“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… Hana… And Avigayil who we’re reading about now. Why was […]

Let’s press the pause button today and get our bearings on where we’re at in our study of 1st Samuel Chapter 25. So yesterday we left off with a picture of a man who seemed to be anything but God’s anointed king. David, because he was insulted by a rich fool, had let blind rage […]

Alrighty, so a Middle Eastern “battle of honor” was about to erupt between David and Naval. Or to put it another way. David was going to head up to Carmel and murder Naval and anyone else who got in his way. This is what we’d call an “honor killing” in tribalistic, Middle Eastern culture. Thankfully, […]