David’s lead depends on success
David destroys Amalekite raiders, increases his army, and hears of the battle loss and of Saul’s death; the man who …
Category Archives: 1 Samuel
The other side of David
David spares Saul again then lives with the Philistines, who then attack Israel but refuse David’s help; in desperation, Saul …
Saul’s short-lived conciliation
David reuses to kill Saul but Saul continues his campaign; Abigail saves her husband Nabal, then he dies and David …
The start of a long civil war
Saul slaughters priests in his campaign against David; David’s prayerful response in psalms: 1 Samuel 22:1–2; Psalm 57; Psalm 142; 1 Chronicles …
Feign madness and live
Saul’s continued attempts to kill David upset Jonathan and cause David to flee Israel; David’s escape and prayerful response in a Psalm: …
How David met Saul
Saul’s jealousy of David and attempts to kill him; David’s escape and prayerful response in a Psalm: 1 Samuel 18–19; Psalm 59 …
Saul loses hope
Saul wins battles but his disobedience leads God to choose David; David serves Saul, defeats Goliath: 1 Samuel 15–17 This …
Saul’s early victories
Saul and Jonathan defeat the Philistines despite Israel’s lack of fighting men and weapons: 1 Chronicles 9:35–39; 1 Samuel 13–14 It’s …
The first disaster for Gad and Reuben and an Ammonite defeat
Saul the reluctant king; Ammonites defeated in battle; Samuel’s last words: 1 Samuel 9–12 The choice of Gad and Reuben to …
Samuel turns Israel back to God
The Philistines return the Ark of the covenant; God defeats the Philistines; Samuel judges Israel; the Israelites reject Samuel’s sons and want a king …
She asked the Lord of Heaven’s armies for a child
The decline of Eli (the house of Aaron), Samuel’s beginnings, losing the Ark of the Covenant: 1 Samuel 1–4 The Lord …
Jabez
The genealogy from Judah to King David: Ruth 4:13–22; 1 Chronicles 2:9–55 and 4:1–23 In the middle of a list of fathers, …
How did Saul die?
David destroys Amalekite raiders, increases his army, and hears of the battle loss and of Saul’s death; the man who …
God’s rejection of Saul
David spares Saul again then lives with the Philistines, who then attack Israel but refuse David’s help; in desperation, Saul …
Don’t touch the Lord’s anointed
David reuses to kill Saul but Saul continues his campaign; Abigail saves her husband Nabal, then he dies and David …
Saul’s new low
Saul slaughters priests in his campaign against David; David’s prayerful response in psalms: 1 Samuel 22:1–2; Psalm 57; Psalm 142; 1 Chronicles …
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