One of the Bible’s great heroes, King David, had to flee on several occasions, and there are some interesting lessons to be learned from these events. We begin with David’s escape to the cave of Adullam: “1 David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they …
1 Sam 22:1-5 – David in the Cave of Adullam
1Sam 22:1 David went from being a celebrated hero to having to flee in haste and hide in a cave. He has recently been anointed the future king of Israel, killed Goliath, become commander of Israel’s army, defeated the Philistines, married the king’s daughter and made a covenant with the king’s son Jonathan. But now he has fallen out of …
1 Sam 17:1-58 – David and Goliath
1Sam 17:1-3 The Philistines were a Greek people who originally came from “the island of Caphtor”, which is probably Crete (Jeremiah 47:4, Amos 9:7). They had settled on the coast of Israel, including the Gaza area. 1Sam 17:4-7 Since it is a bit uncertain how to interpret the measurement “six cubits and a quarter”, the estimate of Goliath’s length varies …
1 Sam 16:1-13 – David is Anointed King
1Sam 16:1-3 The prophet Samuel was naturally saddened that King Saul had failed as king and had been rejected by God. But as it says in Ecclesiastes chapter 3, there is a time for everything; “4 There is a time for weeping, and a time for smiling. There is a time to mourn, and a time to dance. “(Ecclesiastes 3:4). …