David Jonathan Lesson 29 David and Jonathan Primary

David & Jonathan “Lesson 29: David and Jonathan, ” Primary 6: Old Testament, (1996), 125

Purpose To help you understand how to be a true friend.

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Have you ever gone fishing with a friend?

• In this fishing activity we will learn about friendship. • One at a time, I want you to each catch a fish or the crab by hooking it on the pole.

• If you catch a fish, read the quality of a friend that is written on your fish. • I’ll put the fish on the chalkboard under the heading “A Friend Is. ”

• The crab has been caught! • Time for a story!

Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said:

• “There’s a marvelous lesson learned by those who travel in the islands. A very flat basket, not very large, and when they catch crabs, the place them in the basket.

• “If you place one crab in the basket, it crawls right out. • “If you place two crabs in the basket, every time one crab starts to crawl out of the basket, it is pulled back in by the other crab. ”

Would a true friend be like the crabs?

“A friend is someone who makes life easier to live the gospel of Jesus Christ. ”

• If they deviate from the path, and lead you away, it doesn’t mater what kind of car they drive, who their parents are, how fancy they are on the football field, or the basketball floor, or the baseball field. It does not matter who their parents are. You have to ask yourself, do they make life easier and help you out of the basket, and go with you? ” (Robert D. Hales, “This Is the Way; and There Is None Other Way, ” Brigham Young University 1981– 82 Fireside and Devotional Speeches [1982], p. 67).

• Our lesson today is about the friendship of David and Jonathan. • They were loyal friends throughout their lives.

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• Whom did David live with after he defeated Goliath? • Let’s read 1 Samuel 18: 2 • How did David show that he was a loyal friend to King Saul? • Let’s read 1 Samuel 18: 5

• What did Saul let ruin his friendship and love for David? • Let’s read 1 Samuel 18: 6– 11 • How does a true friend feel about another friend’s successes?

• How did Saul’s son Jonathan feel about David? • Let’s read 1 Samuel 18: 1, 3– 4 • Why did Jonathan tell David to hide? • Let’s read 1 Samuel 19: 1– 2

• How did Jonathan try to help his father overcome his angry feelings for David? • Let’s read 1 Samuel 19: 4– 7

• Saul promised Jonathan that he would not harm David. • How did Saul break his promise to Jonathan? • Let’s read 1 Samuel 19: 9 – 10

• Jonathan and David made a covenant of friendship and peace that was to last through their descendants forever. • Let’s read 1 Samuel 20: 14 – 17, 42

• What is a covenant? • A solemn promise between two or more people.

• What are some of the important covenants we make with God? • Why do you think Jonathan and David thought their friendship was important enough to make a covenant about?

• How was Jonathan to let David know if it was safe to come back to Saul’s court? • Let’s read 1 Samuel 20: 18– 22

• How did Saul react to David’s absence and Jonathan’s defense of his friend? • Let’s read 1 Samuel 20: 27, 31– 33 • Because of the severity of Saul’s sins, he was withdrawing even further from the Lord.

• What did Jonathan do to help David when he later found him hiding from Saul in the woods? • Let’s read 1 Samuel 23: 16– 17 • How can we strengthen and encourage our friends?

• How did David prove that he was still loyal to King Saul even when Saul continually tried to kill him? • Let’s read 1 Samuel 24: 9– 10

• What should we do when others are unkind to us? • What did Saul do when David spared his life? • Let’s read 1 Samuel 24: 16– 19

• What did David do when he heard that both Jonathan and Saul were dead? • Let’s read 2 Samuel 1: 11– 12

• After David became king, what did he do to show that he remembered the covenant of friendship that he had made with Jonathan? • Let’s read 2 Samuel 9: 1, 3, 6– 7, 13

• How was David a true friend to Saul even when Saul wasn’t a friend to him? • How did David and Jonathan show they were true friends? • How can we be true friends?

• True friendship creates a bond of love. • It causes people to care as much about what the other person wants as about what they want. • How can we develop true friendships?

• The best way to have a friend is to be a friend. • Jesus Christ is a true friend. • How can we follow Jesus’ example of friendship?

