1 Samuel 16 - 31 = Questions and

Answers
Q. God had
Israel's next
king ready to
A. 1 Samuel 16:2 = No! Saul, he feared, would kill
be anointed.
him.
Was Samuel
eager to
fetch him?
Q. How were
prophets
A. 1 Samuel 16:4 = With apprehension. They seemed
received in
to come bearing only bad news.
Israel at that
time?
Q. Where
was David A. 1 Samuel 16:1 = Bethlehem.
from?
Q. Was
David
declared
A. 1 Samuel 16:13 = No.
king when
he was
anointed?
Q. What was
David's first A. 1 Samuel 16:18 = To be Saul's harp player.
duty after his
anointing?
Q. Why did
A. 1 Samuel 16:23 = To soothe him when a
Saul need a
tormenting spirit bothered him.
harpist?
Q. What was
also David's A. 1 Samuel 16:21 = Armor bearer for Saul.
job?
Q. What was
A. 1 Samuel 17:8-10 = Single combat -- winner gets
Goliath's
slavery of the other's people.
challenge?
A. 1 Samuel 17:15 = Working both as shepherd for
Q. Where
his father, Jesse, and for Saul, as harpist and armor-
was David at
bearer. But DAvid didn't see the battlefield until his
the time?
dad sent him there to bring his 3 older brothers food.
Q. What did
David
A. 1 Samuel 17:24 = Israel running away from
witness on
Goliath.
the
battlefield?
Q. How did
A. 1 Samuel 17:25 = He offered the one who
Saul attempt
defeated Goliath tax exemption status and his
to solve the
daughter's hand in marriage.
problem?
Q. How did
David see A. 1 Samuel 17:26 = As being allowed to defy the
Goliath's armies of the living God.
challenge?

