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Judges 9 · Grade 1

Jotham's Story

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

OLIVE
FIG
VINE
KING
The trees set out to anoint a king over themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’

Judges 9:8 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Jotham stood on a mountain.
The olive tree would not be king.
The fig tree would not be king.
The vine would not be king.
The bramble said, Be in my shade.

Jotham's Story

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

God repays wickedness

The trees ask the bramble

Shechem makes Abimelech king

Jotham speaks from Mount Gerizim

Draw the olive tree, the fig tree, and the vine.

Memory Verse

“The trees set out to anoint a king over themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’”

Judges 9:8 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for seeing what is right and wrong. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did the good trees not want to be king?
  • What was wrong with the bramble being king?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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