Judges 20 · Grade 3
Brothers at War
Read the Story
Israel gathered as one man at Mizpah. They came from Dan to Beersheba. The Levite told them what happened in Gibeah. The people said none of them would go home until they dealt with it.
Israel sent men to Benjamin. They said, Now therefore deliver up the men, the wicked fellows who are in Gibeah. But Benjamin would not listen. They gathered twenty-six thousand men. Seven hundred chosen men were left-handed. They could sling a stone at a hair.
Israel asked counsel of God at Bethel. Yahweh said, Judah first. Benjamin won the first day and the second. Then all Israel wept before Yahweh. They fasted until evening and offered burnt offerings. The ark of the covenant was there. Yahweh said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand. Benjamin lost, and six hundred men fled to the rock of Rimmon.
Memory Verse
“Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until evening; then they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.”
Judges 20:26 (WEB)
Answer the Questions
From where to where did Israel gather?
What did Israel ask Benjamin to do?
What could the left-handed men do?
Who did Yahweh say should go first?
Where did the six hundred flee?
Israel Asks God
Write what happened in each box.
Prayer
Dear God, thank You for hearing us when we pray. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- Why do you think God let Israel lose at first?
- Why is it wrong to protect people who do evil?
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