Q. What did
Saul think of
David's A. 1 Samuel 17:33 = As ridiculous.
rising to the
challenge?
A. 1 Samuel 17:34 = No. He persisted and laid out
Q. Did his credentials before Saul. He had much experience
David just killing lions and bears while protecting sheep.
walk away? David's purpose for killing Goliath is that he openly
defied God. He recognized God as His deliverer.
Q. Did Saul
continue to
A. 1 Samuel 17:38 = Yes. He gave David his own
advise David
heavy armor.
on how to
kill Goliath?
Q. How
would David
A. 1 Samuel 17:39 = In his shepherd clothes, his staff
go out to
and a slingshot with 5 smooth stones.
meet
Goliath?
Q. Was
David
A. 1 Samuel 17:45 = No. David told Goliath exactly
intimidated
what was going to happen to him, so that the world
by a direct
would know that God was in Israel. That God would
attack from give Goliath and the Philistines to Israel.
Goliath's evil
tongue?
Q. How did
A. 1 Samuel 17:48 = David ran toward Goliath and
the one-on-
slingshotted him betweenthe eyes. The stone sank
one battle
into Goliath's flesh.
commence?
Q. Was A. 1 Samuel 17:51 = Not yet. He just fell forward.
Goliath David took Goliath's sword, killed him and cut off
dead? his head with the sword.
Q. What did
the A. 1 Samuel 17:51 = They ran. Israel pursued and
Philistines killed them.
do?
Q. What did
David do
with A. 1 Samuel 17:54 = He took it to Jerusalem.
Goliath's
head?
Q. And
Goliath's A. 1 Samuel 17:54 = David took it to his own tent.
armor?
Q. What A. 1 Samuel 18:1-2 = 1). David met Jonathan and
changed they were bound by love immediately.
after this 2). David lived full time at the palace with Saul and
event? his family.
Q. How did
Jonathan seal A. 1 Samuel 18:4 = Jonathan gave David his robe,
his vow of tunic, sword, bow and belt.
friendship
with David?
Q. Did
David A. 1 Samuel 18:5 = Yes. David obeyed Saul's every
experience command and had much success in everything he
success in did. So Saul appointed David as a commander of his
Saul's army. David's men loved him.
palace?
Q. Why did A. 1 Samuel 18:7 = Because people sang of the
Saul turn on Philistine victory with Goliath, giving DAvid more
David? credit than their king.
Q. What
A. 1 Samuel 18:9 = He became jealous and kept a
happened to
jealous eye on David (cf.18:12).
Saul?
Q. But
wasn't this
song true?
David was
the one who
was
responsible
for winning
that fight A. Yes!
with Goliath
and was
living in the
palace as a
result of
Saul's offer,
wasn't he?
Q. What
happened to
Saul because A. 1 SAmuel 18:10 = A tormenting spirit made him
he refused to crazy.
face this
truth?
Q. Did
A. 1 Samuel 18:10-11 = Not anymore. He tried to kill
DAvid's harp
DAvid for playing it -- twice!
soothe Saul?
Q. After that,
what
A. 1 Samuel 18:13 = Saul banned David from his
happened at
presence and reduced his command to 1,000 men.
the palace of
Saul?
Q. Did
David's
favor abate A. 1 Samuel 18:16 = No. He was very successful and
with the the people continued to love him even more.
people at
that time?
Q. Did Saul A. 1 Samuel 18:15 = Yes. He saw that the Lord was
fear David? with him.
A. 1 Samuel 18:19 = Yes. Saul sent David out on a
Q. Did Saul
suicide mission.
continue to
Note: David did this same mean trick to Bathsheba's
try to rid
husband, Uriah, later -- and he succeeded in
himself of
murdering him this way. We are, indeed, influenced
David?
by those around us! "Be innocent in what is evil..."
Q. Did
David accept
A. 1 Samuel 18:18 = No. Saul promised David the
the mission
hand of his daughter, Merab, upon his return, too.
Saul sent
him on?
Q. Did Saul
try to have A. 1 Samuel 18:25 = Yes. And Michael's hand in
David killed marriage was promised this time. Michal really loved
a second David!
time?
Q. But David
A. 1 SAmuel 18:27 = Yes.
lived again?
A. 1 Samuel 18:29 = Saul became David's enemy for
life. Yet David and the army always won and Michal
Q. How did loved David. He became famous throughout the land.
Saul react Note: Doesn't make sense, does it? Your daughter is
this time to happily married to a successful and godly man and
his failure in all you can think of is your son-in-law's death.
killing Obsessing on jealousy or any other sin is dangerous.
David? How to fix it? Switch channels. Whatever is good
 and profitable and pure. It is up to you! God will help
you if you will just switch channels.
A. 1 Samuel 19:4 = Yes. Saul asked Jonathan to join
Q. Was
him in an assassination attempt on David's life and
Jonathan
Jonathan waited till morning to answer him. He
able to
thought about a way to reason with his father to
reason with
convince him of this wrong.
his father,
Note: It is always best to sleep on a problem. God
the king,
will give you wisdom anytime you will take the time
about David?
to ask and wait for an answer.
Q. Did Saul
reconsider
his evil deed A. Yes.
the next
morning?
Q. But the
A. 1 Samuel 19:9 = Yes. It took the Philistines
problem of
attacking Israel and DAvid beating them for Saul to
Saul's
relapse. He threw his spear at David again. David
jealousy
escaped, but Saul was bolder in his pursuit now.
returned?
A. 1 Samuel 19:11 = Saul sent troops to watch
Q. How? David's house and ordered him killed the following
morning.
A.1 Samuel 19:11 = She found out and warned David
to escape through a window. She put an idol in
Q. What did
David's bed and goat hair to look like he was
Michal do?
sleeping under the covers and told the troops that
 David was sick.
Q. What did
Saul
A. 1 Samuel 19:15 = Bring him to the palace in his
command
sick bed so he could kill him.
the troops to
do?
Q. Michal's
actions could
have gotten
her killed!
What did she
offer by way A. 1 Samuel 19:17 = She said David threatened to
of kill her if she didn't help him escape.
explanation
for the ruse
when the
trick was
found out?
Q. Where
did David A. 1 Samuel 19:18 = To Ramah, to see Smuel. David
go? told Samuel all that Saul had been up to.

