Nabal and Abigail - 1 Samuel 25
Teaching Videos
Teaching Ideas
Idea 1
Brainstorm everything you know about Nabal, Abigail and David.
Write the names Nabal, Abigail and David on the board.
Give the kids a version of the story and ask them to find out as many things that they can about each person.
Ask them to make a list under each person’s name.
Once each list is finished, read through them as a group, and talk about each person’s personality.
Idea 2
Read Abigail’s Wisdom on pages 245-247 in the The Action Bible by Sergio Cariello
Questions:
What was the message Abigail sent to David with the gifts?
How did David react to Abigail’s kindness and wisdom?
What lesson did David learn from Abigail’s example?
How can we use our words and actions to bring peace like Abigail?
Idea 3
Ask the kids to make their own ending
Tell the kids the story of Nabal, Abigail and David but stop at the part where David and mad and wants to kill him.
Ask the kids to get into groups and get them each to think of a different ending to the story. You could ask them each for make up a way to stop David from killing everyone.
Ask each group to share their ending.
Idea 4
Practice sharing
Give one of the kids a small box of smarties
Then get one of the other kids to ask them for some.
See what their reaction is, and encourage them to share.
Talk about the story, David shared his time and herds men with Nabal, but when David asked Nabal to share, Nabal refused. How did that make David feel?
Idea 5
Talk about a time when you had a hard time sharing something with someone else. Or someone didn’t want to share with you.
Idea 6
Read The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule book with the kids.
Ask them how they feel about the Golden Rule.
Let them know that the Gold Rule is in the Bible in Matthew 7:12.
What do they think would have happened if Nabal knew about the golden rule?
