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 ]