A. 1 Samuel 19:20 = Yes. Samuel took David to live

in Naioth and Saul sent his troops there to kill him.
They were met by Samuel and the other prophets,
Q. Did God who were prophesying, having the Holy Spirit upon
intervene? them. Upon seeing this, the troops had the Holy
 Spirit come upon them and they began prophesying
too! Saul sent 3 sets of troops and the same thing
happened to all of them.
A. 1 Samuel 19:23 = He went himself and it
Q. What did
happened to him too! Saul lay on the ground all day
Saul do
and night prophesying in Samuel's presence, his
then?
clothes torn. This confused the onlookers.
Q. What did
A. 1 Samuel 20:1-2 = David found Jonathan and
David do
asked him why Saul wanted him dead.
next?
Q. How did
A. 1 Samuel 20:2 = In disbelief. He wanted proof and
Jonathan
got it. David would have to leave Jerusalem.
reply?
Q. Where
A. 1 Samuel 21:1 = To Nob to see Ahimelech, the
did David
priest. He asked for food and a sword.
go?
Q. What
sword was A. 1 Samuel 21:9 = Goliath's.
there?
Q. Where
A. 1 Samuel 21:12 = To Gath to see King Achish,
did David go
who was hostile.
next?
Q. How did
David escape A. 1 Samuel 21:13 = Pretending to be a madman.
him?
Q. Where
did David go A. 1 Samuel 22:1 = To the cave of Adullam.
next?
Q. Would
A. 1 Samel 22:1-2 = No. His brothers and other
David be
relatives joined him there first. Others followed.
alone there?
Q. What A. 1 Samuuel 22:2 = 1). Men in trouble
kind of 2). People in debt, hiding from their debtors
people were 3). Discontented people unsatisfied with their lives
these? for whatever reasons.
Q. How
many people
A. 1 Samuel 22:2 = About 400.
joined David
at the cave?
A. 1 Samuel 22:7-8 = Yes! He was sure David was
Q. Was Saul trying to kill him. He had Doeg, the Edomite, kill
paranoid? every priest in Ahimelech's family and every family
member of his too.
A. 1 Samuel 22:9 = He told Saul that Ahimelech
gave David a sword and consulted with him, though
he gave no details. Saul had jumped to conclusions
Q. What else about David's intentions.
did Doeg Note: Do you ever jump to conclusions and pay
do? dearly for it later? Make sure you confess your sins
daily, start afresh daily, so your perspective doesn't
become twisted.

Q. Did any
priest escape A. 1 SAmuel 22:20 = Yes. Abiathar, Ahimelech's
from Doeg? son, escaped and went to David.

A. 1 Samuel 22:23 = No. Only to stay alive and

protect his people from Saul. He was determined to
Q. Did let God guide him in everything.
David intend Note: Impressive! You CAN be calm in the midst of
to kill Saul? the storm and decide to look up and trust God about
all the details, however chaotic your circumstances
are!
A. 1 Samuel 23:2 = 1). David led the people
Q. What else 2). David asked God's counsel in potential war, even
did David do asking again and again for the sake of his fearful men
besides 3). David rescued the Israelites from Philistines
determine to stealing their grain.
protect those Note: Look at how David's shepherd experience
Saul wanted made him a shepherd of bigger things. What are you
dead? in training for? The best training from heaven goes
unnoticed until you are released to use it for God.
Q. How did
David A. 1 Samuel 23:6 = Abiathar, the priest, used an
approach ephod to get answers for David from the Lord.
God?
Q. In what
town did
David
deliver the A. 1 Samuel 23:4 = Keilah, which was a walled city.
Israelites
from the
Philistines?
Q. Was it
risky for
A. 1 SWamuel 23:7 = Yes. As Saul's spies were
David, a
everywhere, he soon found David in a place where he
fugitive, to
could actually trap him.
enter such a
city?
Q. How did
A. 1 Samuel 23:11 = David asked God about the
God help
future and God told him.
David?
Q. How
A. 1 Samuel 23:12 = The men of Keilah would
would Saul
betray David.
trap David?
Q. After
David
rescued A. Yes!
them???

