1 Samuel 6 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Ark Comes Home

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.

PreschoolCows Pull the Cart

cowwheatrockpeopleheart

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

KindergartenGoing Home

COWS → picture 4ARK → picture 3ALTAR → picture 2STONE → picture 1

Grade 1The Ark Comes Home

Two cows pulled a new cart. → picture 3God's ark was on the cart. → picture 5The cart stopped by a great stone. → picture 2The people offered to God. → picture 4The people were glad to see it. → picture 1

Order:

1. Two milk cows pull a new cart2. The cows go straight on the road3. People reaping wheat see the ark4. The ark is set on a great stone

Grade 2Two Cows

How long was the ark with the Philistines? Seven months (circle)
What pulled the cart? Two cows (circle)
Which way did the cows go? Straight down the road to Israel
What were the people of Beth Shemesh doing? Cutting wheat (circle)
Where did the cart stop? By a great stone (circle)

Grade 3Straight Down the Road

What gift did the Philistines send with the ark? Golden tumors and golden mice
Why was it surprising that the cows went straight? Their calves were shut up at home.
What did the cows prove? The Lord had sent the trouble.
Where did the Levites set the ark? On a great stone
What did the people ask after God struck the men? Who was able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God

1: Two milk cows pull a new cart2: The cows go straight on the road3: People reaping wheat see the ark4: The ark is set on a great stone

Grade 4A Holy God

What warning did the Philistine priests give? Not to harden their hearts as Pharaoh had done
Why was it unnatural for the cows to go straight? Mother cows would normally go back to their young.
What did the men who looked into the ark do wrong? They treated the holy as common.
Where was the ark taken at the end? Kiriath Jearim

Word bank: 1. ark; 2. cows; 3. God; 4. stone

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

Grade 5Who Can Stand?

Why did the offering include five golden objects of each kind? To match the five Philistine lords
Why was the test designed with cows separated from their calves? To rule out chance
What question did the people of Beth Shemesh ask? Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God?
What did Israel have to relearn? Reverence

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