Tag: faith
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 #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 #374: Saul Turned Against David
Biblical Principles List Principle King Saul turned against David and persecuted him. Explanation Although David was loyal to Saul, with an “evil” spirit haunting him, Saul turned against David and persecuted him, to the point that Saul tried to kill David. First, Saul attempted to sabotage David by having his daughter, Michal, marry David. 1…
Biblical Principle #372: David Killed Goliath
Biblical Principles List Principle David killed the Philistine champion warrior, Goliath, with a sling and a stone. Explanation Having previously been humiliated and beaten by Saul and his son Jonathan, the Philistines gathered for revenge: 1 Now the Philistines brought their armies together for battle, and they gathered at Sochoh of Judah. They encamped between…
Biblical Principle #368: Saul Chosen Israel’s First King
Biblical Principles List Principle GOD chose Saul as Israel’s first king. Explanation When Israel asked for a man as king, GOD told Samuel whom He had selected as the man to reign over Israel: Saul of Benjamin. 15 Now the day before Saul arrived, the Lord revealed to the ear of Samuel, saying, 16 “Tomorrow…
Biblical Principle #366: Return of the Ark of the Covenant Brought Repentance
Biblical Principles List Principle The return of the ark of the covenant to Israel eventually resulted in Israel’s repentance and return to GOD. Explanation Israel had foolishly turned to trusting in the ark of the covenant for deliverance from Philistine oppression, rather than repenting and seeking after GOD. When the Israelites brought the ark of…
Biblical Principle #365: The Ark of the Covenant Plagued the Philistines
Biblical Principles List Principle Once captured, the presence of Israel’s ark of the covenant brought great suffering upon the Philistines. Explanation The Philistines once captured Israel’s ark of the covenant. That did not go as the Philistines had imagined. It first started with the temple of Dagon, god of the Philistines: 1 The Philistines took…