When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down. He lay down flat with his face toward the ground. 9 He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is trying to harm you’? 10 This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord handed you over to me in the...
“You will inherit the throne of Israel.” He knew that Saul was in the way of that promise. But he also knew it was disobedient for him to kill Saul, because God put Saul in a position of authority and it wasGod’sjob to take care of Saul, not David’s. David wanted the promis...
We see, in this Scripture above, that the enemies of David have been rendered helpless to harm him {broken the teeth of the ungodly}. Notice, David did not render his enemies harmless, God did. All believers need to remember that Satan was defeated by the LORD Jesus Christ on the cross...
David would not kill the annointed King of Israel. At the end of 1 Samuel, Saul and his sons are dead. The men of Israel, including David already know that King Saul has perished. Along comes this Amalakite to inform King David of Saul and his sons’ deaths. ...
9 David asked Saul, “Why do you listen to rumors that I am trying to harm you? 10 Today you saw how Yahweh handed you over to me in the cave. Although I was told to kill you, I spared you, saying, ‘I will not raise my hand against Your Majesty because...
By taking Saul's spear, David demonstrates his ability to harm Saul but chooses not to, highlighting his respect for God's anointed king. This act serves as a powerful testament to David's integrity and his reliance on God's sovereignty rather than taking matters into his own hands. David...
David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly.”NASB 1977 And David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will ...
26Yet Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him.lHe is not clean; surely he is not clean.”27But onmthe second day, the day after the new moon,kDavid’s place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has not the son of Jes...
Saul for that position. Interestingly enough, of all the troubles a king would bring, like taxes, standing armies, forced labor, and so forth, all the things Samuel mentioned, Saul was the only king that did not impose any of those things on the people. David did, but not Saul. But ...
In his confrontation with Goliath, David would care forYahweh’sflock—the people of Israel—and once again defend “his father’s sheep” from harm. This time, the Lord would rescue him from a foe that Saul and his entire army were terrified of (1 Samuel 17:11). ...