1st Samuel 29-30

  Good morning and Happy Tuesday to each of you. Madeline (my darling bride) and I attended the commencement of a class of men and women from the Re/Generation program at our church last night. I was up late for that and am running a bit late posting this this morning. I am also late, as I was perplexed by a situation in today’s chapters.

  It would seem as if David has himself in a precarious situation. If he fights, he will be committing treason against Saul and his own people. But if he doesn't, he will lose the protection from his local king! But given the deception David used against his local king Achish, David was probably just posturing here and counting on God’s deliverance from this situation. After all, how could David become King of Israel if he went out into battle against his own people as a traitor?

  This kind of anomaly in the Bible always sends me off into a research binge, trying to gain understanding of what is always my own misunderstanding of the scripture. Yes, I believe the Bible is inerrant (without error), so usually when we find something like this, it is that we have taken something out of context. When we read all of 1st Samuel, we find how David was tricking Achish into believing his complete loyalty, but battling God’s people would not be in alignment with everything else we have read about David and his loyalty to God above all else!

  In chapter 30, we find David and all his 600 men have lost their families due to a raid from invaders while they were going to the battle referenced above. These invaders burned their whole town and stole their families. Click the link below and hear what David and his men did about this! No, I won’t give it away; you need to click the link and hear/read it for yourself!

  Talk with you soon!


https://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/popPlayer.cfm?type=nasb_n&b=9&c=29