“Please, now, may my lord the king hear what his servant is saying. If it is Adonai who has stirred you up against me, let him receive an offering. But if it’s human beings, then a curse on them before Adonai! — because, as things stand today, they have driven me out, so that I […]

“Then David called out to the troops and to Avner the son of Ner.  ‘Avner! Aren’t you going to answer?’ Avner answered, ‘Who are you, calling to the king?’  David said to Avner, ‘Aren’t you the brave one! Who is there in Israel to compare with you? So why haven’t you kept watch over your […]

“Avishai said to David, ‘God has handed your enemy over to you today; so now, please, let me pin him to the ground with just one stroke of the spear. I won’t strike him a second time.’”-1 Samuel 26:8 In verse 8, we can see Avishai was chomping at the bit to finish Saul off. […]

1st Samuel chapter 26 is all about David getting a second chance to end Saul’s life… And NOT taking it. When Saul and his soldiers arrived at the wilderness near Zif, they camped by the road leading up to the hill of Hachilah. This was where David and his men were staying. David’s spies saw […]

“The people from Zif went to Sha’ul in Giv‘ah and said, ‘David is hiding himself on Hakhilah Hill, across from Yeshimon.’”-1 Samuel 26:1 1st Samuel 26 kicks off with the people of Zif betraying David yet again. They inform Saul that “David is himself on Hakhilah Hill.” Saul immediately gathers up 3000 of his soldiers […]