WEBVTT 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.719 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:09.779 in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Samuel chapter 00:00:09.779 --> 00:00:14.779 17 through 19. Chapter 17 Now the Philistines 00:00:14.779 --> 00:00:16.960 gathered their armies together to battle, and 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:19.199 were gathered at Soco, which belongs to Judah. 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:22.559 They encamped between Soco and Azekah in Ephes 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:25.339 -Demim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered 00:00:25.339 --> 00:00:27.519 together, and they encamped in the valley of 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:29.859 Elah. and drew up in battle array against the 00:00:29.859 --> 00:00:32.299 philistines the philistines stood on a mountain 00:00:32.299 --> 00:00:34.759 on one side and israel stood on a mountain on 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:37.479 the other side with a valley between them and 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:39.640 a champion went out from the camp of the philistines 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:42.740 named goliath from gat whose height was six cubits 00:00:42.740 --> 00:00:45.420 and a span he had a bronze helmet on his head 00:00:45.420 --> 00:00:47.899 and he was armed with a coat of mail and the 00:00:47.899 --> 00:00:49.899 weight of the coat was five thousand shekels 00:00:49.899 --> 00:00:52.619 of bronze and he had bronze armor on his legs 00:00:52.619 --> 00:00:55.179 and a bronze javelin between his shoulders now 00:00:55.179 --> 00:00:57.560 the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam 00:00:57.929 --> 00:01:00.630 And his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels, 00:01:00.630 --> 00:01:03.229 and a shield -bearer went before him. Then he 00:01:03.229 --> 00:01:05.189 stood and cried out to the armies of Israel and 00:01:05.189 --> 00:01:07.349 said to them, Why have you come out to line up 00:01:07.349 --> 00:01:09.950 for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the 00:01:09.950 --> 00:01:12.219 servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves 00:01:12.219 --> 00:01:15.060 and let him come down to me. If he is able to 00:01:15.060 --> 00:01:17.299 fight with me and kill me, then we will be your 00:01:17.299 --> 00:01:19.840 servants. But if I prevail against him and kill 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:22.299 him, then you shall be our servants and service. 00:01:22.620 --> 00:01:25.019 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of 00:01:25.019 --> 00:01:27.519 Israel this day. Give me a man that we may fight 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:29.799 together. When Saul and all Israel heard these 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:32.159 words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.439 greatly afraid. Now David was the son of that 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:36.739 Ephratite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was 00:01:36.739 --> 00:01:39.430 Jesse and who had eight sons. and the man who 00:01:39.430 --> 00:01:41.890 was old advanced in years in the days of Saul. 00:01:42.170 --> 00:01:44.870 The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow 00:01:44.870 --> 00:01:47.409 Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons 00:01:47.409 --> 00:01:50.069 who went to the battle were Eliab, the firstborn, 00:01:50.189 --> 00:01:53.090 next to him Abinadab, and the third, Shammah. 00:01:53.530 --> 00:01:55.829 David was the youngest, and the three oldest 00:01:55.829 --> 00:01:58.750 followed Saul. But David occasionally went and 00:01:58.750 --> 00:02:01.030 returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep 00:02:01.030 --> 00:02:03.370 at Bethlehem. And a Philistine drew near and 00:02:03.370 --> 00:02:06.049 presented himself forty days, morning and evening. 00:02:06.329 --> 00:02:08.990 Then Jesse said to his son David, Take now for 00:02:08.990 --> 00:02:11.389 your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and 00:02:11.389 --> 00:02:13.330 these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at 00:02:13.330 --> 00:02:15.409 the camp, and carry these ten cheeses to the 00:02:15.409 --> 00:02:17.830 captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers 00:02:17.830 --> 00:02:20.889 fare, and bring back news of them. Now Saul and 00:02:20.889 --> 00:02:23.030 they and all the men of Israel were in the valley 00:02:23.030 --> 00:02:25.370 of Elah fighting with the Philistines. So David 00:02:25.370 --> 00:02:27.530 rose early in the morning, left the sheep with 00:02:27.530 --> 00:02:29.889 a keeper, and took the things, and went as Jesse 00:02:29.889 --> 00:02:32.000 had commanded him. And he came to the camp as 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:34.000 the army was going out to the fight, and shouting 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:36.400 for the battle. For Israel and the Philistines 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.000 had drawn up in battle array, army against army. 