Q. Did
David end A. 1 Samuel 23:13 = No. God's warning gave him
up getting time to flee.
caught?
Q. Where
A. 1 Samuel 23:13 = David and his men roamed the
did David
countryside.
go?
Q. How
many men A. 1 Samuel 23:13 = About 600, which is 200 more
did David than when he started his exile at the cave.
have by
now?
A. 1 Samuel 23:14 = No. Saul hunted David day after
day. David stayed in the strongholds of the
wilderness and in the hillcountry of Ziph. Saul never
found David.
Q. Did Saul
Note: God knows everything (23:12) in advance.
give up on
God knows when evil lurks. He also knows how to
David?
turn it into a blessing. Life is not a chess game. God
is looking out for you and is never surprised with
events that touch our llives. Every bit of it shapes
you. Laugh more, cry less, move forward.
Q. Did
Jonathan
understand
that David A. 1 SAmuel 23:17 = Yes.
would be
king?
Q. What kept
Saul from A. 1 Samuel 23:27 = The Philistines attacked Israel
getting again so Saul had to return home to fight them. Saul
David this would resume his pursuit of David afterward.
time?
Q. What
happened
this time A. 1 Samuel 24:3 = Saul went to relieve himself in
when Saul the very cave David was hiding in.
resumed his
hunt for
David?
A. 1 Samuel 24:4 = David cut off a piece of Saul's
Q. What did
robe, but would not kill him. He even felt bad about
David do?
ruining the robe!
Q. Why
wouldn't A. 1 Samuel 24:6 = Because God Himself anointed
David kill Saul as Israel's king.
Saul?
A. 1 Samuel 24:4 = Yes. They quoted God's promise
Q. Did to put Saul in David's power.
David's men Note: A good point is made here. We can quote the
try to scriptures and be totally wrong in interpretation. In
convince this cawse, these men did not consider God's
him to kill character in their understanding of the prophesy. Saul
Saul? was God's anointed king. Should they so easily kill
him like he was a pagan king? David knew better --
and he probably stood alone on this.
Q. How did
David handle A. 1 SAmuel 24:9-15 = As an opportunity to talk
the reason with Saul. He repaid Saul good for evil.
experience?
Q. What
happened as A. 1 Samuel 24:16-21 = Saul backed down,
a result of acknowledged David as future king, and asked him to
David's spare his family when he became king.
inaction?
Q. Did
David return A. 1 Samuel 24:22 = No. He stayed with his people
to the at the stronghold.
palace?
Q. Does God
sometimes A. 1 Samuel 25:3 = Yes. Nabal was a rich, but
let cheaters dishonest Israelite.
prosper?
Q. Do good
women find A. 1 Samuel 25:3 = Yes. Nabal's wife, Abigail, was
themselves both sensible and beautiful. Nabal was awful and ill-
married to tempered too.
fools?
Q. What
tribe did
Nabal A. 1 Samuel 25:3 = Caleb's family. A good line too!
descend
from?

Q. Nabal
would not
help David,
nor would he
acknowledge
A. 1 Samuel 25:14-17 = Yes. One servant saw how
him as Nabal treated David and he feared for his foolishness
anything but and told Abigail of it.
an outlaw.
Did any of
his servants
dare to defy
Nabal?
A. 1 Samuel 25:18-19 = Exactly as David asked, and
Q. What did quickly. She saved her household because she acted
Abigail do? quickly. Nabal had a stroke, as a result, and died ten
days later.
Q. A A. 1 Samuel 25:38 = No. The Lord struck him and he
coincidence? died.
Q. What
A. 1 Samuel 25:39 = David sent for her to be his
happened to
wife.
Abigail?
Q. So now A. 1 Samuel 25:42 = Yes. Saul's daughter, princess
David had 2 Michal, was David's first wife. But she was back at
wives? the palace.

Q. Any more A. 1 Samuel 25:43 = Yes. There was Ahinoam, from

wives? Jezreel.
A. 1 Samuel 25:44 = Saul married her off to Palti,
son of Laish. Palti was from Gallim.
Note: Taking multiple wives happened, but one wife
was written for a man to take. It seems that with
power comes smugness to God's ways. Always,
 consequences happen, even to powerful men who
think they're above the law. Stay away from the "gray
Q. What areas" of the bible and don't be overconfident in your
happened to path. God's line for Jesus was through Bathsheba, yet
Michal? another of David's wives, and one whose husband of
her youth was betrayed by David the king, the man
he trusted most. But we'll read about that later. Here,
Abigail was mightily used by God as she stood up
against the foolishness of her own husband. You
cannot hide your talents and gifts behind a foolish
spouse. God expects you to follow Him, not a mere
mortal! It is God who transforms chaos into such
great and memorable times!
Q. David had
a second
opportunity
to rid
himself of A. 1 Samuel 26:11 = Saul's spear was stuck in the
Saul. Only ground next to his head. David's cmpanion, Abishai,
this time, rationalized with David that this was proof that God
what was wanted David to kill Saul.
available to
use against
Saul?
A. 1 Samuel 26:11 = The same way as the first time,
when Saul was relieving himself in the cave: One
must not kill God's anointed one!
 Note: Temptation grows sweeter each time you
Q. How did refuse to let it turn you. How do you deal with
David see temptation? It's like a tug-o-war rope. The devil is at
this one end; you are at the other end. You struggle to
opportunity? win, trying so hard to beat it. The truth is that you
can't beat the devil. To win, just let go of the rope.
Refuse to struggle. How? You let go of it when you
choose to think of something else. Something godly.
Plan for it. When temptation comes to call, what will
you think of instead?
A. 1 Samuel 26:8 = Oh yes! Know God's word and
Q. Can our
you will be able to stand upright before God and
friends lead
recognize evil counsel immediately. Even if your
us wrong?
friends don't!
Q. How did A. 1 Samuel 26:11 = He could have killed Saul with
David's his own sword. Yet he humbled himself before Saul
temptation again, confirming to Saul his anointing by God to be
increase? king.
Q. How did
Saul react
A. 1 Samuel 26:25 = He blessed David, apologized
this second
and prophesized of David's coming greatness too. He
time David
also invited David to come home.
spared his
life?
A. 1 Samuel 27:1 = No. He didn't trust Saul.
Q. Did
Note: Now that is wisdom! Recognize God's will and
David go
use your head when it comes to people. Always
home to the consider their track records to determine their
palace? characters.

