Let’s kick things off today by taking a look at verse 12. “Y’honatan said to David, “Adonai, the God of Israel [is witness]: after I have sounded out my father, about this time tomorrow, or the third day, then, if things look good for David, I will send and let you know.” The situation is […]

Let’s start things off today by looking at verse 13. “But if my father intends to do you harm, may Adonai do as much and more to me if I don’t let you know and send you away, so that you can go in peace. And may Adonai be with you, just as he used […]

“Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you bound your servant to yourself by a covenant before Adonai. But if I have done something wrong, kill me yourself! Why turn me over to your father?”-1 Samuel 20:8 Do you have a friend, colleague, or acquaintance who is unreliable? When I say “unreliable”, I mean there […]

“If your father misses me at all, say, ‘David begged me to let him hurry to Beit-Lechem, his city; because it’s the annual sacrifice there for his whole family.’”-1 Samuel 20:6 David and Jonathan’s plans to test Saul during the royal Rosh Hodesh banquet involved a flat-out lie. David told Jonathan when his father asked […]

Let me answer the quiz question I posed yesterday. So David and Jonathan had come up with a plan to expose King Saul’s true intentions towards David during the ROSH HODESH dinner to take place in the royal court. The idea was to gauge King Saul’s reaction when David did NOT show up. My quiz […]