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Judges 13 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Samson Is Born

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.

PreschoolA Baby Is Promised

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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 Blessed Him

BABY → picture 3ANGEL → picture 1FLAME → picture 4GOAT → picture 2

Grade 1Samson Is Born

An angel came to the woman. → picture 4She would have a son. → picture 3No razor would cut his hair. → picture 1The angel went up in the flame. → picture 5The child grew, and God blessed him. → picture 2

Order:

1. The angel appears to the woman2. Manoah prays3. The angel goes up in the flame4. Samson is born

Grade 2A Promised Son

  1. Who ruled Israel for forty years? The Philistines (circle)
  2. What was the man's name? Manoah (circle)
  3. What did the angel say about the son's hair? Do not cut his hair.
  4. How did the angel go up? In the flame (circle)
  5. What was the son's name? Samson (circle)
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Grade 3A Nazirite From the Womb

  1. What was Manoah's wife like? She was barren.
  2. What would not come on the son's head? A razor
  3. What would the son begin to do? Save Israel from the Philistines
  4. What did the angel say about his name? It was incomprehensible.
  5. What did Manoah offer on the rock? A goat
1: The angel appears to the woman2: Manoah prays3: The angel goes up in the flame4: Samson is born
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Grade 4Set Apart Before Birth

  1. What is missing from this chapter that was in earlier cycles? It does not say Israel cried out.
  2. What must the mother not drink? Wine or strong drink
  3. What did Manoah pray for? For the man of God to return and teach them
  4. How did Manoah's wife reason with him? God would not have received their offering if He meant to kill them.

Word bank: 1. God; 2. Manoah; 3. angel; 4. flame

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

Grade 5Grace Before Asking

  1. What is different about how this final cycle begins? Israel does not cry for help, but God acts anyway.
  2. What three things must the mother avoid? Wine, strong drink, and anything unclean
  3. Why does the text say he would only begin to save Israel? The full deliverance would come later.
  4. What did Manoah pray? That the man of God would come again and teach them
  5. Where did Yahweh's Spirit begin to move Samson? In Mahaneh Dan
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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