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Judges 1 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Judah Goes Up First

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.

PreschoolAsk God First

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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 Gives the Land

PEOPLE → picture 3HILLS → picture 1SPRINGS → picture 4DONKEY → picture 2

Grade 1Judah Goes First

The people asked God who should go first. → picture 4Judah went up first. → picture 3Achsah got off her donkey. → picture 1Caleb gave her springs of water. → picture 5Some Canaanites still lived in the cities. → picture 2

Order:

1. God says Judah goes up first2. Othniel takes the city3. Achsah asks for springs of water4. Israel does not drive them all out

Grade 2Who Goes First?

  1. Who had died? Joshua (circle)
  2. What did the people ask God? Who should go up first to fight
  3. Who did God send first? Judah (circle)
  4. What did Achsah ask for? Springs of water (circle)
  5. What did some tribes not do? Drive the Canaanites out (circle)
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Grade 3Judah Goes Up

  1. What did Israel ask after Joshua died? Who should go first against the Canaanites
  2. Which tribe went with Judah? Simeon
  3. Who took Kiriath Sepher? Othniel
  4. What blessing did Achsah ask for? Springs of water
  5. Why could Judah not drive out the valley people? They had chariots of iron.
1: God says Judah goes up first2: Othniel takes the city3: Achsah asks for springs of water4: Israel does not drive them all out
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Grade 4A Good Start, an Unfinished Job

  1. Who did God choose to go first? Judah
  2. What had Adoni-Bezek done to seventy kings? Cut off their thumbs and big toes
  3. What did Achsah ask Caleb for? Springs of water
  4. What did many tribes fail to do? Drive out the Canaanites

Word bank: 1. God; 2. Judah; 3. Bezek; 4. springs

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

Grade 5Halfway Obedience

  1. What did Israel do right at the start? They asked Yahweh who should lead the fight.
  2. What did Adoni-Bezek admit? That God had repaid him for what he did to seventy kings
  3. What did Caleb give Achsah? The upper and lower springs
  4. What did Benjamin fail to do? Drive out the Jebusites
  5. Why does this chapter matter for the rest of the book? Partial obedience sets up a sad pattern.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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