Scripture: “King David said, ‘Call in Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.’ When they came before the king, he said to them: ‘Take your lord’s servants with you and have Solomon my son mount my own mule and take him down to Gihon. There have Zadok the priest and Nathan the
Scripture: “After exploring the land for forty days, the men returned to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land. This was their report to Moses: ‘We entered the
David sent his men to do what he was supposed to do – fight battles. As king, he should have been leading the charge against the enemies God commanded him to destroy. That year, David decided to do something different. Instead of leading his men, he decided to stay home. That one decision had colossal consequences. He may have been tired or just didn’t want to go. While the reason is unknown, the idle time at home caused him to lose sight of the mission God had given him as king. He was wandering around on the roof when he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Instead of turning around and going back inside, David sent for the woman he had seen. Someone asked the question that no one was willing to ask…
The Philistines declared war against Israel. During this time, David was living in the Philistine country under Achish, king of Gath. Achish planned on David going into this battle as his personal bodyguard. However, the Philistine officers would not allow it. David tried again, but he wasn’t allowed to go fight on behalf of the Philistines. Interestingly, Saul and his sons were killed in this battle with the Philistines. Unbeknown to the Philistines, David had previously been anointed as the next king of Israel by Samuel, the prophet. David would fight in many battles during his life, but God shielded him from this one. Even though he and his men had been on the run from king Saul, Ziklag would not be their permanent home…