Learning that David is on his way to avenge her husband’s rebuff, Abigail hastens to meet him and pleads for mercy. When David is king, she says, he would want “that this will be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself.” Then David…
Matthew 13:44-58
Hiding in a cave in the Wilderness of En Gedi, David has an opportunity to take Saul’s life but spares him. Once Saul is further away, David calls out to him, “…know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you… Let the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge me on you. But my…
Matthew 13:24-43
After inquiring of the Lord, David attacks the Philistines to save the city of Keilah. Hearing that King Saul was on his way to seize him, David again seeks direction from the Lord. “Then David said, ‘Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?’ And the Lord said, ‘They will deliver you’” (1 Samuel 23:12 NKJV). David and his men…