Archives for June 2024

“When Avigayil saw David, she hurried to dismount from her donkey, fell on her face in front of David and bowed down to the ground.  Having fallen at his feet, she said, ‘It’s all my fault, my lord, all my fault! Please let your servant speak in your ears, and listen to what your servant […]

The way Judaism views David is interesting. They tend to ignore his human failures and elevate him to a perfection that simply doesn’t jive with what the Scripture says about the man. Ironically, they make David out to be very close to who the real Messiah is. This blindness has partly kept Israel from recognizing […]

“Then he swore, ‘May God do the same and more to David’s enemies if I leave alive even one male of everything he owns.’”-1 Samuel 25:22 Here’s something you need to know about most English Bible translations. They significantly water down many phrases in the Scripture so they appear less crude and vulgar. But here’s […]

“David had said, ‘What a waste it has been guarding everything this fellow has in the desert, so that nothing of his was missing! He has repaid me bad for good!’  Then he swore, ‘May God do the same and more to David’s enemies if I leave alive even one male of everything he owns.‘”-1 […]

“She was riding her donkey down past the hiding-place in the mountain, when David and his men descended toward her, and she met them.”-1 Samuel 25:20 The Hebrew sages identify seven women from Scripture as prophetesses. They are… Sarah (Abraham’s wife)… Miriam… Devorah… Hulda… Esther… And Avigayil who we’re reading about now. Why was Avigayil […]