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, […]

“Naval answered David’s servants, ‘Who is David? Who is the son of Yishai? There are many servants nowadays running away from their masters. Am I supposed to take my bread, my water and my meat that I slaughtered for my shearers and give it to men coming from who knows where?’”-1 Samuel 25:10 So David’s […]

“David, there in the desert, heard that Naval was shearing his sheep. David sent off ten young men with these orders: ‘Go up to Naval in Karmel, and bring him greetings from me.’”-1 Samuel 25:4-5 So we’re told David caught wind of the news Naval was shearing his sheep. This wouldn’t have been surprising by […]

“The man’s name was Naval, and his wife was named Avigayil. The woman was intelligent and attractive, but the man was surly and mean in his actions; he belonged to the clan of Kalev.”-1 Samuel 25:3 So we’re told that Nabal hailed from the clan of Caleb. The name Caleb should ring a major bell […]