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2 Samuel 21 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Famine and Giants

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 Answered Prayer

rockwheatpersonpeople

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

KindergartenGod Hears

WATER → picture 3GRAIN → picture 1PRAY → picture 4GIANT → picture 2

Grade 1God Answers Prayer

There was no food for three years. → picture 4David asked God why. → picture 3God answered prayer for the land. → picture 1There were giants in Gath. → picture 5David's men helped him. → picture 2

Order:

1. There was a famine in the days of David for three years2. Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth3. After that, God answered prayer for the land4. David grew faint

Grade 2God Answered Prayer

  1. What is a famine? Not enough food (circle)
  2. What did David do? He went to God and asked why.
  3. Whose bones did David bury? Saul and Jonathan (circle)
  4. What did God do after that? He answered prayer for the land.
  5. Who helped David when he was tired? Abishai (circle)
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Grade 3Making Things Right

  1. How long was the famine? Three years, year after year
  2. Why was there a famine? Saul had put the Gibeonites to death and broke Israel's oath.
  3. Why did David spare Mephibosheth? Because of his oath with Jonathan
  4. What did Rizpah do? She stayed on a rock and guarded the bodies from birds and animals.
  5. When did God answer prayer for the land? After David buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan
1: There was a famine in the days of David for three years2: Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth3: After that, God answered prayer for the land4: David grew faint

Grade 4Oaths and Answered Prayer

  1. Why did God send the famine? Because Saul and his bloody house had killed the Gibeonites, breaking Israel's oath
  2. Whom did David spare, and why? Mephibosheth, because of his oath to Jonathan
  3. How long did Rizpah guard the bodies? From the beginning of harvest until water poured on them from the sky
  4. Why did David's men tell him not to go to battle again? So he would not quench the lamp of Israel

Word bank: 1. famine; 2. God; 3. bones

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

Grade 5The Lamp of Israel

  1. How do chapters 21 to 24 function? They form a closing section that looks back over David's reign.
  2. What oath had Saul broken? Israel's oath to spare the Gibeonites
  3. What did the Gibeonites refuse? Silver or gold
  4. What did David do after hearing of Rizpah's faithfulness? He gathered the bones of Saul and Jonathan and buried them in the tomb of Kish.
  5. What did David's men call him? The lamp of Israel
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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