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Another test came when Saul tries to kill David, and after
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David had an opportunity to kill Saul
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Saul sinned against God
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The children of Israel and their forty years wandering in the wilderness; Saul, the first king of Israel (I Samuel, chapter fifteen)
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There is a legend that says that King David, while fleeing from Saul, hid out in the rock outcropping called Masada
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We can see the contrast between David and Saul in a couple of incidents in their lives
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In 1 Samuel 15:1-35, Saul is told to kill the Amalekites
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The conclusion of the story is that Saul could not bring himself to kill the enemies of God
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Saul being unwilling to utterly destroy that kind of enemy – wolves searching to destroy the weak and defenseless of Israel – is what caused Samuel the prophet to weep
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Saul was not jealous over the flock of Israel, and yet he was supposed to be their king
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David would not kill Saul
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Even though he had every right, and even though the Lord had brought Saul into his hand (1 Samuel 24:4)
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He didn’t pursue Saul
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What manner of a man is this? Too many of us would have taken that opportunity to kill Saul and relieve self from oppression
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David allowed Saul to live, and therefore remained under oppression
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This action of embarrassing Saul was unnecessary, and the very heart of David recognized it
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Saul towered heads and shoulders over everyone else; why did David intimidate him? When we study out the contradictions in Saul and David’s characters, we come to conclusions that the very thing that brings the Sauls to a boil is the foolishness that the authentic is unselfconsciously in God
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He does not raise his voice against the Philistines or against Saul
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Then one day in His infinite wisdom, God supposedly knocked Paul off a horse and basically said; using the other name for Paul: He said "Saul, Saul why do you persecute me?" So I think our school was named after St
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Saul was on his way to kill Christians when he had an encounter with God
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When Saul and his friend came looking for their donkeys, Samuel already knew they were coming (1 Samuel 9:15-16)
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Samuel prophesied over Saul that he would be king, and then proceeded to tell Samuel where his donkeys were
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” Saul said, his voice filled with wonder
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“And there that babe is,” Saul sang out, pointing to Jesus, who was sleeping
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“Sure thing,” Saul replied, in a dry tone which drew a small chuckle
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Saul looked pretty unhappy, but it was just him as Dawley volunteered to ride along on the mission
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He and Saul, his gunner; were fuckin’ lucky there was no fire
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“Tell me about it,” winced, ‘the happy gunner,’ Saul, who was the last to get suited-up
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“How’s that tape holding?” the corporal asked Saul
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“It’s not at all ideal,” Saul said
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Saul was as slick as a red-ass fox
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“This all seems a little silly to you men, I’m sure,” I informed Saul, as I stood by the fuselage
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“More room in the crotch!” according to Saul
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It was Saul, looking up with mouth open and his ingenuous face totally blank, not unusually for him
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But Saul had changed, truly changed, as his life ever after had proven
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Only then did I realize that my own smoldering resentment of Paul had been because of my original hatred of that Saul of Tarsus
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Some might think that the biblical first Hebrew king, Saul, would have been the natural choice
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Also, Saul was of the same generation as the last judge and first prophet, Samuel
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Saul had only been able to begin to consolidate the “Land of their Promise
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1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
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2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a
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3 And Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it; And Saul blew the trumpet
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4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had hit a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the
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As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people
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9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings; And he offered the burnt offering
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10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, note, Samuel came; and Saul went out to
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11 And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you came
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15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin; And Saul numbered the people that were present with him,
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16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin, but the Philistines
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Saul and Jonathan, but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found
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2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron, and the people that were with him
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17 Then said Saul to the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us; And when they had numbered, note,
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18 And Saul said to Ahiah, Bring here the Ark of God
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19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked to the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased, and
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Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand
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20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle, and note, every man's sword
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round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan
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33 Then they told Saul, saying, Note, the people sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood; And he said, you have
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35 And Saul built an altar to the Lord, the same was the first altar that he built to the Lord
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37 And Saul asked counsel of God; Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he
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38 And Saul said, Draw you near here, all the chief of the people, and know and see in what this sin has been this day
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43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done; And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the
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46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place
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49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua, and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the
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51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel
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52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul, and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took
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5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley
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9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was
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11 It repents me that I have set up Saul to be king, for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my
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12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and note, he set him
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13 And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, blessed are you of the Lord, I have performed the commandment of the Lord
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15 And Saul said, they have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to
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16 Then Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what the Lord has said to me this night; and he said to him, Say on
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20 And Saul said to Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have
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24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and your words, because I feared
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26 And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from
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34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul
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19 Now Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, which is with the sheep
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20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul
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21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him, and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer
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23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was on Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand, so Saul was
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11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid
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among men for an old man in the days of Saul
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13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle, and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were
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14 And David was the youngest, and the three eldest followed Saul
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19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines
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31 And when the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul, and he sent for him
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34 And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,
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of the hand of this Philistine; And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord be with you
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38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass on his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail
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39 And David girded his sword on his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it; And David said to Saul, I cannot go
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55 And when Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth?
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57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the
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1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and
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5 And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely, and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was
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7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands
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8 And Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they
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10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came on Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house, and
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11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will strike David even to the wall with it; And David avoided out of his presence twice
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12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul