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:41.439 And David left his supplies in the hand of the 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:43.900 supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and 00:02:43.900 --> 00:02:46.199 greeted his brothers. Then as he talked with 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:48.340 them, there was the champion, the Philistine 00:02:48.340 --> 00:02:51.020 of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the 00:02:51.020 --> 00:02:53.159 armies of the Philistines. And he spoke according 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:55.949 to the same words. So David heard them. And all 00:02:55.949 --> 00:02:58.169 the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled 00:02:58.169 --> 00:03:00.870 from him and were dreadfully afraid. So the men 00:03:00.870 --> 00:03:03.050 of Israel said, Have you seen this man who has 00:03:03.050 --> 00:03:05.849 come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. 00:03:06.030 --> 00:03:08.270 And it shall be that the man who kills him, the 00:03:08.270 --> 00:03:10.770 king will enrich with great riches, will give 00:03:10.770 --> 00:03:12.610 him his daughter and give his father's house 00:03:12.610 --> 00:03:15.810 exemption from taxes in Israel. Then David spoke 00:03:15.810 --> 00:03:18.169 to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall 00:03:18.169 --> 00:03:20.150 be done for the man who kills this Philistine 00:03:20.150 --> 00:03:22.699 and takes away the reproach from Israel? For 00:03:22.699 --> 00:03:25.259 who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he 00:03:25.259 --> 00:03:27.860 should defy the armies of the living God? And 00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:29.719 the people answered him in this manner, saying, 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:32.319 So shall it be done for the man who kills him. 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:35.240 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:37.520 to the men, and Eliab's anger was aroused against 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:40.080 David. And he said, Why did you come down here? 00:03:40.219 --> 00:03:42.460 And with whom have you left those few sheep in 00:03:42.460 --> 00:03:44.879 the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:46.919 of your heart, for you have come down to see 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:49.340 the battle. And David said, What have I done 00:03:49.340 --> 00:03:52.180 now? Is there not a cause? Then he turned from 00:03:52.180 --> 00:03:54.379 him toward another and said the same thing. And 00:03:54.379 --> 00:03:56.520 these people answered him as the first ones did. 00:03:56.900 --> 00:03:59.360 Now when the words which David spoke were heard, 00:03:59.460 --> 00:04:01.900 they reported them to Saul, and he sent for him. 00:04:02.060 --> 00:04:04.919 Then David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:07.419 because of him. Your servant will go and fight 00:04:07.419 --> 00:04:09.780 with this Philistine. And Saul said to David, 00:04:09.939 --> 00:04:11.879 You are not able to go against this Philistine 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:14.400 to fight with him, for you are a youth, and he 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:17.100 a man of war from his youth. But David said to 00:04:17.100 --> 00:04:19.220 Saul, Your servant used to keep his father's 00:04:19.220 --> 00:04:22.000 sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:24.480 a lamb out of the flock, I went after it and 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:26.620 struck it and delivered the lamb from its mouth. 00:04:26.819 --> 00:04:29.000 And when it arose against me, I caught it by 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:31.480 its beard and struck and killed it. Your servant 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:34.240 has killed both lion and bear, and this uncircumcised 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:36.379 Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he 00:04:36.379 --> 00:04:38.839 has defied the armies of the living God. Moreover, 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:41.579 David said, The Lord who delivered me from the 00:04:41.579 --> 00:04:43.620 paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, 00:04:43.740 --> 00:04:45.980 he will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:48.939 And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord be with 00:04:48.939 --> 00:04:51.839 you. So Saul clothed David with his armor, and 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:54.500 he put a bronze