1 SAMUEL 24:1-15 No sooner had Saul dealt with the Philistines than he turned and followed David into the wilderness of Engedi. With an army of 3,000 chosen men, Saul went into the area of “the rocks of the wild goats” (1 Sam. 24:2). When Saul decided to enter the...

1 SAMUEL 23:6-14 We learn from this chapter that people who intend evil can also speak of the Lord and His work in a very pious way. Saul was told that David had delivered Keilah, and he said, “God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in,...

1 SAMUEL 22:1-5; PSALM 34:8-22 We find in 1 Samuel 22 that David has stopped hiding among his enemies and has returned to his own land. It was during this period in his experience that he wrote Psalms 34, 57 and 142. David was God’s anointed king in exile. These...

1 SAMUEL 21:1-10 When he fled to Ahimelech, the priest, David resorted to an untruth. Ahimelech was afraid that David’s presence before him was the beginning of trouble, but David sought to quiet the priest’s fears by saying, “The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me,...

1 SAMUEL 19:1-18 When David realized he had to flee, he naturally went to his own house. But his home was not a safe place for him. Being human, David had his weaknesses, and one of those weaknesses showed itself in some of the women he married. It is doubtful...

1 SAMUEL 18:1-16 Popularity has its attractive side, but it carries with it spiritual dangers. There is always a price to pay for it, and sometimes it is too high. Some can handle popularity and not be hurt by it; others cannot. Pride arising in the human heart for any...

1 SAMUEL 17:38-51 God’s own program for the ages calls for the complete subjugation of all enemies. “Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must...

1 SAMUEL 17:17-37 Saul stated that David was not able to go against the Philistine. Saul said, “Thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth” (1 Sam. 17:33). Here was a man of gigantic stature and who had been trained for war from his...

1 SAMUEL 16:14-23 Having been anointed king of Israel, David’s life could never be the simple life of a shepherd boy again. He was able to return to his flocks for brief periods, but those times soon ceased. As Psalm 23 indicated, David never forgot that the Lord was his...

1 SAMUEL 16:1-13 When Samuel was sent to the house of Jesse to anoint one of his sons to be king, the old prophet apparently assumed that since Saul (the present king) was a man of striking physical appearance, God would choose another like him. As Eliab, Jesse’s oldest son,...