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1 Samuel 7 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Ebenezer

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.

PreschoolThe Helping Stone

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

KindergartenGod Helped Us

STONE → picture 4PRAY → picture 3LAMB → picture 1THUNDER → picture 2

Grade 1God Helped Us

The people put away false gods. → picture 5Samuel prayed for Israel. → picture 1Samuel offered a lamb. → picture 4God thundered loudly. → picture 2Samuel set up a stone. → picture 3

Order:

1. Samuel says to return to Yahweh2. Israel gathers at Mizpah3. Yahweh thunders against the Philistines4. Samuel sets up a stone

Grade 2The Stone of Help

  1. What did Samuel tell the people to put away? Their false gods (circle)
  2. Where did the people meet? At Mizpah (circle)
  3. What did Samuel offer? A lamb (circle)
  4. What did God send? A great thunder (circle)
  5. What does Ebenezer mean? God helped us. (circle)
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Grade 3Yahweh Helped Us

  1. How long was the ark at Kiriath Jearim? Twenty years
  2. What did the people remove? The Baals and the Ashtaroth
  3. What did the people confess at Mizpah? That they had sinned
  4. How did the Lord confuse the Philistines? He thundered with a great thunder.
  5. What did Samuel say when he named the stone? Yahweh helped us until now.
1: Samuel says to return to Yahweh2: Israel gathers at Mizpah3: Yahweh thunders against the Philistines4: Samuel sets up a stone

Grade 4Returning With All Your Heart

  1. What three things did true return include? Remove foreign gods, direct their hearts to the Lord, and serve Him only
  2. How was this different from chapter 4? They asked Samuel to pray instead of grabbing the ark.
  3. How did the Lord answer Samuel's cry? With great thunder
  4. What did Samuel say when he raised the stone? Yahweh helped us until now.

Word bank: 1. Mizpah; 2. Samuel; 3. thunder; 4. Ebenezer; 5. stone

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

Grade 5Until Now

  1. What did Israel confess at Mizpah? We have sinned against Yahweh.
  2. What became Israel's hope this time? Prayer, not a religious object
  3. How does the name Ebenezer look both back and forward? Back with gratitude and forward with trust
  4. Where did Samuel travel on his yearly circuit? Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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