helmet on his head. He also clothed 00:04:54.500 --> 00:04:57.139 them with a coat of mail. David fastened his 00:04:57.139 --> 00:04:59.980 sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he 00:04:59.980 --> 00:05:02.240 had not tested them. And David said to Saul, 00:05:02.420 --> 00:05:04.819 I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested 00:05:04.819 --> 00:05:07.680 them. So David took them off. Then he took his 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:09.980 staff in his hand, and he chose for himself five 00:05:09.980 --> 00:05:12.540 smooth stones from the brook, and put them in 00:05:12.540 --> 00:05:15.279 a shepherd's bag, in a pouch which he had, and 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:17.800 his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:20.819 the Philistine. So the Philistine came, and began 00:05:20.819 --> 00:05:23.100 drawing near to David. And the man who bore the 00:05:23.100 --> 00:05:25.079 shield went before him. And when the Philistine 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:27.480 looked about and saw David, he disdained him, 00:05:27.620 --> 00:05:30.319 for he was only a youth, ruddy and good -looking. 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:33.060 So the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:35.480 that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:37.860 cursed David by his gods. And the Philistine 00:05:37.860 --> 00:05:40.100 said to David, Come to me, and I will give your 00:05:40.100 --> 00:05:42.100 flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts 00:05:42.100 --> 00:05:44.420 of the field. Then David said to the Philistine, 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:47.019 You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and 00:05:47.019 --> 00:05:49.019 with a javelin. But I come to you in the name 00:05:49.019 --> 00:05:51.120 of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:54.060 Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord 00:05:54.060 --> 00:05:56.079 will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:58.550 you and take your head from you. And this day 00:05:58.550 --> 00:06:00.970 I will give the carcasses of the camp of the 00:06:00.970 --> 00:06:03.410 Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild 00:06:03.410 --> 00:06:05.930 beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know 00:06:05.930 --> 00:06:08.589 that there is a God in Israel. Then all this 00:06:08.589 --> 00:06:10.850 assembly shall know that the Lord does not save 00:06:10.850 --> 00:06:13.810 with sword and spear, for the battle is the Lord's, 00:06:13.829 --> 00:06:16.550 and he will give you into our hands. So it was 00:06:16.550 --> 00:06:18.529 when the Philistine arose and came and drew near 00:06:18.529 --> 00:06:20.990 to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward 00:06:20.990 --> 00:06:23.490 the army to meet the Philistine. Then David put 00:06:23.490 --> 00:06:25.920 his hand in his bag and took out a stone. And 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:27.740 he slung it and struck the Philistine in his 00:06:27.740 --> 00:06:30.319 forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.079 and he fell on his face to the earth. So David 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:35.120 prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:37.079 a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:39.639 him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:42.399 Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:44.699 took his sword and drew it out of its sheath, 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:46.819 and killed him, and cut off his head with it. 00:06:47.139 --> 00:06:49.060 And when the Philistine saw that their champion 00:06:49.060 --> 00:06:51.420 was dead, they fled. Now the men of Israel and 00:06:51.420 --> 00:06:53.779 Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines 00:06:53.779 --> 00:06:56.060 as far as the entrance of the valley and to the 00:06:56.060 --> 00:06:58.319 gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.560 fell along the road to Sherem, even as far as 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:03.920 Gath and Ekron. Then the children of Israel returned 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:06.079 from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:08.480 their tents. And David took the head of the Philistine 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:11.139 and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor 00:07:11.139 --> 00:07:14.449 in his tent. When Saul saw David going out against 00:07:14.449 --> 00:07:16.610 the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander 00:07:16.610 --> 00:07:19.329 of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth? 00:07:19.529 --> 00:07:22.170 And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I 00:07:22.170 --> 00:07:24.550 do not know. So the king said, Inquire