Saul becomes oppressed by a distressing spirit, but is soothed when the shepherd David plays the harp for him. The Philistine and Israelite armies gather for battle in the Valley of Elah. The Philistine giant Goliath taunts the Israelites – “‘I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.’ When Saul and all Israel…
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Under God’s instructions, Samuel travels to Bethlehem and to anoint a new king, a son of Jesse, in place of Saul. After rejecting Jesse’s first seven sons, God chooses the youngest, David the shepherd. “For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart… Then Samuel took the horn of oil and…
Audio file includes communion message at the end As God had commanded through the prophet Samuel, Saul musters an army and attacks the Amalekites. However, he spares King Agag and the best of the livestock, disobeying God’s command to completely destroy all the people and everything that belongs to them. Confronted by Samuel after the battle, Saul makes excuses for his incomplete…
In his haste to overtake the Philistines, Saul rashly forbids his army to eat anything “before I have taken vengeance on my enemies” (1 Samuel 14: 24b NKJV). But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; “therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his…
1 Samuel 11-12 Audio file includes communion Empowered by the Holy Spirit, Saul raises an army and delivers the people of Jabesh Gilead from the Ammonites, thus cementing the loyalty of the nation. Samuel renews Saul’s kingship with a coronation ceremony at Gilgal with the entire nation in attendance. In his address to the people on this occasion, Samuel reminds them of…