1 Samuel 23-24
Scripture Thought (What I Learned):
Chapter 23: David Continues to Flee
David hears
that a placed called Keliah is being attacked by the Philistines and David inquires
of the Lord as to what he should do. The Lord tells David to go and save Keliah.
David tells his men to prepare for battle and they tell him that they are too scared
to fight. David inquires a second time and gets the same answer, so he tells his
men that they must go. So they go, and they inflict massive damage and casualties!
Saul hears that David is going to a heavily fortified city named Keliah and thinks
that this is a sign from God that he will put him in prison for him. So Saul goes
and prepares to siege the city.
David however
hears about this and decides to inquire of the Lord. The Lord tells them that YES
Saul is coming and that the people of Keliah will give David to Saul. David and
his men leave the city in droves, and makes it so Saul changes his search from Keliah
to David directly. David, with the help of God evades Saul.
While David
is at Horesh in the desert of Ziph he learns that Saul was coming out to take his
life and that his son Jonathan tells David to not be afraid for his father will
not lay a hand on him. In fact David and Saul make a pact, that David will become
the king of Israel and that Jonathan would be his second in command. After this
pact is made, Jonathan heads home and David stays at Horesh.
Both Saul
and Jonathan know that David will become king! The Ziphites approach Saul and offer
to hand over David, but Saul rejects their offer until they come up with a more
solid offer, because Saul knows David too well! He knows that if he can evade him,
he can easily evade the Ziphites. David is hiding in the Desert of Maon and Saul
is hot on his trail. However the Lord intervenes again! While Saul is chasing David
and his men, a messenger comes and tells Saul that the Philistines were being attacked
and they needed reinforcements. This slows down Saul.
Chapter 24: David Saves Saul's Life
This chapter
picks up where the last one left off. Saul is still pursuing David, but goes into
a cave to relieve himself. While he is in there, he doesn't realize that David and
his men are also hiding in the same cave!
Instead of
killing Saul, David sneaks up to Saul and cuts a corner off of his robe and keeps
his men from attacking him. Saul leaves the cave and David calls out to him. David
explains that he is crazy to think that he was deceiving him or trying to harm the
king. He shows the corner he cut off of his robe, to prove to Saul that he could
have killed him, but he did not! David even calls Saul his king.
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