whose 00:07:24.550 --> 00:07:27.089 son this young man is. Then as David returned 00:07:27.089 --> 00:07:29.389 from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took 00:07:29.389 --> 00:07:31.290 him and brought him before Saul with the head 00:07:31.290 --> 00:07:33.550 of the Philistine in his hand. And Saul said 00:07:33.550 --> 00:07:36.189 to him, Whose son are you, young man? So David 00:07:36.189 --> 00:07:38.269 answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse 00:07:38.269 --> 00:07:43.360 the Bethlehemite. Now when he had finished speaking 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.160 to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:48.240 soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:50.800 own soul. Saul took him that day and would not 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:52.839 let him go home to his father's house anymore. 00:07:53.100 --> 00:07:55.259 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because 00:07:55.259 --> 00:07:58.000 he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan took 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:00.579 off the robe that was on him and gave it to David 00:08:00.579 --> 00:08:03.579 with his armor, even to his sword and his bow 00:08:03.579 --> 00:08:06.319 and his belt. So David went out wherever Saul 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.930 sent him and behaved wisely. And Saul set him 00:08:08.930 --> 00:08:11.310 over the men of war, and he was accepted in the 00:08:11.310 --> 00:08:13.350 sight of all the people and also in the sight 00:08:13.350 --> 00:08:16.269 of Saul's servants. Now it had happened, as they 00:08:16.269 --> 00:08:18.430 were coming home, when David was returning from 00:08:18.430 --> 00:08:20.410 the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women 00:08:20.410 --> 00:08:22.589 had come out of all the cities of Israel singing 00:08:22.589 --> 00:08:25.230 and dancing to meet King Saul with tambourines, 00:08:25.310 --> 00:08:27.829 with joy, and with musical instruments. So the 00:08:27.829 --> 00:08:30.490 women sang as they danced and said, Saul has 00:08:30.490 --> 00:08:33.049 slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 00:08:33.289 --> 00:08:35.950 Then Saul was very angry. And the saying displeased 00:08:35.950 --> 00:08:38.210 him, and he said, They have ascribed to David 00:08:38.210 --> 00:08:40.710 ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only 00:08:40.710 --> 00:08:43.490 thousands. Now what more can he have but the 00:08:43.490 --> 00:08:46.309 kingdom? So Saul eyed David from that day forward. 00:08:46.710 --> 00:08:49.330 And it happened on the next day that the distressing 00:08:49.330 --> 00:08:52.169 spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied 00:08:52.169 --> 00:08:54.570 inside the house. So David played music with 00:08:54.570 --> 00:08:57.169 his hand, as at other times, but there was a 00:08:57.169 --> 00:08:59.769 spear in Saul's hand. And Saul cast the spear, 00:08:59.850 --> 00:09:02.279 and he said, I will pin David to the wall. But 00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:05.360 David escaped his presence twice. Now Saul was 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:07.419 afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, 00:09:07.460 --> 00:09:10.139 but had departed from Saul. Therefore Saul removed 00:09:10.139 --> 00:09:12.220 him from his presence, and made him his captain 00:09:12.220 --> 00:09:14.820 over a thousand. And he went out and came in 00:09:14.820 --> 00:09:17.279 before the people. And David behaved wisely in 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:19.720 all his ways, and the Lord was with him. Therefore 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:22.539 when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he 00:09:22.539 --> 00:09:25.100 was afraid of him. But all Israel and Judah loved 00:09:25.100 --> 00:09:27.279 David, because he went out and came in before 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:30.240 them. Then Saul said to David, Here is my older 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:32.919 daughter Merab. I will give her to you as a wife. 00:09:33.059 --> 00:09:35.639 Only be valiant for me and fight the Lord's battles. 00:09:35.820 --> 00:09:38.679 For Saul thought, Let my hand not be against 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:41.000 him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:44.279 him. So David said to Saul, Who am I, and what 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:46.779 is my life or my father's family in Israel, that 00:09:46.779 --> 00:09:49.200 I should be son -in -law to the king? But it 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:51.620 happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:54.019 should have been given to David, that she was 00:09:54.019 --> 00:09:57.149 given to Adriel, the Meholatite, as a wife. Now 00:09:57.149 --> 00:09:59.710 Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David, and they 00:09:59.710 --> 00:10:02.250 told Saul, and the thing pleased him. So Saul 00:10:02.250 --> 00:10:04.330 said, I will give her to him, that she may be 00:10:04.330 --> 00:10:06.769 a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines 00:10:06.769 --> 00:10:09.230 may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David 00:10:09.230 --> 00:10:11.610 a second time, You shall be my son -in -law today. 