And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.” Then Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.” And when the messengers came in, behold, the image was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair atContinue reading “1Samuel 19: 14-20….Saul thwarted.”
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1 Samuel 19: 8-13…..Was it the Green-eyed Dragon?
And there was war again. And David went out and fought with the Philistines and struck them with a great blow, so that they fled before him. Then a harmful spirit from the LORD came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing the lyre.Continue reading “1 Samuel 19: 8-13…..Was it the Green-eyed Dragon?”
1 Samuel 19: 1-7…. Jonathan sways his father’s thinking.
And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted much in David. And Jonathan told David, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Therefore be on your guard in the morning. Stay in a secret place and hide yourself. And I willContinue reading “1 Samuel 19: 1-7…. Jonathan sways his father’s thinking.”
1 Samuel 18: 26-30…..Double the price paid!
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the time had expired, David arose and went, along with his men, and killed two hundred of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might becomeContinue reading “1 Samuel 18: 26-30…..Double the price paid!”
1 Samuel 18: 23-25….100 Foreskins
And Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, “Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and have no reputation?” And the servants of Saul told him, “Thus and so did David speak.” Then Saul said, “Thus shallContinue reading “1 Samuel 18: 23-25….100 Foreskins”
1 Samuel 18: 17-22….Arranged marriages.
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’S battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.” And David said to Saul,Continue reading “1 Samuel 18: 17-22….Arranged marriages.”
1 Samuel 18: 10-16…. That’s nasty, Saul!
The next day a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved within his house while David was playing the lyre, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand. And Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David evaded himContinue reading “1 Samuel 18: 10-16…. That’s nasty, Saul!”
1 Samuel 18: 1-9…. David makes a Friend and a Foe
As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved himContinue reading “1 Samuel 18: 1-9…. David makes a Friend and a Foe”
Christmas 2021…. The Incarnate Deity is born.
Luke 2 1-7: In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, toContinue reading “Christmas 2021…. The Incarnate Deity is born.”
John 1: 9-18….So what does it mean for mankind?
The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed inContinue reading “John 1: 9-18….So what does it mean for mankind?”
As I read it! 