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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:31 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Thursday March 26 >1 Samuel 22-24 (The Message) > > 1 Samuel 22 > > Saul Murders the Priests of God > 1-2 So David got away and escaped to the Cave of Adullam. When his > brothers and others associated > with his family heard where he was, they came down and > joined him. Not only that, but all who were down on their luck came > around-losers and vagrants and > misfits of all sorts. David became their leader. There > were about four hundred in all. > > 3-4 Then David went to Mizpah in Moab. He petitioned the king of Moab, > "Grant asylum to my father > and mother until I find out what God has planned for > me." David left his parents in the care of the king of Moab. They stayed > there all through the time > David was hiding out. > > 5 The prophet Gad told David, "Don't go back to the cave. Go to Judah." > David did what he told him. > He went to the forest of Hereth. > > 6-8 Saul got word of the whereabouts of David and his men. He was sitting > under the big oak on the > hill at Gibeah at the time, spear in hand, holding court > surrounded by his officials. He said, "Listen here, you Benjaminites! > Don't think for a minute that > you have any future with the son of Jesse! Do you think > he's going to hand over choice land, give you all influential jobs? Think > again. Here you are, > conspiring against me, whispering behind my back-not one > of you is man enough to tell me that my own son is making deals with the > son of Jesse, not one of > you who cares enough to tell me that my son has taken > the side of this, this ...outlaw!" > > 9-10 Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul's officials, spoke > up: "I saw the son of > Jesse meet with Ahimelech son of Ahitub, in Nob. I saw > Ahimelech pray with him for God's guidance, give him food, and arm him > with the sword of Goliath the > Philistine." > > 11 Saul sent for the priest Ahimelech son of Ahitub, along with the whole > family of priests at Nob. > They all came to the king. > > 12 Saul said, "You listen to me, son of Ahitub!" > > "Certainly, master," he said. > > 13 "Why have you ganged up against me with the son of Jesse, giving him > bread and a sword, even > praying with him for God's guidance, setting him up as > an outlaw, out to get me?" > > 14-15 Ahimelech answered the king, "There's not an official in your > administration as true to you > as David, your own son-in-law and captain of your bodyguard. > None more honorable either. Do you think that was the first time I prayed > with him for God's > guidance? Hardly! But don't accuse me of any wrongdoing, me > or my family. I have no idea what you're trying to get at with this > 'outlaw' talk." > > 16 The king said, "Death, Ahimelech! You're going to die-you and everyone > in your family!" > > 17 The king ordered his henchmen, "Surround and kill the priests of God! > They're hand in glove with > David. They knew he was running away from me and didn't > tell me." But the king's men wouldn't do it. They refused to lay a hand on > the priests of God. > > 18-19 Then the king told Doeg, "You do it-massacre the priests!" Doeg the > Edomite led the attack > and slaughtered the priests, the eighty-five men who wore > the sacred robes. He then carried the massacre into Nob, the city of > priests, killing man and woman, > child and baby, ox, donkey, and sheep-the works. > > 20-21 Only one son of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped: Abiathar. He got > away and joined up with > David. Abiathar reported to David that Saul had murdered > the priests of God. > > 22-23 David said to Abiathar, "I knew it-that day I saw Doeg the Edomite > there, I knew he'd tell > Saul. I'm to blame for the death of everyone in your father's > family. Stay here with me. Don't be afraid. The one out to kill you is out > to kill me, too. Stick > with me. I'll protect you." > > 1 Samuel 23 > > Living in Desert Hideouts > 1-2 It was reported to David that the Philistines were raiding Keilah and > looting the grain. David > went in prayer to God: "Should I go after these Philistines > and teach them a lesson?" > > God said, "Go. Attack the Philistines and save Keilah." > > 3 But David's men said, "We live in fear of our lives right here in Judah. > How can you think of > going to Keilah in the thick of the Philistines?" > > 4 So David went back to God in prayer. God said, "Get going. Head for > Keilah. I'm placing the > Philistines in your hands." > > 5-6 David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He > scattered their cattle, beat > them decisively, and saved the people of Keilah. After > Abiathar took refuge with David, he joined David in the raid on Keilah, > bringing the Ephod with him. > > 7-8 Saul learned that David had gone to Keilah and thought immediately, > "Good! God has handed him > to me on a platter! He's in a walled city with locked > gates, trapped!" Saul mustered his troops for battle and set out for > Keilah to lay siege to David > and his men. > > 9-11 But David got wind of Saul's strategy to destroy him and said to > Abiathar the priest, "Get the > Ephod." Then David prayed to God: "God of Israel, I've > just heard that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the city because > of me. Will the city > fathers of Keilah turn me over to him? Will Saul come down > and do what I've heard? O God, God of Israel, tell me!" > > God replied, "He's coming down." > > 12 "And will the head men of Keilah turn me and my men over to Saul?" > > And God said, "They'll turn you