• Use these words to complete the sentences. z i u Q ! e m ti • We are going to fill in the blanks on this paper. – signal – covenant – safety – danger – arrows – three Fill in the Blanks (See 1 Samuel 20: 12– 42. ) Jonathan and David entered into a (1)________of friendship, and Jonathan said he would find out whether or not David could safely return to King Saul’s court. After (2)______ days Jonathan would go into a field as though he were practicing archery and shoot (3)_____(4)______ into the air. This was to be a (5)______ to David. Saul was still angry with David, and he became angry with Jonathan, whose own (6)______ was then in real (7)______ because he defended David. After dodging the javelin his father threw at him, Jonathan went out onto the field and shot (8)______(9)______. David was waiting anxiously for the (10)________ Jonathan was to give, which was actually a command to the lad who had been brought to fetch the (11)________. The command, “Behold, the (12)_______ are on this side of thee, ” would mean (13)_______ for David, but the command, “Behold, the (14)_______ are beyond thee, ” would mean (15)________. After the sign of (16)_______ was given, the lad was sent away so Jonathan could see and speak with his beloved friend. As David approached Jonathan from his hiding place, he bowed himself (17)______ times. After kissing and embracing each other, which was the custom at that time, these two men renewed their (18)______ , which would last forever between them and their descendants. Enrichment Activity #1

• A true friend is someone who helps you become a better person and never tries to persuade you to do things that are wrong. • Do any of you have an experience to share about a time when someone has been a true friend to you? • How did it make you feel? Enrichment Activity #2

• Which color do you think is the best? • Which color do you think is the worst? Enrichment Activity #3

• There is no color that is better or worse than any other. • They are just different, and even knowing that one color is our favorite color does not make it a better color. Enrichment Activity #3

• Variety in color helps make our world beautiful, and variety in people makes our world better too. Enrichment Activity #3

• How are people different? • The color of hair, eyes, and skin can be different. So can age, size, and personality. Enrichment Activity #3

• Pretend you are in a country where everything is different to you. • Your neighbors eat different food, wear different clothes, and speak a different language than you are used to. Enrichment Activity #3

• Using a foreign language, I am going to ask you to do something for me. • German: Bitte stehen Sie auf, und sagen Sie uns wie Sie heißen. • French: Levez-vous, s’il vous plaît. Comment vous appelez-vous? • English: Please stand up and tell us your name. Enrichment Activity #3

• Whom should we choose as our friends? • If we limit our friendships to those who are just like we are, we will be missing out on many good experiences. Enrichment Activity #3

• Rather than avoid those who are different than we are, we • We should always should do be ready to be what we can to friends with people understand who share our them. values and ideals. Enrichment Activity #3

• One way to strengthen friendships is to get to know one another better. • To help know each other better, we will play the following game! Enrichment Activity #4

• As you pass the bowl around, name something you like to do, take a piece of candy, and pass the bowl to the next child. • We’ll keep passing the bowl until all of you have had at least one turn. Enrichment Activity #4

The Thirteenth Article of Faith • What does the thirteenth Article of Faith teach us about being a true friend? • Let’s take a closer look at it. . . Enrichment Activity #5

The Thirteenth Article of Faith • We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things. Enrichment Activity #5

We Are Different • 1. I know you, and you know me. We are as diff’rent as the sun and the sea. I know you, and you know me, And that’s the way it is supposed to be. • 2. I help you, and you help me. We learn from problems, and we’re starting to see. I help you, and you help me, And that’s the way it is supposed to be. • 3. I love you, and you love me. We reach together for the best we can be. I love you, and you love me, And that’s the way it is supposed to be. • Words and music: Patricia Kelsey Graham, b. 1940. © 1989 IRI Enrichment Activity #6

• If we develop qualities of a true friend, we will be blessed with friendships that can be eternal. • I challenge each of you to strengthen your friendship with Christ by keeping his commandments and remembering him always.

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• Saul, Jonathan’s father, was the first king of Israel. • He was anointed to be king by the prophet Samuel.

• When Saul was called to be king he was “a choice young man, and goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he. ” • Let’s read 1 Samuel 9: 2

• After Saul became king, he began to love power more than obeying God’s laws. • Because of this Samuel prophesied that Saul’s children would not inherit his kingdom. • Let’s read 1 Samuel 13: 13– 14 & 1 Samuel 15: 26, 28

• Samuel anointed David to be the next king of Israel. • He would not become king until many years later after the death of King Saul.

• If Saul had remained faithful to the Lord, Jonathan would probably have inherited his father’s throne. • Jonathan showed no signs of jealousy when he knew David would be the next king.

Saul, Jonathan’s father, was the first king of Israel. He was anointed to be king by the prophet Samuel.

When Saul was called to be king he was “a choice young man, and goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he. ”

After Saul became king, he began to love power more than obeying God’s laws. Because of this Samuel prophesied that Saul’s children would not inherit his kingdom.

Samuel anointed David to be the next king of Israel.

If Saul had remained faithful to the Lord, Jonathan would probably have inherited his father’s throne. Jonathan showed no signs of jealousy when he knew David would be the next king.

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