David Becomes King - 2 Samuel 1

Teaching Videos

Teaching Ideas

Idea 1 

Have a funeral for Saul.  

  • Divide the everyone into groups and give them a large piece of mural paper.

  • Review with everyone all the things they can think of about Saul

  • Ask the kids to draw a few pictures to present during the funeral

  • At the end of the funeral, get a crown and say it was Sauls crown, ask one of the kids to pretend to be David and put the crown on Davids head. (crown David the new king of Israel)

Idea 2

Ask the kids to figure out who died.

  • Set up the scene.

  • Lay some swords out,

  • lay some stuffed animals down (pretend they are the Israelite army)

  • a sign that says Israelite camp and another one says Mount Gilboa.

  • Ask someone to pretend to be the young man, get him to wear torn clothes, and hold a bag that has Sauls crown and arm band.

  • Have an outline of a body on the ground and a spear beside it

  • Ask the kids to check out the scene. They need to figure out who died and how they died. Tell them they can ask all the questions they would like that will give a yes or no answer.

Idea 3

Read "David the King" in The Beginner’s Bible: Timeless Children’s Stories by Zondervan

Questions:

  1. How did David react to Saul's death?

  2. Why is it important that David trusted God’s timing to become king?

  3. What can we learn about leadership from David's story?

  4. How do you think David felt knowing that God had a special plan for him?

Idea 4

True or false questions

David killed King Saul (False)

King Saul asked someone to kill him (True)

Many of the Israelites died in battle (True)

Johnathan, David’s son did not die (False)

David was sad that Saul and Johnathan died (True)

David became the new king of Isreal (True)

Idea 5

Ask the kids the following questions

  • How do you think David felt when he found out that he was going to be King?

  • How did David feel waiting for years for Saul to die so he could become king?

  • Do you think David ever got tired of waiting to be King?

  • How did David feel when he found out that Saul had died? Did he have a party? Was he upset?

  • How would you feel if you were David?

  • Have you ever been promised something, but had to wait a long time?

Idea 6

Give the kids this colouring page.

  • Let them colour it in

  • When they are finished give them a crown sticker to put on top of David’s head.

Please click on the links below for formal lesson plans

Kindergarten and grade 1

Grades 2,3

Grades 4,5