I Samuel 17:55-19:24
Dear RTB’ers,
Saul becomes deranged! In earlier chapters we saw Saul making mistake after mistake, particularly in reference to his relationship with Samuel. Now he has a new relationship, sadly adversarial, against David, the hero of the battle with Goliath. Instead of celebrating David’s victories over the Philistines, Saul becomes intensely jealous of David’s success. By contrast, Saul’s son, Jonathan becomes David’s friend and protector; also, Saul’s daughter, Michal becomes David’s wife and also his protector, at least on one occasion.
Today we see the beginning of David’s running from Saul’s danger: Now David fled and escaped, and he came to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. (v. 19:18) Samuel had earlier anointed David as king, so he knew that God was with him. Saul is now up against two mighty adversaries. There’s no way he can win!
Blessings!
Fred