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). …