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- Addressing the people, he declared himself guiltless of Abner's blood, and lamented the death of the brave Abner with these words: "A chief and great man is fallen in Israel."
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Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand. 15 So David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. And David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in a forest. 16 Then Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David in the woods and strengthened his hand in God.
- 1 samuel 23:13-29 NLT - David Hides in the Wilderness - So ...
David Hides in the Wilderness. 13 So David and his men—about...
- 1 samuel 23:13-29 NLT - David Hides in the Wilderness - So ...
David Hides in the Wilderness. 13 So David and his men—about 600 of them now—left Keilah and began roaming the countryside. Word soon reached Saul that David had escaped, so he didn’t go to Keilah after all. 14 David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph.
- B. The Wilderness Taught David That God’s Love Is “Better Than life.”
- C. The Wilderness Helped David Learn to Meditate on God Without Distraction
- D. The Wilderness Caused David to Cling to The Lord Rather Than People
- A. David Had Served God with Faith, But Couldn’T See The Promise
David’s life had been upended. He lost his position. He lost his job. He lost his livlihood. He lost his friend, Jonathan. He was separated from his wife. And he was constantly in danger of losing his life. Going through these trials had taught David that God’s love in his life was more valuable than all of these things. We can contrast David’s att...
Cities are loud, filled with hustle and bustle. There is noise everywhere. And there is stuff to do. Errands. People to see. There are lots of people and lots of distractions. Modern day cities are even louder than ancient ones. Last week, I was doing a recording and about 3-4 times during the recording a security guard on a motorcycle came around ...
One obvious fact about wildernesses, is there aren’t many people there. David was separated from his wife, Michal. He had said, “good-bye” to his best friend. The people that gathered around him were rough and tough. Many of them were fugitives as well. David was on the run. He couldn’t have regular interaction or fellowship. In some ways, it was a...
David was anointed as king. Samuel told him that God chose him to be the ruler of His people. However, it wasn’t long before things went downhill. David was a fugitive. The promise seemd farther than ever from being fulfilled. It wasn’t as if David wa
When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there. 14 David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands.
David flees to this wilderness (1 Sam. 22:1), Jesus undergoes His temptation there (Matt. 4:1–11), and the Essene sect retreats there to Qumran (site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls). On the west is the fertile coastal plain, but the Philistines’ cities are there.
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. This was probably written while David was fleeing from Absalom; certainly at the time he wrote it he was king (Ps 63:11), and hard pressed by those who sought his life.
David at Adullam and Mizpah. 1 David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. His brothers and the other members of his family heard about it. So they went down to join him there. 2 Everyone who was in trouble or owed money or was unhappy gathered around him. He became their commander.