Q. Where
A. 1 Samuel 27:1 = To live amongst the Philistines,
did David
in Gath, the Philistine capitol.
go?
Q. Did Saul
stop hunting A. 1 Samuel 27:3 = Yes.
David now?
Q. Did A. 1 Samuel 27:6 = No. David preferred the
David like countryside, so he asked King Achish if he could
the big city? move there.
Q. How did
Achish
respond to A. 1 Samuel 27:6 = He gave David the town of
David's Ziklag.
request?
Q. How long
did David A. 1 Samuel 27:7 = One year, four months.
live there?
Q. Wasn't
A. 1 Samuel 27:8 =Yes. Geshurites, Girzites and
that area
Amalekites also lived in Ziklag. David killed them
occupied by
off, taking sheep, camels, donkeys and clothing
enemies of
before returning home to see King Achish.
Achish?
Q. Was
David honest
with the king A. 1 Samuel 27:10-11 = No. He told the king that he
about who conquered the Jerahmeelites and Kenites, who are
he Israeli tribes.
conquered?

Q. Achish
thought
David hated A. 1 Samuel 27:12; 28:1 = Yes!
his own
people?
Q. Did
David have
the king of
the
Philistines,
Achish, A. 1 SAmuel 28:1 = Yes.
thinking he Note: Always double-check the facts!
would join
him to fight
the Israelites
after this?
Q. How
much did
Achish trust A. 1 Samuel 27:2 = Enough to make David his
what David personal bodyguard for life!
said was
fact?
Q. What
good thing A. 1 Samuel 27:3 = Saul had banned all mediums and
did Saul do psychics from Israel.
for Israel at
this time and
before?
Q. How did
A. 1 Samuel 27:6 = Through dreams, sacred lots and
God counsel
the prophets.
Saul?
Q. Were
mediums
A. 1 Samuel 27:7 = Yes.
always
women?
A. 1 Samuel 28 = The vast size of the Philistine army
filled Saul with fear. He consulted God, but got no
Q. What answer right away and he panicked.
caused Saul Note: Don't rush God's answers to evenyour most
to consult gigantic problem! Be patient. God's answers are
with a never late! Behind the scenes, David had been used
medium? by God for Israel's benefit. We also don't know all
God is up to. But all God asks of us is that we be
faithful to Him.

Q. What was
A. 1 Samuel 28:11-12 = Wake Samuel up from his
this psychic
long sleep (death) in the earth.
able to do?
Q. What did
A. 1 Samuel 28:13 = The psychic described Samuel
Samuel look as looking like a god, and like an old man wrapped in
like after a robe.
death?
A. 1 Samuel 28:17-18 = Samuel repeated the
prophesy of Saul's doom and added more. Israel
would go down at the hand of the Philistines.
Note 1 = Leave the non-earthly world alone. We
function on what God provides us here on earth as
living beings.
Q. What did
Note 2 = Notice that the medium did not repent.
Samuel say
Some people feel they are higher and above the rules
to Saul?
God has set plainly before us. Please don't be one of
them! Ask God to grant you conviction of your sins,
if you know plainly that something you are doing is
wrong, but you don't "feel" the wrong as sin.
Meanwhile, switch channels and do something you
KNOW pleases God.
A. 1 Samuel 29:1-4 = David, asked to join Achish,
Q. How did joined with the other commanders and they were
God move in outraged that Achish loved David. They knew what
this war? David was capable of and refused to let him fight
with them.
Q.How did
the other
A. 1 Samuel 29:5 = By the song "Saul had killed his
commanders
thousands, and David his ten thousands."
remember
David?
Q. Did
Achish send
A. 1 Samuel 29:7 = Yes.
David and
his men back
to Ziklag?
A. 1 Samuel 29:1 = Yes. The Amalekites raided
Q. Was this
Ziklag and captured all the women and children,
providential?
burning the city to the ground.
Q. What was
David and A. 1 Samuel 29:4-6 = They wept bitterly and the men
his men's became angry with David, wanting to stone him.
reaction?
Q. So now
even David's
men turned A. 1 Samuel 29:6 = Yes.
on him?