00:10:11.889 --> 00:10:14.070 And Saul commanded his servants, Communicate 00:10:14.070 --> 00:10:16.669 with David secretly and say, Look, the king has 00:10:16.669 --> 00:10:18.809 delight in you, and all his servants love you. 00:10:18.929 --> 00:10:20.929 Now therefore become the king's son -in -law. 00:10:21.340 --> 00:10:23.860 So Saul's servants spoke those words in the hearing 00:10:23.860 --> 00:10:26.440 of David. And David said, Does it seem to you 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:29.139 a light thing to be a king's son -in -law, seeing 00:10:29.139 --> 00:10:32.200 I am a poor and lightly esteemed man? And the 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:34.299 servants of Saul said to him, saying, In this 00:10:34.299 --> 00:10:37.559 manner David spoke. Then Saul said, Thus you 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:39.740 shall say to David, The king does not desire 00:10:39.740 --> 00:10:42.620 any dowry but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines 00:10:42.620 --> 00:10:45.320 to take vengeance on the king's enemies. But 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:47.779 Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of 00:10:47.779 --> 00:10:49.840 the Philistines. So when his servants told David 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:51.860 these words, it pleased David well to become 00:10:51.860 --> 00:10:54.440 the king's son -in -law. Now the days had not 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:57.340 expired. Therefore David arose and went, he and 00:10:57.340 --> 00:10:59.679 his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:02.159 And David brought their foreskins, and they gave 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:04.659 them in full count to the king, that he might 00:11:04.659 --> 00:11:07.059 become the king's son -in -law. Then Saul gave 00:11:07.059 --> 00:11:09.700 him Michal his daughter as a wife. Thus Saul 00:11:09.700 --> 00:11:12.620 saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and 00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:14.730 that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. And 00:11:14.730 --> 00:11:17.009 Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul 00:11:17.009 --> 00:11:19.590 became David's enemy continually. Then the princes 00:11:19.590 --> 00:11:21.990 of the Philistines went out to war. And so it 00:11:21.990 --> 00:11:24.509 was, whenever they went out, that David behaved 00:11:24.509 --> 00:11:27.029 more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so 00:11:27.029 --> 00:11:30.529 that his name became highly esteemed. Chapter 00:11:30.529 --> 00:11:33.850 19 Now Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to 00:11:33.850 --> 00:11:35.789 all his servants that they should kill David. 00:11:35.990 --> 00:11:38.490 But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted greatly in 00:11:38.490 --> 00:11:41.409 David. So Jonathan told David, saying, My father 00:11:41.409 --> 00:11:44.059 Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore, please be 00:11:44.059 --> 00:11:46.360 on your guard until morning, and stay in a secret 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:49.100 place and hide. And I will go out and stand beside 00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:51.419 my father in the field where you are, and I will 00:11:51.419 --> 00:11:54.279 speak with my father about you. Then what I observe 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:57.340 I will tell you. Thus Jonathan spoke well of 00:11:57.340 --> 00:11:59.659 David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let 00:11:59.659 --> 00:12:01.840 not the king sin against his servant, against 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:04.200 David, because he has not sinned against you, 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:06.759 and because his works have been very good toward 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:09.220 you. For he took his life in his hands and killed 00:12:09.220 --> 00:12:11.240 the Philistine. And the Lord brought about a 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:13.659 great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:16.620 and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:19.820 blood to kill David without a cause? So Saul 00:12:19.820 --> 00:12:22.139 heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:24.960 As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed. Then 