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THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL
CHAPTER 23
WHY DAVID HIDES FROM SAUL
WHEN WAS DAVID HIDING FROM SAUL
Welcome to our Christianity Oasis Daily Bread study program. This is our David Hides from Saul Bible study taking a look into the David Hiding from Saul Bible Story and how the absolutely awesome David Hides from Saul message affects your be-YOU-tiful Christian walk.
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THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL
CHAPTER 23
DAVID HIDES FROM SAUL LESSON
DAVID HIDING FROM SAUL EVENT
Great to have you back to share more Daily Bread together!
Have you ever gone through a
really rough time in your life, when you felt like
nothing else could possibly go wrong because one
person's life couldn't possibly include any more
turmoil? Probably that's the way David was feeling at
this point in his life.
Don't miss out on
Psalm 63 that David wrote while he was hiding in
the wilderness of Judah, which is where he was when we
left off in our story.
Just imagine
the faith that it took to believe that being king was
worth all he was going through ... Can you imagine ...
An entire city of priests and their families were
massacred because the reigning king Saul was jealous
of David.
Get ready
now ... What else could happen to add to the chaos in
David's life at this point? Well, don't forget, David
is a man of war, and he's good at it too.
DAVID HIDES FROM SAUL TRUTH
DAVID HIDING FROM SAUL REASON
He has a
passion for defending Israel and he learns right about
now that the Philistines are attacking the town of
Keilah and stealing their grain.
Now,
remember, David and his band of men are out in the
forest somewhere hiding from Saul, but David's loyalty
to his country ... God's people ... Is so great, that
he prays ...
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1 Samuel 23:2
... Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And
the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the
Philistines, and save Keilah. |
David's men,
however aren't as brave as David, and they confess,
"We're afraid here in Judah, won't we be even more
afraid fighting against the Philistines?" So David
calls on God again for confirmation, and the Lord
assures him that He will give them the power to defeat
the Philistines, and they were indeed victorious, even
acquiring their cattle.
DAVID HIDES FROM SAUL TEACHING
HOW WAS DAVID HIDING FROM SAUL
In the
meanwhile, Saul got wind of where David was, and
because Keilah was a fenced in city, Saul believed
that the Lord had delivered David into his hand,
cornering him in.
Now, of
course David knew that Saul planned to do him harm, so
he told Abiathar the priest to bring him the ephod
which he brought with him when he sought refuge with
David in Keilah. Time for a little Daily Bread Stick!
What is an ephod exactly?
Well, it was a linen apron
worn by the Hebrew high priest which was used for
divination ... That is, gaining insight from God.
(Don't get this kind of divination mixed up with
divination done by sorcerers and witches and palm
readers and fortune tellers and necromancers, etc.)
So David
asked the Lord if the people of Keilah would turn him
and his men over to Saul, and the Lord said they
would. At that, David and his company left Keilah and
hid in the wilderness of Ziph, which was about a dozen
miles southeast of Keilah.
DAVID HIDES FROM SAUL STUDY
DAVID HIDING FROM SAUL SAGA
David had about six hundred
soldiers now, that's two hundred more than he had when
he was hiding in the cave at Adullam. Saul searched
for David every day, but the Lord protected him.
While David
was in a forest in Ziph, Jonathan, Saul's son and
David's best friend, found him and encouraged him that
God would be with him and not to be afraid.
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1 Samuel 23:17
And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of
Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou
shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next
unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. |
They made an
agreement about this and Jonathan returned home while
David remained in the woods.
DAVID HIDES FROM SAUL IN THE BIBLE
DAVID HIDING FROM SAUL IN THE WILDERNESS
Then, the
people of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and told him
that David was hiding in the forest, and to come down
and they would turn David over to him.
Saul blessed
them because they had pity on him and told them to go
find out exactly where David's hangout was, and make
sure that someone had actually seen him there because
Saul knew David was very clever.
Saul told them that
when they found out all David's secret hiding places,
to return again to him in Gibeah and then he would go
find him.
Be sure to
check out
Psalm 54, which David wrote after the Ziphites
told Saul where he was hiding.
DAVID HIDES FROM SAUL CONCERN
DAVID HIDING FROM SAUL WARNING
So the
Ziphites went back to Ziph, but David had already
moved on to the wilderness of Maon, which is only
about 5 miles south of Ziph. When Saul and his men
went to look for David, he was hiding in a mountain,
and Saul and his men were on one side, David and his
men on the other.
And just as Saul and his men
surrounded David and his men, ready to capture them, a
messenger of Saul's came crying out, "Hurry, the
Philistines are invading the land!"
So Saul left off
chasing David and went after the Philistines, so they
call that place Selahammahlekoth, which means rock of
divisions. After that, David and his men left Maon and
hid in strong holds at Engedi, which is at the west
bank of the Salt Sea.
DAVID HIDES FROM SAUL SUMMARY
DAVID HIDING FROM SAUL CONCLUSION
Now,
bookmark the city of Maon in your mind because in
Chapter 25, you're going to be reading about something
that went on in Maon.
What's next
for David? You'll have to come on back soon and see
for yourself ... I can't wait either, I so enjoy our
time here together with you at Daily Bread! Good day and
God bless.
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