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Biblical Principle #400: David Wrote Psalm 18 as a Thanksgiving for Deliverance
Biblical Principles List Principle After God gave David deliverance from his enemies, David wrote Psalm 18 in thanksgiving. Explanation We have chronicled David’s numerous life-threatening struggles, from Saul, to Goliath and the Philistines, to problems with factions of Israelites, and so forth. Eventually, GOD gave David rest from his enemies. 1 Hiram, king of Tyre,…
Biblical Principle #398: David Built His House in Jerusalem
Biblical Principles List Principle After conquering Jerusalem, David built his house in Jerusalem. Explanation We previously established how David conquered the city of Jerusalem. After taking control of Jerusalem, David had his house constructed there: 9 Then David dwelt in the stronghold, and it was called the City of David. And he built the city…
Biblical Principle #397: David Conquered Jerusalem
Biblical Principles List Principle David conquered the city of Jerusalem. Explanation After reuniting the tribes of Israel following Israel’s second civil war, David moved to destroy the Jebusites dwelling in Jerusalem: 6 And David and his men marched toward Jerusalem to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, to those who said to David, “You…
Biblical Principle #396: Israel Anointed David King
Biblical Principles List Principle After Saul’s death, the men of Judah and Israel anointed David and he become Israel’s second king. Explanation We previously established how the prophet and judge, Samuel, had anointed David as king over Israel. This happened while Saul was yet living and viewed by Israel as their king. After Saul was…
Biblical Principle #395: Scripture Mentions the Book of Jasher
Biblical Principles List Principle The Old Testament Scriptures include references to the Book of Jasher. Explanation We previously established how David mourned the death of Saul. In the text from that Principle (2 Kingdoms [2 Samuel] 1), there is a reference to the Book of the Righteous (see 2 Kingdoms 1:18 LXX). Translations based on…
Biblical Principle #394: David Mourned Saul’s Death
Biblical Principles List Principle David mourned over Saul’s and Jonathan’s death. Explanation In spite of all the persecution that David endured at Saul’s hand, David was still grieved at the news that Saul and his sons, including Jonathan, had died. David wrote the following sad song and ordered that the people know it:
Biblical Principle #393: Saul and His Sons Died in Battle
Biblical Principles List Principle King Saul died in battle, along with his sons, including Jonathan, just as Samuel’s spirit had prophesied. Explanation When Saul consulted Samuel’s ghost through a medium, Samuel told Saul that he was going to die the next day, along with his sons (see 1 Kingdoms [1 Samuel] 28:19). The next day,…
Biblical Principle #392: Saul Consulted Samuel’s Ghost
Biblical Principles List Principle King Saul used a medium to converse with Samuel’s ghost. Explanation The Philistines once again gathered their army to battle against Israel. Samuel, the last Israelite Judge, had died. Saul was alone. 5 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart was near panic. 6…
Biblical Principle #391: David Spared Saul’s Life a Second Time
Biblical Principles List Principle David spared Saul’s life a second time, taking Saul’s water pitcher and spear while he slept. Explanation Saul’s madness drove him to pursue David everywhere David went. Even though David had already spared Saul’s life, Saul’s bitter jealousy quickly returned. A second opportunity to kill Saul presented itself. But once again,…
Biblical Principle #390: David Wrote Psalm 57 When He Fled to the Cave
Biblical Principles List Principle David wrote Psalm 57 when he fled from Saul into the cave in the Desert of En Gedi. Explanation As we have seen thus far with Psalm 59, Psalm 56, Psalm 34, Psalm 52, Psalm 63, and Psalm 54, Psalm 57 was inspired by the events that occurred when David hid…
Biblical Principle #389: David Spared Saul’s Life
Biblical Principles List Principle David had the opportunity to kill Saul in a cave, but he spared Saul’s life. Explanation After David and his men left the Desert of Ziph, they went to another wilderness, the Desert of En Gedi. Yet again, Saul pursued David to kill him. 2 Now when Saul returned from following…
Biblical Principle #388: David Wrote Psalm 54 When the Ziphites Plotted with Saul
Biblical Principles List Principle While staying in the wilderness of Ziph, the local Ziphites told Saul that David was there and they conspired against David. Explanation David Traveled to Ziph We previously established that David had been wandering from place to place, trying to find peace and escape King Saul’s pursuit. He had come to…
