Life Of King David Part 14 Sparing Saul

1 Samuel 24 We began our last chapter by quoting “many are the afflictions of the righteous,” the remainder of the verse reads “but the Lord delivereth him out of them all” (Ps. 34:19). This does not mean that God always rescues the afflicted one from the physical danger which menaces him. No indeed, and […]

Life Of King David Part 12 Delivering Keilah

1 Samuel 23 The first section of 1 Samuel 23 (which we are now to look at) presents some striking contrasts. In it are recorded incidents exceedingly blessed, others fearfully sad. David is seen at his best, Saul at his worst. David humbly waits on the Lord; Saul presumes upon and seeks to pervert His […]

Life of King David Part 11 – His Return to Judea

1 Samuel 22 and 23 In our last chapter we left David in the Cave of Adullam. An incident is recorded in 2 Samuel 23 which throws an interesting light on the spiritual life of our hero at this time. “And three of the thirty chief went down and came to David in the harvest-time […]

Life Of King David – Part 7 Fleeing From Saul

1 Samuel 19 At the close of 1 Samuel 18 there is a striking word recorded which supplies a most blessed line in the typical picture that was furnished by the man after God’s own heart. There we read, “David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was […]

Life Of King David Part 5 His Early Experiences

1 Samuel 18 Had we sought a topical title for this chapter, “The Price of Popularity” might well have been selected. The seventeenth chapter of 1 Samuel closes by recounting the memorable victory of David over Goliath the Philistine giant; the eighteenth chapter informs us of a number of things which formed the sequel to […]

Life of King David – Part 4 Slaying Goliath

by Arthur Pink 1 Samuel 17 When Samuel denounced Saul’s first great sin and announced that his kingdom should not continue, he declared, “The Lord hath sought Him a man after His own heart” (1 Sam. 13:14). To this, allusion was made by the apostle Paul in his address in the synagogue at Antioch, “He […]

WHAT DOES “PALESTINE” MEAN?

It has never been the name of a nation or state. It is a geographical term, used to designate the region at those times in history when there is no nation or state there. The word itself derives from “Peleshet”, a name that appears frequently in the Bible and has come into English as “Philistine“. […]