1S19-7: Bustin’ Scholarly Myths About These Two Sets Of Verses In Chapter 19

I wanna show you something interesting.

Take a look at this set of verses:

^“Saul sent men to David’s house to watch it and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, ‘If you don’t run for your life tonight, tomorrow you’ll be killed.’  So Michal let David down through a window, and he fled and escaped. Then Michal took an idol and laid it on the bed, covering it with a garment and putting some goat’s hair at the head.”-1 Samuel 19:11-13

Next, take a look at this set of verses:

“When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said, ‘He is ill.’  Then Saul sent the men back to see David and told them, ‘Bring him up to me in his bed so that I may kill him.’  But when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats’ hair.”-1 Samuel 19:14-16

Okay, buckle in, and pay close attention to what I’m about to say.

Because I’m about to expose some scholarly idiocy going around about these two sets of verses.

So here goes.

We are not, I repeat NOT dealing with two different incidents here.

Ya feel me?

Most scholars will claim otherwise…

And they are WRONG…

As wrong as if they were claiming the moon is made out of green cheese manufactured by Kraft Company or something…

Here’s what you’ve gotta understand.

The books of Samuel and Kings were written by chroniclers.

And chroniclers had a special style of writing.

First, they start off by providing a broad explanation of an event…

And then afterward, they go back to add some more detail…

Chroniclers are called “chroniclers” because they weren’t directly involved in the historical events they were chronicling about.

Ya feel me?

They’re also anonymous.

So the books they wrote aren’t named after them.

What they do is take scattered facts, information, and traditions and present them in a way they feel will be most easily understood by readers.

This is exactly how the books of Samuel and Kings were written.