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1 Samuel 7 · Grade 3

Yahweh Helped Us

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Read the Story

The ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim for twenty years, and all Israel mourned after the Lord. Samuel told them how to return to God with all their heart. They must put away the foreign gods. They must serve the Lord only. Then He would save them. They removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth.

Samuel gathered Israel to Mizpah to pray. They poured out water before the Lord, fasted, and confessed that they had sinned. When the Philistines heard, they came up to attack. The people begged Samuel not to stop crying to the Lord for them.

Samuel offered a nursing lamb and cried to the Lord. The Lord thundered with a great thunder that day. The Philistines were confused, and they were struck before Israel. Samuel set up a stone and named it Ebenezer, saying, Yahweh helped us until now. Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

Memory Verse

Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”

1 Samuel 7:12 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How long was the ark at Kiriath Jearim?

  2. What did the people remove?

  3. What did the people confess at Mizpah?

  4. How did the Lord confuse the Philistines?

  5. What did Samuel say when he named the stone?

God Helps Israel

Write what happened in each box.

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me until now. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did the people pour out water and fast?
  • How was Israel different this time than in chapter 4?

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