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1 Samuel 26 · Preschool

The Spear and the Jar

Name Date

Color the water jar David took from beside sleeping Saul!

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

Bible Verse

David answered, “Behold the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and get it.

1 Samuel 26:22 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Saul was asleep. David could have hurt him, but he did not. He took Saul's spear and water jar to show he was kind. God helps us do what is right.

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1 Samuel 26 · Kindergarten

Spear and Jar

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

SPEAR
JAR
KING
SLEEP
David answered, “Behold the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and get it.

1 Samuel 26:22 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

SPEAR
JAR
NIGHT
KING

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a way you can choose mercy.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me choose what is right. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did David take from Saul's camp?
  • Who can help you choose what is right?

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1 Samuel 26 · Grade 1

David Does Right Again

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

NIGHT
SPEAR
WATER
SLEEP
David answered, “Behold the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and get it.

1 Samuel 26:22 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

David went to the camp at night.
Saul was sleeping.
David took Saul's spear.
David took the water jar.
David called from a hill.

The Spear and the Water Jar

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

Saul seeks David with three thousand men

David takes the spear and the jar

Saul lies sleeping

Saul says he has sinned

Draw a way you can choose mercy.

Memory Verse

David answered, “Behold the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and get it.

1 Samuel 26:22 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me choose what is right. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did David not let Abishai hurt Saul?
  • Why did no one in the camp wake up?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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1 Samuel 26 · Grade 2

Kind Again

Name Date

Read the Story

Saul went to look for David again. He took three thousand men. One night David and a man named Abishai went into Saul's camp.

Everyone was asleep. Saul's spear was stuck in the ground by his head. Abishai wanted to hurt Saul. David said no. God had made Saul king.

David took Saul's spear and his jar of water. Then David went to a hill far away and called out. Saul knew David's voice. Saul said he had sinned. He blessed David.

Memory Verse

“Yahweh will give to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn’t stretch out my hand against Yahweh’s anointed.”

1 Samuel 26:23 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. How many men did Saul take?

    AbishaiHe had sinnedThree thousand

  2. Who went with David into the camp?

    Three thousandAbishaiHe had sinned

  3. Where was Saul's spear?

  4. What two things did David take?

  5. What did Saul say he had done?

    Three thousandHe had sinnedAbishai

Word Search

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

KWFKFRNAFSAAJWUCBFINATFNANHNIBSEATEDNGIILRSRLEHSBVEPSJDTHHJBEVADEAPIOAPRTAIMBWRCB
  • ABISHAI
  • SINNED
  • SPEAR
  • WATER
  • SLEEP
  • ABNER
  • NIGHT
  • JAR

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me choose what is right. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How did Saul know it was David calling?
  • How do you feel when someone is kind instead of mean?

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1 Samuel 26 · Grade 3

A Deep Sleep From God

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Read the Story

The Ziphites told Saul where David was hiding. Saul went to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand chosen men. David sent out spies and found where Saul and Abner, the captain of his army, lay.

At night David and Abishai went into the camp. Saul lay sleeping with his spear stuck in the ground at his head. Abishai asked to strike him. David said, Don't destroy him. No one could harm the Lord's anointed and be guiltless. The Lord would deal with Saul in His own time.

David took the spear and the jar of water. No one woke, because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen on them. From the top of a hill, David called to Abner and asked why he had not kept watch over the king. Saul knew David's voice. He said he had sinned and blessed David.

Memory Verse

David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against Yahweh’s anointed, and be guiltless?”

1 Samuel 26:9 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. Who told Saul where David was?

  2. Who was the captain of Saul's army?

  3. What did Abishai ask to do?

  4. Why did no one wake up?

  5. What did David ask Abner?

The Spear and the Water Jar

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me choose what is right. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you trust God to make things right?
  • How can you say sorry and then really change?

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1 Samuel 26 · Grade 4

Trusting God's Timing

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Read and Think

For the second time, Saul hunted David with three thousand chosen men, and for the second time David had Saul within reach. Saul lay asleep in the middle of his camp, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head. Abishai offered to pin him to the earth with one stroke.

David refused. He said that Yahweh would strike Saul, or his day would come to die, or he would perish in battle. David would not take matters into his own hands. Instead he took the spear and the water jar as proof. No one woke, because a deep sleep from Yahweh had fallen on them.

From a distant hilltop, David rebuked Abner for failing to guard the king. Then he asked Saul why he pursued his servant. Saul admitted, I have sinned, and promised to do David no more harm. David said that Yahweh will give to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness. Then David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Abishai offer to do?

  2. What three ways did David say Saul's end might come?

  3. Why did no one wake?

  4. What did Saul admit?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

waterAbishaiAbnerspearsleep
  1. Saul lay asleep in the middle of his camp, with his stuck in the ground at his head.
  2. offered to pin him to the earth with one stroke.
  3. Instead he took the spear and the jar as proof.
  4. No one woke, because a deep from Yahweh had fallen on them.
  5. From a distant hilltop, David rebuked for failing to guard the king.

Think About It

  1. David waited for God's timing instead of grabbing what was promised. Where do you need patience?

  2. How does God reward righteousness and faithfulness?

Memory Verse

“Yahweh will give to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn’t stretch out my hand against Yahweh’s anointed.”

1 Samuel 26:23 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me choose what is right. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How was this chapter like chapter 24?
  • Why is it hard to wait for God's timing?

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1 Samuel 26 · Grade 5

Who Can Be Guiltless?

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Read and Think

Chapter 26 repeats the scene of chapter 24 with important differences. This time David chose to enter Saul's camp, rather than Saul stumbling into David's cave. The opportunity seemed even more clearly God-given: Yahweh had sent a deep sleep on the entire army. Abishai was sure: God has delivered up your enemy into your hand today.

Yet David's conviction had only grown stronger. Don't destroy him, he said, for who can stretch out his hand against Yahweh's anointed, and be guiltless? David entrusted Saul's end to God entirely, whether by Yahweh's hand, natural death, or battle. Taking the spear, the symbol of Saul's power, and the jar of water, the source of life in the wilderness, David showed he could have done anything but chose mercy.

David's appeal to Saul was both bold and humble. He asked what evil was in his hand and compared himself to a flea or a partridge hunted on the mountains. Saul again confessed, I have sinned, and even admitted he had played the fool. David answered, Yahweh will give to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness. This is the last meeting between Saul and David recorded in 1 Samuel.

Show What You Know

  1. How is this scene different from chapter 24?

  2. What did the spear symbolize?

  3. To what did David compare himself?

  4. What else did Saul admit?

Crossword

42351

Across

  1. Saul's ____ was stuck in the ground at his head (26:7).
  2. Saul said, I have ____ (26:21).

Down

  1. The captain of Saul's army (26:5)
  2. The man who went with David into the camp (26:7)
  3. A deep ____ from Yahweh had fallen on them (26:12).

Think About It

  1. Why might a second chance to do wrong be harder to resist than the first?

  2. How does trusting God's justice shape the way we treat enemies?

Memory Verse

David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against Yahweh’s anointed, and be guiltless?”

1 Samuel 26:9 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me choose what is right. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you show mercy to someone who has hurt you?
  • How does God reward righteousness and faithfulness?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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