On a couple of occasions he had to duck when Saul threw spears at him while he was playing.ĭavid was anointed many years earlier and yet he’s still not King. We know that David was initially brought on the scene to play for him, to play music that would soothe him and Saul got to know David and David got to see the madness in Saul.
This is where the trouble for David really started. From this time forward it seems that Saul distressing spirit overtakes him. So the spirit rests on David and the spirit is removed from Saul and a distressing spirit is given to him instead. (1Sa 16:13)īut the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. If you look back to chapter 16 we’ll see that Samuel had anointed David many years earlier but he’s not King yet, why is that? It says in 1 Samuel 16:13… It’s interesting that as we said earlier that God can bring us through trials which can prepare for greater work, and you can see this early on in the life of David because it was many years earlier that he was actually anointed and yet why wasn’t he King? So he flees to the land of the Philistines, Israel’s enemy and he lives with the Philistines for about a year and he goes out on raids and is given an area to live in Ziklag with an army of 600 men. Saul’s words were one thing but David knew what he was thinking and he didn’t trust that Saul would not try to kill him. So had Saul learned his lesson? Did David no longer have anything to fear? It seems so, but if you turn to chapter 27 it seems that David knew better and knew Saul’s heart.Īnd David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. On both occasions David confronted Saul saying that he could have killed him but wouldn’t touch the Lord’s anointed and on each occasion Saul professed his wrongdoing, promising to leave David alone. The other occasion was when David and his men were hiding in the cave and Saul came into the cave to relieve himself while in pursuit and David cut off the corner of his robe. Abishai wants to seize the opportunity and thrust the spear through Saul which is standing next to him and pin him to the ground, but David says, no, it’s not for him to remove the King, refusing to lay his hands upon the Lord’s anointed. However during the night, the Lord brings a deep sleep over Saul and his men and David sneaks down to the camp with Abishai.
Twice David had opportunity to take the life of Saul, on one occasion in 1 Sam 26, the Ziphites came to Saul revealing the whereabouts of David, and Saul pursues him to the country of Hachilah near to Jeshimon. The theme that runs throughout the second half of 1 Samuel is that of God intending to remove Saul and make David king instead. David for years has been hunted by Saul, and in fact we find him fleeing to the Philistines to escape Saul, the enemy that finally brought down Saul. For years Saul has chased David through the country trying to kill him, for Saul knows that God has rejected him and David has been accepted in his place. Saul throughout his reign has been struggling with the Philistines all along, and his reign is coming to an abrupt and unpleasant end at the hands of the Philistines, but David’s is just beginning. God guides David and takes him from watching the sheep as a shepherd to being able to rule over his people as King, but along the way there are great trials and hardships for David, many times he faced death, but God brings him through and he comes out the other side as someone ready and prepared to rule over Israel. We will see how God brought the young man David, who was anointed many years before he took his throne, having to go through all these trials, and how God used these trials to prepare him to rule over his kingdom.
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