His Young Friends #1

By Dale Weatherford

HIS YOUNG FRIENDS #1 is the first in a series of seven chapter books for juvenile readers. This book tells the stories of David, Rachel, and Josie, who might have known John the Prophet and Jesus while they lived on earth in the first century. The characters are fiction, but each chapter contains quotes from the Bible with references. This book is fun to read with lots of colorful pictures. HIS YOUNG FRIENDS teaches that Jesus came to show God’s love to everyone!

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Weatherford
• Release date: Apr 24, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005335946

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His Young Friends #1

By Dale Weatherford

Copyright © 2021 by Dale Weatherford All rights reserved

All Scripture is taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

Second edition.

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HIS YOUNG FRIENDS

A SERIES OF 7 BOOKS

BY DALE WEATHERFORD

Each book tells the story of children who might have known Jesus while he lived on earth.

Together the 7 books give an overview of the life of Jesus found in the 4 manuscripts that were written in the 1st Century. Quotes from these manuscripts are included in each book.

To learn more about the author and other material that she has written, please visit weath.net

An audio version of this book is also available at weath.net

HIS YOUNG FRIENDS #1

The Story of David

David -- Chapter 1

David -- Chapter 2

David -- Chapter 3

David -- Chapter 4

David -- Chapter 5

The Story of Rachel

Rachel -- Chapter 1

Rachel -- Chapter 2

Rachel -- Chapter 3

Rachel -- Chapter 4

Rachel -- Chapter 5

Rachel -- Chapter 6

The Story of Josie

Josie -- Chapter 1

Josie -- Chapter 2

Josie -- Chapter 3

Josie -- Chapter 4

Josie -- Chapter 5

THE STORY OF

DAVID

Chapter 1

Good morning, David, I’m so glad your mother let you come early to help. I was just heading out to the market. Bring me the baskets. We must hurry to find a good chicken. Uncle Zechariah should be arriving this afternoon and I want to make a special dinner for him.

David loved going to the market with Aunt Elizabeth. There were so many interesting things to taste and see and he knew if he was a good helper, she would buy him some honey as a treat. Quickly, he gathered up the baskets and together they began the walk to the market.

There were lots of tents set up and so many things to see. But when Aunt Elizabeth said she wanted a chicken — she meant a real live chicken; one with feathers and a beak and sharp claws. David hoped that she didn’t think he was strong enough to carry it, because he wasn’t really sure he wanted to touch it. He was relieved when Aunt Elizabeth motioned for Elrod, her servant, to take the chicken home and begin preparing it.

David helped Aunt Elizabeth carry the baskets that she filled with fruits and vegetables and then they hurried home. It would be a busy day to prepare the special meal.

Everyone was in a festive mood because they knew that soon Uncle Zechariah would return, and he would bring them news of all the wonderful things that he had seen and done while he was in Jerusalem. David’s parents were coming for dinner, too, so they could all hear Uncle Zechariah’s news.

Jerusalem was the capital city of Israel. The temple was up on a high hill overlooking the entire city and you could see it for miles around. David’s whole family went there three times a year for special holy feast days unless someone was sick or there was a new baby to care for. But this was Uncle Zechariah’s time to go alone to work at the temple. He did this every year and returned with news from all over Israel and the surrounding areas. Uncle Zechariah was a priest, and he served his village in the Judean hillside most of the time. But every year, he spent two weeks working at the temple. And now he was on his way home. David could hardly wait.

David helped Aunt Elizabeth in the kitchen when he could, but most of the time he just watched all the servants rushing around preparing dishes and getting the table ready for the meal. "Would you