Saul craves direction. He lost the hand of God, he killed the priests of Nob, and Samuel is dead. He has no one to turn to in his time of distress. He seeks Samuel’s spirit in a last ditch effort to hear from God. In our reading today we get a quick glimpse of David’s […]
David, fleeing from Saul goes to stay in the enemy’s camp. He and his people seek refuge with the Philistines. David has been running from Saul for years. Two times now David has personally spared Saul’s life. Both times Saul walked away from the encounter with a promise to let David be. Both times he […]
Saul had left David alone after David spared his life. The men from Ziph come to him again with news of David’s whereabouts and he can’t resist. Fortunately David can resist; resist killing Saul in his sleep. I would like to know truthfully what this group of people have against David. This is the second […]
David takes a second wife. Michal is not on the run with him so this is his only wife, for now. She was almost a casualty of her husband’s disdain for others. Abigail is locked in a loveless marriage. She is a “discerning and beautiful” woman who is married to a “harsh and badly behaved” […]
We reach the end of Samuel’s life in our reading today. The text takes up ONE whole verse but his life was SO much more. I want to give Samuel his due. I want to write his eulogy. I know our reading is very short today and I almost rolled this single verse into the […]