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2 Samuel 17 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Good Advice Defeated

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.

PreschoolGod Is in Charge

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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 Cares for Us

WELL → picture 3BREAD → picture 1SHEEP → picture 4RIVER → picture 2

Grade 1God Keeps David Safe

Hushai gave Absalom advice. → picture 4Two men hid in a well. → picture 3David crossed the Jordan. → picture 1Friends brought food. → picture 5They brought cheese and sheep. → picture 2

Order:

1. Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel2. a man in Bahurim, who had a well3. David arose, and all the people who were with him4. for David and for the people who were with him to eat

Grade 2Hiding in a Well

  1. Whose plan did Absalom like better? Hushai's plan (circle)
  2. Where did the two young men hide? In a well (circle)
  3. What did the woman spread on the cover? Grain (circle)
  4. What river did David cross? The Jordan (circle)
  5. What did friends bring? Beds, bowls, wheat, beans, honey, and cheese
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Grade 3Hushai's Counsel

  1. How many men did Ahithophel want? Twelve thousand
  2. What did Hushai compare David and his men to? A bear robbed of her cubs
  3. Why did Absalom choose Hushai's plan? The Lord had planned to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel.
  4. Who carried the warning to David? Jonathan and Ahimaaz
  5. Why did the three men bring food? The people were hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.
1: Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel2: a man in Bahurim, who had a well3: David arose, and all the people who were with him4: for David and for the people who were with him to eat

Grade 4The Lord Was at Work

  1. Why was Ahithophel's plan dangerous? He wanted to strike David that very night while he was weary.
  2. How did Hushai describe David's men? As mighty, chafed in their minds like a bear robbed of her cubs
  3. Which prayer was God answering? David's prayer from chapter 15 about Ahithophel's counsel
  4. Where did three men bring food for David's people? At Mahanaim

Word bank: 1. weary; 2. counsel; 3. well

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

Grade 5Ordained to Defeat Good Counsel

  1. What did Ahithophel urge? A swift strike with twelve thousand men that very night while David was weary
  2. How did Hushai describe David? As an experienced man of war who would not lodge with the people
  3. Why did Hushai's plan really win? Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to bring evil on Absalom.
  4. How did Jonathan and Ahimaaz escape capture? By hiding in a well at Bahurim under a covering of crushed grain
  5. What did the generous friends say about the people? They were hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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