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Psalms: 121, 123-125, 128-130
These psalms are all to be sung for the ascent to Jerusalem. Of these, only 124 was written by David and probably not until later in his life. I mean, he hasn’t even captured Jerusalem yet. We’ll take them one at a time, in order. PSALM 121 If you are on a trip to Jerusalem,…
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1 Samuel 31, 2nd Samuel 1
I’m going to veer just a smidge from the reading plan this week. Reasons: THE DEATH OF SAUL Now that we have a sense of location, let’s remember that Saul has just met with the Witch of Endor. Samuel appears from the grave and told Saul of his (and his sons’) impending death. I rather…
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1 Samuel 29-30
It’s no surprise that the Philistine generals don’t want David and his Merry Men to go into battle with Israel. I have a hard time believing that David would’ve actually fought against his own people beside the Philistines. I mean, there IS that little story in his past about taking down their champion, Goliath. David…
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Psalms 54 & 63, 1 Samuel 28
This is an EPICALLY long post. Get comfy. Last week we read about the Ziphites blowing the whistle on David’s whereabouts to Saul and how he and his men had to move (again) to hide out in the wilderness. Psalms 54 and 63 were written during this time. Let’s talk about poetry. Hebrew poetry. First,…
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1 Samuel 27, Psalms 17 & 35
If ya can’t beat em’, join ‘em, Sort of. 🤔 I find it absolutely WILD that David goes back to King Achish of Gath – the king before whom he pretended to be insane. 🤪 If I had written the Bible, this is how this meeting would’ve gone down: 🤴🏾 Achish: Have we met before?…
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1 Samuel 26
Saul’s pursuit of David makes no sense, really. David spared his life in the cave. David has been exiled and so he isn’t out there heroically leading the army of Israel and gathering more fame and favor. He is not a threat to Saul (and hasn’t been for quite some time), so it makes no…
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Psalms 141 & 142 and
1 Samuel 25 Psalms 141 and 142 reflect David’s experiences in being on the run from Saul and hiding out in the Cave of Adullam. Let’s put ourselves in his sandals for a moment. You and I have likely never had a gang member, mafia Don, or clandestine government agency put out a hit on…
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Psalms 52, 120, 56, 34 & 140
I’m going to cover the psalms in this particular order because of the events to which they relate. This is a LOT of content so get comfy. PSALM 52 Psalm 52 was written about the events of 1st Samuel 21-22, when David fled the Capitol and went to the Tabernacle at Nob and Ahimelek the…
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Psalms 7, 27, and 31
PSALM 7 “A shiggaion of David which he sang to Yahweh on account of Cush, a Benjamite.“ An explanation from BibleHub: “Shiggayon designates a particular kind of poetic-musical composition marked by emotional intensity, fluid structure, and vivid imagery. Rather than the regular parallelism typical of Hebrew poetry, a shiggayon moves with impassioned freedom—suitable for urgent…
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1 Samuel 23-24
“Now when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he went down with an ephod in his hand.”1 Samuel 23:6 LEB We left off last week with Doeg the Edomite and the massacre of the priests. Abiathar escaped with the Ephod of the High Priest. The Ephod is the woven apron with…
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1 Samuel 21-22
THE ADVENTURES of DAVID David has had to flee from his home and wife. He cannot stay anywhere where Saul can find him. After his parting from Jonathan, he can’t even go home to gear. He leaves with the clothes on his back. And where does David go? To Yahweh’s house – the tabernacle. The…
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1 Samuel 20, Psalms 11 & 59
DAVID BECOMES A FUGITIVE… Do y’all have any idea how difficult it is to find an image online of David and Jonathan that is even remotely accurate? 😖 Gaahh! Do a Google Images search of “David and Jonathan.” Most of them are SO effeminate it’s ridiculous. Many depict them as lads who haven’t even developed…
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