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:27.320 Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:29.759 all these things. So Jonathan brought David to 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:32.279 Saul, and he was in his presence as in times 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:35.139 past. And there was war again, and David went 00:12:35.139 --> 00:12:37.240 out and fought with the Philistines, and struck 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:39.639 them with a mighty blow, and they fled from him. 00:12:40.009 --> 00:12:42.070 Now the distressing spirit from the Lord came 00:12:42.070 --> 00:12:44.830 upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear 00:12:44.830 --> 00:12:47.210 in his hand, and David was playing music with 00:12:47.210 --> 00:12:49.750 his hand. Then Saul sought to pin David to the 00:12:49.750 --> 00:12:51.929 wall with the spear, but he slipped away from 00:12:51.929 --> 00:12:54.090 Saul's presence, and he drove the spear into 00:12:54.090 --> 00:12:56.529 the wall. So David fled and escaped that night. 00:12:56.950 --> 00:12:59.710 Saul also sent messengers to David's house to 00:12:59.710 --> 00:13:01.929 watch him and to kill him in the morning. And 00:13:01.929 --> 00:13:04.070 Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you 00:13:04.070 --> 00:13:06.330 do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will 00:13:06.330 --> 00:13:08.929 be killed. So Michal led David down through a 00:13:08.929 --> 00:13:11.610 window, and he went and fled and escaped. And 00:13:11.610 --> 00:13:13.610 Michal took an image and laid it in the bed, 00:13:13.730 --> 00:13:16.190 put a cover of goat's hair for his head, and 00:13:16.190 --> 00:13:18.950 covered it with cloth. So when Saul sent messengers 00:13:18.950 --> 00:13:21.850 to take David, she said, He is sick. Then Saul 00:13:21.850 --> 00:13:24.009 sent the messengers back to see David, saying, 00:13:24.250 --> 00:13:26.789 Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill 00:13:26.789 --> 00:13:29.210 him. And when the messengers had come in, there 00:13:29.210 --> 00:13:31.629 was the image in the bed, with a cover of goat's 00:13:31.629 --> 00:13:33.960 hair for his head. Then Saul said to Michal, 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:36.240 Why have you deceived me like this, and sent 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:39.500 my enemy away so that he has escaped? And Michal 00:13:39.500 --> 00:13:42.120 answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go, why 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:44.519 should I kill you? So David fled and escaped, 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:47.139 and went to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all 00:13:47.139 --> 00:13:49.379 that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:51.919 went and stayed in Naid. Now it was told Saul, 00:13:52.100 --> 00:13:55.000 saying, Take note, David is at Naid in Ramah. 00:13:55.289 --> 00:13:57.490 Then Saul sent messengers to take David, and 00:13:57.490 --> 00:13:59.629 when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, 00:13:59.730 --> 00:14:02.309 and Samuel standing as leader over them, the 00:14:02.309 --> 00:14:04.509 Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, 00:14:04.649 --> 00:14:07.350 and they also prophesied. And when Saul was told, 00:14:07.590 --> 00:14:09.970 he sent other messengers, and they prophesied 00:14:09.970 --> 00:14:12.850 likewise. Then Saul sent messengers again the 00:14:12.850 --> 00:14:15.549 third time, and they prophesied also. Then he 00:14:15.549 --> 00:14:17.690 also went to Ramah, and came to the great well 00:14:17.690 --> 00:14:20.679 that is at Seqo. So he asked and said, Where 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:23.139 are Samuel and David? And someone said, Indeed, 00:14:23.379 --> 00:14:26.799 they are at Naid in Ramah. So he went there to 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:29.320 Naid in Ramah. Then the Spirit of God was upon 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:31.960 him also. And he went on and prophesied until 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:34.559 he came to Naid in Ramah. And he also stripped 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:36.700 off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel 00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:39.639 in like manner, and laid down naked all that 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:42.360 day and all that night. Therefore they say, Is 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:50.250 Saul also among the prophets? I hope you enjoyed 00:14:50.250 --> 00:14:52.830 today's reading as much as I did and I look forward 00:14:52.830 --> 00:14:54.889 to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our 00:14:54.889 --> 00:14:56.990 journey. God bless you and have a great day.