Tag: persecution
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 #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 #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 #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…