Tag: 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 26 – 27I knew about David cutting the hem of Saul’s robe while he slept but I had forgotten the incident with the spear. That makes twice that David has demonstrated that he would not kill Saul even when he had the opportunity – once privately and now publicly. Although Saul spoke of…

1 Samuel 25David’s reaction to Nabal seems a bit extreme. He surely was better off because of the intervention of Abigail. The thing that I wonder about is why he took two new wives and also whether it was partly a reaction to Saul giving Michal, Saul’s daughter and David’s first wife, to someone else.…

1 Samuel 24How could Saul later come against David again, intent to kill him, after he knew for himself that David refused to kill him even when he was handed a golden opportunity to do so.

1 Samuel 23Why was Saul not delivering Keilah from the Philistines? Possibly because he was too busy trying to figure out how to kill David. How can Saul have any right to bless anyone in the name of the Lord? Certainly not for aiding him in his unjust pursuit.

1 Samuel 21 – 22It amazes me to read that there is one school of thought among Jewish scholars which argues that Saul was a good man who was judged for his few mistakes. He slaughtered the priests of the Lord for helping David in ignorance yet he refused to kill the king of the…

1 Samuel 20Was Jonathan Saul’s oldest son? If so, does that indicate that Saul was old enough to be David’s father? It appears that Saul reigned longer than I had imagined based on the fact that after only two years on the throne he offered sacrifice without authority and was told that his kingdom would…

1 Samuel 18 – 19Saul did no take long to regret having set David at the head of some troops in the aftermath of his slaying Goliath. Of course the people might have said he feared David had he not honored him somehow. I find it interesting that Saul recognized that the spirit was with…

1 Samuel 17It sounds like the Goliath experience was the first war experience after the Lord rejected Saul as king. Perhaps that is why he feared – because the Lord was no longer supporting him and Samuel had refused to visit him anymore. We often think of David as a young boy who was brave…

1 Samuel 16I had always thought that Saul first learned about David when he killed Goliath and afterward asked him to play the harp for him. Saul learned about David’s skill with the harp before the Goliath incident and called him to play before any of that although the report from Saul’s servant indicated that…

1 Samuel 15Do we ever report in claiming to have done as the Lord has requested when we clearly have not done so? I know the kids frequently do that with what we ask. Saul shows how little he understands as he tries to convince Samuel to change his mind when Samuel tells him that…