“David asked him, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you from?’ He answered, ‘I’m an Egyptian boy, the slave of an ‘Amaleki. My master abandoned me three days ago, because I got sick.  We raided the Negev of the K’reti, the Negev of Y’hudah and the Negev of Kalev; and we burned down […]

“David said to Avyatar the cohen, the son of Achimelekh, ‘Please bring the ritual vest here to me.’ Avyatar brought the vest to David.  Then David consulted Adonai. He asked, ‘Should I go in pursuit of these raiders? Will I catch up with them?’ And [Adonai] answered him, ‘Go in pursuit, because you will overtake […]

“David was in serious trouble: the people were talking about stoning him to death, because all the people were in such deep grief, each man over his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in Adonai his God.”-1 Samuel 30:6 David was in BIG trouble. Upon returning to Ziklag and finding out the Amalekites had […]

There’s a dangerous misconception among believers that will destroy their relationship with God if they don’t correct it quickly. I’m talking about the idea that as time passes and we become more advanced as a civilization, the older ways no longer matter. To be more specific, I’m referring to the notion that the “Old” Testament […]

Today we begin 1st Samuel Chapter 30. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE, For the King James Version, click HERE. “Three days later, when David and his men arrived in Ziklag, they found that the ‘Amaleki had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had sacked Ziklag and burned it down; and they had taken […]