4. What did Saul ask David to swear? Not to cut off his family

Word bank: 1. robe; 2. judge; 3. good

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

Grade 5Leaving Vengeance to God

  1. What did David's men think the moment was? Divine providence
  2. On what did David's restraint rest? Reverence for God's appointment
  3. What did Saul confess? That David was more righteous than he
  4. What does Paul teach believers in Romans 12:19? Not to take revenge but to give place to God's wrath
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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