Bible in one year 5/27/2022 1 Samuel Chapter 18-20 Saul’s jealousy and rejection of David by Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce

 Bible in one year 5/27/2022 1 Samuel Chapter 18-20 Saul’s  jealousy of David and David’s marriage, rejected by Saul and protected by Jonathan

By Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce

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1 Samuel Chapter 18 David’s friendship with Jonathan, Saul’s jealousy, David’s marriage

 Chapter 18-20 describe David’s service in Saul’s court. The story is told in terms of the relationship between David and Jonathan. The covenant was unilateral, Jonathan committing himself to the Lord’s anointed.(v.3). “Whatever Saul sent him to do David did it so successfully that Saul gave him a high rank in the army. After David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with tambourines and lutes. As they danced, they sang, “ Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.” (vv.6-7). Saul’s jealousy of David was a significant factor in destroying his relationship with David and in bringing about his own decline. Saul had promised his daughter to the slayer of Goliath(17:25), but now the reward is conditioned on further conquests. Saul was hoping that David would fall at the hand of the Philistines.(v.17). Saul furthered his dishonesty by actually giving to another the daughter he had promised David. She was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah. But Saul’s daughter Michal was in love with David, Saul said, “ I will give her to him,” Saul though, “ so that she may be a snare to him and so that the had of the Philistines may be against him.”(vv.19-21). And Saul wanted a hundred Philistine foreskins to take revenge on his enemies. Saul’s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.(v.25). A second opportunity. Better, in a second way; i.e. by an alternative other than the traditional dowry (18:25). Hundred Philistine foreskins.(v.25). Tangible proof that one hundred Philistines had been slain. The allotted time.(v.26). David killed two hundred Philistines. Then, Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage. The period before the appointed time for the delivery of the dowry and marriage.  Saul realized that the Lord was with David and his daughter loved David, Saul became still more afraid of  him and he remained his enemy the rest of his day.(vv.28-29).

1 Samuel chapter 19 The rejection of David by Saul; David protected by Jonathan

            Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan was very fond of David and warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you.  Be on your guard tomorrow morning; to into hiding and stay there.” (vv.1-2). But an evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the harp, Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.(vv.9-10).

1 Samuel 20 David protected by Jonathan

            Then David fled from Nation at Ramah and went to Jonathan. Unfailing kindness (vv.14-15)  Love and loyalty, the two essential aspects of a covenant relationship, are bound together in this word. Jonathan recognized that David would one day be king and requested protection for himself and his family when David would take the throne. So he protected David by shot an arrow beyond the boy and said, “ But if Hurry ! Go quickly! Don’t stop!” (v.35-38). When this trouble began(v.19). Either a reference to 19:2 or to some unrecorded occasion when Saul schemed to kill David. Unclean (v.26) Ritually defiled and thus unable to partake of the festival meal(Lev.15:16). Shame (v.30) Saul vented his anger with the most offensive language. " You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don't I know that you have sided with son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?" (v.30). To the shame of the mother. An expression meaning, “ your mother will be ashamed that she brought you into the world.” But David wept the most (v.41). Jonathan said to David, “ Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the Lord, saying, the Lord is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.” (v.42).David broke down with grief. From this point on until Saul’s death, David was an outcast from the royal court.

 

Bibliography,

 Ryrie, Charles C. The Ryrie study Bible (NIV).Chicago, IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986