First Thought

וְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים טֹבִ֥ים לָ֖נוּ מְאֹ֑ד וְלֹ֤א הָכְלַ֙מְנוּ֙ וְלֹֽא־פָקַ֣דְנוּ מְא֔וּמָה כָּל־יְמֵי֙ הִתְהַלַּ֣כְנוּ אִתָּ֔ם בִּֽהְיוֹתֵ֖נוּ בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃

Yet the men were very good to us, and we were not insulted, nor did we miss anything as long as we went about with them, while we were in the fields. (1 Samuel 25:15)

The Hebrew Quest Study Passage for this lesson is David and Goliath from 1st Samuel 17. The passage’s geographic detail reminds us that the events involved real people and real places. This is true even though these events took place thousands of years ago and thousands of miles away.

HaShem had these details recorded for a reason. Through our study of Hebrew, we can connect with these great stories in a more intimate way. Praise Him for that!

Figure 32.1: Elah brook with students picking smooth stones. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands