Solomon’s Wives - 1 Kings 11:1-14
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What’s in the Bible DVD 5 50:00 - end
Idea 1
Let’s play a guessing game with the kids and give a prize to the person who guesses the closest answer.
guess how many wives King Solomon had.
guess how many horse stalls King Solomon had.
Idea 2
Make a chart like this for the kids. Talk about the three kings of Israel. How did each of them sin and what did they do about their sin? Which King would they want to be like?
Idea 3
Have a contest.
Bring a number of donuts and see who can eat the most donuts in 1 minute.
have a talk with the kids, ask them how they felt eating so many donuts as fast as they could.
Tell them a story about something that you want all the time, like over eating a favourite food, or sleeping etc.
Let the kids relate and see if there is something they like all the time like playing video games which might not be the best for them.
Relate this to Solomon who wanted a whole lot of wives.
Idea 4
Read through this story with the kids.
Idea 5
True or False
King Solomon had many wives from all different countries. (true)
Solomon’s wives were good people and followed God with all their heart. (false)
Solomon made places to worship strange gods. (True)
Solomon’s heart turned away from God, and God became angry with him. (True)
God decided to give Solomon a time out and wait for Solomon to apologize. (False)
Idea 5
Play a game of what should Solomon do. Present a few ideas to the kids and ask them what they think Solomon should do.
God tells Solomon not to marry people from other countries - what should Solomon do?
God tells Solomon not to worship other Gods - what should Solomon do?
God tells Solomon to only have as many horses as he needs - what should Solomon do?
Have a conversation with the kids and write down your ideas on some mural paper, what are some things that God asks us to do? - What should we do?
Idea 6
Play an opposite game with the kids.
review with the kids what opposite means.
If you ask them to put their hands in the air, then the opposite would be putting them on the floor.
give the kids a number of instructions and ask them to do the opposite (jump up and down, run as fast as you can, run to different walls in the room, say “hi” to someone, lay down on the floor, yell as loud as they can etc.
Have a conversation with the kids. Tell them that Solomon was doing the opposite of what God asked him to do. If God said, don’t marry people from other countries, Solomon would go and marry people from other countries. If God said don’t worship other gods, Solomon would go and worship other gods.
Have we ever played the opposite game with God?
Idea 7
Play a game of Simon Says
- Tell the kids that with God we want to try our best to do what he asks of us, just like playing Simon Says.
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