1st Samuel 27 David Flees to Palistine Territory


  Well, we have a little taste of winter this morning here on The Little Hundred Acre Wood. It is 36 degrees and very windy as I am writing to you! Our home is much less drafty after the completion of our siding project last week! That should yield many rewards for us long term in comfort, but also the electric bill! I am so very thankful for this being done! 

  David Flees to Philistine Territory, well, that is what this section of 1st Samuel 27 is titled. David is very loyal to Saul, well, really to God’s will about the Anointed by God King Saul! So he ran to hide from Saul’s pursuit. But David was a raider/pirate of the land, so to speak, and had little regard for human life at this point. This is one of those cultural differences that we need to understand, but also not let it make us dismiss all the good David does in his lifetime. In modern times, we are very black and white on such cultural differences, sometimes totally dismissing someone because of their cultural differences.

  To get a full understanding of the Bible, we need to set some of that aside for characters like David. After all, David is described many times as a man after God’s own heart. So maybe we are the ones in error as we judge him harshly as we read/listen to Today’s Daily Bible Challenge in 1st Samuel 27. Yet there is something to this judgment, as much later God did not allow David to build His Temple due to the blood on David’s hands. I tend to think this blood is in reference to these raids described in today’s chapter! We welcome your comments and questions via PM/DM on any platform you are reading this on. Click the link below to listen to this chapter directly from the NASB 95 version of the Bible.

  We hope to talk with you soon!


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