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And Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters. Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to men who come from I doContinue reading “1 Samuel 25: 10-13….. David sees ‘red’!”

Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah.Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousandContinue reading “1 Samuel 25: 1-9…..There must be more to this story!”

Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. Comment: We’ve had a lot of detail of Samuel’s life. His beginning, even the emotional and sexual history of his parents is given us in Chapter one of this book He dies at the beginningContinue reading “1 Samuel 25: 1a…..Samuel’s epitaph.”

Afterward David also arose and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and paid homage. And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Behold, David seeks yourContinue reading “1 Samuel 24: 8-15…..A brave showing.”

When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.” Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats’ Rocks. And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there wasContinue reading “1 Samuel 24: 1-7….Hunted again….”