David found out that a town called Keilah was being looted by the Philistines and asked God whether He wanted him to attack. God told him to save the town. The men were afraid, so David asked the Lord again and was assured of victory. Abiathar the son of the slain priest came along and brought the ephod with him.
Saul pursued David and his fighters (about 600) and sought to kill them all. He thought David would be trapped in Keilah. When David found out that Saul wanted to kill him he asked Abiathar to bring the ephod and he prayed to know what would happen and find out what he should do. God answered that he would be given over to Saul by the people he had just saved. So they left the town and stayed on the move. Jonathan came to where David was and they made a covenant that Saul would not lay a hand on him and that David would be king over Israel. Then Jonathan went home. Saul heard from the locals that David was hiding nearby and he told them to let him know when they knew exactly where he was. As Saul was pursuing David a messenger came to him to tell him that the Philistines were up to no good in his land. So Saul turned around to protect his kingdom.
After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines he found out where David was. David and his men were hiding in a cave and Saul went in to that very same cave to relieve himself. David sneaked up behind Saul while he was doing his business, and cut off the corner of Saul's robe and crept away. Saul finished and went on his way. David felt guilty for treating his master so disrespectfully. He forbade his men from attacking Saul. Shortly after, David followed Saul out of the cave and called to him. Saul turned around to see David bow down low as he asked Saul why he believed the bad things people said about him. David told him that the Lord had delivered him into his hands, and that he could have killed him, as he showed him the corner of his robe that David had been close enough to cut off. Then Saul realized how wrong he'd been. "From evildoers come evil deeds." David swore that he would not kill Saul's descendants. Saul went home, David stayed in the desert.
Samuel died and all Israel assembled and mourned and buried him.
There was a very rich man in the Paran desert named Nabal (this name means Fool) and his wife Abigail. Nabal lived up to his name, the bible describes him as surly and mean in his dealings with other men. His wife is described as intelligent and beautiful. David heard about Nabal shearing his sheep and ordered a contingent of 10men to go to Nabal and greet him and introduce David and his fighters and let Nabal know that his shepherds were well treated and protected by David and his men. In exchange would he be able to spare any supplies for them? So when the rest of them arrived they sent word to Nabal, but he ignored them as if they weren't anyone important. When the messengers returned with the news that they had been shunned David was close to opening a can of whoop-ass on them. Meanwhile, one of the servants went and told Abigail everything. Immediately, Abigail gathered bread, cakes, wine, roasted grain, well, a feast fit for a king, and loaded it onto donkeys and took it to where David was. When Abigail saw David she got off the donkey and bowed down to David and told him to pay no heed to that idiot Nabal. She told him that she would be pleased if he would accept her gift by way of apology and asked for his forgiveness. Then she asked him to remember her when he became king.
Tomorrow read 1Samuel 25:32-30:10
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