August 6,
2007
Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. (Numbers 10: 35 KJV)
1 Samuel Chapter 19 Author: Unknown KJV
Saul
Tries to Kill David
(1
Samuel 19:1-3 KJV) "And Saul spake
to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
{2} But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told
David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee,
take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and
hide thyself: {3} And I will go out and stand beside my father in the
field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what
I see, that I will tell thee."
Saul
definitely hates David because God’s blessing is on him and Saul’s fears David
is a threat to the kingdom. As we
know, David has done nothing but good for Saul and the kingdom David was no
threat.
Jonathan knows that
his father desire to kill David was murderous and sinful. Rightfully Jonathan does not go along
with his father’s evil request.
While the commandments say to honor thy father and thy mother Saul was
commanding Jonathan and his servants to do evil in the eyes of God. How could Jonathan not sin and obey his
father? Jonathan submitted to the
higher authority and refused to go along with his father. Jonathan could have not gone along but
not tell David and saying the Lord will protect. Instead because of Jonathans love for
David, he warned David told him to go in hiding and that the next day he and his
father would go out to the field near where he was hiding and
talk.
(1
Samuel 19:4-5 KJV) "And Jonathan
spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king
sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee,
and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: {5} For he
did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a
great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice:
wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a
cause?"
(1
Samuel 19:6-7 KJV) "And Saul
hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth,
he shall not be slain.
{7}
And
Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan
brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times
past."
Things return to normal for a short time.
(1
Samuel 19:8-10 KJV) "And there was
war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them
with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. {9} And the evil spirit
from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his
hand: and David played with his hand. {10} And Saul sought to
smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's
presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped
that night."
As soon as
the next war happened and David came back victorious Saul became jealous and
evil. David was playing for Saul
and Saul had the spear in his hand.
Again Saul tried to kill David but David managed to duck and that was
it. David left Saul’s home. However Saul sends men out to kill
David.
(1
Samuel 19:11-13 KJV) "Saul also
sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the
morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to
night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. {12} So Michal let David down
through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. {13} And Michal
took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair
for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth."
Michael
knowing her father and maybe even seeing the men that have come to kill David
warned him that if he did not flee he would be dead in the morning. Michal headed to what the Lord intended
that a married couple left their families and the two became one.
When I went through
my divorce from my first wife one of the things she said, “Blood was thicker
than water”. In other words I was
the water and her families needs and desires came before mine. Michal looked out for
David.
14 And when Saul sent messengers to take
David, she said, He is sick.
Michal
had taken her idol and put in David’s place in the bed and dressed it up as a
person, so when the men came to kill David she was able to say he was sick. In this way she gave David more time to
get away. The idol had to
belong to Michal, knowing David’s heart for the Lord no one could accuse of the
idol belonging to him.
(1
Samuel 19:15-17 KJV) "And Saul sent
the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed,
that I may slay him. {16} And when the messengers were come in, behold,
there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for
his bolster.
{17}
And
Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy,
that he is escaped?
David was
not Saul’s enemy. Satan had given
him that perception because God’s hand of protection was no longer on Saul. Michal did not perceive David as an
enemy after all Saul gave her to David in marriage.
And
Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill
thee?"
Michal
probably wanted to get even with her father for things from her past but was
afraid to tell her father because he probably would have killed her. So she squirms for her own sake and
tells Saul that David had threatened to kill her if she did not allow him to
escape.
(1
Samuel 19:18-22 KJV) "So David
fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had
done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. {19} And it was
told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. {20} And
Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the
prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the
spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. {21}
And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied
likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied
also. {22} Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that
is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David?
David went
to Ramah where Samuel lived and poured out his heart to Samuel. I’m sure he asked why was this happening
etc. God has a reason for our
trials and tribulations because they strengthen us in our faith. David was going through some serious
trials and tribulations.
Has everything gone
so wrong for you that you ask the Lord, why me? When I have found myself in this
situation I was living in sin back in 1968, I was backsliding and the Lord
wanted me to turn from the things causing me to backslide, it was because of
some character flaw that needed correcting which when corrected made me stronger
and other times it was testing.
When we test our muscles we are making them stronger. David was in a time of testing because
it cannot be said there were any other reasons for him to be in the situation
for which he found himself. The
Lord was making David stronger in his faith because David was going to be the
next king and David needed to keep his eye upon the Lord for
everything.
Samuel invited
David to stay with him at Naioth.
My Hebrew dictionary defines Naioth as a residence. So David lived with Samuel at his
residence.
Saul sent three
different parties of men to Ramah to capture David and bring him to Saul. All three parties wound up filled with
the spirit and worshiping before the Lord.
In essence the Lord was telling Saul, “Hands off of David, I am
protecting him.
Saul just does not
get the message, so he goes to Ramah himself.
And
one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah."
(1
Samuel 19:23-24 KJV) "And he went
thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the spirit of God was upon him also, and he went
on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. {24} And he
stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and
lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is
Saul also among the prophets?"
Saul winds up doing the same thing. In fact he strips down, perhaps not totally naked, but he certainly takes off his kingly clothes and strips down to his underwear in humility before the Lord. For now Saul gets the message.
(Psalms 59 KJV) "To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. {2} Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. {3} For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. {4} They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
{5} Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
{6} They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. {7} Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? {8} But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
{9} Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. {10} The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. {11} Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. {12} For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. {13} Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
{14} And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. {15} Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. {16} But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. {17} Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy."
24 The LORD bless
thee, and keep thee:
25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto
thee:
26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee
peace.
27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and
I will bless them.
Numbers
6 KJV
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