over." > > 13 So David and his men got out of there. There were about six hundred of > them. They left Keilah > and kept moving, going here, there, wherever-always on > the move. > > When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he called off > the raid. > > 14-15 David continued to live in desert hideouts and the backcountry > wilderness hills of Ziph. Saul > was out looking for him day after day, but God never > turned David over to him. David kept out of the way in the wilderness of > Ziph, secluded at Horesh, > since it was plain that Saul was determined to hunt > him down. > > 16-18 Jonathan, Saul's son, visited David at Horesh and encouraged him in > God. He said, "Don't > despair. My father, Saul, can't lay a hand on you. You will > be Israel's king and I'll be right at your side to help. And my father > knows it." Then the two of > them made a covenant before God. David stayed at Horesh > and Jonathan went home. > > 19-20 Some Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Did you know that > David is hiding out near us > in the caves and canyons of Horesh? Right now he's > at Hakilah Hill just south of Jeshimon. So whenever you're ready to come > down, we'd count it an > honor to hand him over to the king." > > 21-23 Saul said, "God bless you for thinking about me! Now go back and > check everything out. Learn > his routines. Observe his movements-where he goes, who > he's with. He's very shrewd, you know. Scout out all his hiding places. > Then meet me at Nacon and > I'll go with you. If he is anywhere to be found in all > the thousands of Judah, I'll track him down!" > > 24-27 So the Ziphites set out on their reconnaissance for Saul. > > Meanwhile, David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the > desert south of Jeshimon. > Saul and his men arrived and began their search. When > David heard of it, he went south to Rock Mountain, camping out in the > wilderness of Maon. Saul heard > where he was and set off for the wilderness of Maon > in pursuit. Saul was on one side of the mountain, David and his men on the > other. David was in full > retreat, running, with Saul and his men closing in, > about to get him. Just then a messenger came to Saul and said, "Hurry! > Come back! The Philistines > have just attacked the country!" > > 28-29 So Saul called off his pursuit of David and went back to deal with > the Philistines. That's > how that place got the name Narrow Escape. David left > there and camped out in the caves and canyons of En Gedi. > > 1 Samuel 24 > > "I'm No Rebel" > 1-4 When Saul came back after dealing with the Philistines, he was told, > "David is now in the > wilderness of En Gedi." Saul took three companies-the best > he could find in all Israel-and set out in search of David and his men in > the region of Wild Goat > Rocks. He came to some sheep pens along the road. There > was a cave there and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men > were huddled far back in the > same cave. David's men whispered to him, "Can you > believe it? This is the day God was talking about when he said, 'I'll put > your enemy in your hands. > You can do whatever you want with him.'" Quiet as a > cat, David crept up and cut off a piece of Saul's royal robe. > > 5-7 Immediately, he felt guilty. He said to his men, "God forbid that I > should have done this to my > master, God's anointed, that I should so much as raise > a finger against him. He's God's anointed!" David held his men in check > with these words and > wouldn't let them pounce on Saul. Saul got up, left the cave, > and went on down the road. > > 8-13 Then David stood at the mouth of the cave and called to Saul, "My > master!My king!" Saul looked > back. David fell to his knees and bowed in reverence. > He called out, "Why do you listen to those who say 'David is out to get > you'? This very day with > your very own eyes you have seen that just now in the > cave God put you in my hands. My men wanted me to kill you, but I wouldn't > do it. I told them that I > won't lift a finger against my master-he's God's anointed. > Oh, my father, look at this, look at this piece that I cut from your robe. > I could have cut > you-killed you!-but I didn't. Look at the evidence! I'm not > against you. I'm no rebel. I haven't sinned against you, and yet you're > hunting me down to kill me. > Let's decide which of us is in the right. God may avenge > me, but it is in his hands, not mine. An old proverb says, 'Evil deeds > come from evil people.' So be > assured that my hand won't touch you. > > 14-15 "What does the king of Israel think he's doing? Who do you think > you're chasing? A dead dog? > A flea? God is our judge. He'll decide who is right. > Oh, that he would look down right now, decide right now-and set me free of > you!" > > 16-21 When David had finished saying all this, Saul said, "Can this be the > voice of my son David?" > and he wept in loud sobs. "You're the one in the right, > not me," he continued. "You've heaped good on me; I've dumped evil on you. > And now you've done it > again-treated me generously. God put me in your hands > and you didn't kill me. Why? When a man meets his enemy, does he send him > down the road with a > blessing? May God give you a bonus of blessings for what > you've done for me today! I know now beyond doubt that you will rule as > king. The kingdom of Israel > is already in your grasp! Now promise me under God > that you will not kill off my family or wipe my name off the books." > > 22 David promised Saul. Then Saul went home and David and his men went up > to their wilderness > refuge. > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
