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1 Samuel 29 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Sent Back From Battle

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.

PreschoolGo in Peace

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

KindergartenGo Home

MORNING → picture 3ROAD → picture 1MEN → picture 4HOME → picture 2

Grade 1God Makes a Way

The Philistines got ready to fight. → picture 4David went with them. → picture 3The leaders did not want David. → picture 1David left early in the morning. → picture 5God made a way for David. → picture 2

Order:

1. David marches with Achish2. The princes are angry3. Achish sends David home in peace4. David rises early and leaves

Grade 2A Way Out

  1. Who did the Philistines get ready to fight? Israel (circle)
  2. Where did David's men walk? At the back of the army
  3. Why did the leaders want David to go back? They said he might fight against them.
  4. When did David leave? Early in the morning (circle)
  5. Who did David not have to fight against? Israel (circle)
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Grade 3Sent Away in Peace

  1. Where did the Philistines gather? To Aphek
  2. What did the princes ask? What about these Hebrews?
  3. What song did the princes remember? Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands
  4. How did Achish say David was in his sight? Good, as an angel of God
  5. Where did the Philistines go? Up to Jezreel
1: David marches with Achish2: The princes are angry3: Achish sends David home in peace4: David rises early and leaves

Grade 4Rescued From a Trap

  1. What would happen if David fought? He would fight his own people.
  2. Through what did the way out come? The suspicion of the Philistine princes
  3. What did the princes fear? That David would turn on them in battle
  4. What did God keep David from doing? Fighting against Israel

Word bank: 1. good; 2. princes; 3. Achish; 4. morning

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

Grade 5Providence Through Enemies

  1. What does chapter 29 show about God? He works through unlikely means.
  2. What does the narrator not tell us? What David intended to do
  3. What became the means of David's deliverance? The princes' distrust
  4. What did God keep David from doing? Shedding Israelite blood
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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