A. 1 Samuel 29:6 = He found strength in God. He

was, after all, God's anointed king!
Q. How did Note: Have you ever been in a place where all your
David handle Christian friends seem to turn against you and only a
the situation? pastor or a non-Christian is left to comfort you? You
are not alone! Trust God and ask Him what to do --
and remember to wait for God's timely answer!
Q. Did A. 1 Samuel 29:7-8 = Yes. God even gave him the
David do assurance they needed that their families were okay
this? and all would be restored.
Q. How? A. 1 Samuel 30:8 = David and his men would have to
pursue the enemy.
Q. What
happened A. 1 Samuel 30:10 = Two hundred of David's men
along the tired out. Four hundred continued on.
way?
Q. What did
they find on A. 1 Samuel 30:11 = An Egyptian man in a field.
their way?
Q. Who was A. 1 Samuel 30:13 = The slave of an Amalekite, left
he? to die after the raid on Ziklag, David's town.
Q. Would he
A. 1 Samuel 390:15 = Yes. In exchange for his life
take David
and being freed as a slave.
to them?
Q. What
were the
Amalekites A. 1 Samuel 30:16 = Partying hard. They were
doing when joyous because of the rich plunder taken from the
David and Philistines and Judah.
his men
arrived?
Q. Did
A. 1 Samuel 30:17 = Yes. After 2 days of fighting,
David
only 100 young men escaped on camels.
attack?
Q. All was
restored to A. 1 Samuel 30:19 = Yes. Every item, child, woman,
David and animal and elderly one was restored to them.
his men?
Q. Was there
anything for A. 1 Samuel 30:20 = Yes. This place was the
David and Amalekites' home townand they had herds and flocks
his 400 men of animals.
to plunder?
Q. What did
David's men
think of the A. 1 Samuel 30:22 = Some grumbled that they didn't
200 men left deserve any plunder.
behind from
exhaustion?
A. 1 Samuel 30:23 = He behaved like a good king --
Q. And
giving God the credit for the victory and dividing the
David?
plunder for all Israel. He made it the law.
Q. So
David's
kingship
evolved out
of victories
and
longsuffering
and fairness
A. Yes! And while Saul remained king too!
and always
giving God
the credit
due while
letting God
lead and
guide them
all?
Q. What
happened in
that war
A. 1 Samuel 31:1-2 = The Philistines attacked Israel
Achish
and Israel fled. All 3 of Saul's sons died, including
fought with
Jonathan. Saul's army was slaughtered. All in the
his Philistine
same day! Saul killed himself by falling on his own
army against
sword.
Saul and
Israel?

Q. What did
the
A. 1 Samuel 31:7 = They fled, so the Philistines
neighboring
occupied their towns.
towns of
Israel do?
Q. What
A. 1 Samuel 31:8-10 = They were stripped of their
happened to
armor. Saul and sons too. They cut off Saul's head
the corpses
and fastened his body to the wall of the city of Beth-
of Saul's
shan.
soldiers?
A. 1 Samuel 31:11 = The people of Jabesh=gilead
sent4 warriors there to get the bodies and gave them
a proper burial by burning followed by fasting of 7
 days.
Note 1 = Very sad that Jonathan was among them.
Innocent righteous people lose their lives sometimes
not so peacefully.
Thought: David and Saul are like familiar fictional
characters seen in the movies today. Saul referred to
David as his son sometimes, though he was evil.
Q. What did Saul's son, Jonathan, was loyal to his father to the
the Israelites end. David would always honor Saul's memory.
do? Note 2 = It doesn't matter how much a person may
hurt you. Honor their life as if they were the best gift
of all.
Note 3 = Look at how God orchestrated these events.
Saul was defeated as prophesied, but David was
victorious. The 2 anointed kings dealing with
separate events. One king with his own town in
Philistine country, fighting the Amalekites, who
retaliated in due time. What an interesting way events
were staged for the finale. David is finally the one
king of Israel.
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