Biblical Principle #387: David Wrote Psalm 63 in the Desert of Ziph
Biblical Principles List Principle David wrote Psalm 63 while hiding from Saul in the Judean desert of Ziph. Explanation After David defeated the Philistines at the town of Keilah, he journeyed to the Desert of Ziph in southeast Judah so that he could escape Saul once more. 12 So David and his men, about four…
Biblical Principle #386: David Defeated the Philistines at Keilah
Biblical Principles List Principle David saved the town of Keilah by defeating the Philistines who were looting and plundering them. Explanation 1 Samuel [1 Kingdoms, LXX] 23 tells how the Philistines were robbing and looting the town of Keilah. David heard about this and asked GOD whether he should attack. GOD told David to attack…
Biblical Principle #385: David Wrote Psalm 52 After Saul Killed the Priests
Biblical Principles List Principle David wrote Psalm 52 after Saul killed the 305 priests of Nob. Explanation We previously established that Saul killed Abimelech and a total of 305 Levite priests in the city of Nob because Abimelech had helped David. David penned Psalm 52 in reflection on the tragic murder of these priests. 1…
Biblical Principle #384: Saul Killed the Priests of Nob
Biblical Principles List Principle King Saul ordered the execution of 305 Levite priests at Nob because Abimelech had helped David. Explanation King Saul had a maniacal hatred for David that drove Saul to pursue David all over the land of Israel. At one point, David and his men fled to a priest named Abimelech. Abimelech…
Biblical Principle #383: David Wrote Psalm 34 When He Faked Insanity
Biblical Principles List Principle David wrote Psalm 34 during the time he faked insanity before Achish, king of Gath. Explanation David had fled to Philistia, to the city of Gath, to escape King Saul’s pursuits. He was afraid of the king of Gath named Achish, so he pretended to be insane. It worked. Achish refused…
Biblical Principle #382: David Faked Insanity in Gath
Biblical Principles List Principle While David was hiding from Saul in Gath of the Philistines, he faked insanity before Achish, king of Gath. Explanation We previously observed that David fled to Gath in Philistia to escape from King Saul’s pursuit. David was afraid of Achish, king of Gath, so he pretended to be insane before…
Biblical Principle #381: David Wrote Psalm 56 in Gath
Biblical Principles List Principle David wrote Psalm 56 when he was captured in Gath while fleeing from King Saul. Explanation David fled from Saul to Achish, king of Gath, of the Philistines. David was afraid of Achish. During the time that the Philistines seized David, he wrote Psalm 56. 1 For the End, for the…
Biblical Principle #380: David Fled to the Philistines
Biblical Principles List Principle David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath, a Philistine. Explanation We have previously established how King Saul sought to kill David, despite David’s loyalty and innocence. At one point, things became so dangerous that David sought refuge among the Philistines, the very people whose great warrior David…
Biblical Principle #379: David Ate the Showbread
Biblical Principles List Principle David once ate the tabernacle showbread as he hid from Saul. Explanation We have established how Saul repeatedly tried to kill David, in spite of David’s loyalty. We have also established how the Levite priests were to daily place showbread on the table before the LORD in the tabernacle. The table…
Biblical Principle #378: David Wrote Psalm 59 When Saul Tried to Kill Him
Biblical Principles List Principle David wrote Psalm 59 when he was escaping King Saul who sought to kill him. Explanation We previously established how the Psalms are a collection of individual writings, by multiple writers, over the span of hundreds of years. One of the earliest psalms is Psalm 59 (Psalm 58 in the Septuagint).…
Biblical Principle #377: Moses Wrote the Oldest Psalm
Biblical Principles List Principle The oldest psalm in the Psalms was written by Moses: Psalm 90. Explanation We previously established that the Psalms are a collection of individual writings, penned by multiple men over the span of hundreds of years. The first of these writings to be penned, as far as we know, was Psalm…
Biblical Principle #376: Three Key Differences in the Psalms
Biblical Principles List Principle There are (at least) three key differences in the Psalms between Old Testament text families. Explanation We have established that there are multiple textual families of the Old Testament Scriptures. Most English Bibles are translated from a Hebrew text family known as the Masoretic Text (MT). The oldest and most accurate…