“Then Sha’ul said, ‘I have sinned. Come back, my son David. I won’t harm you any longer, because you regarded my life as precious today. Yes, I have behaved like a fool. I was altogether in the wrong.’  David answered, ‘Here is the king’s spear. Send one of the men over to bring it back. […]

“Now don’t let my blood fall on the ground away from the presence of Adonai. The king of Israel has gone out in search of a single flea, as if he were hunting partridge in the mountains!”-1 Samuel 26:20 Today I’m going to show you why knowing Hebrew is extremely advantageous for studying Scripture. Take […]

“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. […]