September 19, 2021
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Reading along with us in 1 Samuel? Here’s today’s reading:
1 Samuel 29 (NIV)
Achish Sends David Back to Ziklag
1 The Philistines gathered all their forces at Aphek, and Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel. 2 As the Philistine rulers marched with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were marching at the rear with Achish. 3 The commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?”
Achish replied, “Is this not David, who was an officer of Saul king of Israel? He has already been with me for over a year, and from the day he left Saul until now, I have found no fault in him.”............Continue Reading
God is preventing David from sinning here. He is closing the door for David to fight with the Philistines against Israel even though he is trying hard to do so! Nice when God helps us and stops us from making an even bigger mess in our lives!
Side note….that little song will haunt Saul forever! I picture as like a “Baby Shark” kind of a song that everyone just sings and gets stuck in their head! :)))
1 Samuel 29
After a year, it seems likely that someone would complain about David and his people.
1 Samuel 29
David amongst the Philistines had me thinking, somethings got to give. What humility David shows to serve and be spoken well of by such an enemy of Israel. Saul pushed him there and David made the best of it as all of us could learn to do. He was honorable even when he was in an unenviable position. But it makes perfect sense what the Philistine commanders say. You would have to wonder if it really came to it, would the man who couldn’t kill Saul battle against him? And as Kelly shares above, considering David’s future, fighting for the Philistines would not play well amongst the people.
1 Samuel 29
David is greatly respected even among the Philistines, but that is not where he belongs.