Why David Must Run Away

AFTER David kills Gl-li'ath, Israel's army chief Ab'ner brings him to Saul. Saul is very pleased with David. He makes him a chief in his army and takes him to live at the king's house.

Later, when the army returns from fighting the Phi-lis'tines, the women sing:  "Saul has killed thousands, but David has killed tens of thousands.'  This makes Saul jealous.  He loves David very much, and David loves Jon'a-than too.  So the two make a promise to each other that they will always be friends.

David is a very good player of the harp, and Saul likes the music that he plays.  But one day Saul's jealousy causes him to do a terrible thing.  While David is playing the harp, Saul takes his spear and throws it, saying:  'I will pin David to the wall!'  But David dodges, and the spear misses. Later Saul misses David again with his spear. So David knows now that he must be  very careful.

Do you remember that promised that Saul made?  He said that he would give his daughter to the wife of the man who killed Go-li'ath.  Saul at last tells David that he can have his daughter Mi'chal, but first he must kill 100 of the enemy Phi-lis'tines. Think of that!  Saul really hopes that the Phi-lis'tines will kill David. But they don't, and so Saul gives David his daughter to be David's wife. 

Note: They are summarizing this here, because David had to run away and hide in the mountains for fear of his life and Jon'a-than helps him to hide and doesn't tell anyone.  In my opinion, important information is left out here. To really get the whole story, you really need to go to the Bible and read the book of Samuel.  And if you don't understand it, then you need to ask Jehovah God to give you wisdom and discernment in order to understand it. And if he feels you are sincere and serious, he will allow you to do so. And if he feels you are not sincere-and he will know, then he won't allow you to understand what it is saying and meaning. Also, if you want to understand anything else, you must read the Bible itself,  page for page, just like you would a book, but take that slower, so you can get the understanding better. 

Next time: Conclusion of Why David Must Run Away

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