Lesson XXIV. The Boy David

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut · 1907

Retold story (not Scripture)
This is a storyteller's retelling from an old children's book. Read the Bible passage for God's own words.

Bible: 1 Samuel 16—17 · 1 min read · All ages

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(Tell Stories 4 and 5 in Part Third.)

1. To what place did God send Săm´u-el to find a king in the place of Sa̤ul? To Bĕth´=lĕ-hĕm.

2. Whom did God show to Săm´u-el at Bĕth´=lĕ-hĕm, as the one whom he had chosen? A boy named Dā´vid.

3. Whose son was Dā´vid? The son of an old man named Jĕs´se.

4. What was Dā´vid at this time? He was a shepherd.

5. What did Săm´u-el do, to show that Dā´vid was to be king? He poured oil on his head.

6. What did Dā´vid do while caring for his sheep? He made music on his harp.

7. Who sent for Dā´vid to play before him? King Sa̤ul.

8. With what people were the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes at war most of the time while Sa̤ul was king? The Phĭ-lĭs-tĭnes̝.

9. What Phĭ-lĭs-tĭne dared the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes to choose a man to fight with him? A giant named Go̍̄-lī´ath.

10. Who fought the giant and killed him? The boy Dā´vid.

11. With what did Dā´vid fight the giant? With a sling and stone.

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, Hurlbut's Bible Lessons for Boys and Girls (Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., copyright 1907). Public domain. Transcription by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (pgdp.net). printed page 18. Source

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