Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, “God has given him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.” And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.Continue reading “1 Samuel 23: 7-14….On the run.”
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1 Samuel 23: 1-6….Seeking God’s will.
Now they told David, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors.” Therefore David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.” But David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid hereContinue reading “1 Samuel 23: 1-6….Seeking God’s will.”
1 Samuel 22: 18-23…..Doeg the Edomite.
Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod. And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; both man and woman, child and infant, ox,Continue reading “1 Samuel 22: 18-23…..Doeg the Edomite.”
1 Samuel 22: 11-17…..The king’s order disobeyed.
Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were at Nob, and all of them came to the king. And Saul said, “Hear now, son of Ahitub.” And he answered, “Here I am, my lord.” And Saul said to him, “Why haveContinue reading “1 Samuel 22: 11-17…..The king’s order disobeyed.”
1Samuel22: 6-10…..Doeg spills the beans!
Now Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him. Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him. And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, people of Benjamin;Continue reading “1Samuel22: 6-10…..Doeg spills the beans!”
1 Samuel 22: 1-5…..Finding a hiding place.
David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him. And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him. And he became commander overContinue reading “1 Samuel 22: 1-5…..Finding a hiding place.”
1 Samuel 21: 10-15…..David not welcomed!
And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath. And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances,‘Saul has struck down his thousands,and David his ten thousands’?”And DavidContinue reading “1 Samuel 21: 10-15…..David not welcomed!”
Galatians 4: 28-31….Whose child are you?
Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now. But what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son ofContinue reading “Galatians 4: 28-31….Whose child are you?”
Galatians 4:21-27 Allegorically speaking!
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the freeContinue reading “Galatians 4:21-27 Allegorically speaking!”
Galatians 4: 8-20….Who is this about?
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want toContinue reading “Galatians 4: 8-20….Who is this about?”
As I read it! 