Transcript Today’s Bible Translation Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 11-12 NKJV, Ch. 13-14 NLT, Ch. 15. NET Associate Producer James In Norway Podcast Introduction This is the History Tuesday. Our reading will be 1 Samuel 11-15 I’m calling this episode, “Does God Make Mistakes?” Comments on 1 Samuel 12 and 15 Thoughts on…
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Transcript Today’s Bible Translation Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 6-8 CEV, Ch. 9-10 NKJV Executive Producer John Podcast Introduction This is the History Tuesday. Our reading is 1 Samuel 6-10. I’m calling todays episode, “How’s That Workin’ Out For Ya?” Comments on 1 Samuel 8 The first section of this commentary was written…
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Podcast Introduction Our reading today is 2 Sam 1-4, and I’m calling the episode “A New King.” Comments on 2 Samuel 1-4 Thoughts on 2 Samuel 1 and 2 The man who brought the report of Saul’s death to David made a terrible miscalculation, didn’t he? As we read at the end of 1 Samuel,…
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After David left the Philistines, they went to Ziklag, where he had recruited the 600 men who went with him and supported him. And the Philistines destroyed the city, and carried off all the people. When David and his men got to Ziklag and found what had happened, they were devastated. And many of his…
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Saul seldom fails to the wrong thing, does he? He is terrified at the prospect of fighting the Philistines, who have gathered an army to fight Israel. Had Saul been willing to turn to God, had he truly repented of his previous sinful actions, he wouldn’t be facing the Philistines here and now, and God…
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Once more, David passes on an opportunity to take out Saul, because David refuses to touch God’s anointed, even though he knows that Saul is unjustly after his blood. David knows that God has promised to give the throne to him, and he won’t force the issue by taking matters into his own hands. Have…
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In chapter 23, we saw the Saul was still after David, and he almost had him, but God intervened with the report of the Philistines attacking the land. And then in chapter 24, we saw that David had the perfect opportunity to take Saul out, but David spared Saul’s life because Saul was God anointed…
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Did you notice what happened with the Doeg situation? David is running from Saul, and he goes to the priest Ahimilech, because this is where the Tabernacle now is, since Shiloh has been deserted. David wants to get a word from God. Ahimilech asks David why he’s there, and David lies to him. He tells…
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Saul tries to kill David, and the friendship between Jonathan and David begins.
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There’s a popular meme today that you’ve probably heard. “You had just one job…” Saul was given just one job. Completely wipe out the Amalekites. Kill all the men, women, children, infants, oxen, sheep, camels, and donkeys, and destroy everything they have. But for various reasons, none of them good, Saul failed to do what…
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