DAVID ARRIVES AT ZIKLAG TO FIND IT IN RUINS WITH ALL ITS INHABITANTS
TAKEN TO BE SOLD INTO SLAVERY BY THE AMALEKITES (1 SAMUEL 30:1).
David and his men arrived back in Ziklag after a two day march only to
discover that it had been sacked in their absence. Taking advantage of
the Philistine invasion... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID AND HIS MEN PURSUE THE AMALEKITES AND DESTROY THEM, RECOVERING
ALL THAT THEY HAD LOST AND MORE IN ABUNDANCE (1 SAMUEL 30:7).
The Amalekites, aware that any opposition to what they had done was
safely out of the way taking part on one side or another in the
Philistine invasion of Israel, were n... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID DECLARES THAT ALL MUST SHARE THE CREDIT FOR THE VICTORY, BOTH
THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND THOSE WHO GUARDED THE BAGGAGE, BECAUSE THE
VICTORY WAS YHWH'S (1 SAMUEL 30:21).
David's concern for all his men is brought out by his treatment of the
exhausted men whom he had left to guard the baggage at the... [ Continue Reading ]