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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 #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 #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 #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 #373: An Evil Spirit Sent to Saul
Biblical Principles List Principle The Bible says that God sent an evil spirit upon Saul. Explanation We previously observed how the Bible says in 1 Samuel 16 (1 Kingdoms 16) that Saul was given an “evil spirit” from GOD to torment him. 14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil…
Biblical Principle #363: Samuel, the Nazarite Servant of God
Biblical Principles List Principle Samuel was a Nazarite dedicated by his mother to serve God, which he faithfully did his entire life. Explanation We have previously established how important to GOD the Nazarite vow was for Israel. At the time that Samuel’s parents, Elkanah and Hannah, lived, Israel’s most recent national hero had been Samson.…
Biblical Principle #361: Samson Lost His Strength
Biblical Principles List Principle Samson lost his strength because GOD left him when he was shaved, and this led to Samson’s death. Explanation After the city gates incident, Samson came to love a Philistine woman named Delilah. Desperate to get the best of Samson, the Philistine leaders bribed Delilah to trick Samson into revealing to…
Biblical Principle #355: Ruth Chose God, Became Ancestor to Kings
Biblical Principles List Principle The Moabite widow Ruth chose her mother-in-law Naomi and Israel’s God over the Moabites and their gods, and as a result, became the ancestor to kings. Explanation During the period of the judges, Scripture give us the story of Ruth. To summarize, there was an Israelite woman named Naomi who had…
Biblical Principle #352: Israel’s Judges Convicted the People of Sin
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel’s leaders were called judges because they convicted the Israelites of their wickedness while bringing deliverance from Israel’s enemies. Explanation One question Bible readers occasionally have is why the deliverers GOD selected in the period between Joshua and King Saul were referred to as judges. It’s a good question, and one…
Biblical Principle #350: The Next Generation Didn’t Know God
Biblical Principles List Principle After Joshua’s generation died, the next generation of Israelites didn’t know God or what He had done for Israel. Explanation The major military conquests having been completed, Joshua died at the age of 110. According to Judges 2:7, the Israelites remained faithful to GOD through the lifetime of Joshua and the…