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David at Gath—1Sa_21:10-15 The next step which David took on leaving Nob, seems to us equally objectionable with his conduct there, and was equally the result of the unworthy fears which now oppressed his spirits. He went over to the Philistines. He probably argued that there was no safety for him in the dominions of … Continue reading ““272. DAVID AT GATH—1 SAMUEL 21:10-15””

1 Samuel 17-26 : Thirty-Fourth Week Autor: JOHN KITTO

The Sling and Stone—1Sa_17:1 Among the events which have, during the past week, been considered, the combat of David with Goliath stands forth most prominently; and to some of the circumstances of that great deed, our attention may this day be profitably directed. Although we do not, with some, think that “these things are an … Continue reading ““269. THE SLING AND STONE—1 SAMUEL 17:1””

The Farewell—1 Samuel 20 In the remarkable turning of the heart of Saul—so full when he set out of fell, and probably bloody, purposes, and the long enhancement in which he lay, several objects may be discerned—first, to magnify the power of the Lord over the hearts of men; then, to protect Samuel and his … Continue reading ““270. THE FAREWELL—1 SAMUEL 20””

Teraphim—1Sa_19:1-17 David was now still more conspicuously brought before the view of the people, and his consequence in their eyes much enhanced by his alliance with the royal family. Aware of this—and perceiving that his underhand devices only tended to raise the son of Jesse to higher credit, and but gave him opportunities of achieving … Continue reading ““266. TERAPHIM—1 SAMUEL 19:1-17””

The School of the Prophets—1Sa_19:18-22 David had not now to evade merely the sudden paroxysms of Saul’s wrath, but his fixed and avowed purpose of effecting his destruction, in the face of the oath which had been made to Jonathan. Any step he might now take was of the utmost importance to David, and might … Continue reading ““267. THE SCHOOL OF THE PROPHETS—1 SAMUEL 19:18-22””

Clouded Triumph—1Sa_17:53; 1Sa_18:12 David has now at once become a public man. There is no more obscurity—no more sweet solitude of private life—no more feeding of sheep, for him. If we look to the deep depression into which the Israelites had fallen, so that the most daring spirits, under the stimulus of the highest rewards, … Continue reading ““264. CLOUDED TRIUMPH—1 SAMUEL 17:53; 18:12””

Snares—1Sa_18:13-30 Saul, under the first influence of good feeling towards David, had “set him over his men of war,” by which it is understood that he made him captain of his guard, and this post he appears to have occupied at the time the attempts were made upon his life. That this attempt should twice … Continue reading ““265. SNARES—1 SAMUEL 18:13-30””

The Lord Looketh on the Heart—1Sa_16:7 These words, in the Lord’s rebuke to Samuel at Bethlehem, are very full of solemn and encouraging matter to every one who will pause to meditate upon them. Knowing, feeling as we do, what the heart of man really is, the declaration that “the Lord looketh on the heart,” … Continue reading ““261. THE LORD LOOKETH ON THE HEART—1 SAMUEL 16:7””

Goliath’s Armor—1Sa_17:1-7 It would seem that Saul, while under the process of cure from his grievous malady, contracted great regard for David. “He loved him, and made him his armor-bearer,”—the latter a mere honorary mark of consideration and attachment, at a time when there was no actual war. By degrees the intervals of his frenzy … Continue reading ““262. GOLIATH’S ARMOR—1 SAMUEL 17:1-7””