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2 Samuel 11 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: David Sins

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.

PreschoolFaithful Uriah

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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 Sees

DOOR → picture 4HOUSE → picture 3CITY → picture 1ARMY → picture 2

Grade 1God Was Not Pleased

The army went out to fight. → picture 5David stayed home in Jerusalem. → picture 1Uriah slept at the king's door. → picture 4David sent a letter to Joab. → picture 2God was not pleased with David. → picture 3

Order:

1. David stayed at Jerusalem2. walked on the roof of the king's house3. David wrote a letter to Joab4. the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh

Grade 2David Does Wrong

  1. Where did David stay? At home (circle)
  2. Who was Bathsheba's husband? Uriah (circle)
  3. Where did Uriah sleep? At the king's door (circle)
  4. Where did David send Uriah? To the hardest battle (circle)
  5. Was God pleased with what David did? No (circle)
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Grade 3What David Did Displeased the Lord

  1. Where did David stay during the war? At Jerusalem
  2. Who was Bathsheba? The wife of Uriah the Hittite
  3. Why would Uriah not go to his own house? The army was camping in the field.
  4. What did David's letter tell Joab? To put Uriah where the battle was hottest
  5. How did the Lord feel about what David did? It displeased the Lord.
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Grade 4A King Who Fell

  1. Where was David when the army went to war? At Jerusalem
  2. What sin did David commit with Bathsheba? Adultery
  3. Why did Uriah refuse to go home? The ark, Israel, and Judah were staying in tents.
  4. How does the chapter end? The thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.

Word bank: 1. Joab; 2. Uriah; 3. house; 4. God; 5. Bathsheba

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

Grade 5The Thing David Had Done

  1. What did David learn before sending for Bathsheba? That she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite, one of his own soldiers
  2. How did David try to cover his sin? He brought Uriah home and tried to send him to his own house.
  3. How did Uriah display integrity? He would not go home while the ark, Israel, Judah, and the soldiers stayed in tents and fields.
  4. How did David arrange Uriah's death? He sent a letter by Uriah's own hand ordering Joab to place him at the front of the hottest battle and leave him.
  5. What is God's verdict at the end of the chapter? The thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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