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1 Samuel 29 · Preschool

Go in Peace

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Color David and his men walking home in the morning sun!

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

Bible Verse

Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 29:7 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: David was in a hard place. He was with Israel's enemies. God made a way for David to go home and not fight Israel. God takes care of us in hard places.

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1 Samuel 29 · Kindergarten

Go Home

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

PEACE
HOME
MORNING
MEN
Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 29:7 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

MORNING
ROAD
MEN
HOME

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a door God closed to keep you safe.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for making a way for me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Where did David and his men go in the morning?
  • How does God take care of you?

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1 Samuel 29 · Grade 1

God Makes a Way

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

ARMY
PEACE
MORNING
HOME
Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 29:7 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

The Philistines got ready to fight.
David went with them.
The leaders did not want David.
David left early in the morning.
God made a way for David.

Sent Back From Battle

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

David rises early and leaves

Achish sends David home in peace

The princes are angry

David marches with Achish

Draw a door God closed to keep you safe.

Memory Verse

Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 29:7 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for making a way for me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why were the Philistine leaders angry?
  • What song did the leaders remember?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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1 Samuel 29 · Grade 2

A Way Out

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Read the Story

The Philistines got ready to fight Israel. David and his men went with King Achish. They walked at the back of the army.

The Philistine leaders saw David. They were angry. They said David might turn and fight against them. They wanted him to go back.

King Achish told David he had been good. But David had to go back. So David and his men got up early in the morning and left. David did not have to fight against Israel.

Memory Verse

Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 29:7 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. Who did the Philistines get ready to fight?

    Early in the morningAt the back of the armyIsrael

  2. Where did David's men walk?

  3. Why did the leaders want David to go back?

  4. When did David leave?

    Early in the morningAt the back of the armyIsrael

  5. Who did David not have to fight against?

    IsraelAt the back of the armyEarly in the morning

Word Search

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

PANGELJOPMRJEZREELOOIAIPVHCAJRNCPLPGEPANCHOHOAIHYIEIRVRIDEVNSSULJTEKUGCHYBTPEACEA
  • PRINCES
  • MORNING
  • JEZREEL
  • ACHISH
  • APHEK
  • PEACE
  • EARLY
  • ANGEL

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for making a way for me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did Achish think of David?
  • How can God close a door to keep you from trouble?

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1 Samuel 29 · Grade 3

Sent Away in Peace

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Read the Story

The Philistines gathered all their armies to Aphek, and Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel. David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish. The princes of the Philistines asked, What about these Hebrews?

Achish said David had been with him for days and years, and he had found no fault in him. But the princes were angry. They feared David would turn against them in the battle. They remembered the song: Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Achish called David and said he had been upright. Achish said David was good in his sight, as an angel of God. But the lords of the Philistines did not want him. David asked what he had done. Achish told him to rise up early and depart. So David and his men went back, and the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

Memory Verse

But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, “Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For with what should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men?

1 Samuel 29:4 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. Where did the Philistines gather?

  2. What did the princes ask?

  3. What song did the princes remember?

  4. How did Achish say David was in his sight?

  5. Where did the Philistines go?

Sent Back From Battle

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for making a way for me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why was David in a hard place?
  • How did David answer when he was sent away?

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1 Samuel 29 · Grade 4

Rescued From a Trap

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Read and Think

Chapter 27 left David in a dangerous position. Now the Philistines were marching against Israel, and David was in their army. If he fought, he would fight his own people. If he refused, his deception would be exposed. David seemed to have no good way out.

The way out came through the suspicion of the Philistine princes. They remembered the song about David's ten thousands. They feared he would win back Saul's favor by turning on them in battle. They demanded that Achish send him home.

Achish praised David, swearing that he had been upright. David protested, asking what he had done. Still, Achish sent him away. David rose early in the morning and left. Through the princes' distrust, God kept David from fighting against Israel, the people he was anointed to lead.

Show What You Know

  1. What would happen if David fought?

  2. Through what did the way out come?

  3. What did the princes fear?

  4. What did God keep David from doing?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

princesmorningAchishgood
  1. David seemed to have no way out.
  2. The way out came through the suspicion of the Philistine .
  3. They demanded that send him home.
  4. David rose early in the and left.

Think About It

  1. How can God rescue us even from trouble we cause ourselves?

  2. Have you ever been glad that a door closed? Why?

Memory Verse

Then Achish called David and said to him, “As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords don’t favor you.

1 Samuel 29:6 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for making a way for me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How did God use the leaders' distrust?
  • Why might David have been glad to be sent away?

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1 Samuel 29 · Grade 5

Providence Through Enemies

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Read and Think

Chapter 29 shows God working through unlikely means. David, living a double life, now marched in the rear of the Philistine army with Achish against Israel. His compromise in chapter 27 had led him into an impossible position. The narrator does not tell us what David intended to do.

The Philistine princes recognized the danger. Isn't this David, of whom people sang to one another in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands'? They feared that David would reconcile with Saul by turning on them. Ironically, their distrust became the means of David's deliverance.

Achish, still deceived, praised David: I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God. David even protested that he wanted to fight the enemies of my lord the king, words that may hide his true meaning. But the decision stood. David departed early in the morning, and the Philistines went up to Jezreel. God, unseen in the chapter, kept His anointed from shedding Israelite blood.

Show What You Know

  1. What does chapter 29 show about God?

  2. What does the narrator not tell us?

  3. What became the means of David's deliverance?

  4. What did God keep David from doing?

Crossword

51243

Across

  1. Return, and go in ____ (29:7).
  2. The Philistines went up to ____ (29:11).

Down

  1. To Achish, David was good, as an ____ of God (29:9).
  2. Where the Philistines gathered their armies (29:1)
  3. David rose up ____ to depart (29:11).

Think About It

  1. How can God be at work even in a chapter where He is not named?

  2. How does David's rescue show God's grace despite David's compromise?

Memory Verse

Achish answered David, “I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God. Notwithstanding, the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’

1 Samuel 29:9 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for making a way for me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can God rescue us from trouble we caused?
  • How can God use closed doors to protect you?
  • How can you thank God for a time He kept you from a bad choice?

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