1 Samuel 19
I do apologise for the rather sporadic posting over the last couple of weeks. I came back from Poland and the Czech republic with the dreaded lurgi (undefined illness invented by Spike Milligan), my voice is still quite ropey, and then have just bought a new computer which I've been trying to set up how I want it
Saul has issued orders to his son, Jonathan and his servants that David is marked for death, but Jonathan has become best friends with David and warns him to make himself scarce, but that he would also have a word with his father, the king on David's behalf.
Jonathan speaks highly of David to Saul and Saul relents and lifts the death threat from David and all goes back to normal for a bit.
Soon enough though, the Philistines go to war against Israel and David goes out as one of the champion warriors of Israel, attacking the Philistines with such force that their campaign collapsed and they withdrew. Meanwhile Saul is afflicted with the evil spirit and Saul tried to pin David to the wall with a spear - David was playing the lyre at the time - have you ever seen the movie "Animal House" where the guy is playing a guitar in the party and John Belushi comes up, grabs the guitar and smashes it to bits, handing the wreckage back with a single word "Sorry"? I don't know for sure what made Saul attack it might have been David's incessant strumming!.
By this time, David's wife, who happens to be Saul's younger daughter, helps David escape through the window placing an idol in his bed with a bit of goat hair on its head. Charming that David's hair looked like a goat!! (Though in my case a luxuriant head of hair is a long distant memory!)
David went and stayed with Samuel the elderly prophet at Ramah.
Saul sent men to bring David back, but they were touched by God and prophesied, returning empty handed.
He sent more men and the same thing happened.
Finally Saul himself went to capture David, but the Spirit of God came on Saul again and he prophesied stripping off all his clothes (Charming!)
I do apologise for the rather sporadic posting over the last couple of weeks. I came back from Poland and the Czech republic with the dreaded lurgi (undefined illness invented by Spike Milligan), my voice is still quite ropey, and then have just bought a new computer which I've been trying to set up how I want it
Saul has issued orders to his son, Jonathan and his servants that David is marked for death, but Jonathan has become best friends with David and warns him to make himself scarce, but that he would also have a word with his father, the king on David's behalf.
Jonathan speaks highly of David to Saul and Saul relents and lifts the death threat from David and all goes back to normal for a bit.
Soon enough though, the Philistines go to war against Israel and David goes out as one of the champion warriors of Israel, attacking the Philistines with such force that their campaign collapsed and they withdrew. Meanwhile Saul is afflicted with the evil spirit and Saul tried to pin David to the wall with a spear - David was playing the lyre at the time - have you ever seen the movie "Animal House" where the guy is playing a guitar in the party and John Belushi comes up, grabs the guitar and smashes it to bits, handing the wreckage back with a single word "Sorry"? I don't know for sure what made Saul attack it might have been David's incessant strumming!.
By this time, David's wife, who happens to be Saul's younger daughter, helps David escape through the window placing an idol in his bed with a bit of goat hair on its head. Charming that David's hair looked like a goat!! (Though in my case a luxuriant head of hair is a long distant memory!)
David went and stayed with Samuel the elderly prophet at Ramah.
Saul sent men to bring David back, but they were touched by God and prophesied, returning empty handed.
He sent more men and the same thing happened.
Finally Saul himself went to capture David, but the Spirit of God came on Saul again and he prophesied stripping off all his clothes (Charming!)
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